Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-01

Psa Oapaa PsoPLs's Couxry Cos nIrfss.
Hrlef In she Raaical Camp.
Black tersors ere Selling upon Radical
souls for ever more. The track over which
Jockey Grant Was to have walked At lie
leisure. upon closer examination, 10 found
to be heavy, full Of obstaelss. sadly ont Of
repair, and getting worse and worse every
dsy.
The Seymour team, to Radical dismay,
10 tearing right along. and already ovsslsps
Grants, and 10 gaining ~ every stride.
Old Tuifsu.an Greeley has recently put
on a new pair Of spscks. and gazing out
from the Judges stand. discovers great
'rouble ahead. lie rushos into print through
he colums Of the Tribune AM tho Inds
pc dent, and tells the faithful that tbings
are Getting scary. lie writes 10 the Mds-
pendent over his own signature, stating that
Che RAIDS have got onlyll59 electoral votes
that they know Of and That il they lose one
Of thsm-only onc-the game il up. lie
goes on 20 say:
Here are Just votes enough 10 elect with
regard to winch there should BE- No doubt.
But Ohio aud West Virginia ars de ,peratcly
contested AMI, while 10 have most voters
n carh. our advsrsarios seem FOE tho pres
ont 70 hAvs the best workers. And, while
Wade Hampton boldly procsims that every
black who works for Democrat musl
give his vote u Seymour 4 Blair, or be dc.
ps,vcd Of work. bread and home, how can
We feel sure that any Rebel State will vote
Tor Giants We know right we'll that thirty
thousand majority OF the legal voters Of
South Carolina will hope and pray that
Grant may Be elected, but twenty thousand
OF these may be constrained to vote for Sew
moar. or not to vote 1t all. So Of other
Rebel states. We cannot rely on one Of
them I'LL the votes shall have been polled
and the result declared.
Not much consolation there. But Gree
ley proceeds with his figuring ~ follows.
Speaking Of Grant, he says:
HE not only can, bat will be beaten, un-
less the Republicans work with more energy
aud efficiency than they have thus far done
Indiana is the only doubtful State which
seems 10 be contested BY them with sds-
9as'e zeal and industry. | trus; that Ohio
cannot 10 lost; but II there be no revival
on our side. the ballot boxes will close on
the night OF tine October State election with
vi least 10000 more Republican than Dem
ocrshc votes unpollei. Perhaps We can
stand tina, disparity. aud perhaps not 1t is
not safe to take the risk.
80 Of Pennsylvania. We we're heavily
cheated there last October W are likely to
be worse cheated now. Her election laws
are solsrsbly good but the judges in strong
Democratic districts set them At defiance,
TAXING oil the voter that are ofFsrsd-ssps-
cially the bal ones. They will cheat US .,
least 10000 in October. We can beat them
still, if every Republican vote il polled.-
But viii they bsl Will Allsghansy give
her l0,000f Lancaster her 5000. and 9th.
srs in prcportionr Will Bssks, Norshamp-
ten, Menroe, Columhia, etc, give NO more
than their legal majority against US. |
hope. but fear.
Now, let us suppose that the enemies Of
human rights sho1ld-uo matter by wha,
means, carry Pennsylvania and Ohio in o.
tobsr, winning likewise some local triumph4
In other States; what theni Shall ~ not
see the very men who new shirk effort on
the plsa that Grant eannst be beaten, lyine
dewn IN inactlon because (thsy will say) be
10 already beaten, and oaauot possibly be
elected How swim viii BE- their transition
frsm blind presumption 10 cowardiy de-
spsiri"
The New York Hsrsli, another lively
Grant organ-and the most Influential sup
porter Ulysses hss GOT, alludss 70 The erea,
strait discovered BY Greeley. ~ above, and
raefally pets his nsighbsr Greeley The fol.
lowing raetllng cSnundrsn:
How nsay u The Ssesss samsd above
are % positively strong in the Radical faith
that they can BE- counted upon despite con.
Nneency
Without waiting for esd.aAn Greeley . |
re'poad. the Herald answers itself - fol.
lows:
'Only two-Massachusests ana Maize |
these alone ars sure.'
There's grief for forthcoming straight
ten the leading Grant and Oelfax camp
coming straight from the paper that 10
pledged TO beat HerAtio Seymour. Further
along. the Herald makes another ho.sst
confession, to-wit: -F
~ the hundred aud Rfty-nine votes
soose estimated as nearly certain fer Grant,
!. IS iits safe 10 say that ct least one hon.
GRAD ar equally likely to 20 for Seymour
laats cruel Earnestly may Grsut beg
70 the agony Of his heart. to BE- saved from
>" friends. He may Be- perfect liehsains
90 riding circus mule. and cartins timber, \
Out hs can't stand much Of that sort Of SUD.
psrs that The Tribune and Herald =, Nv.
ing.
And asv comes another blask ~.
erans Journal, Assasm's Nsess;.e. a.d
savss the great captain Of The ae.'' ! ALE.
81 isft-handsd comfort, In the following
STYLE:
when 1t u remembered that pre.;dent
Lincoln Was nrst elected ONLY hecanse IN
Democratic party VAS divided. and ~ : ~.
nosisy vote; that u his second e,est;c. .
pAasgs Of enly $500 votes, rishtSullv an.
vould have elected NcOI.lIs, 80
has ID The State elections held s;rcs 49,
ldeptiea u ths present Ssconstrue eieo poi.
Iey BY Cengsoos, the Democratic p,rty have
sarried the States q Connecticut, Ne. York
Nss Jersey, Pssnsylsania (partially Ohio.
Dali ornie and Oregon Il will be seen that
he cootest will b e!ose and the result l.
BOT yet assursd. 1.-THE Republican party
Vie Il vilt - rely olrenglyapeo carry.
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