The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-22
What They say.

ment at the Hotate eldctlOusl III IenliSifd-
mia, Ohio and Indiana. The Democracy
have made an energetic md gallant ,6ght,
but have not been Successful in either of
these important States. But they will not
despair-neither should we, They will
20 into the contest for the November cleo
ton with the same high resolution to do.
their duty, and there are good reasons to
hope with better results. lis fact we'll
known that the Democrats throughout the
North we're rather respondent three weeks
ago, and that they have qnite recently
been re-iuvigOrated and aroused. Had
these elections come off in September the
maiorities against the Democrats would
have been much larger than they arenOw.
The party have evidently been gaining
in strength and resolution within the last
few weeks; and it is not unreasonable to
hope that the people of the North, con-
templating the dangers of continued radi-
cal rule, may pause on the very verge of
the procipice and refuse to take the final
plunge. Let us, at all events, relying up
on the justice of our cause, and trusting
to the God of the injured aud oppressed,
do our whole duty and calmly await the
result,-Columbus (Ga,,) Enquirer.
The large and decided majorities given
to the Radical cause in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, secure the election of Grant
and Colfax by an unprecedented vote.
The contest at the North is virtually
closed 1t would be waste of time, Ia
Dor and money longer to continue it I'M
der the circumstances. The Presidential
election in November may be considered
as decided. It's only necessary to go
through the usual forms of voting and
counting on such occasions. At the South,
the matter assumes an entirely different
aspect. We are called upon to meet new
demands on our courage, energy and en-
durance. Our participation in National
politics is closed. The fiat has gone forth,
that we are conquered people, bereft of
ali rights, entitled to no voice or opin
ions, and subject to the will of our con-
querors. Upon the pursuit of our indus
try, in the banding more closely together,
of all of our true men, and in a determin-l
ed effort to protect ourselves, as far as pos
sible, from future dangers by the machin-r
cry of our State Governments, depends
our only hope of safety. We are to-day
the most utterly friendless people upon
the face of the earth. ,
Columbus (Ga,) Sun and Times.
The struggle between radicalism and
the Democracy will not end until from
one end of the Union to the other the peo-
pie have spoken and declared for or
against Seymour and Blair, whose colors
we have nailed to the mast head, never to
be deserted.
There is too much at stake for the peo-
pie of the South to sink voluntarily,
into inaction, though all the Northern and
Western States should 60 Republican.
God has given us a great heritage, and
he demands that with the good we shall
bear the ill. Young, and yet vigorous |;
cooperating from great loss and bloody
war, our people are too sensible to become
depressed into utterly giving up in des-
pair of brighter and happier days. And
especially are they too sensible to give up
until they are compelled by the force of
circumstances that have not yet transpir-
ed. The defeat of to-day may be but the
harbinger of victory tomorrow. We will
not give up, nor concede to Grant what is
yet in dispute.-.Memphis Aualunche.
The probable result of the elections on
Tuesday last in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, in favor of the Radical party, in
creases the obligations Of every true
hearted Southern man to be vigilant and
active in his exertions to carry the lately
excluded States in solid phalanx for the
Democracy.
The strength of the Southern States in
the Electoral College amounts to no less
than SEVENTY VOTES. All of these, save
three from Florida, can, by proper and
vigorous efforts on the part of our friends,
be secured for Seymour. and Blair The
Legislature Of Florida, at its late session,
denied the people of that State the privi-
lege of voting for electors, and declared
that the vote of the State should be cast
by their own body. By this means alone
will Seymour be deprived of the vote Of
that State.-Augusta Chron. and Sent.
1t is evident that the reports for the
Associated Press are, generally, Radical.
and do not conceal their Radical PARTIAL
ties in these dispatches. But, notwith-
standing they do, generally, exaggerate
and have, probably, in this instance, ex-
aggerated, the Republican gains and the
Democratic losses, we are forced, in the
! absence of favorable news from Democratic
: sources, to conclude that the Democracy
are defeated in three of the great States
on which they relied for success; and
, there is little ground for hope that they
will make a successful fight on the Sd Of
t November tits more than probable thai
: Grant will be elected, and what then
5 We fear the worst, but hope for bet
ter things than we expect.
7 4 I'VE Huntsville Democrat
Tt matters very little which candidate
. is elected, as far as regards us, if our PEG
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