The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-16
DEMOCRACY TRIGIPHANT-THE OLD
GRANITE STATE REDEEMED.


to show thai eve in that ancient Com
monwealth the understandable princi-
Piles of constitutional liberty still burn
with a fadeleSs flame. While gains
were expected i'll New Hampshire, as
everywhere else throughout the coun-
try not under bayonet rule. vet the
most Sanguine and enthusiastic Demo
crat i'll the country hardly dared to
predict the glorious result which was
flashed over the wires yesterday. Last
year the Republican candidate for
Governor was elected by IA majority of
BIB, and the three Republican mem
beers of Congress were elected 10y l.
1872. l,6f7, and ;I63 respectively. These
heavy mai0ritieS in a total vote OF
sixty odd thousand wer regarded rs
entirely too formidable to be overcome
in Il single Nearin stationery connmu-
nifty whose habits. customs and prcju-
diceS are a, fixed as the granite base
which undcrlics their State. But nut-
W e. NAiN|1 4 - -
and the l.afavorable surroundings. il
now appears the people of that state
have returned TO their ancient faith
and love, and once again proclaim
their ftaltv AMI devotion To the cause
of Democracy and good government.
The telegraph Informs US that the
4 s-,-,r,,ar HrAl ,,1Anllar- ~ I'.,,rr,Zz
and the State Senate are Democratic.
while only the Assembly remains to
the Republicans. This is the most
startling and significant political rcvO-
luton which has taken place i'll the
country since the $,ar of democracy
went down in 1860. The Granite State
was among the last to yield to the
seductive voice of the rcvolutioniStS.
but when once she had yielded herself
TO the deadly embraces OF Republican,
ism she become as lied and unvield-
ing i'll her dcvOtiontO thai faith a any
of the States whose lead she had 81
long hesitaicd to follow. For over ten
years the bli-itt and curse of Republic
canism has held high carnival within
her borders. but at last she has awtk-
ened to a realizing SENSE ofthe dangers
which threaten the ~nalioIal life AID
once again stands forth rcc:.redcemcd
and di>enthralIed. Withthe return IF
New Hampshire to the fold of Democ-
racy. vanisheS the last hope of the
Grant Administration 40 pcrpetuate
itself in power for another term OF
office, as the voice of that State is but
the ]lorerunncr of the coming storm
which Will sweep the decks of the ship
OF State from stem 10 stcrn of all the
plundering hordes of Radicali>m who
are rioting upon the peoples sub
stance. and eating out the Vita!s of
trade and commences; and who. tc.
crafty their unhallowed lust for place
ard power, would IRE the temple of
freedom and revel in the dance OF
death by the light of its consuming
flames. The long. dark night Of trea-
son, u>urpation and crime IS break
ing, and the sun of hope and rainbow
Of promise again shine out untLe East
ern sky filling with JOY u~nspeakable
the patient watchers whose faith in re-
turning rca>on has ncvertlltered even
i'll the deepest gloom ard widest po-
litical chaos of the past ten years.
With the return of Democracy to pow
er IN Il restoration of the GUvern-
mcnt to the principles upon which it
Was founded, when the Federal Gov
will be forced to recognize
the fact that States still have some
rights that are entitled to respect.