Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-28
The Blind Who WIN Not See.

The Blind Who VIII Not See.
TIE significance of the late election is
ls plain as that of any political event that
sver occurred. Only the dullness that
the whole campaign could
mistake it. Certainly, however, it is not
that those who could not see
that the reform movement was merely
the despairing effort at Democratic res
toration should see nothing but the power
of money" in the result. It was the
constant cry OF the opposition that the
reelection of the President was to be
bought; and even Mr.. Greeley himself
spoke of the Federal money" as the
chief impediment to his success. Such
were an insult to the American
people, and the result of the election not
only disproves them utterly, but inspires
every sincere believer in popular govern
ment with new faith and hope.
The election is the vindication of the
sagacity and the tenacity of the people. 1t
is avictory of the popular instinct. There
is wise saw attributed to Talleyrand,
that everybody knows more than any
body. 1t is often difficult to believe it.
In political meeting, for instance, the
individuals often seem so unintelllgent
that it is not easy to understand how the
aggregate of ignorance should be wis
dom. At the polls, often, the crowd OF
half-drunken freemen with votes for
sale suggests that an intelligent dictator
would govern more wisely. And yet the
Government is, upon the whole, most sat
isfactorily administered, and the appeal
to the people is seldom disappointing.
The reason is that the handful of drunk
en- voters does not truly represent the
people who decide the election. The ma.
jority of the citizens have q real stake
in the country" They know that order
and permanence serve their interests, and
they will not take the risk of disorder ex.
cept for very weighty reasons.
1t was the perception that the restora-
ton of the Democratic party to power,
notwithstanding its blarney of acquies.
cence and conversion, would necessari
~ imperil every great interest in the
country, and disturb all the settlements
of the war, which explains the over
whelming result. If the conversion had
been believed, the issue would have beer
the same. For what was there in the
general character of party which ha6
been educated as the Democrats were
which should make it the safer guardian
than the Republican party itself? Tht
conquerer in Egypt is said to have de
clared, as he burned the Alexandria
Library, that if the books were in har
mony with the Koran they were useless
and if they were opposed to it they wer'
pernicious. So, if the Democrats had be
come Republicans, they could have proved
it by refusing to oppose the Republican
organization. If they had not becom
Republicans, they ought to be beaten
To maintain their own name and organi
zation, and to pretend that they supported
Mr.. Greeley because he was a better Re
publican than General Grant, was merel
to invite the contempt which they re
ceived.
The value of Liberal Republican pre-
fessions was shown by the passionate al
dor with which the Liberals supports
apure Democratic ticket in North Care
lima, and their frenzied delight over th
victory of the Ku-Klux in Georgia. More
over, while they professed to leave th
Republican party because it was control
ed by improper men, they supported i
the city of New York Mr.. Mike Norto
for the Assembly and Mr.. Thomas
Creamer for Congress; and in Richmon
County these precious reformers supper
ed for the Assembly person notoriousl
unfit for the position, against one of th
honestest men in the country, who wa
happily, elected. Indeed, the county {
Richmond was for the first time since th
Republican party was organized carrie
for that party, because of the profoun
contempt for coalition so fagrantly "
nal as that of the Democratic Ring an
the Liberals. And this comfy in Ne
nrlx 10 foi iy.iy OF aF
over the country. The coalition wa
II it could succeed, it was a fatal rea
ton. But how could it succeed, since
was SO plainly dishonesty
The country has decided that the me-
Union shall continue to be confded t
those whe made it, and who believe in i
and shall not be controlled by those VIII
opposed it, and who now acquiesce b.
cause they cannot help themselves. 1t hi
not been deceived by any cry of reconci
1atlon, because 1t knows that there is 4
inequality in the letter or in the admin
tration of the law, and that the alienatio
which follows civil war upon the pal
of the vanquished, is removable only b
time and the steady enforcement of iu
tice.
Great mischief has been done by tn
false assertion of the coalition that 9Th
North" is vindictive toward ssthe South,
and that the rasealities in the gover1I
ments of the Southern States are attribl
table to the Republican National Admin
istration. But the truth will gradual
penetrate the mist of falsehood raised b
the coalition, and the reelection of Gel
eral Grant will tend to perfect peace b
destroying, in the late rebel mind, the e.
asperating hope of Democratic ascendel
cy. 1t shows the people of the Souther
States that the vast majority of the Am
have won at such tremendous cost, an
that they intend to maintain it to the la
and the utmost, but without the lea
thought of revenge or the least touch
injustice. Hayper's WeeAly.