Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-16
Causes Of our Failure.

There are many different speculations as to
the causes Of our defeat in the recent State 81
ectioDs- Let these causes all end in one gene
raj cause, to Wit the want OF union among
the opponents OF Lincoln Some charge the
DETECTION to tbs, and some to that element OF
conservatism; but ali admit that the defeat OF
the Republicans WAS easy if u united vote had
been gwen While we have cur own views a.
to the csuse of the failure to unite We have no
sympathy wi h this spirit Of crrDination and
recrmination, which Ia freely INDUCED In. W..
have had examinations enough. This system
OF abuse vnd dictatorial snubbing ha. been in
dulged In quite sufficiently. Ii has been the
prime cause. iii fact, which has produced all
tho evil That this is true the plsinest reasons
demonstrate On the great issue Of sectional
aggression every Democra, and Union man 10
agreed. That great issue is alone befure US
What is there, then, which shonld prevent Us
all from uniting to defeat what we ali ak.
dsspise1 The true and only reason must be-
that our enmitiss or jeaou-ies prevent our cor-
dial associations. Aed is it supposed that We
can Increase that cordiality by mutual abuse
aud recriminltion DO curses make friends ,
Shal! we aid that union which alone can save
u.s. by pouring oil into the lamp Of dissor !?
The folly of such course is 20 manifest that
he questions need no reply
The errors Of the past ought not to be vim.
dictivelv remembered. They have now no
real Significance to US. only SO Tar as they may
teach us the road to future +. formation Let
the dead bury their dead. and III. all patriots
unite in that conrse which will insure the SAFE.
ty Of the country. Any other advice than
this is the offspring of deluded malica-a
malice that Is as painful for good men To wit
ness ~ it Is fstai to the hopes Of the Demo
cratic party and she Un,on
This is no new opluion engendered by mo-
mentary defeat; We have so believed from III.
beginning. Our revers.s have only served to
pr 'cticnlly demonstrate what, from The begin
ming. our simplest, but unprejudIced, common
sense had taught Us. Ali Ien who love the
Constitution of the United States and the Union
Of the States have common sacred bond that
should unite them "a brothers in this terrible
crisis. Let us, then forget he past, and az one
man unite to sustain the government aid the
Union, a. ,ouuded y our fathers
In the above article, which we copy
from the Chicago Times and Herald,
Il ere is a great deal OF truth spoken-a
large umount of most salutary advice
given to the Democracy of the North
West to the Democratic party Of the
entire Union. Whether i will be heed
ed or not, or, ind ed, if Lceded, whether
there is now sufficient time left before
the day of election to act upon 1t and
profit by it is a question of much i'm
portance. That spirit of union and har-
mony So properly advocated by our CO.
temporary should have been invoked
long ago by every Democratic press in
TIE United States. There is no question
about this. If it has not been seen be-
tore, the result of the late elections hoe
been sufficient to open the ewes of the
press and people. Let such sprit of
peace aud Cancellation as advocated nv
the Times and Herald be infused into
the arteries of the Democratic organiz..
ton and no power on earth can defeat
it; without it and where are wee Jns,
where We are now. Let US have union
and harmony; let ordinations and re-
examinations cease; let dictatoaial
snubbing" be heard of no moro among