Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-06-12
How they View the Sit
f E#A nation. #a s@#

1t is evident from the candid con-
LESSONS which has been..made by some
of the leading Democratic papers of
the country that the Democratic par
ty recognize in the ticket of Grant
and Colfax power too strong for
them to combat. The New York
Citizen, one of the leading Democrat
ic organs Of the east, thus speaks OF
the situation: tT36 gJaI a84
Grant and Colfax make a ticket
hard to beat. The wonderful military
success of the oIfe, and the great pc.
litical ability of the other, cannot be
written down or be-littled by news
paper editors and the attempt to do
SO Is folly only worthy of the late
management OF The Democratic par
ty. The hero of the Donelson, Cor
NTH, most wonderful Of all, of Vicks-
third rate General, and no literary
scribe can make him one. The gem
tleman who has worked his way to the
Speakership of the House Of Rep
resentatives, Is not a bad politician,
and those who buy him for one will
not make a profitable bargain.
Probably there are no twenty lead
ing names stronger, individually or
collectively, than the two which
have been put forward. And II they
do not receive the support Of the peo-
pie, IL will be from other than per-
sonal reasons.
The Republicans have made their
cast, and IL remains for the Demo-
Gratis to beat it ii they can. How
they are to effect this is q serious
question. A bait is now offered for
the Conservatives, the War Demo-
Gratis, and oil the floating population
which have no decided views.
Grant, although he committedagrave
error-prObably Influenced by pri-
vate feeling--of favoring impeach-
ment, is known not to be an ex-
treme fanatic. His conduct and
declarations at the close of the war
make so. much certain. The plat
form is conveniently indefinite, and
is stronger by what It omits than by
that which 1t asserts. The Stevens
dogma, that negro suffrage Is to be
forced upon the North by Congress
s;onal domination after being repu-
dated by the popular vote, is set
aside; and the question of suffrage
for the South Is kept conveniently
indefinite. The payment of the ma
tional debt is left to time, an easy
way Of getting rid of it, and it is to
be paid according to the spirit and
letter Of the statutes under which it
,was created-this is in greenbacks or
in gold, as may suit the public taste.
Then the only positive expression of
opinion Is on questions that offer an
adversary little advantage. The
Convention was powerful, dramatic
and harmonious, and has the prestige
of success, which Will draw many to
its standard. A f,is
Do the Democrats imagine that
they can defeat such candidates with
any such men who. only represent q
section, and o pitiful section, too of
their partyg Has apprehension
ever yet defeated les ally : Can PEN
dicton overcome Grant? 1t has
been our boast that there were more
Democratic than Republican soldiers
in the ranks Of tile loyal armies.
Will these men fight one way aud
vote another? Having whipped the
enemy in the field, will they vote
the victory in the council? The
leaders who think SO must be "old
line Whigs'-those most hopeless of
political 'drivelers. Can we 20 into
This fight against the glories; of
Nicksburg, ,Donelson, Appemattox
Court House, AMI a Thousand ether