The Portland daily press., 1873-10-18
An Oasis In an Immense Desert.

And now the New York World, and Bos-
ton Post aud such other Democratic journals
as have Of late insisted that the Democratic
organization has survived its usefulness. are
jubilant. From the dusty recesses of the COM
posing room, they have brought out the long
unused emblems of victory. Their unusual
joy breaks out in display lines and double
loaded leaders. They turn upon the DOUBT
ers aud time-servers in their party ranks
who have so long been grumbling and asking
for an inquest 10 determine fully as to the
status of the organization, and sharply re-
buke them for their lack of faith and zeal
Once more their tongues break forth iu con-
ident prophesy, their eyes feast upon golden
hued visions of future triumph and once
more the prospect Of success leads them to
shout ''to the victor belongs the spois.'
Although we would have preferred to see
some other man than Gen. Moves of Ohio
deieated-if such is the case-we are not so
selfish as to envy our enemy victory now
and then in a skirmish for without it even
the most persistent Bourbon would lose faith
while the punder-seekng portions of the
party would become utterly discouraged. On
the whole, it is matter of congratulatlon
thai the Democratic party has vindcated the
fact of its actual existence. Had it not been
for this unlocked for result in Ohio-a result
brought about because Larger percentage of
Republicans did not go to to the polls than of
the Democrats-there is every reason to be-
lieve that the organization would have been
turned over to the exclusive care of the his
torian. Now the Democratic victory in Ore
gon, and possibly in Ohio, with the re-
duced Republican majorities in Pennsylva-
mia and Iowa, will be accepted by the mass of
the party as sure indications of returning
power and thus the organization has been
galvanized into sufficient life to endure defeat
in the next Presidential election.
This is the view that intelligent Republicans
take of the results of the October elections.
Indeed, the only men who feel chagrined at
the apparent Democratic victories are a
class of young and aspiring Democrats, who,
hostile to the Bourbon leaders and discoul-
aged by repeated defeats, have loudly &C.
clared that the party is dead. In the recent
election in this State, their oft repeated de-
claration of this fact and their ill-concealed
attempts to break up the organization, par
alyzed the efforts of their leaders. They
hoped that the results in October would con-
firm their opinion and justify their action.
Now that the opposite has resulted, and well
knowing that the revival is but accidental
they do not fail to express their disgust; for
the victory not only compels them to adhere
to the old organization but puts them in the
ranks as mistrusted privates Under the Bour
bon leaders whom they have openly rldi-
culed and denounced. We most heartily
sympathizc with these rebeious but unfor |
tunate young politicians, for they are ambi
tious, brilliant and unsuited for the compan-
ionship of the Bourbon leaders who will rule
them with an iron rod, for they are still |
smarting from the sharp criticism of these
aggressive young men and their vigorous de-
nunc.ation of the sins of the old party.