The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-17
The Situation.

great central States There is reason to pc,
iieve that the fears of the Radicals exceeded
their hopes, and that the hopes of the Liberals
were superior to their fears. The result, how
ever, is as it is and, in the place OF lndulglng
in vain lamentations, or in fruitless denuncia-
tions, or in pro6tless attempts to account lot
what has happened, it is the part OF so0er ana
temperate men, whose interests are tnose OF
their country, to look carefully over the grouno'
survey the lines on both sides, ana avail tnen.
selves of whatever sources of encouragement
the Situation affords. The first cold dash OF
disappointment at the loss of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and the unexpectedly small majority an
Indiana being over, an examination OF the case,
so far from indicating lost cause, affords
abundant grounds of hope and confidence.
While we were failing to gain Pennsylvania
and Ohio, we were obtaining assistances from
Connecticut, heretofore set down among the
doubtful States, that she could confidently be
relied upon to support the Liberal cause and
candidate. Let us look at the case as it stands,
in the light afforded by the Tuesday elections
The States that may be set down as nearly
certain for Grant, are Maine, q; Massacnu-
sets 49,. Vermont, s; Michigan, II Missis-
sippf, 8; South Carolina, Z; Pennsy sylTania, ";
Ohio, %. Total, 102. !. = .-.t=,. :
The States that may be set down as nearly
certain for Greeley, are New York, 20; Ala
bama, 10; Delaware, 8; Georgia, II; Indiana,
l5;, Kentucky, 12; Maryland, 8; Missouri, l5
Tennessee, IL; Texas, 8; Virginia, ll;2Rest
Virginia, 5; Connecticut, s. Total, l5i.
The States that are considered doubtful, are
Arkansas, s.; New jersey, 9; Florida, 8; Lou: on!
isiana, s; Nevada, 81, North Carolina, d d9;
Kansss. s.; Minnesota, s.; Nebraska, s.; Or
eron. s; Rhode Island, 4; Wisconsin, 10;
Iowa, II. Total, liz. -. -
Thus. it will be seen, Mr.. Greeley enters the
doubtful list with majority of forty-nine oyer
his competitor. Thirty-three of their votes
will secure his election, while it will need Y
of them to secure the election Of General Grant.
Of these, Arkansas, g.; New jersey, 8; Flori-
da. 4; Louisiana, 8: Nevada, 8; North Caro-
lima; 10; New Hampshire, B.; total, 45, may
be set down ss morally certain for MIR. Greeley.
This will give him 1876 electoral votes, IL more
than is necessary to an election. Give to Gen.
eral Grant the doubtful States that are counted
in his favor: California, 6; Illinois, q; Kan
sas. B: Minnesota, g.; lows, IL; Nebraska, 3;
Oregon, s; Rhode Island, Al; Wisconsin, 10;
total. 7l-and he falls short II of the votes
necessary to an election. The balance of prob
abilities, therefore, seems to be handsomely on
the side of Mr.. Greeley. !,
It was known by every man who reasoned
coolly upon the situation, when the canvass be-
gan; that if an opposition candidate succeeded
he would succeed in the face of obstacles in
kind and in degree of which no precedent has
been afforded in the past history Of the country.
In respect to means and agencies, the control
of money and followers, and the absence of
scruples in regard to their employment, we
have had no party ard no Administration
which has borne any comparison with the Re,
publican party and General Grant. The issue
Is one which involves the question whether the
people are, as they are wont to hatter them
selves, the rulers of the country in which they
live, or whether they are subjects under the do
minion of dynasty which, by employing the
power which they have conferred. and the
money which they have contributed, can,
through the corruption and vassalage of q
part. perpetuate its authority over the whole.
We have been told many times-it is maxim
which men commit to memory and repeat
without being aware of its tremendous signitl-
cance-that the institutions of 8 free people
may, with their own apparent consent, be
made the means for the practical exting1ish.:
ment of their Liberties. We are in this year OF
our history brought face to face with the ma
chinery of republican institutions wrested from
their appropriate functions, and in full opera
ton for this work of crushing out the free
agency of q people, and that people ourselves:
What is to be done? Is there anything else
before the true man than to 60 on and fight 7
Are the prospects of easy victories necessary to
hina in order te keep up his courage TO the
fighting point? Has he no taste for conflict
except when his enemy is weak, disheart-
ened, and ready to lay down his arms? Is
this the material of which men are made Who
love their country, regard civil and political
freedom as the choicest of Gods gifts, and who
profess to esteem that liberty which patriots
have transmitted to them, not as thing to
sell. but as thing which, if need be, to pawn
their lives to preserveY
That there have been both fraud and treach-
ery at work in Pennsyl lvania, Ohio and Indiana
is palpable. An administration desperately re-
solved to cover up and conceal those frauds,
robberies and corruptions, which it is aware its
removal would open to the gaze of the world,
has done its utmost to save itself from that
retributory verdict Of which it was AFRAID and
to which it felt itself entitled. With pecunia-
~ ~ resources almost unlimited it wentinto mar
ket for the souls of men. 1t appealed to every
10 halfsleeping grndges and resentments. 1t
paid richly and promised immeasurably, and
had its purchased traitors 10 q canse which
they professed to support in persons who are,
even yet, hardly begun to be suspected. And
vet Ii was in state of terror from which it has
not recovered. =. General Grant and his imme-
diate adherents feel, at this moment, like men
who have been cut down from the gallows after
the falling of the platform, through the arrival
of an unexpected reprieve. They have no
breath to celebrate their survival, for they
know, if. they meet their deserts, thai the fatal
hour is but a few days removed.-7Ae Capital.
THE Scorr LIBEL SUIT.-The New York
Tribune does not seem to be at all dismayed at