Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-11-10
Ho, for Salt River [!


feat Of the democratic party ia phil
osophic and good humored way, as
follows:
In looking over the field of the
fight of Tuesday, it looks as if some-
body had been whipped. From the
indications, we should think that the
party that did the falling back was
of the democratic persuasion.
1t is unfortunate that in battle or
in contest there can be but one VIC
tor. But it SO happens that but one
party can win, while the other must
lose. From this bad state of things,
it has resulted that, as one party on.
ly can win, the democracy has not
been that party. A contest in which
both parties could win would be more
satisfactory.
There is some satisfaction In the
thought that this defeat is not the
first one in history. The liet of the
vanqnished, rom Adam down, is as
long as that of the victors We have
iIlustrious company. A good many
have, 'been there" before a good
many more will have "been there"
at the end OF the future
The men VINO have been defeated
are legion, aud their immortality, IN
many cases, is not stinted. Napole-
on the FIRST was beaten. 1T j. con.
tingency liable to happen to the best
regulated families TO the greatest of
men, the most heroic of armies, and
the most patriotic of parties.
"Whom the Lord loveth, He chas-
teneth"
These are sublime words aud fall
of consolation Let democrats refer
to them frequently. The contempla
ton of them will do good to distress
sed souls. There are probably other
dpropoS passages OF scriptures that
are equally beautiful and consoIing.
We advise our friends to take the bi'
bic and read It. As general thing
| it will be found more encoura ging
than the persual of election returns
The latter are not cheerful. They
are like lists Of killed and wounded
after battle.
Our radical opponents have got
things all their own way. The ennis
grafton TO Salt river leaves them 8
clear field We leave them, al the
moment of adieu, our blessing. sew
eral thousand OF torches, quantity
of benzine suitable for illuminating
purposes, and quantity OF, other
traps ard paraphernalia for which We
have no further use. The uplands o
Salt river afford no employment fol
much Of the furniture accumulated
during the late canvass.
| We do not think, however, thai
we shall always stay in the saline
regions OF the poitical river. We
shall come back, some of us, in two
years, and all OF rs four years hence
Our emigration is not intended to b,
permanent. The location up Their,
is not the kind Of country in which
democrats have been brought up
They have never become acclimate'
in their late occasional visits to tina
distant and in no way lovely region
To radicalism, we have only wor
TO say in addition to the parting dem
ocratic pension. The gentlemen Q
that faith have now everything thei
own way. They have the reins i
, their own hands. They control til
, valves OF the engines and they hay
control of the wheel Now, the fas
f ter they drive, the less will they di,
, appoint our expectations The soor
} cr they smash things, the quicke
will they reach the inevitable termi
, nation of their journey.
| In view of this, our parting wore
are Gentlemen, Go it span
| nothing. Instead of spending one
third more than you earn, spend tw,
| thirds, tour,lhirds, ten thirds NOR
, Sop at nothing, Instead Of disfrar
chising only five>sixths Of tho whit
men at the south, disfranobisc then
all. In place If giving negroes onl
, portion of the offices, give them a
the offices, and throw in the sonther
plantations, and the spoons and cas-
Of their old owners. Go ahead i
Stop nowhere. Finish smashing tn
constitution. Annihiate the supreme
court, or oblige it to decide forever
more that whatever congress does i
right. Issue an order that ali demo
crafts are traitors, and, under the pre-
tence Of peace, give us unlimited an
archy, which shall be rounded OF
with an imperial throne upon which
shall be seated the august person o
Uly sses |.