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WASHINGTON CITY:
IHURSDAY...-..... o ctober 10, Is72,
The Press ON the Elections

The Press ON the Elections
The republican and independent press are of
accord in holding that the result of the Tues
days elections is conclusive as to the Presi.
Dental contest; and the democratic press yirtu-
ally concede the same.
The Patriot makes a clean breast of IL. Otis
useless says that paper, ''to disguise that the
state elections on Tuesday have not fulfilled our
expectations. The results have disappointed Us
IN many ways, but chiefly In demonstrating tn at
the liberals have not shown the strength they
claimed with 80 much confidence" Continuing
In the same vein the Patriot saws:
4" The opposition entered the canvass under
all the Disadvantages of two separate parties,
ami altho ugh cooperating 70 obtain a common
object, they were distinct and necessarily weak
ened by the mere fact of independent, instead of
united action. Now that this canvass is ended
IL may be frankly stated that the means OF con-
Quoting the ordinary operations were wholly in =
adequate from the outset, and that the com
plant in this respect was general and we'll
founded, as We have occasion to know. IL would
serve no good purpose to exhibit the limited re-
sources with which the campaign had to be
conducted, and the utter inability to respon d to
the popular demand for the essential requisites
Of great political contest"
The Baltimore Gazette says rather dolefully
"Where power is strongly entrenched, il takes
more than one conflict 10 dslodge it, and the
failure OF an attack on one part OF the works
may yet be the precursor OF better fortune in .
general assault"
The Sun SUCCESS that possibly the contest
ants have not been equally matched in those ap-
planes Of party warfare which address them
selves to the passions and personal interests of
voters"
The American INDUCES in some aggrayating
levity at the expense of the Baltimore demo-
Gratis, who are to have Mr.. Greeley as their
guest to-day. 1t implores them to be "kind to
the afflicted" and ''to forget for this brief time
that although he was to them on Monday Hon
est Uncle Horace and Our next President he
is now nothing but that Internal old Greeley
who has led them or rather fooled them into the
dark and bitter experiences of crushed hopes
and blighted aspirations"
The New York Herald declares without hesi-
tation that il is ga victory that settles the Pres
idential contest and proves beyond doubt that
the attempt to hand over the federal govern
ment to new party composed of democrats and
dissatisfied republicans has proved a complete
failure"
The Tribune, slone, undertakes to rally its
shattered columns, aud to figure out how, even
conceding Ohio and Pennsylvani to the repub-
Hcans Greeley can be elected. "Friends :" says
the Tribune, ''in spite of fraud We are on the
home stretch, with every prospect OF success
This reference to the race is rather unfortunate
on the part Of the Tribune, and will be apt to
supply an idea for a cartoon to Mast. To the
eye of the impartial looker-on it would seem
that Horace is already 'distanced' in the race.
The UOrld maintains an eloquent silence.
The Times thinks the democrats "wil begin
to realize the folly of their bargain with Horace
Greeley" and that they would have b ad better
chance of success, and stood much more fsvora-
bly, before the people had they nominated a
good man from their own paIiy.
The New York Post draws three lessons from
the elections: lst. The utter iDutility of the
system Of Misrepresentation and fraud which
the opposition has SO extensively adopted. ID.
That the shameful bargain, begun at Ciaciu-
natl and completed at Baltimore, wherein the
party OF reform was betrayed and demoralizsd,
and the democratic party dishonored, has not
been accepted by the masses OF the voters. Sd.
That the majOrities for Grant in the states which
have thus TAR voted, will be in November as
large agsA they are now for the local can
didates.
The Philadelphia Press comedies that dit
would be folly 10 allege that the great majority
for Hariranit Is the offspring Of fraud" and
says:
:" We believe il to be a legitimate majority
he gro" OF several causes that lie so plainly
on The surface Of the contest that all NAV un-
deIstarf and study. General Grant pulled this
tcket through. In any ordinary contest IL would
have be, N beaten OUT OF sight; out his name,
and the lear that its defeat would damage him
In November, rallied to il thousands who closed
their eyes to the proofs we daily spread before
them, al q constrained many 20 certify to the
deservings of candidates of Questionable rsc
ord" "
The Inqsfrer draws the moral that "the bust
ness interests Of the country incline to the
beilef that II Is wise TO let well enough aone'u
The Philadelphia American attributes the
extraordinary vote" in that state to the alarm
caused to the republican voters by the
boastings and strenuous exertions OF the Gree
leyites.
The Cincinnati Commercial comedies that
"the returns from the state OF Ohio at large
show that the liberal movement has not shown
solid strength outside the large towns, !" and adds
that, "taking yesterdays elections altogether,
the conclusion is forced that the luck Of General
Grant, in politics as in war, is likely to be con-
hrmed by fns reelection to the Presidency.
The liberal and democratic organize alton is not
go compact that it can withstand the shock of
repeated defeats"
Ihe Springfield Republicans, however puts on
Spartan face and declares that:
ON the whole, IL would seem as if October
would rot altogether anticipate the work OF
November, and that PENNSYLVANIA, Indiana and
ONO nave not taken the job of electing Presi-
ueht out OF the hands of the nation"
Npvr IL.