Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-22
How the Virginia Election is
--- lnterpreted.

ROW the Virginia Election Is
-ro5 Interpreted.
BY the Republican Press gener-
ally, says that able journal the ". Y
1imes, the result of the Virgins
contest is interpreted fairly and
practically. There is no disposition
to claim it as a mere partisan tri-
umph, ard none to concede the pre-.
tensions with which i'm the first
instance North ern Democrats
attempted to investi it. Mr.. Forney's
two papers continue their carpine
criticism, and the sheet which echoes
the modification of Mr.. Wells at
Richmond labors hard to misrepre-
sent both the causes and conse-
quences of his defeat. These excep-
tional grumblers only render more
emphatic the congratulations of Re-
publican journals elsewhere, and
more significant the meaning they
attach to the ratification of the Con
stitution and the election of Mr..
Walker.
The all-pervading feeling is one
Of satisfaction and hope. Without
pausing to analyze the motives OF
all who supported the Walker ticket,
our Republican contemporaries see
in its success the gain of the admin.
istration and of the reconstruction
policy with which it is identified.
They recognize in the union of
influences by which success was
achieved the annihilation of the
prejudices and passionss which have
separated white and black, and the
strongest assurance of political
equality in the future. They are sat
isfied with the Constitution as adop.
ted. and with the rejection of provi-
sions which would have perpetuated
peril and strife. They are convinced
that the election was fairly conduc.
ted, and that the result expresses
the settled desires and purposes ot
the great majority of the people
Thus applauding both the result
and the means by which 1t was at
tanned, it is not surprising that the
mischievous suggestions of those
who do not like to confess them
selves defeated meet with little
favor. 1t is felt that they who
would foster divisions among the
supporters Of reconstruction in Vir
ginia. are as culpable and foolish az
the Democrats who pretended te
discern a PARTY advantage in ar
event involving the reputation Of
every distinctive principle by which
that party is known in the North
or West.
This confident estimate of the sit
uation in Virginia has been greatly
strengthened by the course Of the
Governor elect, and the temperate
and just tone of the local Press. A
Richmond, at Washington, and ii
New York-before his constituent.
amid the excitement OF victory, il
his interviews with the Presiden
and with friends of the Administra
tion-Mr. Walker has held the sam,
language. He regards his owl
election, on the platform he occu
pied, as in effect triumph for tn
Grant Administration. He assert
his determination to stand aloo
from every influence, personal an,
political, which may tend adversel,
to the development of the polio,
incident to construction. He i
resolved to uphold the black maj
in the exercise of his rights, and t.
promote harmony and good feelin,
between the races. The Virgini
journals that were most effective il
the canvass assume substantially tn
same position. They insist that oil
partisan issues shall be discarded
and that the promises implied in th
election OF Mr.. Walker and the rati
fication of the Constitution shall b
fulfilled by the people. Nowher
do we trace sign of bad faith, Q
of any feeling or purpose which tb
friends of reconstruction should nc
hail as satisfactory. Everywhere
on the contrary, may be discerne
evidences of the complete revol,
ion that has been wrought in tn
sentiments and temper of Virgin
ans, and of their title to the conf
lence of the President and Cor
gress.