Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-22
Newspaper Opinions.
2 Y ytr;b,,,7e saya.


The ~. Y Tribune says:
1t was universally felt, and virtually con-
fesscd that the partisans of Seymour and
Blair must triumph in the State elections
held yesterday, or abandon all hope of sue
cess. Every table they have yet made of
the probable vote for next President by
States, claimed Pennsylvania, Indiana, and
Nebraska as certainly,and Ohio, las probably,
for Seymour. The most ingenious among
them could not make up q list of States ex-
pected to vote for Seymour sufficient to elect
fim without including all, or most of those
above named. They had thus advertised
their followers that they must carry those
States in October or confess themselves al
ready beaten in the November struggle.
The ~ Y. Herald says under the head of
s'the question settled:'
The result of the State elections yesterday
clearly indicate the election of Gen. Grant
as our next President by an overwhelming
majority of the popular electoral vote of the
Union. They have made the most desper-
ate struggle for the Keystone State since the
| October election Of 1856 wlen they carried
it by two thousand majority, and thus saved
Buchanan in November. In this October
contest, however, their delusive State ma
jority Of nine hundred OF last year, is buried
| under the Republican reserves beyond all
hope of resurrection for at least a year to
come and s'as goes Pennsylvania so goes
the Union"
We say that this loss of Pennsylvania,
without going further, is the deathblow to
Seymour aud Blair. Now, with their loss
of Pennsylvania, there is every reason to be-
| lieve that the forty seven thousand Demo-
cratic majority in the Empire State last year
will disappear in November like morning
fog from the face of the sea.
The NJ Y Times says:
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
yesterday virtually ended the Presidential
contest. The Republicans swept all three
States, and by no equivocal majorties.-
This splendid civil triumph of General Grant
is only surpassed by his brilliant military
achievements. The overthrow of the Democs
racy Is as disastrous to their hopes as the
surrender of Lee to the ''lost cause" of the
Confederacy. 1t is fortunate fo- the quiet
of the country that these October results are
SO conclusive as to relieve the final trial in
November of the painful anxieties and mad
dening excitements. which would have fol
lowed less decided verdict from the impor-
tant and commanding States which yesterday
declared for General Grant and the Republi-
can party.
The NJ Y San says:
| L HIS TesulL pfdCllCdily scItiCo VIC lCoietch-
tial election in favor of Gen Grant. No one
with the facts before him, whose opinion is
of the slightest weight, can entertain doubt
on the subject. The special battle-ground
of the two parties was Pennsylvania The
contest was fought with unprecedented vigor
by both. Money was freely layished; the
ablcst speakers were in the field the State
was strewn with campaign documents all
the appliances known to politicians were put
into requisition AID the fighting was iuri-
Gus all along the line. The Democrats con-
tested the State with desperation, for its loss
| was their inevitable overthrow throughout
the country. On the other hand, the Repub-
licans felt that they could elect Grant with
out it, but they dreaded the effect of a de-
feat in October upon the doubtful States in
November, and so they waged the battle
with determined energy-and the result is be-
fore u.s.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
1--WE conjecture that there will he now no
very vigorous fight over the Presidential
election. The defeated party will hardly
continue the contest. 1t is clearly without
hope. That the canvass has been Inoss
, wretchedly mismanaged is indisputable. The
nomination made by the Democrats was the
worst they could have made out of the list
of leading aspirants they had before them.
There were two alternatives before the New
York Convcntion-viz., to nominate man
with view to his election, or TO nominate
one wholly upon principle. Chase would
, have done for the first; Pendleton or Hend-
! ricks for the second. But the Convention
, avoided both, and nominated IL friend OF
Chase, who had not (Chase's) power, and
, who yet wanted the boldness and stamina to
maintain the principles avowed by the Con-
vention; therefore there has been fall be
, tween two stools.
The JVhig also considers the result as
foresliadowing quite distinctly the result OF
the Presidential election, and views it as
, another triumph of the sword, but don't
, care. 1t says:
SIN view of the mischiefs which have been
engendered by violated faith, by war,and by
the widespread dishonesty which pervades
the public service, il is very doubtful II any
: other government be practicable in this de,
! moraizcd land but vigorous and impartial
desputism. Ii the choice Of the dcspotisn
: be left to us, for many reasons we should
s prefer that of one to that of a mob.
I The Inquirer says:
s.The returns from the election in the Nortl
: last Tuesday indicate the triumph OF tint
5 party of the war" If the accounts already
: received shall be verified, it will be clear tina
the contest has been strictly sectional one
!, the North against the South. In such I
4 case, we have never permitted ourselves Il
: suppose that the result could he otherwis
u than victory Of the section in which thu
z contest took pl@cc.
+ + Tho Norfolk Day-Book says:
q ''It may be considered as settling the Pres
Il idential election in favor of the Republican
!. candidates. We may not all like it, but til
It Radicals have given us ''the best they hat
d in their shop"
) The Baltimore Gazette taketh consola
I tion thus =
:, We are bound TO deal frankly with thi
= matter, and TO say that, in our judgment, th
States which have Just endorsed the policy O
!; the Radical party will in November Civ
:, heavy maiorities for General Grant. 1t
y with deep regret and sadness that we recor
~ these convictions. To the people of Mary
i land, outside of the oflice-seekers and til
~ pot-house politicians, the dicision of th
northern States amounts to nothing. w
!, enjoy ut present the rights and liberties be
:, aueathcd us by our fathers. But for our or
y pressed brethren of the South we feel til
- - keencst sympathy, and as the late election
=. - in the North seem to evidence a determin,
:, - tion to consign them for years to come to t
~ despotism under which they now languisl
!; we must look this possible fact in the face
er THE New York Sun says:-
re Seymour isa good man; u good man
a live at Utica; good authority on waterme
st ons; he has large stock Of copper on han'
le and might go into the copper trade. He is
lie good candidate to withdraw. He said whe
ID he accepted that he could not accept vii
honor.
of As for Blair-we don't think it is a goo
Season for Blairs; they seem to be trouble
- with the blight To give them their du
Us Us however, it must be admitted that they dor
Il. hurt party much if they don't belong TO
|
- The Grand Uprising.
% The whole country is now aglow wi
m enthusiasm over the certainty of the elccti
dv of General Grant The loyal people in eve
M State arc fired with energy in working
N, this great consummation. Orators spring
No. under every bush, and yet the meetings q
so multiiarious that there is hardly rhetol
enough to so around.
:. One characteristic feature of the campai
'a,, 'm is the great number of Democrats who cro'
ny into Republican meetings, and who 0