The Portland daily press., 1872-09-10
Glory Enough!

Maine to the nation sends greeting! She
greets her sister States with majority of
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND, which is the greatest
victory ever achieved by the Republicans of
Maine. The difficulties in face of which this
great result was attained can hardly be an
pretended by our friends outside the State.
The detection of Greeley Republicans was
slight obstacle compared with the opposition
arising from the Liquor Law question, which
cost us several thousand votes in the State.
The enemy made the utmost possible use of
the disaffection arising from this source by an
extensive distribution of circulars depicting
the extreme points of the existing law and
urging rebuke of the law by vote for Kim
ball. The effectiveness of this appeal is
abundantly testified by the vote of Portland
and several others of the cities. The strength
OF the Liberal Republicans who voted al
most solid for Kimball was comparatively in
considerable. Had we met only their oppo-
sition we should have given majority ex-
ceeding twenty thousand. The Greeley bust
ness in Maine, considered as ''Tidal Wave
"Great Revolution" and ssSpontaneous
Uprising of the People," is not success
The aggregate of our Congressional ma
jorities much exceeds even the great guberna-
torial majority. Pike is finally and thorough
ly disposed of as public man by an adverse |
majority of more than two thousand. Hale
carries his district by greater majority than
he had two years ago over straight Demo-
cratic opponent. Pike sold his political prin-
ciples for place in Congress and has most
sgnally failed in getting his pay. The Glib
eraP' Lang, like the frog who came to grief
in trying to be an OK, tearfulIy bewails his
blunder under the crushing weight of three
thousand adverse majority in district where
he fatuously boosted that he could beat Blaine.
Burleigh is elected by majority considerably
greater than that of 1870, and largely exceed
ing the gubematoral majority in his district.
The State Legislature receives large Re-
publican gain, though the astute correspon-
dent of the N. Y. Tribune thought it doubt |
full if the ''Grantites" could save a majority
in the House. So far as heard from we have |
gaided eight members of the House. and the |
Senate will not embrace a single Democrat, |
while last year there were five Democratic |
Senators. We carry every county-the first |
time since 1856. In the House the Democra- |
ely will not have members enough to call the |
yeas and nays.
We have astonished ourselves as we'll as our
enemies. Two months ago the Greeleyites
confidently claimed power to carry the State,
and have nsESr for moment admitted that
we could get above ten thousand majority,
which would really, under all the circum-
stances, have been decided Republican vic
tory. This immense and crushing stroke,
following close upon the telling blows admin
istered by North Carolina and Vermont, will
prove the coap de grace to the baffied coali-
ton of Adullamites.
Our only danger now is that Greeley will
be forced to withdraw from the contest. and
that O'Conor or some other respectable Dem
ocrat will be put upon the course, thus giving
us something yet to fight. We have, howev-
er, great confidence in Horaces invincible
in sticking to anything which may
give him chance for an office. Our Demo-
cratic friends will find difficulty in getting rid
OF the elephant. They must cherish tender
sentiments towards their Liberal Republican
allies who have so signslly failed to give the
promised aid so essential to success. They
have sacrificed their dignity and consistency
in mad dash for power, and have failed of
their reward.
And now we congratulate all friends of
ID proof of the good sense of the people,
They cannot be long led astray by the mad
ness of the hour, and their sober second
thought will, as now, lead to wise conclu-
sions.
Maine decisively renews her adhesion to
me principles of the grand old National Re
publican party after one of the most memoir
contacts |
HE remark about the Ogdensburg road at
-rlbuted to Gen. Anderson in report pub
ished in the Press of yesterday is so unn,tu-
ral and absurd that it seems intripsicoII,, -.
possible. Although we have no AUTHORITY c.. |
iehymg 1t we assume lhe responsibility of sx-
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