American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-26
The Political Situation.

The duty most clearly and sharply re
vealed, to the opposition, through tn,
smoke and dust of Tuesdays election, i.
that of maintaining the fight with undi
minished spirit and vigor. The battle i.
not ended yet; it is only begun in earnest
and if it went against us on the Sth of DC
tober, that is no reason why it may not &c
for us on the 9Th of November. Even if il
had gone more heavily against us on Tues
| day than it really did, 1t would still be oul
duty to fight on till the struggle is ended
and this we urge the opposition in every
State to do, without the slightest shifting
of the lines, without any change of posi-
ton, and without any modification of tao.
tics. The Administration organs will
| exult, as they have right to, over an
event which, they assume, proves that
the great mass of Democrats were wrong
and they alone were right. We shall bear
the rejOicings of the Administration adj
herents with that patience which the con-
slant liability to defeat should teach all
parties in a republic. The opposition
cause in PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana was
est Democrats in the land. Buckalew is
as good Democrat as Charles O'Conor,
and Hendricks is a better Democrat than
John Quincy Adams and if the former
has been beaten, or even if both have been
beaten. in their respective States, O'Conor
in their places.
The truth is, the opposition have been
beaten in Pennsylvania by frauds and
the corrupt use of money on scale never
equaled in any previous election and if
the opposition have only partially tri-
umphed in Indiana, this partial success
has been achieved in spite Of the fragrant
use Of the same agencies. There is no
thing then in the Pennsylvania result that
Democrats need be ashamed of or dis
couraged at; and there is much in the
Indiana result, small though it may
prove to be. to inspire confidence and in
cite to resolute maintenance of the con-
test. The Administration has taken
herculean and most odious task on itself,
States, both in October and November, by
money and fraud. 1t barely won half u
victory in North Carolina, by agencies
which it can hardly use again and it is
scarcely doubted that that State, released
from the effect of those agencies, is pre-
pared to give a Democratic majority in
November. The tremendous Conserva-
colored element is becoming divided at
last, and that its weakened support of
Grant will not prevent all the
Southern States, with one or two
exceptions, from voting with us.
In some places in Ohio, the Liberal ele-
ment displays marvellous strength and
we may reasonably believe that it will
grow still stronger and spread wider in
revolt at the more grOveling and corrupt
aspect which the Administration cause
daily assumes. Even in Pennsylvania,
where man of stained character has been
elected over one of the ablest and most
upright citizens of the State, there are
strong and substantial honest gains for
Buckalew given in those regions beyond
the reach of the enormous frauds COM
mitted in delphia-shOwing that
there is growing popular sentiment
against the Administration which all the
CamerOns and MOrtOns, with all the foul
agencies at their command, may not be
able to stifle in November. The Admins
tratiOn has well nigh exhausted its re-
sources in electing Hartranft, and if the
opposition maintain their spirit and prose-
cute the contest with diligence, sue
cess is still within their reach. We don't
give up the fight. On the contrary, in
spite of the manufactured and Fictitious
Republican strength in Pennsylvania, we
believe that an earnest effOrt-s'a long
pull, strong pull and IA pull alto
gether''-will yet defeat Grant and
save the country. "While there's
life, there's hope" and we have
grounds for encouragement
The efforts of Cameron and Morton, two
of the shrewdest, most adroit and most
politicians in the United
States, were largely. liz Tuesdays cleo
tons, due to their own personal inter
ests, their present terms in the Senate cx-
piring next March, and the legislatures of
both being chosen at the State election.
Had Indiana gone ten thousand Radical