Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-10-16
The Elections last Tuesday.

We have little to add in the way of
figures to the report we gave one week ago
of the elections. The Republican majority
in Pennsylvania is proving larger than was
then anticipated, and will probably reach
IS 900, of which %, 900 is to be credited to
the city of Philadelphia. 10 Ohio our
majority will prove about Is o 10. 10 lndi-
ana, Hendricks, Democrat, is elected COVER
nor by less than thousand majority, but
the two Republican. candidates at large for
Congress are successful, and the Legislature
is Republican which secures the election OF
a Republican United States Senator. Sena-
tor Morton's term expires next March, and
he will undoubtedly be re elected. Iowa il
entirely Republican-as much 50 as Yer
mont,-and so is Nebraska. The terri tory
of Dakota reelected its present Democratic
delegate in CIngress, and the District Of
Columbia elected Republican delegate
The Republicans gain sixteen members Of
Congress, although tie Democrats do not
lose as many, part Of the gam being the ad-
ditional members given to states by the new
apportionment Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, is
the most eminent Democratic member Of the
present Congress whJ fails of reelection.
As we said last week. the presidential
election seems now settled. The political
fight will of course 90 on in the states W hici
hold their local elections in November, and
10 which state Ulcers and member
of Congress are still to be chosen, but it IL
evident that Liberals aud Democrats have no
longer any hope Of electing Mr.. Greeley
Pr sident indeed they make little conceal
ment Of their belief that defeat stares them
10 the face.
Without claiming for the Republican party
or its candidates all the virtue, honesty, Of
ability Of the country. we think the election
thus far show clearly that the intelligent
judgment of the honest voters yet stands b,
Republican principles That this wOul
have been 50 If the Greeley collation. had
been party Of real re CORNERS, or had been
what they pretended to BE-. is not likely
The people are not easily humbugged or de
ceived, and they saw that the party which
cried SO loudly for reform WAS 4 sham, anO
buI 1AhC &c puAidLCA II OLlCl " A60 CA-OA -
votes could have been obtained for th,
coalition in Pennsylvania or Ohio to hay,
carried those states against the Republicans.
We hope. however, no one will proceed L"
make political deity Of Cameron and it Is
the misfortune, rather than the good for
tune, OF Gen. Grant, that his, election will
seem to be so much OWING to the work 0,
this man. Cameron cares no m)re foI
President Grant and Republicanism, thar
for MIR Greeley and Llbero lism be has beer
lighting his own personal battles, rather
than pushing for victories In which great
principles OF true government should be Is
tablshed he stands for a type of pOlitI-
clans who care more to be on the winning
side than for the triumph of absolute iu .ti:e
and the onward march Of reform; aui ye
the wave Of success seems to bear him on it,
crest. Yet it Is not Cameron who has car
ried Pennsy vlnIa. however he may cJutrive
70 IN Ike it appear 80, it Is the thousands
AMI tens Of thousands and hundreds OF thou
sands Of Republicans, who believe IN honest
government and true RepubhcaDism. ana
who saS less hope OF either in the coalition
between Cincinnati and Baltimore. than IN
the great party which, in spite Of It's Cam
erons, has done so much Tor freedom ano
progress, aud reform. Chained 70 sucl
bodies of death, it Is true the party comes
FAR short Of the achievements possible for It
out il It does not mistake for its heroes and
statesmen these men whose association IL
dragging Il lower instead Of raising it high
er continually, and whose help, although
winning a battle to-day, may bring de
mobilization that will make ultimate defeat
sure, it will yet shake itself free from THEN
corruptng influence and win lasting triumph
IN the acknowledged success Of its princi-
pies and puI ity Of It's administration.