Next week the indefatigable editor managed to get two more men who were on the grand jury to say that theg voted against the presentment, and as soon as this consummation was reached he burst out into indignant denunciation of the men who voted/o?-it, as a " corrupt and debauched clique ; " " curs who have snarled and snapped at our heels for years," who need"' a sound kicking" for " besliming and befouling all. they touch," while "their putrid breath so corrupts the air" that the editor can hardly draw his breath.
The presentment, however, had a marked effect on the tone of the paper for some weeks, for the next editorial conclusion on '• what patriotism demands of party organization " in the crisis is that the Democrats should, in future, "stick together on local issues " and let the administration carry on the war without interference.
Next week the editor speaks of the "determined and loyal course of the President." After that he explains his motto in a different spirit; prints Union letters and speeches, in one of which a War Democrat declares "compromise impracticable;" and so the paper swims quietly along until the State election, at which Democrats are exhorted to "Stick to your party," "Vote the Democratic State Ticket," "Stand by the old party," "Don't be humbugged by the cry of no-partyism," "It is an old dodge," etc., etc. The result of the election -- for Secretary of State and other officers, in the off year -- giving the Republicans a majority of all they wished, with the first appearance of Judge Robertson in the capacity of State Senator, the editor finds comfort in the removal of Fremont -- effected about the same time -- which he assumes as a