Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. 20. 80.


The Democrats appear to hsve been I
little too previous in bringing out thei
rousters, cannons aud flags of exultaiicn
To use common phrase, they halloec
before they were out Of the woods" They
have burned their powder, spent theil
breaihs in ultering senseless huzzns. have
paraded their rooSters, aud, like the Chi
nese, have brought forth their gongs aud
stink pots to give zest to the occasion, only
to discover when the smoke Of the conflict
had lifted from the battle field Of Maine,
that they had barrel escaped Waterloo
defeat, unler majorities by the thousands,
instead Of having won ~ victory. Aud an
other feature of their premature shouting
strongly portrays the dishonesty Of the
Democratic party, which is more pr"inl-
nent in this canvass than any other char
acterislic. II the battle had been won TO
lheAi, instead Of being manifestly lost, as
the latest ndvices clearly indicate, IL w"u ID
have been in no degree a Democratic victo
ry. II is only this, aud no more the
Greenbackers OF Maine have saved the
Democrats from an ignominious defeat
They rushed to the front early, have sio-
len the Greenback stage thunder, and thus
magnifed them selves. In other words, they
have been trading on borrowed capita. II
was a favoriie maxim with that apostle ot
Democracy, ARdrep Jackson, "any man who
trades on borrowed capital ought to break "
and in this instance his own party have ex-
emplied the truth OF his maxim. This
attempt TO steal aud utilize q Greenback
victory, had any been won for that side in
Maine, TO their own glorifieation has
brought them to a state of utter bankrupt
cy in popular respect. In this they are Sc
verely punished, ii they have sensibili,y
enough left to suffer punishment. No party
was ever more exposed in the reckless pre-
lenses than the Democrats have been IN
this instance, aud none was ever more con-
dignly humiliated, II it is capable OF np-
preciating humiliation.
This episode OF Democratic gloriication
and exultntion over ho low victory will
prove oil inestimable benefit 10 the Repub
lican cause throughout the North aud
West. II admonishes that they cannot in
dulge in any confidence anywhere that I'M
pairs the vigor aud determination OF the
canvass. They must fight right on in ev.
cry Stale under the impulse that one moie
vote is needed at the last hour, before the
voting begins, aud they are determined to
secure that vote. Instead OF relaxing any
effort, renewed vigor and determination
must be infused into the canvass, in every
State, district, county aud precinct in the
North, and every laudHble agency must be
brought to the work from this day until
the % Of November, with 80 much power
that an overwhelming defeat Of the enemy
shall be inevitable. There is not an intel
ligemt Republican in this country but
who knows and ieelS that Democratic
victory in this contest viii he as disastrous
to the general welfare OF the Nation m il
would have been sixteen years ago to have
crowned the rebellion with triumph. A
Democratic victory now is virtual sur.
render OF the Government into the hands
Of its enemirs.
These conditions, allied as they are to
possibility that all the impending dangers
may fell on the devoted head Of the Nation,
aud take in connection the late rebel yell
that went up insullingly TO heaven over a
fancied Demncrafic victory in Maine.
should admonish the Republican party and
especially the business and industrial in
teresls OF the country, that they should
make amy sacrifice OF effort or money To
save the country from the impending
peril. Ton.
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