The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-11-09
THE NATIONAL ELECTION.
| eRAars WONDERFUL TRIUMPH.
HaCaI@ies, slsStntes witt 3o4
Electoral Votes.
His Popular Majority IA, 67S.
Greeley Carries hut A States
with SO Electoral Votes

with it the hopes and fears Of millions S
of people. The great i" tidal waye''
of popular opinion has swept the
country from the Atlantic ocean to the
Pacific, from the great Northern lakes
to the Gulfao6 Mexico, and, receding,
left the Republican ship safely and
triumphantly landed in Washington,
the national capital while the .1a.l (
of liberalism lies stranded hil FIR and
dry; upon the banks Of Salt River,
wrecked beyond ,all hope Of present
resurrection. -rl.
bThe triumph of President Grant has
been complies, and is unprecedented in in
the history Of the nation, while the
weakness developed bythel Liberal
cause has astonisted even its enemies:
When Pennsylvania gave $1,000 ma
jority in October against the honest
candidate Of the Liberal, party for
Governor, and in favor Of the corrupt
representative Of Grantism, our hopes
of a national triumph for Liberalism
in November fell considerably, but
we must in all candor say we We're not
prepared for the overwhelming rout
and defeat which has overtaken us.
| ,, Grant has carried thirty -one States,
which give him an electoral vote of
304f and the grand popular majority Of
IA ,673, to7wit,: ..,u.... - .''s ~,
Alabama 5000, Arkansas 5000, Cali
fornia IL 600, Connecticut ABS, Dele
ware 1000, Florida 1000, Illinois 35,-
600, Indiana q, 900, Iowa SO, 600, Kan
sas 10000, Maine $4,000, Massachu-
sets %, 600, Michigan $4,000, Mime
sofa $4,000, Mississippi 10000, Ne
braska 10000, Nevada 1000, New
Hampshire SC, 600, New Jersey $4,000,
New York $4,000, North Carolina lO,-
600, Ohio 10000, Oregon 1000, Penn
sylvania 13O, 900, Rhode Island 1888,
South Carolina 10000, Tennessee S.
600, Vermont 10000, Virginia 5000,
West Virginia 1000 and. Wisconsin
%, Co., a.a. .s. ~ riytsla steplt ,4,s
Greeley carries but four States, so
far as, heard from, giving him forty.
six electoral votes and a popular ma
jority in round numbers of $4,000, as
follows +''54' -''' Va ',.'si+ J
Georgia 10000, Kentucky, 10000,
Maryland 2,000, Missouri 900. .-
Louisiana and Texas have not yet
been heard from, but in all probabili-
ty, they have both been carried by the
Liberals. In this event, Greeleyas
electoral vote will be increased to 81,
and his majority to, about 60, 900.
The returns given above are not.all
official or complete, but the official
count viii not materially change the
result, but will probably diminish
Greeley's majorities and increase
Grants. Late reports from Kentucky,
the State that has been wont to give
1000 Democratic majority in years
gone by, indicate that Greeley may
net have carried the State by a ma
jority exceeding 10OO.u9 ~ -t,r, !
: In spite Of all that has been urged
against the centralizing and military
Of Grants administration,
the unrebuked abuse of power and
corrupt use of public money by its
that administration and its !
chief have received the sunmistakable
indorsementofan Overwhelming ma
jority Of the American people, and all
reforms that are to be accomplished
during the next four years must come
from the Republican party through it's
Congress and government at Washing
ton. ~ si'4' =. ~ -"at ST. |
notwithstanding the fact that the
verdict of the people Of this nation
has been SO different from what we
had hoped it would be, onr confidence
in their patriotism and discrimination.
mistaken. We are not of the
class of unreasonable and fanatic par
tisans who viii attribute this triumph
Of General Grant to the degeneracy
IF the times, and to the corrupt influ-
snces and practices of government
officials; the victory is too great and
complete to admit of such an explana-
ion as the latter. 1t is folly to sup
'ose that Americans have suddenly
'ecame bereft Of the quality Of self
government which has sustained this