There was not a Democratic press worthy the name either North or South.

During those evil days the Courier-Journal stood alone, having no party or organized following.

At length it was joined on the Northern side by Greeley.

Then Schurz raised his mighty voice.

Then came the great liberal movement of 1871-72, with its brilliant but ill-starred campaign and its tragic finale; and then there set in what, for a season, seemed the deluge.
But the cause of Constitutional Government was not dead.