Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-07
The Progress Of the canvass.

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The Progrcss Of the canvass
In less than week from today
Iowa will have new Goycrnor-and
tho signs Of the times indicate clearly
who that Governor is to be. What
ever doubt Of the Success OF the Demo
cratic party may have existed at the
opening Of the canvass has been dis
PEELED by the developments of the last
four weeks. We attribute our impro
we'd prospects partly to the skill and
tact with which our nominees have
conducted the contest, but mostly TO
the returning reason OF the people. In
the widest hour OF the Kansas dclcrl-
um We never lost confidence in the
future Of the Democracy for we knew
that the sober second thought of the
masscs would yindicate the wisdom of
the democratic policy in relation to
the territories. Our opponents at their
State Convention did not venture TO
promnlgate single new principle, hnt
contonted themselves with wIctched
re-itersti0n Of the thrcadba,c resolu-
tions Of the last campaign. The kc-
publican speakers have cndcavored to
produce a repetition of last years farce,
hut they have been singularly nnsuc-
ccssfnl. They forgot that reaction is
the inevitable consequent of morbid
excitement, and that the people would
not be likely to rc-cnact the melancholy
absurdities Of 1856. They have prea
chcd Kansas this fall when ever they
have spoken, and rung all the changes
on the outragcs Of Border Rullianism !,
Jim Grimes and Sam Kirkwood, Billy
Smith and O'Conncr have striven in a
commendable spirit Of emulation, to
Outvie each other in the shrillncss of
their shricks for spotlcss innocence
violated in the persons OF Lane and
Robinson,-but all their yocifcrations
have been in vain. No prudent poll
tician would have attempted to revive
the excitement OF last year with no
better foundation, and We need not BE-
surprised at the failure they have met
with. They have not even proposed
remedy for the evils they allcgc in
the course of the administration to
wards the territories, or an antidotc
for the bancfnl influences of the bred
Scott decision. Had they done SO,
they might have come before the pco-
pie with better show. When all the
circumstances Of the Republican party
are considered, We see little fault to
find with the way in which the lead
ing Republicans have conducted the
canvas. When party has material
to work upon, We have a right to cN
pect that that material will be used
with discretion and effect ; but where,
As in the case Of the Republicans-they
have nothing 10 sustain them but The
memory ofa past excitement, who can
blame tho managers, if the canvass does
betray the weakness OF the cause, aud
the certainty Of defeat We believe
that Judge Lowe and the State Cen
trail Committee have done as well as
men could do under the circumstances,
and We accord to them the credit OF
making the most Of a weak side. They
have, moreover, been put on the defen-
sive. The Democratic State Convcn-
ton foreahadowed the policy Of the
Democracy in the canvass. Samuels
has been carrying the war into Africa,
and those who have encountered him
on the stump have been put to their
wits end to extenuate and apologize
sor the negro equality doctrines which
the Republicans adopted in the Consti
tutional Convention. They have beer
carrying on their shoulders the blum
den and absurditics, the rank aboli
tionism Of hot headed boys like james
F. Wilson and babbling Emancipation
ists like r. L. B. Clarke. In the South
ern part Of the State, the cause Of tn
Democratic candidate has been con
tinuous triumph. GilIaspy, with hi
plain, hard sense inspires . sympath,
il The breasts Of the honest yeomanr,
vhieh nakss him dangerous oppo
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