Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1868 — HEALY & JAMES. EDITORS [ARTICLE]

HEALY & JAMES. EDITORS

What Caused ths Defeat of tha Democracy! Just now the Democratic papers are showing up the causes that produced their overwhelmning defeat in the late political contest, and it is rather amusing to see that all the prophecies of the Republic ans during the campaign have come to pass. The Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, in a long leader on the causes which produced the defeat of the party, is of the opinion that there was not enough "greenbacks” jn tljie platform, It says: "The greenback question was not in issue in the West in the late canvass ; it was entirely smothered in the East. The Reconstruction measures, and the issues of the war, by the persistent efforts of the New York ring, were made paramount.” Here wo have the statement from the official organ of Democracy in this State, that the greenback issue was not before the people, We commend the Sentinel to the careful perusal of those of our Democrats here who bawled themselves hoarse Ovef a question which now tho official organ of the party declares B as not before the people. We trust the Democracy here will not feel chagrined to be told they were making fools of themselves whep they shouted "greenbacks.” The New York World says upon this subject that “It was argumentatively exploded by Gov. Seymour’s able speech in June. And it was for all practical purposes killed by the convention in July, in the successful struggle to defeat its author.” The Sentinel tells some wholesome truths to the Democracy in the following paragraph: “The Democratic party commenced its career as a party of progress, the party of labor against the exactions of capital, and of capital against the encroachments of labor. It had fought and conquered the Federalists In the interests of the masses and continued to govern the country within the pale of the Constitution until power was wrested from it pt the commencement of the war. That its action had been shackled by slavery, and thus it had disregarded, to a great extent, the interests of the workingmen, was the cause of its downfall and was an error of the past which should teach it wisdom for the future.” Nothing could be more true than that the Democratic party neglected the interests of the people in favor of slavery, and had the Editor of that paper added to this the fact, that so completely sold were they to the interests of slavery, that at their New York Convention, while they declared slavery dead they also declared that all laws which made it dgad were “revolutionary, unconstitutional and void.” We find the fight is raging hot and heavy between the Ciucinnah and the New York World as to who is most to blame, or who did the most to defeat the Deraj ocratic party. Each charges the other with advancing views that aided most to its defeat. Just which one will receive the belt is at present hard to determine, but we think they should take into the ring the LaCrosse Democrat, Chicago Times, the double-barrelled Louisville Journal, then we may look for a "happy family” fight, during which some hard truths would likely be told, as they know each othfer well.