The Portland daily press., 1870-11-16
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precise Republican majority in the
".A' congress is not yet accurately determin.
ea' But 1t will obviously range from fitv n
SILKY. IBIS may justly be regarded as bril-.
liant and unsurpassed triumph. II ia almoa.
literally an Unprecedented victory. since tha
ascendancy OF the Democratic party was first
| shaken thirty years ago, no party has achiev-
| ed such success in the second wear of its adj
ministration.
In 1910 the Wing party swept the cour try
with the Log Cabin and the song of"Tipps-
canoe and Tyler too" IL was an oyerwbejm-
ing victory. Harrison had 234 electoral votes
anu van buren only Co. Yet in the Congress
si1Hal e,ections OF 1872, the Democratic party
acnieVed as signal a triumph, and John w.
Jones, the Democratic candidate. was chosen
speaker OF the House of Representatives .hg-
Whig nominee. 50, a.,o, A..
IN. In no44, tne-lted tne Polk to the Presidency.
Ie,.t gears later, in the second wear OF his
administration, the Wings carried a majority
OF Congress and elevated Robert G. Winthrop
OF Massachusetts,, TO the Speakership In 1S4S
the Whis party elected General Tayl lor to the
Presidency. But when the Congressional
elections OF 1850 came around, the Democra-
cy were again triumphant, and Linn Boyd, of
kentucky, was chosen Speaker. In 1852 the
De--Annrnoy n,aoiad Epanl.lin Pferoa President
Dy very decisive vote. But the newborn
republican party soon developed command
ing power, and after stormy and prolonged
contest General Banks, of Massachusetts,, was
CHOSEN Speaker of the second Congress of
Pleroe's administration.
1he Democracy were again successful in
the PRESIDENTIAL election OF 1856, choosing Mr..
Buchanan. The Congressional elections of
1898 were, however hotly contested, and
William Pennington of New Jersey, the Re-
publican candidate, was made Speaker of the
House. In 1850 the Republican party for the
nrst time elected a President, and Abraham
Lincoln entered the White House. The rule
sun held: No intelligent person will forget
now badly the elections of 1862 went. Not
Wlthstandlng the war, we lost New York.
we lost everywhere. Our majority in Con-
gress was greatly reduced. Had it not been
for the secession of the Southern States, we
should have been in minority. In 1864 we
carried the country again, but Andrew John
son, who became President by the assassina-
tion OF MIR. Lincoln, Immediately went over to
the Democracy, and the Administration was
practically Democratic. The old result fol-
lowed. In 1866 the Republican party swept
the country, and elected an overwhelming
majority OF Congress. The next correspond
ing period brings US to the present time
tiiaS -LAe -Psn3~s an almost invAriable law
-
lowance for 1862, there has not been a single
exception to this rule from 1910 to the present
time. Arguing from this remarkable fact,
politician might have predicted Democratic
success this year with almost as much reason
and certainly as Leverrier proclaimed and
discovered, upon Bodies famous law and with
out any other basis, the existence OF the plan
ct which bears his name. Under such cir
cums;ances the Republican victory, which
gives us from fifty to sixty majority In Con-
gress, may justly be regarded as brilliant and
transcendent triumph. IL establishes with
conspicuous and unparalleled distmctness the
firm hold of the Republican party has upon
the confidence Of the country. 1t demon
strates one other thing. No reader has fail
ed to remark, in pursuing this retrospect,
that the party which carried the second Con-
gress OF an Administration has almost inva-
riably carried the next Presidency. To this
rule there has scarcely been an exception
And so the general triumph of the Republi-
can party in 1870 presages Its grander triumph
in 1S72-Albany Eue. Journal.