The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-01
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The Democratic and Liberal State Com
mittees of Indiana recently met at Indian
apolis and resolved to prosecute the pend
ing canvass with renewed pluck and ener-
gy and determination. The chief effort
will be to bring up such tagging Demo-
Gratis as endangered the result by remain
ing from the polls in October, and SO ap-
pealing to their better instincts that
great cause shall not be put in jeopardy
through party prejudice orpersonal whim
Let the Democrats of PENNSYLVANIA stick
pin just here and go and do likewise
Laggard Democrats remained from the
polls in this State at the late elections in
sufficient numbers to suffer Mr.. Bucka-
lew and the ticket to be defeated. That
fact is now clearly demonstrated. If full
Democratic vote had been polled, all the
cheating of the ''6ing," gigantic as it was,
They would have been beaten by more than
ten thousand. The official returned ma
iority for IIartranft is 81, ,627. When the
whole number of Democratic votes cast at
the election Of the year, is compared with
the total Of 1868, it is..shown that IS, O49IDem-
ocrats failed to poll their ballots at time
when the honor and integrity of the State,
the peace and perpetuity of the republic arc
trembling i'll the balance. This caused the
her Democratic vote; Schuylkill, 1924
York, 1,126; Montgomery, $50; Indiana
324 Fayette, 446; Columbia, 1859 Ches-
ter, 610; Bucks, 75l; Berks, $50; Adams,
4i0, and other counties i'll various proper
tions In forty counties, the Democratic
vote fell .Helow that cast in 1863. I'm the
remaining Iwenty-six counties" says the
Harrisburg PutTtOt the hVe per cent. ma
turaI increase was fully polled, and in a few
instances was exceeded. In some of the
counties there was heavy Liberal vote,
but in the oil and coal regiO-- and IN Allie
gheny and Philadelphia, the 'atural in
crease must be greater than five AT cent.
Taking these things into considerable we
must allow for Liberal vote of at lea
IL, 900, which supplies the place of as many
more Democratic absentees, and for an in
crease over and above the natural increase
of five per cent. already estimated, of about
5000 i'll the oil and coal regions and the
great cities, and thus we account for Il, 900
additional Democratic abSentceS scattered
throughout the State, including the coun-
ties in which the natural increase of five
per cent. was apparently polled- We,
therefore, have an aggregate OF 40, ,049
Democrats absent from the polls at the late
election"
When these facts are clearly understood
they answer the question constantly asked
by Democrats, what is to be done now
Too many look upon the result of the late
contest as closing all avenues through which
the Democrats and Liberals of this State
can approach victory i'll November, and
either throw down their arms or indulge
in mournful and dispiriting croakings over
the future. ''It is of no use to vote, - ''our
votes will not be counted" 'there is too
much money in the State" are current
phrases in the mouths of certain parties.
1t was because Democrats did not vote on
the second Tuesday of October that we are
in the present condition, that Hartranft is
elected and Cameron triumphant. Had
they voted, Cameron would have been beat
ell, and also his State ticket. Had they
voted, all of them, they could not have
been counted out. That would have been
an impossibility. Because there has been
and is money i'll the State Treasury for the
purpose of debauching voters, that is no
reason why Democrats should absent them-
selves from the polls. On the contrary, it
is the best possible reason why they should
muster in their strength, not man alb
sent, and crush a party which will employ
money as one of the agencies to debauch
the ballot-box and crush out the rights of
freemen in this State.
These reasons are insufficient. They do
not constitute platform on which a Dem
ocrat can safely stand, especially at this
crisis in the fate of his party and country.
lie is bound to vote, by all considerations
of principles and policy. All Democrats
agree that General Grant should be defeat
ed. He will be if this State casts it vote
for the opposing candidate. That vote can
be so cast by every Democrat in the State
going to the polls at the Presidential cleo
ton. Figures, which cannot lie, prove
this position in clear, incontestible man.
ner. The point is apparent to every man
who will look at the evidence presented as
to the numbers of StragglerS from the line
at the last election. The mission of tho
party then, at the present time, is, ''to got
out the vote" If that is DONE the Demo
cratic electoral ticket will be chosen in Penn
sylvania, and Grant defeated. To do this,
every Democrat must put his shoulder to-
the wheel. The ''Old Guard need no
urging. a, They will move upon the enemy's
line at the appointed time. But the tardy,
the lulzewarm, the hesitating must be APP
pealed to in this matter in an earnest
manner. This is no time for Democrats
to hold back in the traces. 1t needs press
ing forward into the collar to move the car
of success in this State. Our allies, the
Liberals, are solid, energetic, determined.
They will poll their vote to man. The
responsibility for success or defeat thus
rests upon the Democrats of Pennsylvania.
They can elect Grant, and perpetuate the
present infamous government. They can
defeat General Grant, and restore the gov
ernment to the hands of honest agents.
Democrats of Pennsylvania meet your duty
like intelligent, patriotic menI Go to the
polls at the coming election, every man of
you, cast the whole strength of the patty,
and the work is done. Pennsylvania de-
mands this at your hands, and so do the
Democrats of the nation. Skulk this duty,
and both the party and the State are dis
graced.-The Age.