Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-23
The Political Prospect.

The political prospect is such as to cheer the
patriots heart. All things seem to be working
together for good "The skies are bright and
brightening" The friends of the election of
the liberal ticket are daily increasing. As we
hoped and believed and predicted, thousands
of Democrats and Republicans only awaited
the action of the Baltimore convention before
determining to give their support to that tick
ct, upon the success of which depends The
hopes of the country. Since the nominations
at Cincinnati were endorsed and ratified at
Baltimore, the supporters Of Greeley and
Brown have increased rot only by tens,
scores, and hundreds, Eat by thousands and
tens of thousands. Democrats and liberal Re-
publicans, and Patriots of all shades of political
opinion who desire to have an honest and wise
administration of the government, are rallying
WITH zeal and enthusiasm by thousands to the
standard of political reform. The fat of the
people has gone forth, and it seems that it is
their purpose, firm, fixed and decided as an ir-
reversible decree, to elect the ticket which they,
in spite of the opposition of politicians, select
ed to be their acknowledgements in this canvass,
upon the result of which the veal or woe Of
the country so much depends
The prospect is pleasing and bright-it
strengthens the weak, cheers the Respondent,
adds buoyancy to the hopeful, and confirms the
confident. The clouds are passing away, and
the scene is flooded with light The bats Of
doubt have repaired to the obscurity of clois-
tered cells, and the birds of hope are singing
IN
Winter of Radical misrule will soon be over
and gone, and in short time will be ushered
in the vivifying Spring of an oppressed peo-
pies redemption, to be followed by GLORIOUS
Summer" golden with--a harvest of national
blessings, the product, through skilful cul-
ture, of the seed of wisdom sown by the "Far-
mer of Chappaqua." Though our hopes are
buoyant, they are not extravagant. They rest
upon sufficient grounds to justify them. All
the indications, at present, are favorable to the
triumphant success of the peoples ticket.
We believe that this tide of popular favor
will know no ebb, but that it will continue to
grow in volume and strength until the ides Of
November shall proclaim the fall of our Radi-
cal Caesar and the triumph of the people
ticket. We believe this, though we are aware
that ''this our Caesar" has command of the
sword and purse Of the nation, and that he
will use both of these potent instrumentalities
without scruple to perpetuate his power. Our
confidence rests upon our faith in the honesty,
intelligence and patriotism Of the masses of the
people.
Though the indications are now favorable, we
believe that they will become more and more
so as the time for rendering the verdict Of the
people at the polls approaches.
As the Golden Age says. ''the political situa-
ton is not the same as we may expect to find
it in November. The state of parties at
the beginning of a canvass is sometimes widely
different from that at the end. The Liberia
movement is young, but it is already giant
The new party is phenomenon. 1t grows like
a gathering avalanche. 1t widens like a
praire fire. It swells like mountain tor
rent IF its future progress shall continue at
its past rate, the opposition will be swept from
the field like dust or leaves or chaff before an
autumnal gust. Even to-day it is victory !:
what, then, will it be FIVE months hence? Had
the presidential election begun this morning
and were it now proceeding as we write, and
should we be asked at this MONDAY to chronicle
the situation, it would be the following careful
table of mingled certainties and probabilities:
CANVASS
of the Presidential Election of 1872.