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Show A lllUIIUIIim Ml 1 II'. Wo ahall bavo in look back i fir aa StU In llmlaiarallil for the iliaugo Unit hat boon wrmighi lu llilt itirtlou. ZSn preHlJcutl ll 0I1H.II011 Hlnio that dtlo hilt c irrleil a rHu)uiloii of tho Unite I flute SQiiaio with lt,wo think, thongli tlil-t in ey pomlblyhaxo bein thniaan In IS 1 1 Hut ilmt nut not nt nil a nwoei, like ttdt ono. I'reahltnt Tujlur 111 HH had hulUhtmaot of CotiL,reat agalnat him I'roaident l'ierco uonai renter elet tornl Ictory, 1 ut that oli'ctioii clmngiHl tho complexion ol neither huiioou! Conreta, nor illil the elerilmnf I'rualileut I.lmoln In WW, nr or I'reilduiit Uovelnnd l;i ImiI II ul 11 llrnUI, Tho foregoing, whllo In the main n fair statement uf the altuatluii, la lilla-li lilla-li adlng lu that It dot a not "tell It all." Ihere mud twno iiialillcntlon of the atatemtnt rigordiug tlie aueeilng character of the Democratlo victor) vic-tor) lart week, etteilalfy idf sa now siemt HRaurcd, that ally hat gained a si nator In e-aoh of the state of Aw Yerk, Wisconsin, Cullfurula, Montanu mid W)omlng, n ihnr majoilty over all of two and n plurality, out the Iteitiblloaii arty, which now lint tlx majurlly, of eight voles. 1 11 tho elections of 181(1 and 1SII, ntultlug In the ihone of William Iliitiy Hnrrliounud Jumet K. 1'olk, rcapietlvely, Ihu country wa In a ilatoof eoualclerublo agitation user the iiuitlou ol rettklug lexna lulo. the JnlomaUrgo, Inlliieutlalund gruwlug element leliirf In favor of It; and thus u war clou I which might burat nt unj time ue nut ii on the laud, Mexlcn Mas not frloudl) tu the iuo cim-ut, whtthtrahe wuntul the territory her-M-lf ur not, thu uiott that the 11 at willing to do was to consent to the contluuid autonomy ut thu l.jnu Htar republic. 1'riwl ilentlal candidate l'olk thou ed (In lb II) that thlt would niian eventually the taking of lexat by Ureat llrllaln nul making It n deendeucy or rovlmool the crown, It It tiny to uuderttaud how null a situation could, nt It aid, Iuvtrsbaluwevir other and catitu the iioplo tu have the hand of the Prcil dent uufettetidby a huatllu uiajcilt) Inelltierl ranch of ongrei.'- t ' ' win hence thn elei tlont at ti 1 nic spoken of logically meant a 'coral lele new deal," iimlcr the preeture of a grave Issue, nnd the actt which followed follow-ed were a faithful realization of Ibe meaning Agelu, It It hardly proper to ety that I'rctl lent Lincoln's election did not carry wllh It a change In the rom-ilexlon rom-ilexlon ol either branch of t utigretn We all know that he wat meattira bly unhampeicd by political opponents op-ponents friiu the legluuliiK of hit auinlnlttrallttu to far at ( ungrtta was concerned. Whether thlt was n direct or Indirect lc-ult of the election inattira not; It It 0 fact, and all llie meaaures icnalnlng lo the atruirgle upon the country tint hit administration ad-ministration detlrrd were loyally re-snded re-snded lo by Loth the Hennleand llmiae. Thlt wat a n volution so com-I com-I lete, to radical nn I to sudden that the country could aarcoly realize how It wat or what It meant for a while. Hut Itthotilllu borne In mind that this gnat clmigo was tbo logical result of n p hi leroua Itaue, and a darker ur nioto inadfulouulhan thepeoile had ever before been called upon tu face, Ittherefora follow that the reaction ngalnat Ihu lie) ubllcau parly, which occurred on the 8th Instant, It actually without n parallel when all tiling are cuntldeied. It wat a time of profound jeace and txccllenl lolltlinl feeliiiLj the candidates nud litue were tho tame at four yeara pre-vloutl), pre-vloutl), a j that scarcely a new thing could tionild;tlmoiiutry watdcclledly I rotperuut nn 1 tho f0p't', whllo dissatisfied dis-satisfied nud evtn riotous In ilacrt, werena n whole iulet aud free from oi.llalloii; l'retldent Harrlton't admin. latratlon waamllt'actory to the lleiub-lloiu lleiub-lloiu 1 ally an I devoid of any fetlurea tu which tho 01 poiltlon ould nllVr any other than political obectlon; no nip-tuietor nip-tuietor mltunderttandlngi with for-1 for-1 Ign power ere tbrenleneil or llkjlj ; and yet, with thlt altogether placid condition upon Hie land, thu party III lower" was hurled from Itt p'acenud one that ha I not uccii) led It fur a generation gen-eration Inttnlled at hendiiuarteti! Tho country could go no further without trtiitformliig ltelf altogether. Our neighboring republic on the south ludulgea In a 11 volution every niw and then, In which nmny nre killed aud much properly It destroyed; Trance tint had her preieut government govern-ment longer, eontlniioiiily, thati any othir during the iintury.Ureit Jlrltaln caattout Itt ruling faction eNcry now nnd then, I ut llilt It olwnya because tho party In lower It defeated on tome minsuro leforn parliament and the mlnliterirealgn In order that the op iiutltloti may havo Ita wa), the method of administration nnd the heaj of the nation rtmalulng alwayt unchanged. It la dlfltrent hire. Wuhavuchanged (or irovldud for, changing) the executive, ex-ecutive, the upier nud lower houtci of Congrett, thuexecutlvedepartttienl and the whole plan of legltlatlon all In 11 day, nnd without much excitement excite-ment nnd no turbulence nt all, while our Institutions remain Intact nud uu-aaralled. uu-aaralled. A greater tribute could not lu aid totue!''edcralliopubllo or the free peoplu who Inhabit It. |
