One o' the wise poet?, whose exact
words wo do not recall, says in substance
thr.t courage and conduct in the donbtfni
field of battle are not so rare as that
greater talent which knows bow to garner
nr. the fruits of victory and make a
proper ase of them. The republicans
have abundant reason to rejoice over the
splendid victory they won at the recent
election; they will have yet greater reason
to rejoice if the opportunity it gives
them is judiciously employed. We hear
it said that now thu repuffi tan party ba
the certainty of holding control of th*
government for a long succession of
years, bat this is an error. It has the op
portunity but not the certainty. Every
thing depends upon the wise, moderate
and statesmanlike use of the victory tha'
has been won. Emphatic as the success
Of the party has been, it is everywhere
confronted by a powerful minority. A
change of a few votes in each precinct
won'd reverse the majorities gained in
almost every northern .tate. It is cari
ons, and, in one view of tie subject
rather discouraging to consider that,
while one or the other of the two parties
must represent the true policy which the
country should adopt on the chief ban ■
of the recent canvass, the decision, after
all, rests upon a very narrow popular ma
jorily, and that almost one-half of the
people are either mistaken in judgment,
or that great numbers voted through
party bias and prejudice oontraiy to thei r
convictions respecting that issue. In
another view, this result is not one to
be deplored. It warns the encotssfnl
party to be on its good behavior. The
country will not be saiirficd with line
promises and virtuous professions by the
republicans. It is no longer ready to
accept them as current coin. Itdiniamir
performance. It has declared in favor of
protection, but it expects a prompt re
daction of the revenue and a revision of
the tariff made in harmony with the pnu
oiples of protection and with that lair
ness towards all parts of lh ouun ry
which will relieve it or the charge of sec
tionalism. 