The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-05
The West Virginia Press on the
Election.

MS success.
The West Virginia Press oi the
Election
The recent election in this State is,
OF course, looked upon through different
lights by the editors Of the papers OF
the respective parties in the State. Our
Democratic friends are particularly
iuhilant over the result because Of Their
long repression and in view OF the pros
pect that this is the first and greatest of
long series OF triumphs in West Viz
ginia, the greatest because it has been
attained over obstacles which il is not
likely we will ever have to encounter
again. Upon the other hand, the Re
publican journals generally accept the
situation" with good grace and, with an
assumption of cheerfulness, which we
of the Democratic press are fully pre-.
pared, by our own experience, to appre-
ciate and understand, propose to so to
work again and labor 10 retrieve dioas-
ter. We have so often whistled to keep
our own spirits up and pipe away the
sinking of our hearts, that we under,
stand the sensation completely, and
therefore tender to our Radical friends
the sympathy Of one who has frequent
ly been in their fix.
The Fairmont West Twginion, Radi,
cal, says:
1--WE plumed our rooster with energy,
fed him on hope, and marked him not
transferable in loud italics; our NOR
LITIGATION was only equalled by his
abominable perversity; he is a hen.
She is not rooster, for he won't crow
the beast! the-the--hang him !
She can't crow, so be can't To speak
in strict accordance with our feelings,
we are half inclined to murder him for
her wretched failure.
From present indications, and the
popular belief; from existing circum-
stances and the evidence Of stubborn
facts, and from the final result of care
fuI summing up by careful arithmeti-
cans We presume we cant very well
do otherwise than acknowledge the sue
cess of the Democratic State ticket;
two Democratic Congressman; a ma
jority Of toe Democratic legislators, and
numerous Democratic "etceteras =
which affecting dispensation we trust
we duly and truly deplorc.
"Lct as hare peGce -"
In another column, the editor tries to
account for the defeat OF his party on
the ground of the absenteeism and apa-
thy Of the Republicans, which is, to q
limited extent, correct; but Republicans
should bear in mind that this apathy
which they deplore has been largely
due to the course pursued by their par
" in the State, and that very many, in
deed, have grown tired Of Radical rule
They did not take any interest in the
campaign, and did not 90 to the polls,
because they did not heartily desire the
success Of Radical ticket
The West Tirginian says that the
success Of the Democratic candidates
for the Legislature was due to local
question involving the erection OF new
county from parts Of Marion, Marshall
and Wetzel counties, which the Demo
cratic candidates were supposed to
favor.
The Moundsyille National, Radical,
don't like the result one bit and don't
care to conceal It's disgust. II says,
This idea Of holding fast to the old
! dogma of few corrup. party leaders
controlling the party is PLAYED out. 1t
might do when West Virginia was I'M
der the old regime of no school houses
and no newspapers. But that time has
gone by never TO return
This election in West Virginia proves
that the mission OF the Republican party
is we'll nigh ended, SO far as the negro
and the preservation OF the Union is
concerned. That is now dead issue,
and something more than simply the
name of the Republican party is re
quired to give it success in the future.
< The
prospects of SUGGEST in the future Tor the
present Republican party look doubt
full. The people have nightly changed
since the days when everybody had
''nigger on the brain" and believed in
hanging every rebel. Those days are
numbered. The people rule. We must
stand by the people and they will stand
by us.
The National thinks that the renewal
of the old Wing party weuld save the
country; but where are the statesmen
who gave the Wing party its vitality,
and who Of the present time is able to
WELD the sword of CLAY2