The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-14
The Turning Tide.

The Turning Tide.
The glad tidings Of Democratic successes
in Ohio and Pennsylvania, which we
Chronicle this morning, are none the less well
come because they are more than we had
dared to expect. Accustomed to the glow
ing predictions Of party organs, and chary
Of attaching Importance to the wailing Of
Radical leaders, we had not hoped for any
thing more than slight indication that the
people of both East and West were making
ready to thrust aside the profigacy and
roguery; which for nearly decade have
shaped the destinies of the nation. The
elections Of Tuesday last were so embar-
rassed by local questions, and the personal
popularity Of particular candidates, that we
could lave met, without heavy disappoint-
ment, sweeping Republican victory. AS
it is, our most sanguine anticipations are
fully realized. The yeomanry Of Ohio and
the brawny artisans of Pennsylvania, the
capitalist and the laborer, the farmer and
the mill-owner, have declared at the ballot
box their utter reputation Of the fraud and
trickery, the extravaganza and nepotism, OF
the dominant political party. The mighty
tones with which the electric wires are
musical, stir the hearts Of all but the
doubling few who constantly despair OF
their country, their city and their State.
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tial election, last year, gave majority OF
2s, 1898 for Grant and Colfax, the contest has
been hot and close. The Radicals have
used, without stint, the advantages which
the new registration law gives them, and by
this means alone defrauded the Democracy
Of at least two thousand votes. All the
power and influence OF the administration
were applied to strengthening the Radical
ticket. Ofice-holders in posse and in esse,
were bidden to strain all their energies to
secure the defeat OF MIR. Packer. All the
party machinery was in active operation;
Cabinet officers took the stump and exhOrted
the people to ''do their duty" the horse, foot
and dragons Of bribery and intimidation
did good service in overawing the weak and
restraining the strong. And the end is
that, according to their own statements
the Radicals elect their candidate for Gov
ernor by only 1000 majority. Eleven months
ago the Radical majority was 2s, $685. In
less than year the sturdy Democracy of
the Keystone State have gained nearly 25.-
600 votes. This is good enough. The
Radicals coll it victory. Let US have
a score more such victories" and there is
an end to the Radical party.
In Ohio the result OF the election for Gov
ernor is still in doubt; but the probability is
that Mr.. Pendleton has defeated Governor
Hayes by small majority. Mr.. Pendleton
was physically unable to take as prominent
q part in the canvass as his friends desired,
but his brilliant record and the sympathy of
the people with his political principles stood
him in great stead, and have elevated him,
we trust, to the Gubernatorial chair. AS to
the State Legislature, there is no uncer-
tainty. The Democrats have large major
ity on joint ballot. And all this in State
which, at the Presidential election last year,
gave Grant and Colfax l,42S majority.
The election OF Democratic Legislature
secures the rejection of the Fifteenth amend
ment as far as Ohio is concerned.
Well may we feel that the tide is turning
Well may we rejoice with the Democrats of
the East and West In Pennsylvania we
have cut down the Radical majority of 2S, S9S
in 1868 to Radical majority of 1000 in
1869. In Ohio we have wiped out Radical
majority OF Al, ,42s, elected q Democratic
Legislature, and elected, in all probability,
the Democratic candidate for Governor
And the Democrats Of the North will grow
stronger every day. They have on their
side the feelings and instincts Of the people.
The men who are ground down by taxation;
the men whom protective tariffs force to pay
two and three prices for what are now the
necessarieS OF life; the men who love law
and honor the constitution; the men who
long for an economical and honest govern
ment; the men who demand that there shall
be the same currency for the bondholder as
for the ploughholder-a these look to the
National Democracy for succor and relief.
The ranks OF the Democracy are swollen
with recruits and as election follows election,
as one Radical rout follows another, the
whole country will fall into the Democratic
line, and the time-servers who fastened to
chant the dirge Of Democracy in America,
will passionately regret their selfish precipi-
tation. The National Democratic party is
not dead or sleeping. And it has never
given nobler proof O. tenacity and vigor
than in the Ohio and Pennsylvania elections