The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-10

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causes influencing the Get Of every voter, Ne
can never have the certain and tine key 70
resale. -Asy opinion Dies en- oaly inslsda
general csusss. '-~
Tuesday WAS not precisely > Bulrs Rsn
FOR the RepubIicaa party was, ~ rouesdy bs;
there is pasailsl Wsdoat sgsct iSdiasr.
ence Ia tho psemisss, % dosb profess 70 bs
As much srasi6ed By rsvsnes I'VE would b
by grand victory. We shssll Aavs liked "a
have seen Iowa rival its gresa Republican
msjorities in The past. w shosld have
greatly preferred that Ohio end Pennsyiyanis
had bcrne forward their Uaipa soIosss to .
more glorious ballot victory than amy they
have ever Won. It was only rebels and their
synpsshisers that rejoiced over Bull Run
and, albeit, in the light of subsequent events,
We we'll know how much good there was in
that defeat, Union men are not expected
even yet to relish the memory Of 1T.
The situation is inexorable, whether W
like ii or not. Let rs see what present good
and future strength No may gain from it.
And FIRST, Republican losses and Democratic
gains in the States that held elections Tues
day, are not evidence that Andrew johnson
and bis policy arc growing IN favor. The
New York World, the Chicago Times, and
the Democratic press and stumpers general
ly, took the precaution Of proclaiming per
sistenty throughout the canvass, that they
took no stock in A. j. A vote directly upor
the national question would have given ths
Republican tickle the largest majority il eve1
hsd in this county.
Much is undoubtedly due in this State ani
in Pennsylvania to the apathy of Republi
cana In Iowa the Republican majority Ia.
been SO immense, that, with . surety of sue
cess anyhow, many Republicans stay ava,
from the polls. That this would be % ha.
been recognized BY both parties !; the Demoe
racy on this ground alone have been largely
melted to the extraordinary exert ons they
have made, hoping to profit by Republican
apathy growing out Of assured security in the
State. In Pennsylvanis, but one officer
Judge of the Supreme Court-was to be elect
ed, and of course the contest would not fully
awaken public interest. Side issues have
weakened the Republican party and drawn
away votes from it, in all the States. Among
these side issues we do not reckon that suf1-
rage amendment in Ohio. We are sorry Ohio
Republicans have not more backbone - have
not higher sense Of justice but the pruci-
pie embodied in that amendment is q vital
principle OF radical Republication, and they
and we must fght the battle for it again and
again, and on and on and on and always IN.
til it be established, and the truth of Amer
can Democracy and American Republican,
ism be vindicated and established The cry
of taxation, and shrieks about the bends,
have made, in the cities especially, some
votes for Democracy who made factional
appeal on this score. In the cities are all
ways large class whose poverty resents the
better condition O. their Weather neighbors,
aud whose prejudices are easily excited for a
campaign. The drunken crowd that voted
for the radical Prohibitionist, SAM Cary, and
went, wildly hurrahing over his election, to
mob the Gazette Office, can be led by any
kind Of demagoguery. There was that in the
campaign just closed which rallied all this
element actively in the interests OF the De-
mocracy, while many better men paid little
attention to the political contest.
But we do not care to further review the
list Of probable or possible causes. The De
mocracy claim that it is great popular re-
action in favor Of the Democracy. We do not
see the proofs. How many men do you
know who have been reliable, substantial
Republicans during the past six years,
who have joined the Democracy in the
recent canvas? This query might be pressed
in each community in the State and country,
and in most it would be found that there was
not q substantial, thorough Union Re.
publican in the past who is no,
thoroughly and staunchly Republican now.
What seemed a tide Of Democratic
victories set in in 1862. II was merely phe.
nominal and short>liyed. With renewed
vieor in the succeeding elections, the Repub
ican party Of loyalty and progress steadily
gained constantly growing success. The fac,
is, the Democracy have disciplined by their
bitter opposition the Republican party into
unity: many of its proudest positions and
achievements have been the result of The
eompulsion Of the rebel-democrscy. Thei,
hostility to Emancipation consolidated the
Republican party in favor of it, and thence
came the overthrow af slavery. Here is the
promising good of present discorragemen,s
The fact that it will take an effort to defea,
the Democratic marty in next year ca mpagr
will lead the Republican party to the hishes
activity and vigilance.
Andrew johnson will now develop himsel
in his most devlish phase. This will be \
hardship and a shame, but it will consolidate
the loyalty of this country in favor of the
Union Republican candidate for the. Presi
dency next year, and elect him by tremen
dous majority.
A LONDON correspondent saws: Mis-.
Braddon, who was so terribly indignant
short time ago because some New York pub
Usher had put her name to a work which she
had not written, has just been convicted d
an ofense that proves her not only dishonest
but actually the most stupid Of all stupid
fools. She is, you know, publishing month.