The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-09-19
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g CALIFORNIA ELEeTIoN.--The Demo-
! cras,s are jubilant over the late election
I'd 1:sA,fornir, which res,ntcu III ire eIec-
tion Of Democratic governor and two
]. congressman. 1t Ii well that they
.,,should do so, for it il seldom now-a-
siays that anything happens that brings
them much pleasure. Had they been as
]. we'll informed as other political men are
!. they would have seen as much cause for
i exuberance of spirits before the election
as after. This Republican losss was
caused by dishonest political tricksters
folsting upon the party candidate for
governor who was Objectionable to the
Republicans. In consequence of this
fact, in some of the strong Republican
counties from thirty to fifty per cent. Of
the voters stayed away from the polls,
allowing the election to go Democratic
, by default. Should the election i'm that
Htate, in October next, be Democratic
! victory, then we will believe that the
.sis'great reaction" SO long forctold by A..
J. and the Democracy. Is taking place.
Speaking of this election. the Chicago
81 Tribune makes the following timely re-
! marks:
! ''No party can exist permanently
without opposition. If the Democratic
party were dissolved, and its members all
United with the Republican party, the
latter could not maintain its unity, but
y would at once divide into two parts,
which, by whatever names they might
he called, would present once more the
I. factof two opposing political organiza-
tions. AS one party predominates, it is
.sapt to rccede from that watchfulness and
purity which commended it to the coun-
try. Those who follow politics for the
personal profit they can realize, always
6ravitate towards that party which is
Is nvnr.vlnl,,,inr in nnn,haru and a,.,,- -
use 1t for their own corrupt ends. The
existence ola strong and vigilant oppo-
sition, is essential to the protection of
the Republican party fromitself. When
n party reaches that numerical prepon-
derance that 1t may be supposed it can
carry any load, 1t has reached point of
extreme danger. The people care moth
ing for parties, rs such, and when par
ty becomes dangerous to public interests
the country will not hesitate to sweep 1t
from existence. There never was, and
there never will be party that could
:. carry anything" by merely adopting ii
as party measure. The Democracy
III 10 n nv nv ,v,vn S,f ,x,In
;. may and may not do. They held pow.
or at short intervals for u quarter of 9
century. Day after day their load of sin
was increased. They finally took sla-
very upon their shoulders; and then
went straightway to the internal re-
gions OF politics-to-wit a hopeless mi
nority.
The Republican party has grown
to giant proportions upon the ruins
of the Democratic party. Its prn,
."iples of universal freedom and univer-
Sal equality before the Law, are but the
enabodiments of truth, and airs indie
structible. 1t does not follow, however.
that the Republican party can carry any
man or policy that corruption may force
!, Nlon its Conventions, or that fanati-
,scisn may cngraft upon its platform. 1t
must adhere to its principles and leave
all other things to take their chances.
We are not of those who want to see the
Senate and House Of Representatives
So1'-I - ~--el,,";vnl,- Of pan,l,l;.a,g
for that necessitatcs division of the par
ty. We do not want to sec the party so
strong in any State that its principles
will be lost sight Of in the election OF
corrupt demagogues, and in carrying
schemes Of local fanaticism. We think
the results in California, and in Maine,
and In Connecticut, may prove blessings
to the Republican party. We lose Cali
fornia; but if the Republican party of
that State had to take Gorham or be de-
feated, defeat is infinitely preferable to
the election Of a professional lobbyist"
Are The Blacks Dying Out.
:. The Houston (Texas) Ialcgral,h COM