The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-04
Democratic Gains Since 1865.

ated class, believe that he Is IN the NIL
nority, and he becomes at once a cow
ard. He is like the soldier who has
been long drilled in flank movements,
lines of retreat and the Importance Of
having base Of supplies. His agrees
sive operations are always undertaken
with Il view to defense-to keep the
enemy from cutting him off and cap
turing his camp. He becomes timid,
uneasy and demoralized. He forgets
his own strength and cause, in the
overshadowing dread of the numbers
and tactics of his enemy. 1t is too
much this way just now with 4 great
many Democrats. III the exciting
events of the hour, and under the in
fluence of frequent defamation that
the Democratic party has been the los
ing party in several presidential cleo
tons passed, and that it cannot win,
not having the votes, these Democrats
have lost faith in themselves and their
cause, and really believe that their
army must be disbanded in order to
gain the next great battle. TO arrive
at this conclusion, it is necessary to
forget all of the past except that which
is unf;,vorabIc.
In the presidential election of 1868
the vote stood as follows
For l.. =. Grant .......... .............97S,; Dol
For fOratiO Seymour. ...........2, 643,6l2
In the 4lst Congress the Senate stood
Republicans. .G3
la the House
Republicans.
Democrats Observation-Disclosures. go
Grant defeated Seymour by 334 939
votes. But how many Of our readers
arc there who stop to think that the
three States Of Virginia., Mississippi
and Texas did not vote in 1865 for
President that in Missouri, which
gave Grant Il majority Of 10000, at least
co. 900 Democrats have since been en-
franchiscd THAT in Tennessee, where
Grant received 10000 majority, Gen.
Brown, !. Democrat, was elected Gov
crnor in 1870 by Il majority of 81 ,479
votes; Alabama. went for Grant,
but has since become largely Demo-
cratic;-that West Virginia has become
Dem ocratic that New Hampshire,
that gave Grant 5000 majority was
barely saved to his party the other day
in Il straight-out party fight; and final
ly that all over the South, in the large
cities and in the country, thousands of
voters have been cnfranchised, every
one Of whom will prove a determined
foe to Radical prescription and misrule?
But see the great change made in
Congress in two years. In the Senate,
in 1865, the Republicans had majori-
ty of 80, and in the House of 80 MEM
bers. In the present Congress, chosen
two years later, the Democrats gain
six senators, and in the House the Re
publican majority is reduced from 80
to 80
We trust that our Peoples Party
friends will not he angry with us for
reproducing these important statistical
facts, and for insisting, that, as Il ut
tiOnal creature, VIC demand something
beside assertion to disprovc the exis-
tencc and vigorous growth of the DEM
ocratic party. And if these gentlemen
will but consult their own real fears, we
shall not be surprised if they find that
they do not want to sec the Democratic
party pass out of existence. We do not
believe that as sensible men. honestly
striving to check the aggressive, con-
tralizing policy of the party in power,
they would disband the Democracy, if
they could. Such Il course they must
see would he suicidal in the extreme