Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-31
The Fate OF a "War Democrat. ,,

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Yours, verJruly, JAS W. WALL
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The Fate Of a "Nar Democrat -
The najority against Gen. Tutte, in Iowa,
will it is said be 10000 The later returns
only serve to swell the majority for Col Stone,
the Abolition candidate The Colonel is a
brick, and deserves his success He pro-
claimed from the stump that he had "rather
eat With Niger, live with ngger, sleep
with o nigger" than with q white man-unless
the white man we're an Abolitionist. He is
entitled TO an election-under the present or
der Of things and no one need feel any sur
prise that his opponent, who went strongly for
! the wsr and the men who conduct it, should
have been worse beaten than any Democrat of
the season The truth is, Gen. Tuttle, who
was forced upon the Democracy Of Iowa as a
"War Democrat, under which paradoxical
term he was to get the votes of majority of
the Soldiers as well as thousands Of the Ad-
ministrations sparty, found it q losing business
to try to compete with the Abolitionis:s attheir
own trade when they had already got the "run
Of the business" Other things being equal
that party will generally vote for one of their
own men rather than so-called Democrat
who bids for their votes. We do not know that
! Gen futile did This we are bound to believe
him an honorable man, and he is known to be
brave soldier. He may for aught we know
be utterly opposed to such course; but his
position was certainly an unfortunate one
His "war' principles did not save him, any
more than war candidate would have saved
the Connecticut election TO the Democracy
last spring, if they had done what the New
York Tribune (after the eecton) said they
should have done in order to carry the State
namely put up less thoroughly anti-war
candidate than Gov. Seymour. The infamous
conduct of the Administration party here
in removing from the Bench, for purely
partizan purpose, two such able iurists and
unobiectionaOle men os Judge Seymour
and Judge Waldo, quite concIusvely
! dlsproves the claim that with what are called
moderate men on the war question for their
candidates the Democracy would secure any
considerable portion of the Republican vote
| If the spotless integrity and deservedy high
character of TWO such men as Judge Waldo
aud Judge Seymour could not avail to save
them from the relentless partisan prescription
Of abolitionism, nor the Bench from being
transformed into partisan tribunal, what
could be expected of any man, in any posi-
tion2 Least of all could there be reason
able hope of electing Democrat in Iowa
merely on the strength OF his ''war" princi-
Piles. Such position hurts, no. helps him,
even with his own party. And as for abolition
ism, it fights no more fercely Vallandigham
in Ohio than il does Seymour in New York.
Indeed, the latter gentleman has been quite
as bitterly and unjustly assaied by these
Jacobins as ever Yallandigham was Itshows
that it is great mistake for Democrats to
imagine that they can placate the bowling
liend, abolitionism, or gain even dearly
| purchased ephemeral success by putting up
distinctive war men for their candidates.
The Democracy have ever stood on principle,
and they can least afford now of all times, to
make any concessions to their opponents,
which only have the effect to diminish their
own vantage, ground and make their defeat at
all times more complete. They can afford to
blde their time. They have the proud con-
sciousness Of having alloays been the friends
of the Union and the upholders Of the Con-
stiiution--nOw, in this midnight tempest Of
Abolition tyranny and Capitalization, as in the
days before the outbreak of the war, when
they were sneered at as "Unon savers" by
those who at present arrogate TO themselves
all the "loyalty' and all the friendship for the
Union. Is it for the Democrats to try to com
pete with their sectional opponents in bids for
the votes of such partyY To do so would
| be to abandon not only the hope, but the
means, of restoring the Union Hartford
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