The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-07-20
THE YEAR OF THE FIGHT.

In Iowa, it will be this year. TIL
grand struggle along the whole lin
Will, OF course, be next year, whel
every State will be on the battle lin,
and The whole Union raging will
The noise Of the conflict. But al
that the opposition hope to max,
out OF Iowa, they intend to make
out OF the campaignjust commencing
What they want and what they viii
aim to do, is to cut down the mex,
majority ten, fifteen or twenty thou
sand, and use the reduction as PROOF
that Radlcalism is crumbled and DIV.
ing IN Its strongest holds. They hold
and bold truly, that to reduce the
majority In Iowa this much this wear
Will insure them one or two States
more next year.
80 let us understand them, and not
be mapping while they are carrying
out their game in Iowa. In arrang,
ing for the canvass at once to come,
let US meet them on the lines of last
year, and keep them within the mar
row bounds in which we have held
them several years and are now
holding them, But let us remember.
that while we are perfecting our pre-.
ilmlnarles, mapping our campaign,
and selecting our generals, that we
are face to face, even in Iowa, with a
harderh fight, than we have lately had.
Our Democracy are animated with a
new life. The snakes have slipped
their skins, and are come out in
counterfeit costume, in which they
nope to meet with better success
than that they have found under
honest front and open colors. And
the leaders have really succeeded in
lnbulng the masses with a belief
that this year will be worth while to
vote, and that much depends upon
this election for the success of the
greater. one In the coming year.
They have all become thoroughly
converted to the new war cry, any
thingtor success-anything to power!
and areready blinded to follow in any
direction. on any departure, that will
lead to the flesh-pots Of office and
the profits of place.
They make no secret of the pres
ent designs upon Iowa. 80 we shall
be doubly culpable if in being fairly
torewarned we are not carefully
forearmed. An organized campaign.
carefully drawn even to the minutest
Of details, was presented to the par
" chiefs at the time of their recent
State Convention. 1t was adopted,
and the engineering drafting it ap-
pointed to carry it out. In open
Convention the new commander
strengthened the Democratic heart
With the assurance that "tbe real Re-
majority in Iowa is not over
wenty thousand" and that he
Intended to prove it at the next
election. This, to be sure was
heap and empty but on the Demo
rate ear, now SO quickly on the
Vert, it sounded trumpet call of bet
er things speedily to come. Under
he inspiration of the New Depart
ire, and the dare deviltry of feeling
which mask or disguise puts upon
vi men, the Democrats of Iowa, as it
for every one to see, are dressing
N the color line with an activity they |
ave not exhibited for many years. |
his fall they intend to make a
trong fight and have their every
IAN at the poels. And let us not
oolhardlly underestimate their
trength. All OF their men, the old
Conservatives, the sore-heads and
ne bare-foots of the hills and hol.
ow>, who have not been voting for
ears, have been galvanized with the
ew medicine, and will this time be
puma In their place ready to vote
arly and often.
knowing these things, it is for us
meet them halfway and thrash
lem more soundly than ever. Give
ticket of sterling men, a plat
'rm bold and plain, and live COM
'lttee 20 conduct the canvass. and
e will meet the same old Demo.
rats trigged out in Republican old
othes, and snow them under with
lie old forty thousand majority
I'd add an extra ten thousand lust
IF the good effect it will have on
ext year.-Register.