Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-24
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1872.
,rne Pre.ages of the He-Eleoti"" Oh
Gen. Grant.

.r,o presages OF the Re-EIection OF
Gen. Grant
The reelection of Gen. Grant is as GER
,.in I'D the coming day. The result be-
I,nr. f, tlr great forward impulse un-
J.r which the nation, but few months
a,o joubtng and halting, is now moY-
inr ON To a certain and glorious triumph.
TLrr. will always be such times Of un-
certainty. Of hesitation and doubt but
thew brjpg no di,crdit, and no difficulty
g., tba final struggle. Tho people have
NOW recovered from feeling serious or
Iool,in, back. and have set themselves
ppitrI,y to their work, and just as the
union ranks are closing up and adyanc-
i,r with A stpalrr step, so distrust, ir-
resolution and dscord are beginning to
,pprar among the opposition. The Re
publican, are Going to sweep the coun-
Iry. Grn Graut is to be our next Prcsi-
lieut. and the forces which assure his
success put the election beyond doubt.
The whole Liberal Democratic party
throughout the country is depursed in
spirit It cannot shake off the preseGti-
mrnt of defeat. 1t has the air about it
which popular belief attributes to those
who are to perish by violent death and
that is lust what it is coming to. They
..eprptrd candidate they did not want
,nl now spr before them utter and ire
..,iyrr,5Ie defeat Fortune fayors the
a,r,y. yictorv dplirhts to nrrch ON the
s,o,,,ar ,hat ~ nr,u3lv horne And this
.,riyarsl honpIrssDpss OF the party all
5hrouub the country and this chilling
,r4soy. of defeat il felt with terrible
force Lv thp coaIitionistS The Demo-
..rac,, h,,y, ALWAYS been peculiarly sens-
tive Ia tine prhahilitirs of a contest, and
tie present couto.t can hardly be- saved
10 have any probabilities, Already they
are beginning to explain away their de
feat They feel kind Of a choking,
and with their training they know well
what mat means. ne Democracy are
especially troubled too II anything coo'o
add to their troubles that lht3 maven l
any principles. mere Is ho' even
honor among them, the proyrrb to the
contrary NOTWITHSTANDING
Inc RepuDiNaHS on 'he o'll'r A'lnd
ifr' certain "' success anu 'n'y l''l ="
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ISlIInS 10 WIN, ahd II Will 'V"i y" "e
stated as 4 general princlple, ina men
ana parIles 90 not teel TINS way, III real
"gh'ln% earnest unless they are gong to
wiz,
y nave preferred 10 aVolu taxing
I'lecpanlcal vie" oI the freSIuehuaI con-
''S| IoI II Is always wiser 10 compute
forces, than count numbers, IN great
critical periods like this. The political
atoms, like the material, obey attrac-
tons that are invisible. In thedemOral-
ization in the Liberal-Democratic party,
IN the want of hcartincss on the part Of the
Democratic portion of the coalition in
support OF the platform, in the absence
OF principles on their part, and in the
general Encouragement which prevails
among both wings of the party, the
looser particles will fall away and the
integrity of the whole mass will be ser
jously impaired. The Republicans
prompt, aggressive, confident, inspired
with the presage of victory, will grow
larger stronger, more compact, more
efficient every hour. The recent tri-
of the great result. 1t is an incident of
d national success. If it was simply
question OF canvassing, stumping, cleo