The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-10-12
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Grant never has hcen bsssss ~ ssvss viii -
-6W0ee Gssst1.
Is y''nd The mss' ssnguIre esp c'sss0,'s
IN n Is'rscc, avalanche IT srisa,pi.s. c,,ss.a
i,s i'lirxs III the Oci'.i,tr ! kc,i.",s. ~
fr"nxs lvnnis gus ~ xsses the Union. N
thirty ti,,,'ssn'l tor lIsr'ranft mean. hf'y
HOUSE., d fer Grant. Obi" n, d n. i,sask.,
ssrll the victory with twenty ih'.nssi,tl
more. aud the unl,oly alliance is d.U,ue.l
and defeated past al hope Of salvation.
The so.called Liberal movement ID hence.
forth farce. 1t has been weighed in tho
balance and found wanting in honesty, In.
tegrity and principle. Ito candidate has
been judged aud pronounced unfit ~ rule
this nation. It's tho people who have spo.
ken: from their voice 10 no appeal. Grant,
who for one term has administered this
government wisely and we'll, who has been
assaiicd with cnvcnOmed hatred and subjec.
ted to tho combined attacks of Democracy
and Sorchesd Republicans has triumphed
gloriously over all and will be re elected by
. half . million majority on the popular
vote. Though political revolui,onists and
demrgogues, ambitious, sorchesdcd, or nm.
principlcd. whose maxim is rule or ruin. I"
deserted In scores, shook hands with foes
scross the bloody Post Ohlccs, and led the
assault against Republication, the people
have rallied in ~ ~ they did in 81, and
they have triumphed as gloriously.
The day Of man. worshiping 10 with the
past. Greeley, Sumner, Schurz and Trum
bull bcck"ncd their hosts to follow, and
left the path Of principle to wander In the
devious ways OF pcrfidy. Eut they reckon.
oned without their hosts. The Spelling
Book and the Common School has triumphctl
The American voter il free, intelligent, self.
reliant aud thinks for himself. He has
esteem for obility. gratitude for public ser.
vice, but reserves to himself fidelity to
principle and the independence of . free.
msn. Hcnccforth no public man will have
the icmcri,y to treat his constituents as q
herd If enfranchised mules, and lnDging
tic bell Of reputation on his neck expect to
lead them int" the junsles OF political trca>
sou. The demonstration Of this is worth
In promise Is much AS the Victory itself.
The appeal must now he made To the intel.
ligcncc and integrity Of the American voter,
and in that lies the assurance Of pcrpctuity,
prosperity and peace for the Great Rcpub-
lie. The October elections are the prccur.
sors Of the dIsorganizatlon of the Greeley
alliance. The leaders only ''cat crow" in
hopes Of better fare. Republicans will fall in
line again regrc.ting their detection, and
Democracy revert u the eternal princi-
pies" that have been smothcred under Lib.
cral'sm since July. Hope was tire sugar
coating to the Greeley pill. Success was
necessary: defeat vii! dcmoraizc.
elimination and rccri,n,nation will
succeed the slogan ANY thing to beat Grant,"
and the late allies will I've At swords points
all over the land. We rejoice in the Vic,o-
tory. l, is l'arbingcr of good TO all. The
finances, commerce and idustries Of the
country arc safe, the policy of the govern>
mcnt will remain unchanged, and he who
has cndcarcd himself 10 the nation by I'M
administration Of peace as glorious q, his
record i'm the iicld, will for four years more,
If life is spared, preside over the Republic
with that better efficiency which experience
enables, avoiding tho mistakes Of the past
snd perfec,ing those things which tend to
the National welfare To this VIC believe
Grant will apply himself. and in that sincere
belief We rejoice in these great victories
which come like q bounteous blessing in
these anxiOusly anticipated October days.