The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-13

has been sustained in Iowa. Kansas and
NEBRASKA py its old majuritlcS. anG IN
IN. r;hyr States to Il degIec which
pr7re. that it still has great strength
wherever il HIS not been crippled By I'M
WIS, pa!icic, orunworthv leadership. Il
trr. that in Massachusetts,, New York, !
Oh,o, Indiana. Illinois and Wisconsin
the temperance question has PLAYED a
p:weriUl part costing the Republicans,
directly or indirectly, the support Of
about l0a.U0a voters. and the loss o!
many members OF Congress. i IS true
that industrial disorder has contributed
power!eliy t. the result; the furnace
men and miners IL Atieghanv county,
who had dong been ont OF employment:
the factory hands OF Massachusetts and
Sew YORK, who had felt the stress OF
his past wear; and the farmers OF the
West. who realize more strongly than
ever their burdens; MI these, and thou
sands associated with or depending upon
them, have found it very natural To al
tribute their distress to misgovernmeDt,
and 70 vote for a change OF the party in
power. return ofindustrial prosperity
would doubtless modify that tendency.
But no wise Republican, will fail to OBJ
serve other causes which have cOrtribu-
ted 20 the defeat. Faults or wrongs,
against which the trucst and purcSt Re-
pGbiIcans, and the ahlest and hest Re-
publican Journals, have protested with
uut due effect, have Mt last produced Il
decided influence upon public opinion.
That this Is the fact, none will question
who caudidly scan the returns. Genera!
Butler, for example. exceedingly tena-
cious as has been the hold which his
ability and his pluck have given him
upon public favor. has, nevertheless.
come 10 distinctly represent in public
estimation certain policies and methods
Of which the country is tired. With D.
90 majority Al his back, he is neverthe-
less beaten haoly. General Negley. of
Pennsylvania. had in ike manner made
himself i conspicuous representative of
similar policies and methods. Not even
the 10000 majority of Allegheny county
in 1872 has saved him. Other instan-
ces, too frequent AID marked To escape
notice, force upon the party Il frank
recognition of errors in which it has too
long persisted. and which its best MEM
beers and friends have ,ricd to correct.
and have repeatedly predicted would
"Hr"Se the party u def; al il not soon
corrected.
We do not need now 10 i,,us.rat" al
length the faults to which VT refer.
The verdict Ot the people has been
sufficiently pointed 10 bring most OF:
diem to mind. The defeats in Louis
lana and other Southern States bring to
the public recollection the prediction, So
0t;en repeated by the trurS, Republican
statesmen, hat no party could long sus-
tain Itself there by such methods a, have
been employed by 4 part Of those who
Use the Republican name Ii Southern
states. The defeat OF Batter, Neg,cv.
Field, anu other such mon, forces the
party to consider whether it can afford
TO be used az the tool OF monnpU!ies. or
y Of those vino participate in public affairs
Tor the II OF private advantage. SEN
ators Carpenter. Chandler, Ramsey.
Cameron, Morton, Boutwell, and Cuni-
ing have each. in one way or another,
contributed in some degree to impair
The Republican strength, and to lead Ia
losses III Wisconsin, Michigan, Ninmc>.-
Il and PENNSYLVANIA, and 10 defeats in
Indiana. New York and even Nussachu-
sits. IL has become absolutely ncces-
AIRY Tor Republicans, if they " ISL to
successfully resist the rcac,iDnary 3D.
vance oi Bourbunism, 20 scrutiaize
c!pse'y wherein the party has done
wrong, where it has been unui-clv or
l.!srty led, what has been the rcait ten
dencv and am Of it, leaders. and not
only - expose and strip away errors,
but 70 devise and promptly adopt proper
r"nedies FOR existing evils.
If this season OF candid self-invcstiga-
ton, of honest and fearless eudeayor to
reform abuses and correct evils, should
De longer postponed, I terrible aGvan-
tage viii be gIvcn 10 an adversary al
ready too strong tor the welfare of the
country. when the next Congress comes
together III March. The true Isepubli-
can, now, is the mar who siezeS most
boldly and firmly the opportunity that
yet remains to convince the cOyatry that
reform within the party, reform thor
ough and complete, is no longer t. be
Delayed. Il is not a time for empty re-
'rim.nationS, but it is Il time for IN
pairing exposure Of existing abnses and
Elective correction of evils He will
render the creates; service to the party
~ho viii do most in that direction. If
ne opportunity is well improved. the
faction Of 1874 Will result, ~ did the
reaction of 1862, in ~eutrcnrhin@ the par
y anew il the confidence Of the people,
by starting 1t anew upon Il career OF
active fidelity to their wishes and needs.
Democrat.