The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-17

TO the through organization Of The Democratic
party, and to its incessant work. Every
Democratic vote in the State was polled, and
every waverer was reached and piled with ev-
cry possible argument. SONS thing must be
charged, also, against the comparative inenic-
iency Of our own State Central Committee
who were very slow about getting to work,
and made many omissions and blunders. Some
thing again, must be laid to the violence and
lndiscretions Of some Union speakers. Ne
think that the Union poriy would have poIled
three or four thousand more votes if senator
w nde had been kept quiet, and Senator Chan
der OF Michigan had stayed at home. The
general aud prevalent idea amsng the more
ighoraRt Germans, too, tie Republican party
was in some way committed 10 an anti-lagger
policy, contributed somehow tn Jur l%ossCs, bu,
after oil, the great weight which bore dogn
our pnriy wns The negro. The returns Of the
election demonstrate that the prcjnd.cC OF col
or is yet strong in Ohio, and in tho Rrpubl!-
can party. and wherever i! was the strongest
we find tho Democratic gains The largest The
Democratic counties and thei Southern Ohio
counties, where the inhabitants are mainly
immigrants from the Southern States, and
where the negro immigration is dreaded have
shown imm"nse Democratic gains solely on
this issue Strong Republican counties have
been rpv"ln'iOnized nnl nre n1w democratic.
Aui Throughout the State the returns con-
vince ~ that Prejudice hns overcome Reason,
aid That The position Ct the Republican party
in favor 0f ,qlnl justice las been an element Of
its weakness.
The second cauac Of our defeat Is the sluusi-
bic argument OF TIE d. mocratic speakers in
favor Of paying of The na'ional bonds, and the
general feeling Il at our taxation IL onerous
which has been n%rrfully fostercd by every
Democratic sp,nkir in the cuu1'r. The
mnsses nrc not flauciers or poll Iica scono
misls and the Democratic proposition, Ia
d~icrnusly rotten aud Illogical ns it is has
gninrd = EN- votes among the poor.
Such nie tic causes f thi' Democratic
gain in Ohio. is lessons are worth ponder.
ing. Ard first let us declare that va are not
ready. rs SOME wcck-kneel and whey-blouded
Republicans grc, TO abandon the Equal Sufl,
rage principle, though we confess II has helped
tn d miuish our maj lrity Of the people uI Ohio
have voted against II, we propose To convert
them to the right in the future. We ARE 90
ing back into those camps, ~ Sheridan said
ut Cedar Creek. We propose 10 pick the 4 NJ
aud tIy II again. The principle cf Eqntl
Suffrage ia just and sound it the vital issue
with the Republican party, and we shall not
uDhUu'N " ucchuSe OF one u'lea'.
The grQnt lesson OF The ranvnis should hr
the necessity NJ unity md harmony in the Re-
publican party. We mus, act logcrhci W.
must os'rlc'ze uohudy. we mvsi give No phi
va C and p'rsortl ru'mosi,ies and work to
gcther irr u common triumph. We have
heen 50 siro'g lnr the pnst ten years that
many Republicans have INDUCED il qnarreis.
hciion- ave srrung u. struggles for ofire
have alirunlrd Uui.n men. und he strength u
tie party hns hlcn injured by private dissru
ions We mat stop all this. We must wei
come 10 the party all who ne willing to net
with ia Eow. without criliciziug their record
in the past. We must nominate our best
men-wc cannot afford. as the election has
ianght Us. 20 hear the burden Of corrupt
dishonest or incnble nominees fr Office. We
must stand shoulder to shoulder for the Union
party and The Uaior principles. The Union
party orOhio has been in mniirily too hing
'or It's own best good. A partial defeat, ard
the rule Of n Democratic Legislature, will help