Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-12
Tho Democratic Victory In New
Hampshire.

Iaklng all the lacts into view Tue Oenocfuhe
victory in New Hampshire is one Of great signi.
fcance. Whether Weston is successful in reach
ing the GubeInatorial chair of the Granite State
3 or not he has achieved victory over the COM
bined Radical hosts of the State and the National
Administrations that will draw to him lasting hon
or, and we hope inspire our party in other States
to renewed and greater efforts to extrcate the
people from the burdGns that have been heaped
upon them until the charge has been fatty made
that ours is the "scorst gore,ned country an the
sorld" And that by paper that has always op-
posed the Democratic party, and one that had
openly asserted in 1861 that our government was
the "best government the world ever saw"
Thirteen years of Radical rule has resulted in
so great change that we find that the opponents
of Democracy are sick Of their party, and ready to
resort to any party 10 escape from the terrors OF
Radicalism. Prejudice alone keeps them from
openly espousing the Democratic cause, and thus
march on to certain victory.
In their encounter the noble.bearted Democrats
had in their front, we are told by the Boston Ad-
rertisey. a majority to overcome of 45G9. In the
last ten years this has been swept away, and the
victory now achieved. In the immediate contest,
we are assured by our New York exchanges that
tie Administration has expended s25000O at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard alone, to secure Radi-
cal triamph and failed. 1t is said that the Dem
ocrats Of New Hampshire have letters from Con-
gressmen Randall and Parker, who wrote that,
having visited the Secretary Of the Navy and re-
monstrated with him against the outrageous and
disgracefu prostitution of the civil service in the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, they had been informed
by that official that not over GOO men we e en-
ployed there, and no more than the necessities OF
the service required. 1t is confidently asserted
by the correspondent of the Post that from 500
to 1900 men have been on the pay rolls there
since the first of January at least 1000 OF whom
were not needed in any of the departments of
the yard.
The New York san says that Il appears that
the men who have been employed since January,
receiving from two to five dollars day for the
votes which they were expected to cast, knew
from the experience of former years that the
most of them would probably be discharged with
in few days after the election, and came to q Sc
cret understanding among themselves that they
would vote as they pleased. The idea that Amer
lean citizens who were receiving pay from the
Government should presume to vote in opposition
to the will of their official superiors struck the
ofRceholders' Ring as little less than rank trea-
son, and every variety of coaxing and intimida- |
tion was rssorted to for the purpose Of checking
the dangerous spirit Of insubordination.
To prove that the victory was achieved in spite
OF the efforts of the Administration and the lavish
expenditure of money, and that the Radicals |
made every effort, We copy few lines from a
Radical paper, which says;
RUSHING TO THE sTRCGdLE..
This city Is the headquar of both factions.
All day long the trains have brought carloads of
voters TO the scene of battle. Many clerks from
Washington Senator Cragin among the party,) |
are in town. Every voter, be he Democrat or |
Republican, is upon the spot, and the battle is |
undoubtedly one of more than ordinary interest"
In the victory achieved in New Hampshire the
Democrats Of Delaware and the whole Union
have noble example set them by the persever.
ing and united efforts of our friends in the Gram
ite State Let us here initiate their example, and
determine that the negro shall not rule the Dia- |
mond State |
The Herald says: "All the indications are that |
the "ayerage four thousand majority of the Re- |
publican party in that little State has melted |
away. In 1872 the whole vote was 75, 1856, and In
1879 6s,sis but the present vote will apparently
reach at least 1900 or 5000. Thus the defec- |
tion is not because the snow kept the farmers |
away from the polls, but because they have med.
erately changed their minds and voted the other |
ticket"
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