Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-14
The Great Triumph.

triumph has ever been achieved in the
history of politics in this country than
the one we publish to-day, and celebrate
in commen with the great mass of the
American people. The contest is ended;
the majestic voice of the people has been
heard, and the coalition is swept away
as by the breath of whirlwlnd. "Ihe
triumph in the air. the Greeley "tidal
wave"-all the impudent boasts OF the
Confederate party, have been buried be-
meath an avalanche of popular indigna-
tion, and the country breathes freer from
the impulse of q decisive victory over a
combination of political elements danger
ous to liberty, dangerous to peace, dam
gerous to the stability and permanence of
free institutions. Greeley is defeated, the
coalition annihilated, and Liberalism,
which was an insidious fraud reared upon
a mountain of falsehoods, has been ban
ished to the realms of obscurity and dis
honor whence it emanated. Only few
weeks since the Greeley National Commit
tee issued confidential circular in which
it claimed, among other States, Califor-
mia, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, New
Jersey, North Carolina, New York and
Oregon, casting ninety-three electoral
votes The same committee classed as
doubtful Arkansas, New Hampshire,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, cast
ing seventy-three electoral votes. All
these States claimed for Greeley and class
ed as doubtful, have given their votes to
Grant and Wilson. Every Northern
State has cast its vote for Grant and Will
son. The Republican party was strong
in 1854, it was stronger in 1868, and it is
stronger still in 1872. For the first time
in the history of the organization of the
party, every Northern State comes solidly
to its support, votes for it's candidates,
and declares adhesion to its principles.
While the Greeley managers, guided
only by blind infatuation, have been in
triguing, estimating, and figuring
out majorities upon percentages; and
while Mr.. Greeley himself, and
his misguided and corrupt follow
ers, have been vaiEly endeavoring to
poison the minds of the people against
Grant, his Administration and the Re-
publican party, the solid men, the think
ing men, the laboring men, mechanics
and artisans-all classes, have calmly
considered the situation; weighed the
value of the prosperity they now enjoy;
taken into account the present condition
of the country-its admirable system of
terest of peace with regard to our foreign
relations, protection to home industry,
its unexampled wisdom in conducting aU
the affairs of the nation-and, with that
common sense for which the American
people are distinguished, made up their
minds to continue the true party of pro.
gress and reform in power.
The victery is SO overwhelming as to
astonish all who do not fully understand
the judgment, good sense. and wise dis
cretion of free, independent. intelligent,
educated people; it is astonishing to
those willy politicians who know only the
chicanery of elections, and have learned
nothing since the time when a few great
men lowered above their fellows, and i'm
pressed their personal views and opin.
ions upon the masses of their country
men. But it is no matter of wonder to
those who comprehended that the peopt
are as wise as politicians as they were q
little while ago brave and determined as
soldiers.
The lessons OF the campaign are many
and great. No clique of politicians il
this country will again undertake to OF
ganize coalition. No man or set of mer
will again attempt to create great politi
cal party without single principle as it!
foundation, with the sole hope of power
and spoils. No eabal of Senators will
again try the experiment of breaking up
powerful political party with the hope OF
rising to the Presidency upon its ruins
: No combination of independent jour
nails" will again be formed to dragoon the
people into the adoption of their ideas
and force them to the degradation ol
slavery to a corrupted press.
The Liberal" movement was the most
reckless, as well as the most audacious
political maneuver known to the history
OF modern politics; it is an utter wreck
and not plank of the shattered vessel
not man of its pirate crew, remains te
mark the spot where it went down.-Ch
c0go Inter- Ocean, NoUena6er 6.