Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
Why the Democrats are being Used
Up in 1871.

The multiplying defeats which con-
tinue to overwhelm the Democrats
from Maine to California, are SO
marked, and in some instances are so
unexpected to them, that hope has
nearly entirely deserted, even their
most sanguine partizans. 1t was but
a month or two since that the New
York Herald editorials were brim-
ming full of encouragement to the
Democrats, predicting the general
defeat of the Republicans. But the
recent State elections have cleared the
prophetic vision Of the Herald seer,
and he sees things in the more per-
feet light of recent significant reveIa-
tons of the popular will, and as if to
make amends for its own misealcula-
tons 1T rends them to pieces, scatters
them to the winds, and then appar-
emily "more in sorrow then in anger"
tells the Democrats that there is no
chance or hope for them. Hear it:
"Many aus have operated and are
operating to dishearten them. They are
without leaders on national questions
and without any fixed or common plat
form. The new departure, instead of
hsrHonizing, has operated to demoralize
them, and the general hue and cry raised
against Tammany Hall has turned the
tables agains: them in reference TO ad-
ministrative frauds, ext~ravagances, cor
ruptions and spoilations upon the public
treasury. The Republicans, on the
other hand, on the principles and meas
ures of General Grants administration
as their platform, and under the stand
ard Of General Grant himself as their
candidate for the succession, have pos
ssssed and do possess all the advantages
of q common cause well defined and a
common purpose, North, South, East
and West. Against this common cause
OF the Republicans-the maintenance OF
the domestic and foreign policy Of their
national administration-we see. from
these recent elections, how impotent
are the efforts of all such disappointed
sore-heads as Sumner, Fenton, Trum-
bull, Gratz Brown and Carl Schurz, to
divert the party from its fixed purpose,
the reelection of General Grantin 1872"
The Herald also tells us that the Octo-
Der elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Iowa will tell the same story as those OF
] Connecticut and Maine, saying: 'The
demoralizing and the prevailing differ
ence Of the Republicans in the State
elections of 1867 do not exist in 1871.
The boot is on the other leg and the
only doubts and misgivings in regard to
the elections of this fall Of any conse-
quence are in regard to the November
result in New York"
Notwithstanding the fact that our
political opponents admit themselves
to be in a sadly ~demoralized condition,
it would be very unWise and unsafe
for Republicans to rely too much for
success in Ohio on the apathy of the
Democrats. 1t should not be forgot
ten that in the important matter OF
hOlAnSf 9OuA AtSUldI OCLlOCIdl WITS
with the degree of certainty that
marks the movements of a eunningly
constructed machine. They vote with
a uniformity that at times brings them
unexpected success, and Notifying
disappointment to the Republicans.
We therefore hope that the defeat of
the Democrats in Ohio, on the 10th of
October, will not be regarded as a
matter of course result, to be brought
about without great exertion on the
part of Republicans in every county
and township in the State. To be
victorious we must use the legitimate
means-get ont our voters; and this
can only be done by the more active
talking and laboring with the luke
warm and careless, and by taking
especial pains to see that every Re
publican has a chance to attend the
polls. Due attention to these details,
will render a great victory as certain
as that the sun shall rise on the morn
ing of Tuesday, October 10th.