The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-11

For Vice President
b. GRAFT BROWN, OF Missouri.
Tho PresIdontIal Contest ~ Affected by
tho Recent State Elections.
The indications up to the hour OF
;.this writing are that Indiana has gone
for the Liberals and Dem ocrats. If so,
there are no grounds for despondency,
and Greeley has the better chances for
the Presidency. We are disappointed
at the result in Pennsylvania. OF course,
but the loss of that State, while it would
have utterly discounted the GRANTEES,
is only check upon the opposition.
From Ohio, we did not hope, with very
muck confidence, for news of Liberal
victory. AS present reports now stand.
the regular Republicans have nothing to
BOAST Of. Their majority in Ohio has
been reduced from 41,000 to $1,000.
But concede to Greeley Indiana, as now
appears probable, and we hold that he
: has a decided advantage. The entire
vote OF the electoral college is 3G6. and
; the majority required for either oandi-
date is 1874. Of these. the States Of
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Della
ware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lonis-
lana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey,
Mew York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
and Indiana, give total of 178. These
au may be considered ns reasonably GER
tain for Greeley, provided Indiana has
gone for Hendricks. as now appears.
~%kere is consequently required but six
more votes to give to Greeley the eces-
: ssry majority, and these. we believe. will
-. come, with surplus of four, from North
Carolina. California, too, which has q
vote Of just six in the electoral college.
may be reasonably regarded as tolerably
sure for Greeley. In 1868, in the full
flush Of his military glory. Grant re-
ceived in California meagre majority of
but 800. The Liberal Republicans have
discovered considerable strength there,
aud if it be but one-half proportional
OF what has been manifested in Ohio.
the State is certain for the Liberals.
New Hampshire, too, is by no means
sure for Grant. nor is Mississippi. The
South has centred her last hopes on
Greeley. He is. as Charles O'Oonor ad-
mits, man of immense energy and
.ebility, and We have strong faith in his
luck. he may BE orotohety, but ne are
beginning to believe that the rest of Us
nave been crotchety. and Greeley straight
all the WHILE At any rate. he is riding
the right hobby now. and ought to win.
whether he does it or not. The South
supports Greeley not that it loved Gree
ley 30 much, for it did not, but because
It desired to show the North, by taking
the chief exponent of Northern senti-
mont. as it's standard-bearsr, that We
heartily desired reconciliation. Being in
the Union, we wish to be of it, on any
terms consistent with our manhood and
self-respect. and we wish to be relieved
OF the corrupt and burdensome govern
ments foisted upon us and sustained by
the Federal power. If the North will
not shake hands and refuses us reconoi-
AhsAous Will tuo Peoplo VI tuat beCtlOn
must rest the responsibility. They
always did think they knew more about
our business, and could govern us
better than we could govern ourselves.
Perhaps they do. They have succeeded
beautifully, in South Carolina. for the
past four years. Should they propose to
continue their oflcious and unfriendly
intermeddling for another term, we will,
of course, have to grin and bear it. But
of one thing the North may rest assured
We sre not yet reduced to the abjeot SER
Witty of liokins like hounds the hands
that smite Us. We will never cringe to
Grant 80 long as he is our enemy.
REMovAL OF TRIAL JUSTICES. We
we're astonished to see in the Columbia
~U,rioa the following paragraph:
..a"The Governor has removed Trial
gustice w. F. Clayton and Samuel j.
Bethea, of Marion County. The grounds