Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-08-02
REPUBLICAN STATE TIChET.
THE DUBJQUE' HERALD ON THE
NEXT POLITICAL CANVASS.


THE DUnUoUE HERALD ox THE
NEXT POLITICAL CANVASS.
The Dubuque Herald, now at the
hcsd and front Of Democratic Journal
ism in the State of Iowa. contained in
It's Issue of the eSth nit, an article en-
titled "The next Political Canvass, =
which made some notable admissions
and indicated what, in the Herald
opinion. is the proper course to be
pursued by the Democracy IN the next
Presidential campaign.
The Herald admits that the Phila-
de'phia scheme was complete failure
and states there was necessarily dis
organization OF the opposition, DE
mocracyl and the establishment Of
satrapies over the States has result
cd BY satrapies" " the Herald
asthe military governments which
have been and are for the present
alone capable Of insuring protection
to Union men and negroes, as well as
to all other classes in the rebel States.
Had the Philadelphia scheme succeed
ed and the friends of the rebels been
placed in power, we should now have
heheld the widest anarchy at the
South or have been involved in anoih-
or war of rebellion, with the disad-
vantage of having the officers Of the
Government on the side of the enemy.
Saws the Herald. awe may de-
nounce the acts OF the radicals, and
undoubtedly should 40 so, but denun-
citation does not mend the evil nor
place US in better position fer re-
sistance Of other radical measures"
And Vet the stock in trade OF not only
this leading Democratic sheet. but Of
all its co-workers, has always been de-
annexation. They denounced the war,
the denounced the Republican party.
they denounced President Lincoln.
they denounced Federal soldiers, they
denounced the emancipation procla-
nation, they denounced the negro,
they denounced the Southern Union
lists, they denounced the Freetmen's
Bnreau, they denounced the civil
rights bill, they denounced the recon
s;saetion acts Of Congress, they de-
nennced the appointment Of military
commanders to insure the protection
Of person and property throughout the
South, they denounced negro suffrage,
they denounced prohibitory liquor
laws-and the leading Democratic or
gan has just now made the astounding
discovery that the progress of Repub-
lican ideas and the inevitable fall and
utter ruin Of the Democratic party
cannot be stayed by dennnc;ation =
The sagacity of the Uerald is unqucs-
,ioRable, but unfortunately for its
party, il is manifested a little late
Now that il has become evident that
calling Congress the "Rump." de-
neuncing The protection Of Union men
and negroes as aespotism " and the
military commanders Of the South as
"sa,raps will not rejuvinate the
Democratic party, il becomes al in
ieresting query what new dodge, OF
equal dignity and character. will be
resorted TO by the Democratic press,
We believe, however. they viii con-
tinne TO vent their childish spleen by
calling names.
The Herald declares that sin the
present state Of the country, while
there is much TO lament, there is also
sufficient reason for hope" It is la
mentable that so many of the Hsraid's
fiiends at the South persist in throw
ing obstacles in the way ola just re-
construction, AMI thus delay the re-
.,eration of their States to their cid
status in the Union; while. on the
other hand, We may very reasonably
hope that the patriotic firmness Of
Congress aud the Union masses will
result in the establishment Of the full
rs, liberty throughout the United
States.
The leading Democratic organ then
makes a remarkable admission. Not
wi,hstanding the Democratic press is
continually harping about the union
Is it was, and the constitution AS il
t." the Herald all at once declares
that . the Union as il was before the
war was made impossible by the war,
and the restoration Of the constitution
as framed By the fathers Of the re-
pahlic, was equally impossible because
of the changes wrought in the repub-
lie by the results Of the war; And
yet Democrats roll up their eyes in
Vi ,us horror whenever there is a SEEM
ing departure from the spirit Of the
oil gospel. The gospel Of liberty is
as incxplicable to them as that of ST.
John
Again the HsruH says, The Chi
cago platform was admirable as an
expression Of party good flith," but
that the canvass Of 1864 was conduct
ed in the direction Of rctrogrcssion. y
Exactly. Having resolved that the
war was failure, what else could be
expected of the Democratic party
than steady progress toH ards those
lower regions prepared for thex gr at
leader. JEFF Davis, and his friends.
No lanents OF the HeroM will preven,
their early arrival at their destination.
It is intimated by the Herald that 0
year later the success of the party was
only defeated by the ill-timed as.
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