Year: 1866

checked power IL HOW ciuoJcu, "AN'
while it was indulging its dreams Of
subiugation, of confiscation, of univer-
sal suffrage and the elevation Of the nc
gro race, the enemy quietly stepped in
and took possession ofthe stronghold
of the Union and Constitution where
all its victories had been won, but
which for the moment it seems TO have
deserted.


THE STRENGTH or THE NEW MOVEMENT.


These defaults Of its own have given
the Philadelphia Convention a degree
of strength which it is not wise for the
leaders Of the Union party to ignore or
undertake. BY judicious connsels at
the outset they might have prevented
it, at later stage they mig int have con
trolled it; it is not yet too late to save
themselves from being ruined by it..
But they will make fatal mistake il
they content themselves with ignoring
or denouncing it. If it should happen
to be under the guidance of wise and
patriotic counsels--if the Southern del
egates who may participate in its de-
|li6erations should proffer, in their


words and their action, unmistakable


evidence of the sincerity with which


they accept the adverse result OF the


war they waged, and Of their readiness


to adapt their laws, their habits ano


their whole political action to the ne


cessities which that result has created
If the Northern democrats, who share


it's action, should cut loose from th'


men and the measures which made


them so justly obnoxious to public cen


sure during the war, and should pledge


themselves to the honor Of the nation


and to liberal policy worthy alike o.


it's history and its destiny---if the plot


form of principles which the Convea
ton may adopt, and the action it may


recommend, shall prove thus respon
siye to the enlarged and lofty asplra


tons of the national heart, it may b'


found that no party organization how
ever compact it may seem to be, an'
however strongly fortified by the mem
ory of past services, can withstand 1t
, influence upon the sentiments and tn
action of the great body ol the Ameri
can people.


It is a mistake to deem q party OF


canization solid and unassailable mere
" because it looks SO. Apoltical pal


ty, like the ice of a frozen lake, melt
t away from beneath, and while at eve


ming its surface may seem to beperfec1
ly solid and untouched by the rift o
t seam, the breeze of Il single night ma


perfect the work which weeks Of siler
? unseen decay have been preparing
Doubts as to the continued nccesslt
or usefulness ola party never begl
> with it's leaders or active workers, bt
Y always with the silent masses VIII
t merely watch and think, while Other
} act, and whose action, in a season
q commotion, can never be predicted tw
D weeks ahead. Nor must it be forgo
;, ten that the position of the Union pa
II ty to-day is one which it has nev'


held before. The issues to which
G will stand committed are new to its o
q ganization and to the pnblic mind. LII
d people have neveryet been called t
o vote upon them and while they ma
e seem to their Jealous advocates an
d authors to be very strong, others ma
S prove to be still stronger than they.
% lLLUsTRA RAToRY AND FINAL.


The Italian army suffered sad T.
q verse the other day because, trustil
y y in the goodness of its cause, it marcl
q ed boldly upon fortresses who's
n n strength it despised. The Unionpar
, will consult its own safety and Il
~ good of the country by not thrown


itself against the Philadelphia Conve
y, ton until it knows little more OF t
IT nature and strength ofits armament