Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-09-02
The Necessity Ofa Vigorous Gan

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The Cincinnati Conanas;,rc;as, q pa
per SO oconseryatiye aud independent
that it can scarcely be called Repub-
Ii, an, says:
The result of the October election,
therefore, will depend entirely upon
the character of the canvass. If it
is hotly pushed, and the people ar
thoroughly walked up to itsJ ilnpor-
lance, Governor Hayes will be re-
elected by far heavier majority
than he had two years ago. If 1t is
not conducted with energy, and tile
people fairly fall asleep over it,
Pendleton chances of success will
be number one;i for, come what
may, the Democracy will poll their
full vote for him The Democratic
editors, who are, clamoring. for "a
''yigosous campaign, make a serious
mistake. The less activity there is,
the better for Mr.. Pendleton. 1t, is
the Republicans who should invoke
energy and activity asl ttIeseliare
needed to arouse the Indifferent who
vote the Republican ticket when
they vote at all, but who viii not go
to the polls unless questions of ex-
traordinary interest are to lie deter
mined ae ..1<od sh5 a'9f} Sao'iEt"" d" go
The best, service the Democratic
State Central Committee could have
done the Republicans was to put Mr.
Pendleten onthe ticket. His name
revives tie political issues Of the
past ten years. His nomination is
accepted by the Republicans as an
evidence that the Democratic party
is not ready for the new departure
which it proposed to itself under
the lead OF Rosecra. s. 1t is a chal
lenge to again try the issues upon
which the State has been canvassed
time and again; for neither. the
party nor Mr.. Pendleton can ignore
his antecedents, and perhaps do not
desire to. He has never recanted
never changed. What he be,
| lieved and expressed in; 1861, in
1868, in 1865, he believes, and WITH
occasion would express, now. His
election would be taken as a vihdi-
cation Of his course and that of his
party during the war. Certainly tile
effort will be made to show that the
canvass is upon issues that have
arisen since the war exclusively, anu
his friends would be glad to contlne
tile discussion within, such limits
But the links in the political .chalA
which Mr.. Pendleton has forg, d
are unbroken, AMI one involves all.
His election as Governor or Presi
dent would be regarded us Il trl-
umph Of the Den ocratic POLICY fol
the past ten years. and as IA recanta-
Iuion by the people Of the wisdom
and patriotism Of their own cause
In this sense the canvass in Ohio
this year assumes, more than loca
significance. 80 1t is necessary t.
convince the Democratic party thai
it must take new departure il
. earnest, and that it can not, under
cover of, current topics, obtain thu
i popular approval for its past acts
Mr.. Pehdleton's record during tht
war is as much a part OF the presen
canvass as the platform adopted b,
the Columbus Convention, and Cal
not be discovered from it, for it is :
reco.d upon which he has nefe
tnrned his back, and upon which
he looks with the serene satisfaction
IF a conscientious believer in th,
usual views of the State sovereignt,
school Of politicians. The Repub
licans will, therefore, see the grea
importance Of conducting the can
vass vigorously, and pushing th'
opposition to the wall, not. onl.
by the force OF argument, but th'
force Of numbers - GIN. Conn., 4 :