Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-11-14
The Presidential Election--What the
Papers Say.
washington Patriot. |


There are higher considerations than
itself SO nlvch to the machine politician.
IF the Democracy sacrificed their organ
ization by accepting Mr.. Greeley, they
cast off by that example Of moral cour-
age the impediments which checked its
progress, and clung to,it like barnacles
On ship's bottom. The Liberal
movement is temporarily checked, but
not defeated. It's ultimate triumph Is
certain. and there are thousands who
conspired against it that will live to de-
plore their mistaken opposition. and JOIN
hands hereafter in 6 patriotic effort TO re-
deem this error to elect Reform ran-
didate in 1876. The great principles and
ideas which underlie this cause can be
no more suppressed than the order OF the
seasons can be arrested. In the language
of the kentucky hunter, LET us PICK
our 1ints and try it again."
baltimore Gazette
Itwould serve no good purpose to NOR
alize over the past. The past is behind
us. with all Of its delusive hopes. and
all its errors of omission and commits
sion. 1t is to the future we must now
turn. We must look the situation square
lv in the face, and resolve to do whatev-
er men may do to build up the party on
a stronger and a purcr basis, and. like
Henry Smith of the Wynd, i'll Scott
novel Of the Fair Maid of Perth, night
ourOwn hand" We must stand firmly
by our party, and the men OF our party
who arc the best exponents Of its prlnci-
ples. and if we are true to ourselves, true
to our State. and faithful to the best ira
ditions Of the best days Of the Rcpuhllc,
we shall merit victory even i'll defeat,
and we shall be worthy Of victory when
It is ultimately won.
Nov York Tribunc.]
Let no man accuse the able and shrewd
politicians who, as the Republican Ma
fional Committee, directed the canvass
for Gen. Grants reelection, with squan,
dering the unprecedented sums raised
and disbursed by them in this contest
with having played whole par K OF ar
tillery to kill fly. The Literal move,
ment was at one time formidable, and
had a prospect Of success. Had not NIL
lions been expended to arrest its progress
in the State elections of the last three
months, it might even have swept the
country, though all the money raised III
its behalf would at best have been pence
to. balance pounds.
And. while there are dangerous tenden-
cies developer by this canvass, when
foreshadow q government by the rich
and able few, substituting and controll-
ing such portion rs they may require Of
the ignorant, penniless, venal many, let
usneyer despair of the American Re
public
New York SUM-
Not only did large body Of Demo
crnts refrain FROM voting for Mr.. Gree
ley, but another largo body Of them
voted for Gen. Grant; and to these two
classes, rather than to the Republican
party, he is indebted for his election &C
asccond term.
These facts illustrate in q very strik.
iny manner the instability of parties and
the Inconsistency of poIitician".
[Richmond Dispatch.l
T,et lis say, however. that we nave nc
sde, that jien. Grant will assume I'M
periaI authority a. the end OF his second
term. He is not the man for that. Sof
do we believe the country has reached
the period in its history when the lone
mw1 can usurp the power to rule.
Therefore we look for q happy, content
ed, and, we hope. prolonged period fo'
the Republic.
But though Greeley is defeated, the
cause of Liberalism ~ not Gsieated, and
iti lisa great satisfaction TO feel thar Grants
election is due, US we said above, to nthei
causes than those OF sectionalism and
the passions epgcndered by the late war.
The blosdy ela.n has been steadily
closing even during the campaign: Men
have listened to the arguments and sym
pathized with the sentiments of the Lib
eralists who have voted for Grant. The
seed sown will germinate and produce
a rich harvest. The next campaign fo:
the Presidency will be freed from thr
war feeling. Parties will be thorough,
interlaced, binding all sections together,
and men will seek popularity by pro
ptiating the popular interests every
where. Greeley himself, looking to the
future, sad that he might be beaten, but
that the cause of Liberalism would I'll
fri, t,I,. and IL Will