Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-09-20
The Elections in California and Maine

The Elections in California and Maine.
Fof several days the Democlatic organs
all over tho country have been making "a
desperate effort 10 raise the spirits of their
party from hopelessuess ky a loud game Of
brag upon the elccti0ns4h California and
Maine. Melancholy Democratic ROSTERS
have been exhumed, and the most frantic
efforts made TO stimulate victory, Joy aud
confidence. BY keeping up a tremendous
furry they sought to conceal the insignif-
icance of the real event. which was simply
that division Of the Republican party in
California, by running two tickets, enabled
the Democratic party to carry the State
by running a "War Democrat"-a being
which the Ohio Democracy declare i'm
possible, for that no real Democrat was
ever for the war against secession-and
that in Maine the Republicans have car
ried the State by reduced majority.
Neither of these show any signs of a
popular reaction to Democracy, or of any
increase of the Democratic party. And
although the Republican party in Cali
fornia was divided, the Democrats did not
dare to risk the chance without that which
Ohio Democracy would call the false pre-
tense of War Democrat, whose princi-
Piles toward the rebellion condemn the
course Of tho Ohio Democratic leaders
during the war as traitorous. We are
not indorsing Mr.. IIaight's War Demo-
cracy, nor guaranteeing that he will con-
tinuo true to his professions, but we are
stating the professions on which he ran,
TO show that what the Ohio Democrats call
victory in California is what they labor
ed to defeat in their Conventio ON and what
if il had prevailed in their nominating
Convention they would have regarded as
pronouncing them infamous, for their
course of hostility to the public defense.
We shall not attempt to bclittle the
misfortune of delivering the State Of Cali
fornia to the control of the Democratic
party. IL 10 N public calamity. Had that
party controlled the State whom the rebel.
lion broke out, il would have been carried
over 10 the South, and the difficulties of
supprvr,;ng the rebellion greatly Increased.
At this time the De eocrotic control Of
that State is dangerous 10 tho national in
tegrity, rs tho Democratic control would
be anywhere. IL is the control Of party
wlpso whole history is Of purpose to
wtakon tho bonds which unite tho nation,
aud which wagod long and terrible war
to destroy il, ana whose leaders do not
pretend any change in their spirit or pur-
pose. IL is the control ola party destitute
of patriotism, without sense OF national
integrity, and whose only principle is de-
struction. To have State fall into the
hands Of such a party, is n public calamity,
and the Republicans who arc responsible
for the division that caused ii, are guilty
of crime against their country.
But this running in Of tho Democratic
ticket between two Republican tickets is
no sign Of any less hatred for the princi.
pies Of the Democratic rebellion. And
tho selection ola War Democrat to take
this wide opportunity is q confession that
if such mon as are now prominent in the
Democratic campaign in Ohio-such men
as Thurman, Vallandigham and. Pendle-
ton, who were in full sympathy with the
rebellion, and aided IL all they could do
without taking the personal risks of war
had been nominated for Democratic can.
didates in California, the ticket would
have beon defeated. The difference be-
tween "War Democrat" and Vallandig.
ham is the difference between patriot aud
o traitor. How can such persons call that
a Democratic victory which had to dlsown