Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-11-19
The State Elections.
EXTRACTS FROM DEMOCRATIC PAPERS.

In this world is contained all we have
to say. Wisconsin, is lost-Illinois,
lost-1Mchigan, lost-aye, Nea0 Yord,
the last bulwark of popular freedom, is
lost. The sun shone yesterday wonder
fully fair from the blue heaven-but it
shone to us not the sun of Austerz:ts-
it was the sun of Woterloo /! 1t avails
not now to enquire into the causes which
have brought about this overthrow
our cause IS lost A people that can
sanction at the ballot-box the subversion
! II their constitution, and the annihila-
ton of personal liberty-such a people
does not deserve to be tree-and more
.oyer poiU not be free, All things have
| heir course, says Socrates and all,
says Seneca, the Roman Philosopher,
all things 60 more quickly downwards
than they went upwards. !"
Next comes the La Crosse Democrat,
whose edi tor leads off in the following
peculiarly Brickish style =
GoNE-GoNE-GoNE
Good bye, and if forever, fare thee
we'll We have as part. met the en-
emy-surrounded them from the centre
and shall consider ourselves prisoners of
war. The Democratic party Of Wiscon-
sin has died again. And here is the
way it looks to us.
FOUND DEAD.
On the morning of November 4th, one
thousand eigh hundred and sixty-three
years after Christ-fve thousand eight
hundred and thirty-seven years after
Adam, the Democratic party Of Wis
consin was found apparently dead in the
wilderness, or at least SO badly wound
ed as to fail recognition. 1t was we'll
laid out and found nicely wrapped up in
the Ryan Address, with E. G.. Ryan
himself sitting at the head of the corpse
waving his head and chanting hysterical
ly funeral dirge.
We have been cleaned-routed foot
horse and artillery. The adoption Of
the Ryan Address was more than the
party could bear It was too long it
was too full of words which could be
doubly construed. It has cost us an
election, and henceforth and forever we
trust there will be no more foolish ex-
perimenting. That address never will
go down. 1t is SO long people will not
read it. Rich men care not to read it
the poor man has not time to read it.
Had the convention at Madison pitched
Ryan's enigma out Of the window and
adopted set of resolutions like the fol-
lowing: n
Resozred, That this country is in
trouble.
Resozred, That tie are the bully boys
to help her out.
The Democratic ticket would have
gone through whooping. But no. That
address was adopted. The convention
would have adopted no other had it
been offered by Jesus Christ himself. -
4 majority Of the delegates went to
Madison to enforce it on the people
they didthe job and the result is known.
Verify "Brick" is philosopher.
Then follows the Watertown Demo-
crat in the following cold shoulder style
towards the Ryan Address:
The Democracy are whipped-beaten
in Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota.
and everywhere else, as matters now
appear. We might as we'll give the
whole concern up at once, and let the
Republicans have their own wav and
do.
Most of the papers and politicians are
very wise just now--all knew it would
be so-are not at all disappointed. How
easy it is to talk after events have solv-
ed the problem and settled the question
A new start in the right direction,
would have very powerful influence
in raising the defeated Democracy from
prostration to triumph Nothing else
can. Er.dently the efficacy Of the
Ryan address has been demonstrated.
1t is good to get beat on, and that IS
oil 1t is good for. Giuen, that plat
form and $4,000 majority. Given the
country, Constitution, Union and the
suppression of the rebellion and Is, 900
majority. That is the difference.
We had an admirable ticket, but
something more is indispensable tosuc-
cess, in times like these, besides un-
exceptionable candidates. Thousands
Of Democrats went for the men in spite
of the platform, and thousands more re
fused to go for either on account of the
latter. There is the truth in a small
compass. Those interested can reflect
on it at their leisure.
| We never liked the scheme of accept
| ing such a document as the Ryan Ad
dress as the basis of political action, oil
the foundation ofpolitical principles
Being neither an adequate. fit or sound
text-b book for anybody except, perhaps
its author, we have neither adopted no.
advocated it. Whether right or wrong
) and We do not either approve or con
) denim the whole of it, 1T acas suictda
blun'er to pat 1t foracard as the senti
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