The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-07
THE ELECTION.

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Gratis especially bore their defeat very
ph,losopbicslly. They had "ielt 1t In
their bones" for long time and were
no, disposed to be particularly "'scour-
aged or down hearted 10y what they had
long known to be almost inevitable.
There was general feeling OF relief IN
the consciousness that the whole an AIT
was over and done with, and that they
were hencefor ward free for several years
from auy bother on the subject OF ma
,ional politics. The responsibility TOT
the conduct OF national affairs remains
in the hsnds of the Republican party
.nd the Democrats may still enjoy
that iuestimable privilege which
Americans no less than English
men have BY inheritance and prescrip-
ton, the sovereign right OF grumbl'ng'
We believe that the thing is all wrong
that somebody else should be President
instead OF Grant; that there ought 10
he q Democratic majority in Congress
ips,ead OF Republican; and that the
psr,y in power is carrying the country
n ",be dominion bow-wows just about
~ fast a. it is possible for any nation 10
rroceel in that direction. We Demo-
Gratis will have the privilege of grumb-
limo all the wav down the hill and
when the final smash-up comes, ours
will be the inestimsb|e satisfaction o.
savin, 1--WE told you go; we warned
Won Of this result; but you would
not take our advice, and now
see wha, a pretty kettle Of f.h you
have made Of the Constitution, popular
liberty, and The rights of the american
people y There is at least this sun
beam to be. extracted from the cucum,
Der Of our present defeat
We expect to find in our exchanges
for several weeks TO come grave disser-
tations upon the causes OF the defeat
and various explanations as TO why
this or that or the other State DID not
give a majority Of its popular vote in
favor OF GREELEY and BROWN. We
believe, however, that the true secret OF
the whole matter is found in the irwin
chile repugnance of the Democracy to
the candidates Themselves. The prn-
eiples set forth in the Cincin-
natl Baltimore platform, while not
embodying all that Democrats
hold concerning the proper poll
CIV to be pursued in governmental
affairs. were nevertheless entirely &C
ceptable so TAR as they went. 1t was
the candidates themselves who were
unacceptable TO the Democracy and for
whom many thousands of Democrats
re,olurely reused to vote. Having,
upon the most saguine calculations. no
single State 10 spar1, the trien s of Mr..
GREELEY made little allowance for
Democratic apathy and indifference
and 10 some extent reckoned without
their host. What was barely possible
under the most favorable circumstances
was soon lound to be i'm possible in the
face of GREFLEY's unpcpularitv, and
thus the whole calculation failed OF
falfilment
10 these modern DAYS the power OF
the Federal administration is much
greater than ever before, Prior to 1860
it was much easier for an opposition
party to "revolutionize" the Govern
ment than now. The Presidents before
LINCOLN held their places by a much
more uncertain tenure than has pre-
vailed since the war, and abuses and
crimes which. twenty years ago, would
have been sufficient to hurl an admin
istration rom power and bury it deep
under a mountain of popular indigna-
ton, are now looked upon as quite
in the common course and unworthy #
special wonder. The army of office
holders is almost invincihNe, and the old
doctrine that the outs are more power
ful than the ins is scarcely applicable
in these latter times. The power
OF the administration ia almost
insuperab'e and there is scarcely
any combination OF circumstances
that can now contend success
fully against the corruption AID the
selfishness which the Administration
can bring to bear An obvious coroi-
larry o. this remark ia that We see no
very brilliant prospect as yet OF the
peaceable deposition of GRANT and the
r ,dic lis tom years hence. From pres
-ent appearances, they are invested with
perpetual control CT the government
and NAV do as may please then best.
Ia the meantime, however, those who
are 40 old.fashioned a. 10 believe in the
sanciitv OF oaths and the validity Of
the old Constitution will keep up some
sort OF opposition to the progress of
Radic:lism and will make some sort
of a protest against the tendency OF
the times.
ENGINEERS are busily engaged in sur.