The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-11-28
70 Time TO bS DiscoIra red,

Some democrats have become Discouraged
at the result Of the elections this fall, and
a few, if We may take the Chicago Times
for an expositcr, are ready to surrender at
discretion to the radicals, throw down their
arms, and tell the enemy to prepare any
kind of a dose they wish, and it will be
swallowed. The Chicago Times and the
Davenport Democrat, however are the only
papers we have seen which are willing and
ready to march into the radical camp, and
we know they represent no part of the
democratic party, with possibly here aud
there an exception. We have had too much
experience with the Ben Buffers. the Dan
Dickinsons, the Stantons, the Lopans. aud
the other desertcrs, to be frightened by any
such detection We know that where 4
| few are frightened into conceding anything
the enemy may prescribe, the defeat only
has the effect ON the great body of the de-,
mocracy to close up the ranks more firmly;
to make the party more determined, and
to make them adhere with all the more
Pert'naclty to the principles which they
know to be right.
The first view Of the elections NAV be
discouraglng, but it is only the superficial
view that is so, and that is precisely the
view, and the only view, the radical papers
present. Their aggregate majority in the
northern States this fall is in the neigh.
borhood of three hundred thousand, bnt
this is made up mostly in some half dozen
states where it is overwhelming. while th,
others are small and doubtful. Massa-
chusetts. Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Maine and
Michigan alone make up 25O,O0O Of this,
or hve sixths of the whole amount, while
Snnh
Indiana, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Wisconsin and others have
but small majority, which at best can
be put down as doubtful, New York
shows less than $4,000, Pennsylvania 1e,-
600, Indiana 14OOO, Connecticut 500, and
New Jersey 1000, Delaware, Maryland
and Kentucky are democratic now, while
Missouri is kept radical only by the bald.
est kind of fraud, and acknowledgements,
which her people will remove in year or
two. Then take some six states out Of the
twenty five that are now permitted to vote,
and they are all either democratic or doubt.
Iu,, and are sure ~ 60 Democratic within
the next two years; that is, we shall carry
at least sixteen to eighteen of the states
which have held elections this year.
And then to them must be. added the
eleven states of the south, which. are now
kept out Of the union that radicals may
stay in power. No one pretends but they
arc unanimous against these their enemies,
and that their popular vote would be
hundred to one. Add these to the sixteen
or eighteen states now permitted to vote,
and we shall find at least twenty six out Of
the thirty six states democratic, and pop
lar majority of the whole people of the
United States several hundred thousand the
same way.
1t is no time for democrats to be disco,if-
aged. The radicals may present the figures
of the states they allow to vote, and claim
they are overwhelmingly for them, but it is
not so, and their claim is as false as their
reasoning is specious. AS well might the
democratic counties of Dubuque, Ailama.
kee, and others in Iowa. seize hold upon
the power Of the state, disfranchise all The
other counties, hold an election and claim
great democratic victory from the MAORI
ties We had given. And this b precisely
what the radicals have done Let no dem-
ocrat be deceived or discouraged. by it
Dubuque Herald.