Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-11-12
The Great National Triumph !
What the Papers Say.

What The Papers Say.
philadelphia Inquirer.l
The sober good sense of the country is
shown in the result. The voice OF the peo-
pie has decided for patriotism, loyalty, hon
esty and peace. The new Rebellion has
been quashed, and, under the firm guidance
of Ulysses s. Grant and harmonious Con-
gross, the country will move IN the high
road Of freedom and prosperity.
Philadelphia Pressl
It means quiet. We have conquered
peace, and quiet means prosperity and plen-
ty.
1t means honor-that the precious debt of
the war, fought out by the best blood ofthe
land, shall be paid for with the best money
we have.
1t means the uplifting of the strong arm of
the nation, bringing life to the hunted and
insulted white men of the South, and justice
to the colored men who hold the bond and
pledge of the country for civil rights and
liberty.
1t means nationality-telling to the world
that the free people of America have set
tied policy and can execute it with rcso-
lutte and unchanging purpose; that free
government is not the unsubstant:al breath
Of popular excitement-a reed shaken by the
wind.
1t means hope for the hopeless. The
blessings of civil liberty, Of equal rights, of
human freedom, SO mercifully and bountitul-
ly vouchsafed to us, we cannot but extend
1t, and impious to wish 1t otherwise-for as
we metc, so shall it be meted unto us.
rPhiladelphia Bulctin.l
The Democratic party is dead also. Twin
brother to the Rebellion, it could not but
die with it. 1t had lost its own sense of
shame and its claim upon the magnanimity
of its conquerors. 1t had ceased to be de-
cent, and it deserves no honorable burial
The honest heart Of the American people re-
joces that the party of Violence, Fraud, Ig-.
norance and Treason is trampled out of
shape and symmetry beneath their victorious
tread. Over the defeat Of u generous or de-
cent foe, a conqueror may moderate the
transports Of victory; but for party such
as was annihilated there can be no compunc-
tion of pity.
philadelphia Telegraph
The election of Grant is the final blow
which strikes the fetters from the limbs Of
whole race, the termination of ''the irrepres-
sible conflict" between freedom and slavery
in the New World, the death-knell of oppres.
sion in all its forms and phases in every land
.a.dor tho sun. the harbinger OF liberty and
equality among all the nations of the earth,
the dawning of the new career upon which
humanity has how fully entered. 1t is the
end of the war for the Union, the utter col
lapse of the infamous shareholders rebellion,
the suppression of all attemps 20 fan into
living flame the smouldering embers of civil
strife, the coup d'etot which precludes the
possibility of the counter-revolution. 1t is
the defeat Of Horatio Seymour, the discom-
future of Frank Blair. the rout and ruin OF
Vallandigham and Hampton.
philadelphia Postl
The triumph of the people is too great for
enthusiasm. 1t is glory beyond the cheers
of millions to express. The election of
Grant is not more certainty now than it
was the day he was nominated at Chicago,
and it is with feeling more profound than
the ordinary exultation that we look upon
the work done by the nation yesterday. We
can scarcely measure its greatness. We are
too near to the mountain to see its grandeur,
but thirty years hence the judgment Of the
world will be that with the election of Ulysses
s. Grant the last danger that threatened the
Republic was crushed, and that with his ad-
ministration America entered new period
of Liberty and Glory. Thank God. we are
safe now! Never again will Rebellion dare
to raise its defiant head. Never again need
we fear that in the name of the people any
political party may gain the power TO de-
prive the people Of their rights.
[Brick Pomeroy's N. Y. Democrattl
No, not beaten, Democrats, We have
only not won! We have ''moved upon the
enemys works." but have failed to carry
them. But we are not routed, thank God!
Our lines are unbroken, our spirit unsub-
dued, our courage as high as eyer. We are
still great army, of nearly three millions of
men, with nothing lost in the present cam
paign, and the same objects to contend for
that we have just failed to win.
New York Times.l
The country may now look for that ben
eficent peace which has been the watchword
of the Republican party during the political
campaign. General Grant could have done
the party no greater service than by giving
it this idea and this word TO inscribc upon
its banners.
"The turmoil OF the last eight years has
become intolerable When ii was war in
the field, the people bore it with strong
hearts and strong arms But when this was
| followed by four years of violent political
distractions that constantly threatened re-
newal of sanguinary strife, popular patience
got exhausted. And when, finally, the Dem
ocratic party raised a revolutionary platform,
from which we could see nothing but q
stormy future and tempest-tossed country,
| blete Mtuiu nave DtCD JuStiiicutiou ioi bc-
spair ifno means of escape had been opened
up. But the great soldier who has formerly
given us peace by his military genius, again
stood forward as the representative of peace
in the storm of political passion. The coun-
try felt the power Of the sacred word, ant
rallied round the leader who could give i
hope.
IN. Y. Heraldl
The Republicans hold the field and regail
the White House. The Democratic leader;
flung their chances Of success oyerboart
when they made their feeble nominations il
July last, and more especially when they
brought promptly forward as delegates ant
stump speakers men from the Southern
States stepped to the lips in disloyalty to th,
Government and fresh from the fields wher'
thousands of our Union soldiers laid dowr
their lives to preserve the life of the nation
With the candidate the Democracy selected
10 carry their standard nothing but deiea
was to be expected, and we suppose that no
even the most sanguine member of the part,
anticipated any other termination to th,
contest than the election of General Grant
"Lct lis have peace is his motto.
The Vote in Maryland.
From Maryland the returns come in slow
ly, but such as have been received indicat,
Republican gains in every election distric
of each county in the State over the voi
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