The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-16

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cArCfLl scrutiny Of these : sFrS-
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WhoG N .,rsnc. -, Of the 18th
inBigr., N-r ". lat startled by the
tisr.Es e. 'Is announcing that the De
mono &c victorious in Maine, that there
were immense Republican losses, SC. We
looked the article through, and for the life Of
ur we cannot comprehend what this Rip Van
Wrinkle means, unless like Mark Tapley he is
bent on having jolly time. Mark, it will be
recollected, was determined TO be Jolly under
the most depressing circumstances, and our
neighbor must be gifted with the same mar.
vcllous faculty. 1t Is wonderful to see how
Jolly he is.
And, what is not a little peculiar under the
circumstances, the two-column article OF OUT
peighbor could not have been prepared on
Monday evening. There 10 none OF the smell
OF the midnight oil about it; but, on the cou.
trsry, It shows marks OF careful and thought.
full preparation. How convenient it is to be
able to Fit down weeks, perhaps months, be.
fore an election comes off, and make your cal.
eulatiOns, put down your figures, and estimate
your own gains and mAjoTities, and to speak
conslently OF the losses and consequent defeat
ofyour opponents. All this saves time; and be
sides, in this way you are not subject to those
little inconvenieGces which are likely to occur
on election day, which may put your calcula.
ton somewhat at fault. II you have it all pre-
pared beforehand and your figures nicely ar.
ranged AS YOU would have them-oG course
liz
pecially convenient. 1t saves all that wear
and tear and trouble through which ed tors
and newspaper men are obliged to struggle
who neglect to make up their tables OF mn or.
tiles and Losses and gains until after the elec-
tIon Is over.
We have not yc. been advised as to whether
our LeIghGor pEopCscs TO take out n patent
OF his invention which has enabled him to
discover that the democracy is Victorious"
In Maine. His method of reaching his con
illusions 10 certainly a novel one, but whether
politicians who are honest and those who de.
sire to be accurate will adopt 1t, may readily
be doubted,
Our neighbOr does not scem to be at all con-
versant with the result Of the election In
Maine in either the years Of 1874 or 1857, but
he insists upon comparing the OtC OF lsOC and
lS6S. But why select tho year OF 1860, and then
compare tho assumed vote OF Monday with
the vote of that yearl Thereby hangs tale
as we shall see. Why not compare the years
of 1864 and 1865 Both were Presidential years
and 1T Is eminently appropriate, therefore,
that compar isons shou ld be instituted be tween
these years, that iairer deductions may be
made:
In lS6l Governor Coney tRl had........ C55s3
Judge Howard (DJ had.......... iO405
Governor Coney's majorlty...... 1880
President Lincoll had that yeaT......... Gs,Ill
General McCleIIan.....,....,.. 1922
Mr.. Lincoln's majority. 1922
This is the Presidential year, and there Is
now no doubt that Gov. Chamberlain ma.
Jority will reach at least 10000. What then
becomes Of this tremendous Democratic vic.
toryi We don't see 1t. But why not CON.
pare the vote of 1867 with the vote of 1865 Is
not this the usual and the fair way of doing 1t
Gov. Chamberlain's majority last year was
ll,6l+i this year 1t will reach upwards OF
10000. Does this look as though the Democ-
racy were victoriousl Really what can be
thought of party or OF party organ that
attempts to draw consolation from such per-
versions of truth and OF figures!
But why does the IniCHiycnccy select the
year !, when Gov. ChsmbeTlsin's majority
was 97,,O7 The object is apparent. The De-
mOcTaCy that year did not bring out its
strength, while the Republicans were per.
fectly rgsnized and made their usual rally as
to numbers. In 1866 Chamberlain had 90 nc;
Pillsbury had Il, $40. In lSC7 Chamberlain
had J7,C4Oj Plllsbury, IO,O35.
From the above figures 1t will be seen why
the HiGHigcHcer chooses to institute compari-
sons between the years of 1866 and ls6s, rather
than 1854 and 1865, or 1867 and 1865. The
readers Of the IEicigcRCcr may be deceived
by IT, but the public generally viii not be.
The New York Times truthfully says that
HOratlO seymour has always been u builder
Ing politician aud prophet. lie bIunlerel
Iearfully about the war At its beginning. lie
then Numbered right and left In regard to the
national credit aud finances, He then blum
lered about the draft and the Management of
things III this city. lie then bluudered about
the way the war would terminate aud the re-
suits Of its termination, Since then he has
blundeTed In every speech he has delivered;
and at the New York convention he Numbered
into refusing and accepting the Democratic
nomination. Were he elected he would GER
talnly be known ss the laundering President.
The World, the National IHtcHigenccr, and the
Washlngto Express are very much elated by
the news from Maine. They are a jolly set,
are these Democratic editors. We can but
admire their pluck, while we must laugh at
their folly, We welcome all such Democratic
victories AS those In Vermont and Maine,
Push on the column.
The WOrId il devoting its attention to earth
quakes in South America. Wewonder If that
journal has heard Of earthquakes and tidal