The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-11-17
Balm for Defeated C0ndl-
dates.
From the {. icago Times.

A Balm for Defeated Candi-
dates.
From the icago Times.
The common council /. Little Rock
once voted telegraph wires nuisance and
they were not allowed to be put up in the
city. OF course the ordinance did no,
stand long, but there are men to-day who
will agree with the wise men of Little
Rock that telegraphs are nuisance
Take candidate, for instance, who has
worked hard all day at the polls, has rack
ed his brain in devising means to van
quish his opponent, and is going home to
enjoy quiet supper and tell his wife all
about the glory and beauty of electioneer-
ing, when along comes miserable tele-
graph dispatch informing him he is de-
feated. What must be the feelings of a
man in such predicament How can he
go into the presence OF the dear partner
of joys and SORROWS and Inform her that he
is beaten, whipt, slaughtered, etc. when
he has told her a thousand times or less
that ne was going to be victorious, and
painted before her minds eye the glorious
times they were going to have when he
was elected =, It's awful
In the good old times when our fore
fathers hourished it must have bean very
pleasant to run for office Cen George
Washington doubtless enjoyed it from the
very bottom of his heart In his day it
required weeks to ascertain the result of
an election. if it extended over considera-
bic territory. Once or twice day. per-
haps, acOun:ryman wo.ld arrive at the seat
Of government, with the returns from his
town, country or district in his pocket
Then what happy time there must have
been-candidates and their friends could
sit down over their beer, while they dis
GUESSED the probabilities Of the final resalt,
and there was no danger of a mise hievous
telegram making havoc of their enjoyment.
And by and by, when the end did come,
it shocked nobody. The excitement died
away, candidates had prepared their
nerves, and defeat had no terrors for them
Now a-days they are dropped down from
the summit of their expectations almost as
soon as the polls are closed. 1t is like
jumping into cold water all at once, or
like anything else that is disagrccable-
Telegraphic wires are emphatically nui-
sance.
But to those candidates who are feeling
blue or looking blue, or getting blue. in
consequence OF their misiortunes, some
sage advice vii! 10 no i.arm Gentlemen,
remember that Office holding l. very
Onerous IT has its thorns 50 wei! as -0ses,
and you ought to be thankful that you
have escaped its troubles and annoyances
thankful that you are defeated Of
course the fable of the fox and grapes
comes in here very appropriately. but you
mustn think Of it. Men who have been
candidates should be more dignifed than
to think of fables any how You should
read something deeper, more fitting to
your condition in life, az Emerson on sue
cess for instance. Success is good
thing; read it carefully; you may find some
points in it worth remembering.
Remember, furthermore, that there are
many things worse than being defeated in
running for office. Think steadily just
for q moment, and thousand things far
more terrible will suggest themselves read
ily. You might be killed in battle. or in
vited to drink wheny GU can't take any
more. These are casualties worth talking
about. But simply being defeated as
andidate-pshaw
Take courage Better luck next time"
is an adage as good rs it is old. 1t is so
Tery pleasant, whethcr here is any truth
in it or not. And above all things dom
let the opposition bore you with unscrupu-
lous jokes at your expense. Newly mar
red men and defeated candidates may al
ways depend upon being made the butt of
every wretched joke that can be thong t
OF. But they don't hurt much when you
get used to them. Screw your courage to
the sticking point, be just and fear not,
and act according to all of the other pious
injunctions of Shakespeare, too numerous
to be quoted just now, and you may iri-
umph some day when elections are bet
ter investment than they are this year,
and when a victory will be something not
to be sneezed at. There, Do you feel bet