Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-05-02
Political.
COngratuIatOry Address Of
the Democratic Executive
Committee.

DEMOCRATIC GOMEZ. Ex'TIvE Rooms, !
COLUMBUS, April IL, 1867.
DEMOCRATS OF 0HEo:-We coDgratu'
late you upon the cheering political iudi'
cations. Our party, as it we're, has
passed through a long, dark political
night-so long and SO dark that many
have despaired of the dawning Of day /;
hut at last the night is passing away, and
a roy of light breaks through the thick
dark ness eastward. In New Hampshire
the Republican majority has fallen Off
Connecticut uufurls the Constitution and
records decisive majority for the De.
mocracy-giviDg to the democratic cam
dldates on the State ticket a majority of
about one thousond, eleOting three out
of the four candidates for Congress,
and causing the Legislature to stand :
Senate, II Republicans and 10 Demo
crats House, 127 Republicans and lit
Democrats. At the spiing election in
1862, preceding the fall election wherein
the Democracy carried Ohio, Pennsylva-
MIA, New York, Indiana, Illinois, New
ersey and Delaware, Connecticut gaze
the Republican candidate for Gouernor
majority Of nine thousand. The SEN
ate was unit against the Democrats and
the House stood: Republicans III;
Democrats sc being Republican ma
jOrity Of LAG on joint ballot, against a
majority Of only II on joint ballot now.
By reference and comparison, we find
the spring elections this year in New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, lndi.
ana and particularly in Ohio, are as much
EOf an Improvement on the spring 6lec.
tious in these States in 1862, as was the
election in Connecticnt on the 1St in
stant an improvement on the result in
that State ln 1862, in the fall Of which
year the Democratic party triumphed SO
grandly.
We herein recognize cause for COM
graduation, and an iusentive that should
spur Democrats everywhere to the most
energetic effort. II our information is
not faulty, continuously for fourteen
years did the Democracy Of Connecticut
encounter defeat at the polls; but, rot
daunted. believing in the righteousness
of their cause, they fought on aud they
now fnd their yeward in a triumphant
victory. They had to encounter despe-
rate antagonism- intellect, money and
lnlemperate appeals 20 passion and prejA
udice. They have overcome ALL What
the Democracy Of Connecticut did the
Democracy of other States can do through
the same dauntless aud persistent effort.
You, the Democrats Of Ohio, can do it,
You have not suffered exclusion from
power in the State for the last fourteen
years, as did the Democracy Of Connec-
ticut. You carried the State in 1862 by
a majority rangingfrom five to over seven
thousand, although at the preceding State
election you ware defeated by majority
Of 55, ,2O3-your aggregate vote in the
State bsing only 157,794, whereas the
Republican aggregate vote in the State
wss 2O6,997. Tie very next year your
vote for Secretary Of State was 1S4,932-
an increase Of 32,538 on ths preceding
year, whereas the Republican vote for
Secretary Of State was 178, ,741--a falling
of Of 1926 as compared with the vote
of the preceding year. The Republican
majority iu this State last fall on Secre-
tary Of State was, 1896 -12,5O7 less
tlan it was against you in 1861, and yet
YOU carried the State at the ensuing cleo.
tion trivmphantly. We cite these votes
10 encourage and stimulate you to an ac-
tive co operation with us in the effort to
carry the State. Even did not the result
Of the election ID Connecticut and at the !
elections elsewhere, bid us
hope for success as the reward OF enera
getic work, the revolutionary conducslofI
The Radicals in Congress, and especially |
the efforts Of the leaders Of the RepubA
lican party here IN Ohio to drag the white
man down to political, and thence to
social. equality with the Negro, should
- s..nn.L rvrua !, "a aa In ardY1sa tha