The Hickman courier., 1872-11-09
TIAE Es.EGTzOS.
Our s,efeas-Tbe Canse-ane
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whipped in the tu!i sense 81 me 'e'''
and Gen. Grant re elected hy a iri
umphant aud overwhelming majority
This result we have been fully prcpar
ed for since The October elections. ami
the general lack of interest di-playet
by our friends In all the States show
that the whole party were prepared fo'
and expecting defeat. Not single
Northern STATE has gone for Greeley
and the few States pulled through fo'
him was, 50 to speak, under lash an@
spur.
The Radicals have carried New
York by probably forty thousand :
indiana by ten; Pennsylvanin BY al
oye~whelming vote; Vermont by over
..-.t,ty yl-tscnnzin hyPabonf
fifteen; Massachusetts by over sixty !;
Michigan about thirty; Minnesota
twenty; New jersey five; Rhode island
eight; Iowa thirty; Kansas fifteen
Connectieut four; New IIsmpShirr
two; Delwarc two: Maine. California
Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi, South
Carolina, West Virginia and North
Carolina, by large nlajoritics.
Greeley has carried Kentucky by
about ten thousand, Georgia thirty.
Tennessee twenty, louisiana fifteen.
Maryland seven, Virginia fve. Texas
twenty, and possibly Missouri. Arka"-
sas, Alabama aud Florida by email
majorities-
The result is passed, and we have
cot to abide another four years Of Rad
zeal rule: and iheu, God only knows
what will be next.
When the Liberals met in conven-
ton at Cincinnati in May last, there
was unquestionubly a very loud de
maud for change of Administration
but the efforts to unite the dissatisfied
clements was 4 series of blunders from
the beginning to the end. The Liber
al Republicans failed to coalesce them
selves; the President of their eouven
ton bolted his own nomination and
platform; Mr.. Schurz Sumner. and
other great Liberal leaders. we're stag
..cred At their own work, an4 halted in
their acceptance of Greeley; and when
they did take the field for him popular
enthusiasm had been blunted. The
ncmocratic party was expected to re-
ceiye with enthusiasm the work OF the
Cincinnati Liberals when many of the
Liberals themselves rejected it. The
result proves that the Northern De
urocracy refused to come 10 it with
their old time vigor and strength. and
hence not Northern S,ute-enbe!li-he--
the Greeley banner. Some are quick
to say, that the refusal of The North
cru Democracy to support Greeley ef
iccted Grants reelection, and i is per
haps mca>urably true; but the cause is
better described in the 9caerai r.fas'ti
Of the opponents Of Rad;calisni to com
bine into one solid organization. Th-
Democracy do what they would could
do nothing to exactly suit certain Lib
erals, and The Liberals could act ne
way to please certain Democrats
Therefore. neither party rallied to the
Greeley standard with any warnth or
enthusiasm. The nomination Of Gree
lev was mistake, in that it failel to
unite the opponents of Ra'licalism,
and we doubt If any man could have
been nominated who could have center
ed all this strength. All of which /
proves that the country is not yet ready
for the principles of Liberali>m-ihe (
Northern mind is yet fired with enfhu
siasm for their great military chieftain. /
aud are not willing to shake hands
across the bloody chasm of our civil
war.
The supporters of Mr. Greeley may
reflect with pride upon their action.
lie has borne himself throughout The
campaign as a great leader worthy of
the great cause which he represented.
The people of the South accepted his
nomination with somewhat of fear aud
trembling. but his campaign speeches
assured them that he had the power
the brain aud The soul. to do every inch
possible for any leader to do. We are
convinced that his nomination was u
mistake; blit we are proud to have
supported Greeley and proud that the
Southern democracy. through him ex-
pressed unmistakabIy their Liheral
sentiments We believe now. that if 5
Hendricks had beeu the nominee
though doomed to certair defeat, that
ha would have left party Organization
IN better condition. and with more
strength to resist RadieaIi>m IN the
councils of the nation. This i passed,
however. and can't be remedied. Our
leaders made the mis.akc-we thought
rhcv were rihhi Ut the time, because we
fhnught they could better survey lie
Geld ilian we-an,l VIC yet believe they
were actuated by noble aud patriatir
purposes Therefore. without crimi
nation or rccriminatou let Us stand
together US noble minority, proud OF
having fought, though lost, a glorious
battle with the fixed Determination to
steer uufalteriusly in the future for
the old landmarks.
0CR suspicious with regard 10 the
probable future policy of Grant toward