Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-22
The Grand Result.

We do not regard our work as finished,
although the election is over. We have,
as q party, yet TO prove that we deserve
to retain the control OF public affairs, and
that can only be done by unremitting
care, by careful consideration of the
wishes and interests of the people, and
by pursuing a broad and liberal policy,
worthy of the period in which we live,
and of the nation.
In re.electing Gen. Grant as President,
the people have once more shown that in
triguiDg politicians were unequal to the
task of deceiving them, and that dishon-
est combinations of discordant factions
are always resented with peculiar intensi-
ty. The idea of party calling itself
democratic Republican" was too pre-
posterous to mislead the intelligent mass
of voters. The men who called together
the Cincinnati Convention were chiefly
disappointed politicians or doctrinaireS,
Who after all, found themselves in the
absurd position of being unable to con.
troll the machinery which they had
framed. All the wheels turned the wrong
way, and produced the very article they
did not want. The old hands at political
roguery ran away with them, and Gree
ley's nomination was admitted to be fatal
to the pretensions of reform" which had
been set up. All kinds of miserable tricks
were resorted to for the purpose of gain
ing popularity for gross imposture. Mr..
Greeley himself went about, mas
querading in white hat and coat and
constantly exhibiting himself as "wood
chopper" in the act of spelling good
trees, by way of appealing to the "agri-
cultural sentiment" of the country. In
the meanwhile, the Tribune was busily
occupied in falsifying all the professions
1t had entertained since its foundation, of
repudiating all its principles, praising all
the men whom ii had denounced, and de.
nouncing all the men whom it had
praised. The idols before whom it burnt
incense were Democrats like Horatio
Seymour and James Brooks, and the
most violent class of secessionists. In
1866 it had bitterly opposed any sugges.
tion of reconciliation with the South.
Now it tried to convince the people that
the men who were prominent in the war
for the preservation of the Union were
cruel despots; that the South was another
Ireland; that every Northern settler in
the South was thief and murderer. Nc
man has ever had to revile so many old
friends as Horace Greeley during this
campaign-no man has ever more com
pletely turned his back on his own prin
ciples, or made for himself a record
which will occasion him more trouble in
the future. 1t is said that Mr.. Greeley
will Immediately return to the Tribune
determined to "wipe off all scores" He
will find that the public have a score
against him, which it will not be so easy
for him to wipe off.
We have not the slightest doubt that
we can get from Gen. Grant one of the
best administrations the country has evel
seen. He is man of great shrewdness
and sagacity, and it would be strange, in
deed, if he were not actuated by a sincere
desire to promote the best interests of the
country, and thus incidentally to vindi
este his own great fame. AS he has him
self told the people, he will avoid errors
such as a man new to politics naturally
commits, and if any changes are made il
his Cabinet, they will doubtless be in tht
direction of the public wishes. He is en-
titled now to open and generous treat
mcnt. Undoubtedly, the people will ex
pect that he shall receive fair play-tha
the Schurz and Fenton factions will ceas,
to throw hindrances and embarrassment
in his path, and that the unsuccessful wa
against him of this year shall not b'
transferred to Congress, to the great in
jury of the people, and the obstruction O.
all important business
Had Greeley been elected, we SHOULD
inevitably have had outbreaks all owe
the South, and Greeley himself woulC
have been powerless to restrain them
We have escaped this peril, and now tn,
country ought not to be thrown into furth
er agitation by the bitterness and disap
Pointment of disgraceful faction. TIL,
people wantpeac The contest has beer
prolonged, and every issue that the Gree
leyites could raise has been fairly, fully
and patiently heard and tried. Their ar
guments, their tricks and their pretense
have all had q good chance. Judgmen
has gone against them, and now it is thei
duty to refrain from striving to unsettl
public and private business, and to acqui
esce in the decision of the vast majorit,
of the people.-N Y. Times.