The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-06
W'heeIln9 Aeeister.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The election returns this morning
are not quite as satisfactory as we coulu
have wished, though they are sufhciert
20 satisfy any imprejud'ced reader that
G,,xr j. reelected President OF the
1-o;,sl States We are satisfied with
,be evidence though not satisfied by the
,,c, 1t has been generally felt for
,,o~r than a month PAST that the
,..nces Of GREELEY ; election were to
,,y the least, very unfavorable; and
nile has not been openly conceded by
~, Democrats and Liberal Republicans
CO.. thew have not been blind to the fact
..,, but little short ola political miracle
would riye majority to the candidates
,, their choice. There WAS bare pos
....., Of GGEELEY's election, but the
...G.'ittss were entirely the other way.
l..o-Iiogly the friends of reform have
,..,-.l or their cause during some |
rr. pas. under the consciousness Of
.-.a.h,e defeat and, scarcely daring to |
even aop, for success, they have been
....1 vel prepared for the result that
.-.owu rv our DISPATCHES this morn
.., They enjoy the beatitude of those
49,, exo.,. nothing and are not disap-
a..a,yi
=. WI hs observed that the returns
-....,,3 are maiuly from tire Northern
>...- rh;,h. in every calculation that
49,, .,,a mtIe IN reference to the Presi-
,...,. ave been conceded to oGRANT. 1t
Vs. 10. un,it it became apparent that
..s sac Of New York had cast its
-.,.aye electoral votes on the Radi-
.. -.!s that al hope OF GREELEY
....-.aa was abandoned. Without
...s ,iasgLEY's election was an i'm
p. ,. a.,:.v. aad as Don as the result IN
Nv No.k was sscerIained even the
..--. ,sasuioe OF Mr.. GREELEY 5 friends
,,--.a}y to acknowledge defeat. The
..,o-l.., given tor GRANT in other
- t,,- arr no, surprising. In Pennsyl-
....l. the Democrats abandoned the
.,..r-t. ye-y rew of them voted at all,
ST.: hence there is an apparent major
.r Of enormous size, though it will
comedy Reclaimed thatyesterday vote
.n ra., >ra.e afforded anything like
.,.7 !. "ca.ion Of popular sentiment.
10 o..r- States, where it was conceded
l.,n All hands that the GRANT men
~. IN the majority, a very light
g-.rc-aHc vote was polled. The
--a,,n tor it was, simply, that it was
... worth while to struggle against the
.,.,able and spend labor and time and
~..nrv in an unequal contest. In the
>..,es where there was any hope OF
,.ress. the Democrats and Liberals
..le vigorous and praiseworthy e.
.-.. 30 far "a heard from we have
,. nothing upon which we relied ex-
,.., the State Of New York, but that
.-- s .a'al to all our calculation OF
.p.- ''v success.
We have no disposition at present to
,r -.,.ze over the circumstances OF the
......a or point out the causes OF
..- l-.e,t There will be time enough |
.- "s, by and by, and we will have
p ...y of opportunities in the future for
.--,,.. =, upoa the moral taught by
..-.~-'sy- election. 1t is proper to
stl apv-ver that the result of yester-
g.vt.0r Is not likely to destroy or
~,~a --rIously check the growth OF the
-..-l party A. Mr. GREELEY sad
r.- movement must succeed, and II
, .. no man improbable that GRANTS
-..,--, ". p-ove the ruin OF the Rad
10. parry.