The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-17
The late Elections.

Now that one OF the greatest pOlltlcaI
conflicts ever witnessed on the field of
American politics is over, and the smoke
is clerring away, the excitement always
attending political contest but intense
fed in this dying out aud citizens are
taking time to look about them, it may
not be out of place to glance over the
field and see what, if any adjustments
are necessary to make not only success
iul but triumphant advance along our
entire line on the coming 9th OF No
vember.
A majority of more than 10000 Of
the citizens of PennsY Ylvania have said
to the nation, that they are highly grit
fled and pleased with the way the Re-
publican party has conducted the affairs
of our Commonwealth, and that they
have no thought of disturbing that party,
the party of progress, and reform in the
broadest sense, as the custodians of pub
lie affairs, while with each year they are
advancing the interests of the entire
people, and developing the resources of
the State, in the most unparalleled man
ner.
Ohio, Indiana, and Nebraska have
joined Pennsylvania, in greetings to
sister States, aud on the 9th day of No
vember a large majority of the Com
monwealths in this greatest coufederacy
of republics known to history, will pro-
claim to a world of nations, that the
work of the Republican party is not yet
completed, and cannot be while there is
something yet to be dane to give further
development to every power man pos
sesses to confirm the principle of self
government beyond the possibility OF
doubt or cavil.
Fossillated political opinions have
been yielding to the march of mind in
all the ages, and are now scattered over
the fields of history as things of the past,
curiosities in their way.
The workings of the "higher law
Drinciplas .hrou o h.forth~ 1.-The constj tn tan
"higher law" has given us the constitu
tion of the United States as it is, con
stitltion infinitely better than the con
stitution as it was. The Republican
party is slow to touch that instrument
it reveres and venerates its age and work
yet hesitates not to add to it whatever
may be necessary to advance the liberties,
the malieaNe rights of all men. 1t ha:
given equality before the law to all men
without regard to nationality, religion
color, or former condition of servitude
1t now seeks to secure these beyond the
possibility Of disturbance.
As Republicans we must work, worh,
WORK. Our enemy beaten and routec
on every field, driven from their old
strong holds, and chatting under repeat
ed defeats are bitter in their hatreC
toward us, their malignity is deep seated
as was most clearly manifested in thei
manner of conducting the late campaign
in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, anc
Indiana, and especially in Pennsylvani
and Indiana. The most unscrupulpu
and villianous fasehoods were resorte,
to, to accomplish their purpose, an
secure to them victory. We may dc
pend upon it that for the next fOu
weeks they will not be idle in this ma
ter, and if it is possible to be more ur
scrupulous, if blacker falschoo6s can b
found in their catalogue we may depen
upon it they will employ them, henc
the necessity of effort, we must not b
content with victory merely, but victor
triumphant.