Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1869 — The Antumn Elections. [ARTICLE]

The Antumn Elections.

Dream*, not elections, go “by contraries” and the vhemence with which the Democratic paper* declare that the elec.©eanftAimiJkfeWlon, prove* their AonGovernor of Pennsylvania, the Home pa* per* would have loudly assured us that Pennsylvania coudemmxl the Republican principle* and policy. If Mr. I’ewcten iad been elected Governor ot Ohio, wo £s:V;v; faithand embraced .nroadiation. Kucha result would have tieen hailed as the tardy repentance of the country— the more striking because exhibited tn Mtepublfean. Blate—that the hafididate* of Tammany bad Mt prevailed last year afcatnft the candidates of the people. Indeed, the prodigious lesson* that would have l>ecn, drawn from the most attenuated Demo cnitic majorities in those States are ip-! oilctilablc. But, a* the majorities turned out to be Republican, the Democratic naprvm assure us that they mean nothing whatever, least of all *n approval of the Republican principles and administration; and we are informed that the decisive defeat of M r - Packer in Pennsylvania and of Mx»Pa*dieton in Ohio has “ domcnst rated* their great popularity almost as tally as if; they had been elected.*’

If the Democratic party can fatten upon suchhuaksof comfort, at cannc no one wifi cqmplain. Bbt the Democratic leaders meanwhile know quite as well as everybody el#c that the, elections in Ohio and PenrWyt/ania mean precis.-ly what they meant last year when General Grant was elected President. They mean that the American people are still honest; Chat they intend to pay theirdebts without ahy kind of swindling; that they think it is quite time to acquiesce in issues that the war settled by the last resort; and that they do not look for a better conduct., of public affair# to the jarty whose spirit and methods are shown in the system of electoral" frauds in the city of New York and in iUpignidpal management. They show, taoreover, that the natural reaction, the inevitable personal disappointments, the innumerable private grief#, that follow every Presidential election, the unlimited and unscrupulous slander that has.bcen uttered against the President, the sneers, the derision, the foul Insinuations, which are so easy to a clever pen. have totally failed to affect the peat public heart tiiat trri#tcd the General in the field*and with gratitude and confidence called him to the -Presidency.

So emphatic and significant a verdict is not to bo argued down oy sneered away, ft reveals that kind df tenacity which It is supposed that a Republic can hot possess; and which, amidst the universal , skepticism of Europe and of multitudes of . AmericansQm displayed by this country during th* war. It is the Indication of the .clear perception in the public mind of the I fundamental principles upon wlrish’Alone Yhe peaceful progress and prosperity of the country can be secured. As the New .York 7ribtine ■truly says, the result should ichide the croaker#. It should show still taiore clearly the vitality of the Republican party, and of the conviction deeply seated in the popular heart that it is indeed the party of the people. It asks for no privilege nor exclusion. .It jayOTs no class, and proclaims and secures' fair play. Rhe ‘result of the Octoper elections tn Pennsylvania and Ohio should make every. Republican surer and bolder,■ftrrticr to’ demand the constant elevntioh of the party standard, and even ■ mor* trustful than ever of the .fidelity to their traestihthrests of the American people. »• * , s As for lowa, her Republican fidelity is assure as the law of gravity.— Harper's Weekly.