Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-10-24
The late Elections.

meagreness and ambiguity Of the dis
patches by overland telegraph have been
remarkable. But enough has TRANSFERRED
for us to know that the Democracy have
carried the day in the teeth of immense
Republican majorities. There is no doubt
that Ohio and Pennsylvania have gone
Democratic, although it is asserted that
the race for Governor in Ohio, is so close
that the votes will have to be recounted.
The Legislature is Democratic by a small
majority, which will give us an United
States Senator, probably Vallandigham,
in the place of burly, bigoted, Ben Wade.
The whole State ticket is also elected
In Pennsylvania, Sharswood is elected to
the Supreme Judgeship-with large
Democratic gains throughout the State.
In Iowa, the Republicans claim from five
to ten thousand majority-a Democratic
gain of $4,000. In California, the Dem
ocratic majority is probably 1000, which
when we consider the ron. political char
acter of the places to be filled, is possibly
better defined Democratic victory than
even that of the September contest. TAX
en- all in all, it is complete radical de.
n
feat in all the States. And rejection of
the negro suffrage amendment in Ohio BY
10000, coming from State hitherto
thoroughly radical, is the clearest evil
dence that the "policy" Of Congress is
not sine qua non with the American
people. Already, the leading Republi
can journals snuff from afar, the swelling
OF the gale, which threatens to wreck
with direst ruin the prodigous, but un.
stable monstrosity Mongrelism. 1t is 10
vain that they attempt to "explaino the
cause of this backsliding from the estab- |
lished faith. They undertake to explain
on the ground Of local or side issues
such as personal popularity and the IL
quor ordinances. Yet in the next breath
admit thai the only and single issue be-
fore the country is, "shall the Democrat
ic party rule the Country" Such ar.
guments are the weakest if not the silli
est that could be advanced. The public
speeches made in Ohio and California do
not touch upon such matters. The issues
were plain and manifest even to the way
faring man whose breakneck enthusiasm
has so far subsidized that he can easily
read The issues were taxes, tariff, uni
Versal suffrage, military despotism etc. :.
either one Of them sufficient to damn the
political prospects of any party, in any
country. The people are waking up to
the Just Importance of these momentous
questions and all the specious sophistry
and bullying Of a thousand loud mouth.
ed demagogues like Ben Wade & Co..
will be useless in the attempt to whir
hem again into the traces. The asipn"
s plentifu,,and very plain As we have all
liong said, nothing can now save the Re.
publican party. 1t is impossible that it
hould renounce any one of its cherished
Iogmas, and the day when they can sue.
essfully be defended, is gone; let us
ope, never to ieturn, Their panacea
or any nausea apparent in the national
tomach has been, ''war for the Union" {
ut the events of the last two years, and
he present state of the country discover .
lis to be the veriest quackery. The peo-
le will no longer "down" at their bid ,
ing The ghost of patriotic reason is f
ice more alive in leland. Revolution t
as commenced, and revolutions never Z
RI backward. n
The day is coming-nay it las come Q
men Americans can be M lonoar s+,,; @