Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-11-14
The PRESS on THE ELECTION.

AeTu0 clectioil eStlIialFs give TO GRAM
20 States and to Greeley st. or 16s
electoral votes fof Grant to 90 for Gree
ley. The popular majority for Grant is
placed at. 350.000:... a. yAs
The Herald editorially says that
whether the result will be ACCOUNTED fo1
by The popular strength Of General
Grant on one hand, or the weakness Of
Greeley sand the feebleness of the
Liberal Republicans combined with the
Democratic vote OH the other hand, it is
in many respects the most remarkable
Presidential election in, the history Of
the country. asJ.1 ss5r n a4af si
The Tribune gives Grant 232 electoral
votes at the lowest, sind IS for Greeley
with the rest doubtful There is scarce
ly q parallel, it says, in the completeness
Of the rout and triumph. 1t argues that
Liberalism could not withstand the
enormous OUTLAWS of money expended
blythe Republicans iii the :eaneass.-
General Grant now has four Years
more power, with heavy congressfofial
majority, and whatever reform he may
seek to effect be will have the aid of the
Tribune" yoj.!4.4-s
The. Tribune, commenting on the re-
suit; says. ssThe Liberal Republican
strength in North Carolina, Vermont,
and Maine, was nearly. neutralized by
the Democrats who wouldn't eat crow
when they could get from five:to. twenty
five dola for not eating it,.
The World places Grants popular
majority at 100000. 1t says the defeat
is due to the Democracy surrendering to
Greeley; that the decentralization coli
sequent upon the New York ring
populations Of year OF two ago dis
heartened the party and caused the
Nomination at Baltimore; that the party
had not recovered in time from the
Tammany faint to do anything until
too late
The Times gives Grant 800 electoral
votes, and Greeley only 4S, with the
balance doubtful.
From Bait. Gazette, Democratic) Nov: 8, ]
+ 90. Close Up
We mist close up our ranks, re-
organize our forces, audi enter upon the
Contest anew, unhasting; tfnresting,
steadfast In the faith of the principles
we maintain, AID bod in the conscious
ness of right. 1t would serve no good
purpose to moralize over the past. The
past is behind us, With all its de1usive
hopes and all its errors Of omission and
commission It is to the future we
must now turn. We must look the
situation squarely i'll the face, and re-
solve to do whatever msn.. may DO to
build UP the party on-a stronger and a
purer basis, and, ike Henry Smith, of
the Wynd, in. SCOTS novel of the Fair
Maid Of Perth, fight for our own hand.
We must stand firmly by our party aliia
the men of our party who are the best
opponents Of its principles, and if we
are true tn ourselves, true to our State,
and faithful to the best traditions of the
best days Of the Republic, we shall
merit victory even in defeat, and we
shall be worthy of victory when it is
ultimately wen.
From Bait. American Repulican) Nov. G.
Sorry for Greeley.
Were it not for the brutal manner in
which the campaign has been conducted
by the TriLune and its allies we should
feel heartily sorry for Mr.. Greeley, who
will retire to Chappaqua wiser man, a
good deal more Of sage, than when he
left it month ago on his tour to beg
votes. The people ofthe United States
have great deal of good sense and
good feeling, and when little time is
given for the sober second thought, a
great deal Of good Judgment, to- The
unparalleled and outrageous abuse
heaped upon General Grant by deserters
and enemies, and by him borne in
silence, has awakened their feeling in
his behalf as much as his merits and the
cause he REPRESENTS has convinced their
judgments: They approve the policy
Of the Republican party. They en-:
dorse the Administration Of Geheral
Grant by enormous majorities: They
prefer to entrtist the management of the
country for the next fotir years to the
successful general and statesman who
safely led them through the war rather
than see its results thrown away by the
elevation of a candidate whom Demo-
cratic orator described as "a ridiculous
campaign joss, made tip; like a scare
crow, ola dilapidated hat and a shady
coat"
Washington Patriot Democracy Nov: 81
Pick Flints and Try Again.
The Liberal momevent is temporarily
checked, but not defeated. Its ultimate
triumph is certain, and there are thous-
ands who conspired against it that will
live to deplore their mistaken opposition
and join hands hereafter in a patriotic
effort to redeem this error and to elect a
reform Candidate in 1876. The great
principles and ideas which underlie this
cause can be no more suppressed than
the order Of the seasons can be arrested.
In the language of the Kentucky hunter,
'sLet us pick our flints and try it again. y
[Richmond State journal Rep). Nov.]
We believe that the second admins
tration of President Grant will be
eminently peaceful, prosperous, and
satisfactory. The spirit shown by ou1
own local journals this morning in
accepting the situation as one promise
rather than hopeless encouragement is
an evidence that the South will hence;
forth look to General Grant as the friend
of good order and good government in
this section of Republic as well as in all
others. That he will recognize this
spirit, and practically responding to it,
and making his administration pre-
eminently an era of peace and good
feeling in the Republic, we confidently