Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-08
D DALLAS HER AID.
The Democratic Gain.

In our last issue we gave the vote on tho
last Presidential election as follows
Grant, 3,Ol3,l 1888; Seymour, 2,7O3,GOO,
sho wing majority Of 800, ,5SS for the Re-
publican candidate. That Grant is less
popular with the people now than he was
then will surely be admitted by every cam
did man, who. knows anything of the po'
litical situation. But the proof of this is
shown by the last elections, which have
taken place in the respective States, tho
many of these were conducted under very
unfayorable circumstances to the democrs-
cy on account Of local questions and divis-
ions about men as well as things. Add
the votes of both parties givenat the last
elections in oil the States, and they stand
thus: Rep. 2,94tSl0; Dem. 1881, ,OO6-
Rep. majority, 1888 only, falling off
of near 100000. We take the fig ures from
the Courier-J Journal, a Greeley paper, but
they are corroborated by the Washington
Patriot, sound democratic one. Here
we see that the democracy have been gain
ing in their vote over the last Presidential
election, while the radicals have been los.
ing. And yet we are continually being
told by the Greeley organs, without the
least regard to facts, that the democracy
stand net ghost Of a chance to elect
candidate. If the gain has been going on
up to the last elections in the States, why,
in the name of common sense, should it
not continue to go on until next Novcm
ber? The most of these State elections
took place In 1870. Now, if the radicals
lost 1857 in two years. the same ratio
of loss for the remaining two years would
place them in the minority, as any cne can
see who can add upa few figures. The
democratic gain IN two years over the
Presidential! vote was l27 7,505, while the
radical loss was nearly 10000. The same
loss and gain, up to November next, easily
elects democratic President. II does not
require any political acumen to compre-
hend this-any body can calculate the re-
suit with the figures before him. Why
then should :he Greeley papers persist in
asserting That democrat can not be elect
ed, and that the only hope of. beating
Grant is in taking up the life long enemy of
the democracy, the protective, free love,
negro equality candidate Of the Cincinnati
sore headed intriguers, made of such ma
terials as Theodore Tlton, Gov. Warmoth
and Gov. Peasc? 1t is matter Of aston
,oL Of " nnpll
we accuse them of being bought up by the
monopolists and negro worshippcis and
frcc-l,vers than they accuse us of being
bribcd by Grant to oppose Greeley. They
are abandoning their principles a-d party
organization by supporting Greeley, while
we arc holding on to all by opposing both
Greeley and Grant. Why should we swap
off the devil for witch, if we can do bet.
ter. And ace can do better. We can elect
good, honest democrat and save the
country, and restore it to prosperity and
respectability at home and abroad, if the
democracy will stand to their colors, and
not desert to the rad ical camp after pig
iron idol, crowned with an old white hat
and perfumed with the essence Of Congo.
Look to the men who are giving this ad-
vice aud trying to deceive an honest peo-
pie. They are men who have been asso-
cialed with radicals heretofore, who have
never had any fixed principles, who have
no desire to keep up .he democratic party,
and who are now plotting for its downfall
These men are telling the democracy not
to trust TO their old leaders, but to throw
them off and listen to them, who are cry
ing, "Great is Diana of the Epbcsians.'
Fall down and worship the old white hat
and the idol of pig iron. Steady along the
line, boys. Who is afraid ?