Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-12-09
Tho strength Of tbe Demo cratic
Party.

fishing Obituary notices Of the Democratic
party, the n. Y. S"0 ,cry sagaciously init
mates to them that there is little ground for
such cxtravagant jubila3on. 1t SUNS up
the result of the late election as follows:
Though the Republicans obtained in the
rscent contest nearly tllree.ieurths OF the
Presidential Electors, the Democrats am in
o majority fonly about go, ,0oD in popu
lar vote Of 6.000, 900 ;i.e., only four and
half per cent. This statement exhibits in
u striking light the important fact that the
Disparity 'bctwcenthe two parties is far less
than would seem to 5c indicated By the
nuMber Of the electors chosen by eech
Despite their overthrow in the late cam.
paign, the Democracy remain very pow
erful party. M political organization in
our history has passed through sach severe
trials and been compelled to hear such odi.
GUS burdens as has the Democratic party
during the past fourteen years. ...
Nevertheless, in spite df these adverse
circumstances, and OF the dead weight they
carried in the revolutionary poicy Of their
candidate for Vice.PresiicDt. the Demecra.
cy exhibited unexpected strength in he late
contest, and now stand upon the edge Of the
battle field in powerful numbers, and under
u remarkable state Of disciplin.
A fair estimate of the number Of white
men disfranchised by tyrannical legislation
shows that they amounted to nearly half
million. Had the people been prcnit'cd to
vote according to the provisions Of the Con.
sttution, the popular majority for Seymour
would have been as large as it now is for
Grant. The election was controlled by des
potic acts of Congress, caforeed bya stand
ing army. In some States the right to vote
was denied to all the inhabitants, in others
to a considerable portion Of them. The De.
mocracy were beaten by brute force alone.
They know. how they were treated aHd are
able to see how victory was wrcsted from
their grasp. They naturally feel indignant,
and their resoluteness Of purpose is conse-
qucntly entirely unsiIaken. The SuA very
properly describes the present attitude Of
the Democratic party as standing upon the
edge Of the battle field in powerful num-
bers, and ander remarkable state Of dis.
cipline. There is no decentralization in
our ranks, and our hosts will enter upon
coming contests with the same indcmitablc
energy which hasalways distinguished them
Believing in the immutability Of the great
principles upon which the creed of the
Democratic party is based the leaders and
the masses are alike conidant that they
must triumph US soon as free expression
Of public opinion takes place in this coun.
try. Nothing can prevent the speedy over.
throw Of the corrupt and tyraun;cal party
now in power, except such change ia the
organic constitutions of our government as
will deprive the people Of control over it
So soon as election become perfectly free
again, the rcigo Of Radicalism must end,
and with the triumph Of the Democracy the
na,cn vii! enter upon Il new career of pros
petty and g!uyy. - LaacoSter LhlUgcncer.
The STRIDES rlHE Pacific RAILROAD.
The two great rangcs-the Rocky Noun.
tains and the Sierra Navadas have been
crossed by the great NaIiohal Railroad
This stupendous work is being pushed rap
idly onward along the intervening valleys.
1t was thought by many, that it would be
stopped by the mountain barriers, but the
result has convinced the world that no Oh.
staclcs can impede the progress of the gi-
gantic scheme on the contrary, the cner-
aieS Of the company have been redoubled
since they have arrived at this doint, and as
they advance they increase in speed, until
they are now laying six miles Of track every
day. Twelve hundred miles of route be-
tween Omaha and Sacramento are made by
the locomotive and only about FIVE hundred
miles Of road remain to be completed, half
Of which will be finished before next spring,
it the coming winter should prove an open
one This marvellous progress affords evil
dence that the overland rail- Dad is no longer
matter Of hope and conjecture it is almost
an assured success.
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