Year: 1867

PnIClAl AuVbOCs


Hon. S. S. Cox has been making a
speech in Buffalo. New York. 1t is char
acterized by the funny pleasantly and wit
that always distinguished his efforts. In
alluding to the elec tions, he thus reminds
the Radicals Of the uses of minOrities, dis
coursing Of them most philosophically.-


He says:


IL would especially congratulate you,
my unrepentant, truculent Radicals, that
you are marching on, with melancholy mu-
sic and furled flag, to take that place so long
and SO honorably occupied by the Democra-
cy-the position of a respectable minority.
Do not undervalue the position In it you
may earn the plaudit of Artemus Ward to
General Washington He was useful
Mr.. Emerson, the transcendentalist, said
at Cambridge, this summer, that there was
great utility and hope in minority. The
right and ;ercise of criticism-the virtue
that disdains to follow power, to fatten on
its rottenness, the independent and ag.
gressive dash. are the attributes of an hon
orable and unterrified minority. These
may be yours The hour cometh when
our majority will dictate political action;
be sure We will not lessen your useful
ness by following your example. We will
not ostracise where we cannot answer
We will not villipend where we can not
praise. We will not irlprison where we
can not agree. We will not mob where
we can not argue. We will not teach for
bearance to the south while forgetting 1t
g. II ha
Chrie ian in the future as in the past.


&c, one sense, it is quite pleasant to be
in the minority. You not only escape re-
sponsibilities and troubles, but you escape
the cry of the vultures and the jackals,
who follow the live lion till he drops
You will find minority healthy state
No party ever needed it more | hope
you will prepare for its duties better than
you did for those of the majority


Bat when he comes to Ohio, our old
friend is brilliantly poetica. as we'll as phi
losophica. He says


"To swamp forty thousand of the repub
lican majorities of last year; to gain in
nearly every county; to defeat black suf-
frage by thirty-6ve thousand and to elect
a democratic legislature and unseat the
president of TIE senate, senator Wade, was
rather astonishing. 1t is said that in
New Zealand there is splendid flower.
white as lily, which, when its petals
open to the sun, resounds with the report
of artillery in the tropical forests. This
is the way Ohio has ef1oresced! Is she
not white and radiant? The thunder
thereof, is it not the very music of the
spheres


yet it is sad to see even the fall come,
though it brings Us the fruits. The rus
set leaves, the gray morn. the fading flow
ers, the voiceless birds, and the wind
meaning its requiem over the grave OF
summcr, are part of that Providential
order which regards as well the fall of a
little sparrow as of a great party. My
radical friend, you have been used TO seek
ing the ways of Providence through polit-
zeal events. Study them with this election
in view, and tell me ifI am not right when
| say. God is holding you over hell for
some wise purpose lie may not drop
you. Perhaps | might, IN my finite view
of your deserts. Whether he does or not,
may depend upon the quality of your
rantaloons. If they are shoddy, farewell
If he suspends you for time, to inhale
the incense and hear the applause of the
pit, it may be as a warning not to draw
your politics from hate and malice, which
do not come from above, but follow Us in
the benignant teachings OF good will to
all"