The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-21
FATHoMlNG THE MYSTERY.

LoF the OeIeaC or the Liberal Democratic
party and their candidates is amusing
The Uason of last week has very anus
ing editorial under the caption n" A fter
the Battle" It commences by say ing
1.-THE result of the presidential election, it
must be confessed is amazing. From one
tend of the union to the other, Grantism
is triumphant, by almost unparalleled
majorities, by msjorities that amaze the
widest prophets Of radio slism" "And
how is this result to be accounted for?
Who can fathom the mystery ?"
The Union then goes on to increase the
magnitude ofthe mystery by saying that
"from tue start Grant was not the choice
of the people, hardly in fact IF his own
party" and thep inquiries "Who can look
the electoral figures in tho face and account
for their magnitude ?" Here follow four
sentences in relation to Grant commenc-
ing at is true" "It is also true" at is
true" at is true" The Union Proceeds:
But all this does not account for the
overwhelming defea! of tho liberal party.
Some deeper cause underlies the matter
TIE fact is. tho sOro3g man a0Gs nominated.
The liberal party feltit, the democratic
party felt it. and the nation felt it from
the time it was announced to the world
from Cincinnati aud Baltimore.
/ THUS far the UnSon is rational and SEN
sible. BUTT is not sensible and honest
enough to say that any man that could
have been nominated by the two conve n
tions would have been equally the wrong
man. And that any man who would
have accepted the nomination of the two
conventions would have been still more
the wrong man. Nor had it the honesty
to acknowledge that the whole ca.Apaigu
from the beginning to the end, on tie part
of the Liberal and Democratic parties,
was dishonest and wrong. But after
speaking Of Greeley's purity, honesty
ability and unpepularity, and of some
good things which he hes dope, and
mnny foolish and some untrue things
which he has uttered IL says: THE I'M
popularity of Greeley and the vague APP
prehension of Mammon were the main
causes of Grants triumph, and if the re-
snit teaches the liberal party lesson of
wisdom in the future, sit is WELL That
party is still strong in principles, still
str ng in honest, able men, who do not
abandon the field at one adverse Bulls
Run battle.
i What has come of Democracy and the
Democratic party9 In accounting for
the overwhelming defeat of Greeley and
the triumphant election of Grant by un
paralleled majorities the Union does not
speak Of tie Democracy and speaks only
once of the Democratic party. Why is
: this Has Democracy died out,and is the
Democratic party dead? Is the Union
transformed from a democratic TO lib.
eral paper?" And is It's editor "no longer
a democrat but liberal? ?" And has he
abandoned the defense Of democracy and
the democratic party and set himself for
the defense of liberalism and the liberal
party
IF there was but one editorial in The
Union we might perhaps find out the
canse Of Grants election and Greeley's
defeat, but there being two editorials and
each giving different cause or causes We
make but slow progress in finding Out
"the main causes and "the great cause v
Under the caption, "After the Battle, ,
the editor says: The unpopularity of Gree
ley and the vague apprehension Of MANN on
were the main causes Of Grants triumph. >
|, Under the caption, ''Mr Greeley In Hi
Place Again" the editor says: 1.-THE grea'
cause of the defeat OF Mr.. Greeley, by sucl
a man as Grant, Is to be found mainly il
the decentralization Of the American people
There were undoubtedly, other contributary
causes, but the great epizootic demoraliza-
tion that has seized upon the people can only
fully account for the overwhelming defea
of Horace Greeley" Thus it seems that
according to the editor Of the Union, TIL
; "main causes of Grants triumph were tn
: unpopularlty of Greeley and vague appre
} hension of mammop," and that the "grea
cause of the defeat of Greeley WAS the cpl
zootic Generalization of the American PEG
pie" However clear the editor may be II
giving the main causes of Grants triumphsn
II - IL. = H. q &