Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-16
The October Elections.
Democrats SObCred. but not Dis
hcnrtPnCl.

The great October >kirlnishcs nf
the Presidential campaign are over.
aud both parties arc trying TO draw
som the results augurics of success
in the drcisir" battle to be fought in
NoSc,ubcr. The rcturIls show that
Penn .r,yania and Ohio have been
carried by the Administration party,
the former by an increased, tho latter
by agrcatly reduced majority. lrIi-
ana enrrges from the smoke and dust
OF battle with the grrand old flag Of
Democratic liberalism flying triuni-
plant. The first returns which came
in, Indicated such MI overwhelming
defeat that Democrats and Liberals
were diShcartcncd, and some dispo-
sitiou was manifested +" give up the
fight. But subsequent r,lorts from
Indiana ana Ohio put a different
phase on affairs. AMI thinking men
500 saw that while there might be
little Ground for cxultatioa there
existed still les, for despair. 1t
would have been pleasant, indeed, to
record decisive victories in Pennsyl-
vania AMI Ohio. but only the
i%houghtlcss or ovcr-SnugMinc expect
ci victory in either OF them. We arc
compelled to uuticc that those indi.
viduals vino were eager, TO intolcr-
ancc, for the Inauguration of the
Liberal movement, arc the first 10
SLOW Encouragement. while some OF
us who were slower in taking hold of
a movement which was ut best an
experiment, and as il seemed to us q
most hazardous experiment, arc now
in q condition to take Il more rational
view Of the situation. With Pennsy!-
vania aud Obi, against him. Grants
defeat would have been n forcgorc
conclusion. but with those two states
for him, his elect on remains a matter
simply of very doubtful chances,
Mr.. Greeley himself. certainly II
most experienced political .~trategist,
said prior TO the October elections,
that either one Of The hotlv cont, stcd
states, Indi ma, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, would insure his election. II
the first mentioned has been carried
by Hendricks, IL Democrat of Demo.
Gratis, We may confidently expect that
Greeley will at least do no worse.
The Radical majority in Ohio has
been cut down to almost nothing, and
while we may not predicate upon
this any very bright hopes Of success
III that State, il certainly furnishes
great encou 'aS..m Mt, rs far as coll
Germs those states here the mnjori.
ties to be overcome are not SO hfavy.
At any &C this j, nn time for any.
body Ia get di-hcarirnc-I. and bcsiu
to say, Its u" Use !" work, VIC are
already beaten" Away with such
sAflyy <bnity men,: True men figh,
hardest when temporary failure,
begin To poimi Ia final disaster. On,
reverses have just ieem sufficient tc
chow us that there i'll have to b.
per f.N''"S h'Hf. ~ we NOuIt
succeed. Ii va. :, lesson needed t.
be learned. for there were too IHaus
0fthe ovsr-conti.ieut class. No cOua
try, in war or ~i,racc,is safe as long n
any citizen ihinks 'fhere's enough
without him" Every man ought Il
act a. II upon him depended the
who'e result. Appearances indicate
strongly tia, Ibis 10 tho last opportu.
nifty the American people will have
Of restoring their government 10
anything Ike what IL wss, or what
It's founder. intended it shosld DC. In
another four years the tide OF corrun.
ti6n aud tyranny will have became
too strong TO be checked.
The election Of Greeley means IN,
salvation Of the country, while the
election Of Grant means the perma.
Dent snbjugasioh Of the people unde,
the CALLING yoke Of corrupt inonopo.
lies, 0f grinding corporations and
rcin0r,elG.s capital. Jf Greeley u
defeated, there will hereafter he nc
party to fight for The peopte, for all
political organizations will be de-
signed alone TO subserye the Interests
OF eji4aes, rings aud private comb.
nations. " every Democrat and