Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-11-28
WHAT is THOUGHT OF THE RESULT
ABROAD.

The election of General Grant
has been received with favor by the
English and Continental press.
They are close observers of our pol
itics, and being at such distance
from the field of contest they can
draw their conclusions with less OF
the pressure of excitement than
can most of our own journals. The
Saturday Rerie,c, in lengthy ar
ticle, thinks that there never was a
doubt of General Grants success,
and the cease and completeness of
his victory do credit to the good
sense of the American people" :"
Looking at the question of a Sec
ond term, the Revie,c says:
Mr.. Greeley, in desperation for
a distinctive principal to justify his
candidature, declared himself the
implacable opponent of the practice
of reelection. 1t may be taken as
a double-edged argument that the
second term is likely to be more IA
vorable than the first to good ad-
minlstration. The reelected Pres
ident, unless he is naturally incom-
petent, must have learned his bust
ness: and he has no longer any ur-
gent motive for counting vulgar pop
ularity."
The London Spectator, in com
menting on the result, remarks:
"That the enormous popular ma
jority, 65O,OOO at least by which the
term of President Grants re-elec-
tion has been removed-the major
ity on the popular vote is good
deal greater than it was in 1864 for
Mr.. Lincoln's second term, when he
contested the Presidency with Gen.
Mcclellan though the victory reck-
oned by electors is not nearly so
large-may very well be misunder-
stood in this country, and it is very
desirable, for the sake of our intel
ligent study of American politics,
that it should not be understood.
1t does not, the Spectator believes,
represent any special enthusiasm for
Gen. Grants Presidential policy.
The vast majority for Gen. Grant
means above all, and in the first
place, the moral continuity of the
administration. 1t is a protest
against ambiguity of policy. 1t is
a declaration of unalterable fixity of
purpose as to the national unity and
the political equality of the colored
and white races. 1t is this, but it is
something more than this. The
majority IS not merely very great,
but it is certainly very much great
er than it would have been a few
months ago. No doubt the result
of the San Juan arbitration came in
very fortunately for the administra-
tion. But while the decision was
still pending, the vote in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana proved that
General Grants majority was very
great, and no politician in the Uni
ted States doubts that the people
had been steadily coming around to
the Presidents side for months be-
fore that event. To what was that
increasing favor felt for the Presi-
dent due? Partly, no doubt, to the
increasing distrust of Mr.. Greeley
the more his somewhat hair Drained
antecedents were discovered, and
the declarations which were the first
fruit of his new alliance with the
South considered. But partly, also
to the evident feeling that President
Grant had acted wisely and temper
ately in conceding the indirect
claims" and holding out only for
what was tenable and reasonable in
the Alabama treaty."
Our cousins across the water seem
to understand the principles which
entered into the late canvass quite
fully, which is an evidence that they
are taking more of an interest in
our Republican institutions than
heretofore.