Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-18
From tine New York World of Yesterday
!. The Political Revolution.

General Grants majority Of the popular vote
ip November lS72, was 7ol,2'l. aud his majority
OF the votes of the electoral colleges, 2ls. No
Presidential candidate had ever before received
so large II popular majority. What have he ana
bis party Ia Congress done with 1t! Let the
election returns received during the last nine
months answer.
In eighteen States which have hold elections
since GcneTa, Grapt's last inauguration the pop
uar majority which lie received in November,
1871, has been reversed, and he Ia in II popular
minority of 1895, net opposition gain OF 6oS,.
SB Three other States-Arkansas, illinois ard
New JeTsey-have held local aud Legislative cleo
tioas within the same period, but as tha aggre.
gate popular vote could not be officially obtained
they have been left out of the above table. But
Arkansas, which gave General Grant J, l40 major
ity, In November last elected q large democratic
majority 10 its legislature; and in New Jersey,
which gave Grant IA. .lSo, the Republican loss la
the Legislative cIections was considerable. ILL
nois gave Grant SO, i20 majority in 1872. and ia
1873 according TO the Chicago Tribune, the coun-
ty elections resulted in Farmers major,ty in the
State OF ut least 22O0O over all. THIS would iu-
dicatc combined Fsimers' and Democratic ma
jority over the Administration candidates OF 6O,
200. 80 That, taking the majorities IN The eiEh-
teen States in the table and estimating those oil
the three additional States, il ID fair to calculate
that u popular majority Of $50, ,l37 for General
Grant III lS13 has been turned INTO an oppositioA
aiority OF 250OO0 ia 1874. That this view al
tho situation Is entertained by intelligent obser
vers who do not belong 10 the DemocIatc party,
the following extract from the editorial comments
of the Chicago tribune on the result Of the re-
cent elections, Eis. and West, is interesting tcs-
timony:
alt appears pretty evident from the result OF
the elections In Ohio that tho entire German pop
ulation and very large portion OF the native
vote who sympathize with them have abandoned
the Republican party forever 1t has been but
few years since every city in Ohio without excep-
ton, had y Republican government To-day the
Republicans have 40; control VI one of the cities
Cleveland aid Dayton have outdone even Cincn-
Eati iu thblr malortIes against the RePuollcan
party, The same may be SAID 10 have occurred
| in Michigan, lliinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Min
L nesOta. Tho Republican ascendencY i'll these
states have for seycsai years been maintained BY
this vote, which Is lost to IT, and most likely
L iOst tOyepcr. This vote controls ahe three Con
gr1siOnal and seyeu Senatorial districts of this
l county. and half dozen other Congressional dis
tyicts ia &he State. The AlSattecilon, however Is
| MOT confined to the Germans. There has been 40
| uhuch cant and hypocrisy, and such an abuse OF
christian and religious and objects to hide
confessed and notorious frauds and vllainy, that
thousands vi persons eyerywhcIo have resolved
| 10 cut LOOSE arom the party and act iudepcEdent-
iy. The aliisnce attempted In Ohio and other
places between The Repnbiicaus and the bcer-kct,
suasders proved a ianieBtsb'e failure, aud saloon
Il pray Ing O.s been voted down ut The ballot box.
/ Ihe general lesson Taught by ihc April election
/ - tiLat The Republican party has received u pre-
ImonitoIy stroke OF the general paralysis that a
will experience Ia November, 1874. Its discom
ftnre ia Inevitable, 1t is stripped OF the allies
by whom 1t has been kept an power. Ii is aban
duned, as IN Connecticut by the disgnsted peo
pie, who have tired Ot Its corruptions IL is let
10 its fate by every man who ieels the rigor o
taxation and the cxtottion of the Plunderers, ant
its end will be accomplished in the tall by th
great body of the agricuiturists.
Ii will be noticed that fifteen OF the States
having an aggregate electoral vote OF 40, wen
Tor Grant, and three. with an electoral vote OF "a
wero carried by the opposition. In 1884, eleven
with an electoral vote Ut l2G were carried by th
opposition, and seveD with an electoral vote c
n, by the Administration -an opposition gain c
1 nearly 100.
ol Inside of two years in every State that has bel
, legislative elections except two States ia whic
the Democratic InajOrles overwhelming
there has been an opposition gain OF from ono I
siXty-six votes on JOINT ballot, six States whic
A had Republican legislatures III leIl-2 now hay
opposition legislatures, and the eight States i
the above list in which the opposition now col
trolls The Legislatures are at present represented
l. Washington by teu Administration Senators,
- In the presence Of these I'll ares extended con
l ment is supeIfous. They demonstrate more tbs
u muu D Y words can do it that President Grant ~
% the Republican party have lost the confidence
d | the country, aud that the revolution now swee
ing over State al .er State will culminste IN Il
autumn of 1S7G in Tho restoration of the Dem
cratic party TO power in the General Governmer