The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-16
THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1865.


wsut the Recent state Elections Teach.
THs result Of tho recent elections in Psnusyl-
wants, OHIO and Iowa ought ~ imrar. an iassruc-
i've lssson to the politicians VI ever poacsl hue.
Elections are W party what sign-ooarb are 70
the tsvellsr-thoy point tho course hat itsneces
s.ry 70 tsks in order 10 reach ths sired end ana
also warn against the paths that lcsi asiray' Dom
Of The gresl poliic,l parties havo been recently
casing about for somo sign 10 indicate 'he true
road W public favor and polticsl success. 1ho
RspublIcsns have been less at oeI In tbs respect
than the Democrats, for tho rcison I, At they have
t>sn in some degree guided By tho tescon Of past
triurpph., and the confidence winch results from
r,eh prou,lve. but they, TO-, have felt unoasy.
Thsv lately encountered . road-'ork on their
x,u,n.v-op. path from which was labeled "negro
suffrage" and the other "iho Prsiidenrs ro'cy;"
and their leaders hsve been looking Hiously Tor
the octohor elections for indication Of the better
road W t.ke. The Democrats, on the oihsr hand,
were completely lost being obliged 70 founder
along % best they could. Tls elections held lss'
week have burst upon bo,h parties Ike food Of
Hight, Illuminating the whole poiuisl horizon,
showing clearly all the landmarks by tho wAyslde,
and clearly indicating how far ssch psriy Is out o.
Its proper reckoning. Let VS. take Advantage OF
ths political illumination 10 SEQ just where tho
rival parties stands In Pennsylvania the Republic
cans planted themselves squarcly upon TIE Pfei-
dents reconstruction policy, giving his tdminis-
uahon . cordial and unequivocal endorssusns,
extending the right hand Of friendship to tho col
diers and achieving the doctrine Of negro suffrage.
The Democrats on tho other baud, gave Aqussi
Il anil
r,nsparently n.incero endorsonont ,o III. rresi-
dent and even shs1wss so fenced in with proyEos,
lie, and back door escapes thst the people At once
detected in II = more sool-pigeon 70 catch votes
shadow instead Of q substance, and the result
10 seen in the fact that the State has gone Rcpub-
can by large majority. Ttc same circumstances
are seen In the Of Ohio, although the Dcmocrt-
oy In tha, stste were saved from complete route
by the negro suffrage disansction among thor op-
ponenv, which oausei very light vote 70 he cast
In the Western Reserve countless The result In
Iowa presents different UhAfc. OF course ihe
Democrats could hardly hops FOR an sexual Aori,y
IN that ate, under ordinary circumstances a. the
odds against them arc nearly equal 10 those which
opposed their eo-psriissns Ia M.auchusct.s. But
th,y had good platform, . straiyhiiorwarl en-.
ton, and = gallant soldier headed their ticket
Tho result is that they have made heavy and
substantial gains and II Ia plain thai II they keep
IN their present course, a iew moro elections Will
bring them out triumphant, despite tho ovsr.
whslming majority with which uoy hsvo had TO
contend. Therefore we soo that just in proper
zion as the Democrats have hung back and chung
10 their Old and Obsolete principles, they have
$3.50 sas~e~s-s'ui snu -. ,y,srhry We soN
that the nearer they have 60, 10 plain, clearly dc
hned Endorsement OF the President, Ito closer
they have como 70 success. Il Is evident II we
accept this hypolhods that Nc Democrats OF Now
York have good prospect Of victory, provided
they do not defea, It by inJudcious action during
ihs canvass. They have q fair platform, and I.
good ticket. and II those leaders arc KEEP. In tho
background, who have made themselves obnoxious
to the people, there ~ no reason why success
should NOS finally perch upon ilc party banner.