The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-12-01
tn, Political OutlOak.

Tie III ,rrisburr. Pa.) Patriot, after
tskint 4 survey of the political situation,
gives the following:
That there Is no rel cause of dcsp m
deucy on the part of the Democrats III
the result of the elections held thi. year.
Il proved by careful survey Of The po-
Iitical field. Ofthe States which have
voted during the last year. Alabama, Ar
kansas. Delaware, Florida, Georgia. In
LLAMA Kentucky. Maryland, Missouri.
Nevada, New HampslIirc, New Jersey,
North Carolina. Oregon, Tennessee.
Texas. Viryini, AMI West Virginia. Is
I'm number. have east Democratic MAYOR
tics. These States hive ut present l2s
ELECTORAL votes. The States carrie "
the Ra liclls during the last year are
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
K,ns,s. Louisian,. Maine, Massachu-
sets. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi
Nebraska. New York. Ohio. Icnnsylva-
MIA. Rho IL Island, South Carolina, YER
mont and Wisconsin, in all nineteen
casting Ia electoral votes. liz VIII DC
seen that according To last years vote,
the Radicals have mrjorlty III tue ciec-
to-,l college of ~ woes. In 1913, Grant
had 2ll and Seymour 81. showing u
Radical majority of Isl electoral votes
or 50 more than at present. ms Is
certainly cheering gain, and should spur
us on TO new and more vigorous efforts.
II will require the addition OF only "
electoral votes to tho &c OF the present
Democratic States 10 defeat Grant. Ihc
recovery of New York next year. wliicl'
= morally certain. will furnish 33 OF this
number and with this either California
Connecticut or Louisiana. all or them
States which may bc carried by the
Democracy, will furnish the renain.cr
10 saw nothing of Pennsylvania. which
by good nominations and hard work
can he wrcsted from the Radicals. The
prospect is, therefore. not by any means
AS gloomy as some people arc disposed
To think il.
I'm 1864, the friends of Gen. Mcclellan
began the canvass under far greater dis
co,,ra.cmcnt. Every Northern State
had been carried by the Republican par
~ the year previous. and the whole
South with the exception of Maryland.
!. Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia.
bcinr the theatre of war. was excluded
from the bollot-box. Maryland. Della
ware. Missouri. and West Virginia were
controlled bv the Federal bayonet. and
their electoral votes were cast under
military constraint. for the Republican
candidate. Kentucky alone was able to
preserve her Independence, and was
really the only State on which the Dem
ocrais could count with certainty. New
crthelcss. a gallant fight was made for
Mcclellan, and indeed if the platform OF
that year had ACCORDED whli.the candi,
dates views, we doubt not he would
have been chosen, notwithstanding the
fact that both the purse and the sword
Of the nation were welded against the
Democracy. Compared with the diff.
culties and hsrdships which surrounded
the Democratic party at the beginning
of the struggle Of 1864 the present as.
pcct of political affairs is decidedly cn.
couraging. Let us. therefore. take hcar'
from the heroic cxa,nplc of that year
and enter the campaign about 10 oper
with the resolution to deserve a> well a
10 win the victory.