Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-11-05
The Autumn Elections.

DREAMS, not elections, go "by con-
traries," and the vhemence with which the
Democratic papers declare that the cleo
tions in Pennsylvania and Ohio do not
show that the people sustain General
Grants administration, proves their con-
seriousness that that is their exact sig
nifcance. If Mr.. Packer had been elected
Governor of Pennsylvania, the same pa
pers would have loudly assured us that
Pennsylvania condemned the Republican
principles and policy. If Mr.. Pendleton
had been elected Governor of Ohio, we
should have been told that the Massachu-
sets of the West repudiated its ancient
faith and embraced reputation. Such
result would have been hailed as the tardy
repentance of the Countrywide more
striking because exhibited in Republican
State-that the candidates of Tammany
had not prevailed last year against the can
didates Of the people. Indeed, the pro-
digious lessons that would have been
drawn from the most attenuated Demo
cratic majorities in those States are in
calculable But, as the majorities turned
out to be Republican, the Democratic pa
pers assure us that they mean nothing
whatever, least of all an approval OF the
Republican principles and administration;
and we are informed that the decisive de-
feat of Mr.. Packer in Pennsylvania and of
Mr.. Pendleton in Ohio has demonstrated
their great popularity almost as fully as If
| they had been elected"
| If the Democratic party can fatten upon
| such husks of comfort, of course no one
| will complain. But the Democratic
leaders meanwhile know quite as well as
everybody else that the elections in Ohio
and Pennsylvania mean precisely what
they meant last year when General Grant
was elected President. They mean that
the American people are still honest; that
they intend to pay their debts without any
kind of swindling; that they think it is
quite time to acquiesce in issues that the
war Settled by the last resort; and that
they do not look for better conduct OF
public affairs to the party whose spirit and
methods are shown in the system of cleo.
toral frauds in the city of New York and
its municipal management. They show
moreover, that the natural reaction, the
inevitable personal disappointmentss, the
| innumerable private griefs, that follow
every Presidential election, the unlimited
and INSCRIPTIONS SANDER that has, been ut
tered against the President, the sneers, the
derision, the foul insinuations, which are
| 81 easy w d CiCfCl pCu, udfC eoo1lAy iIiiNN
to affect the great public heart that trustee
the General in the field and with gratitude
and confidence called him to the Presi
dency.
So emphatic and significant verdict i:
not to be argued down or sneered away
1t reveals that kind of tenacity which il
is supposed that Republic can not pos
sess, and which, amidst the universal
skepticism of Europe and of multitudes O.
Americans, was displayed by this country
during the war. 1t is the indication of the
clear perception in the public mind of the
fundamental principles upon which alone
the peaceful progress and prosperity O.
the country can be secured. AS the New
| York Tribune truly says, the result should
chide the croakers. 1t should show still
more clearly the vitality of the Republi
can party, and of the conviction deeply
seated in the popular heart that it is in
deed the party of the people It asks fol
no privilege nor exclusion. 1t favors NJ
class, and proclaims and secures fair play
The result of the October elections il
Pennsylvania and Ohio should make every
Republican surer and holder, firmer tt
demand the constant elevation of the party
standard, and even more trustful thar
ever of the fidelity to their truest interest
of the American people,.
AS for Iowa, her Republican fidelity i
as sure as the law of gravity.-Harper'
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