and Ohio, compelled to fight for the maintenance of social order at home, would have done nothing for the national cause.  But the majority against Mr. Vallandigham was upward of one hundred thousand; and to attempt resistance to a Government so potently supported as that of which Mr. Brough was the head was something that surpassed even the audacity of the men who had had the bad courage to select Mr. Vallandigham for their leader, in the hope of being able to make him the head of the State.  That which was done in Ohio, not seven months since, should be done in the nation not seven months hence, if we would have peace preserved at home, and all our available means directed to the work of destroying the armies of the Southern Confederacy, and to the seizure of its ports and principal towns.  The national popular majority should be so great in support of the war as to prevent any faction from thinking of resistance to the people’s will as a possibility.  The moral effect of a mighty political victory in November would be almost incalculable, both at home and in Europe; and in the Confederacy it would put an end to all such hopes of ultimate success as may rest upon the belief that we are a divided people.

The Democratic party should not be restored to power, happen what may in the course of the present campaign.  This we say, not because we believe the Democratic masses wanting in loyalty or patriotism, but because we are of opinion that there should be no change either in the position of parties or in the personnel of the Government.  There ought to be no doubt as to the soundness of the views that are held by most Democrats.  They love their country, and they desire to see the Rebels subdued.  They have the same interest, considered as citizens, in the triumph of the Federal cause that we all have.  They have contributed their share of men to the fleets and armies of the Republic, and to the rolls on which are inscribed the names of the gallant dead.  Many of our best generals formerly belonged to the Democratic organization, and they may still hold Democratic opinions on common politics.  Why, then, object to the Democratic party being replaced in power?  Because that would be a restoration, and it is a truism that a restoration is of all things the worst thing that can befall a country in times of civil commotion.  If it could be settled beyond controversy that the Democratic party, should it be restored, would be governed by those of its members who have done their duty to their country in every way, no objection could be made to its coming again into possession of the National Government.  But we know that nothing of the kind would take place.  The most violent members of the Democratic party would govern that party, and dictate its policy and course of action, were it to triumph in the pending political contest.  We wish for no better proof of this than is afforded by the conduct of Democratic conventions for some time past.  The last convention of the