National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-11-06

lhc night IS lar spent, ana the Jay Is
hand" says the New York World in Its mos
striking type. Something of reaction
against the Republican party" exclaims TIT
Tribune. Floating with the current Of th
hour the Herald says, ''Signs Of genera
collapse of the Republican party" and asks
In an owlish sort Of way, MAY not thes,
November elections of 1873 be applied as {
warning to tho present dominant and over
confident Republican partyi"
We have no mention to indulge In thu
stereotyped platitude Of the ''oif year." an,
the general indifference of the Republican
voters In the States where elections wcr,
held. Apathy had something to do with Ia,
result, hut business had a good deal more
What VIC mean Is that the country has been
during tho last six weeks, torn and distracted
commercially. The farmers have been
troubled about getting their crops to
market; the manufacturers, the mer-
chants and the mechanics have been
casting around them to SEQ how they could
meet their obligation, 'H-gc and small. Poll.
tics, the election Of this ana hat man, tho
success Of this and that party and candidate,
was the last thing that large number Of OIL
people remembered. Hence the light vote
and the partial success Of the Democracy
The fact that no national issues were involved
In the recent contest contributed In large
degree to the result. Only few years ago the
Republicans swept tho country and rolled up
majorities that were simply appalling. A
Republican Congress with two-thirds ma.
jorlty will assemble in a few weeks. Every
Department of the Government is running
smoothly; there Is peace at home and abroad
The different Departments of the Govern
ment are in entire accord. II the Opposition
carried every election in every State the,
would still be powerless to make the least i'm
preston upon the legislation or even tn,
politics OF the republic. As we said, we hay,
no desire to account for what has taken place
10 explain 1t away, or conceal the facts. w
should, 1t Is true, be better pleased II 1t wer,
otherwise; but, as 1t Ia, we accept 1t with en-
tire tranquility and evenness OF spirit.
Conccding 10 the Opposition all that they
claim, what have they gained' In New
York the victory is barren one. We hav,
carried the Legislature and hold In II cleal
Republican majority. II is true that the
Democrats have elected their State ticket
and regalned many OF the important Offices
In the city OF New York; but with the lesson
which the Republican party Of that State has
just learned there can be no doubt that ai
this point their progress must stop. Virginia
has been lost, and Kemper elected mainly
because Of intimidation In the first place, and
In the second Of the pccunlary influence
brought to bear upon the voting population
by the railroad rings and the moneyed
classes. The Republican party OF Vir-
ginia Is poor, so poor that 1t could
hardly raise money enough to dcfray
the legitimate expenses of the cam
paign. The result only shows that "the
Mother Of Presidents" Is also the mother Of
Ignorance, for we must remember that 1t was
the only State In the Union where the main
issue In the canvass was made one Of race
The Democratic papers, the Democratic ora
tors and the Democratic candidates from
Governor down 70 town Gonsl a,o app" appealed