Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12

tions. If the Republicans are defeated in six
or seven of the ten Massachusetts districts, it
is comfort to decent men to know that one
Of the slaughtered candidates is Mr.. B. F.
Butler. Happily the severest floods carry
away the most offensive matter
New York Journal of Commerce.
The indications now are that there will be
Democratic majority in the next Federal
House of Representatives. On Massachusetts,
the tidal wave of which we have read seems
really to have burst, and Democratic Gov
ernor and five or six Democratic Congressman
are the strong probabilities. The defeat of
General Butler and the rebuke of the Prohi-
bitionist fanatics in their stronghold are among
the most gratifying features in the extraordi-
nary picture which this mornings dispatches
present.
boston Journal, Rep.l
The result is significant overthrow in
many senses, but it does not mean that the old
Democratic party has taken even temporary
lease of power in Massachusetts,. Thousands
ofRepublicans voted yesterday with the Dem
ocrats because they we're dissatisfied with
grievances which are mainly the outgrowth of
Butlerism. This feeling itself is sufficient to
account for the change that has taken place,
and when we couple with this the special OBJ
jections which thousands urge against all
sumptuary laws, we have the leading causes
of the rout. That the result is disastrous to
the Republican organization, as party, it
would be folly to deny. The loss of Congress-
men, from whatever cause it may have arisen,
is most damaging, especially in view of the
victories accomplished by the opponents of
the administration in other States That it
denotes important changes in the political tu-
ture Of the country is certain.
philadelphia Age, Dem.]
From all appearances at the time of going
to press, the Democracy has carried the State
of Pennsylvania. A feeling of security to be
followed by the restoration of industrial ac-
tivity and easier times may now be looked for
throughout the country, and our people will
obtain, as the reward for their exertions in
this great election, that relief which their long
suffering and much tried patience so richly
deserve.
philadelphia Inquirer, Rep.]
The worst feature of yesterdays elections
in general is that the forty-fourth Congress,
we fear, will probably show slight Demo
cratic majority. If this should prove to be
the case, it can be ascribed only to the fact
that at the last session the Republican major
ity refused to grant proper relief to the de-
pressed business interests of the country.
philadelphia North American, Rep]
How deeply we deplore the untoward result
of this contest we need scarcely say. We be-
lieve that it would have better comported
with the interests of the nation to have con-
tinued the ruling power in the hands that led
the country from slavery to freedom, and from
civil war to peace and reunion. But it is
through adversely of this kind that great or.
ganzations are led to strengthen and purify
themselves for achievements demanding high
er powers than they had previously developed.
Baltimore Gazette, Dem.]
In discussing the consequences Of the mar
velous series of victories on Tuesday last, we
should make great mistake if we gave the
whole credit of them to the Democracy. That
the Democracy did their full share of the
work, there can be no manner of doubt, and
the splendor of their triumph is not dimmed
by the assistance of many thousand good men
and true who separated themselves from the
extremists of the Republican party, and in
Democracy. These men are Republicans still,
and their alliance with the Democracy, as in
Massachusetts,, may simply be construed as a
protest and a warning to the party to which
they belong that it stands in need of puri6ca-
tion, and that the evil practices which have
brought it into dispute must be abated. These
allies do not seek the elevation of the Democ-
racy to place and power They are the float
ing Republican elements of opposition to
Grantism and Butlerism that have clustered
about the Democratic party as nucleus, and
by force of this coalition-temporary it may
be, but powerful so long as it lasts-they hope
to compel the Republican party to purify it.
self. Only when this hope fails can we safely
count on their permanently separating from
it. We want our Democratic friends to con-
slider in thoughtful, manly way this fact.
They have gained through this revolt, and
with the assistance of the better class Of Re-
publicans, magnificent series of victories.
1t is only by the aid of these reformers that
the Democracy can hope to perpetuate those
victories, and consolidate, on a firm basis the
power they have acquired. Radicalism is
dead.
New York Commercial Advertiser.]
The long .talked-of Democratic "tidal wave"
set in yesterday and swept down pretty much
every Republican in its way. 1t was not en-
tirely unexpected. The signs indicated its
coming to many who did not wish to see it.,
and were unwilling to discourage their friends
The newspapers will be surging over with all
sorts of solemn palaver about the causes that
produced the heavy swell. One will say
"third term," another the failure to provide
good government for the South, the next the
"civil-rights bill," Credit Mobilier, moieties,
Richardson and imbecility, Grant and extrav-
agance, Congress and corruption, Butler and
Sanborn, and so on to the end of the chapter
1t is very evident that the patient afflicted
with all these maladies must have been in a
very bad way. Indeed, the diseases may we'll
be regarded as very dangerous and very des.
perate, and as desperate diseases require des-
perate remedes-on the principle of kill or
cure-the poor, sick patient was held by the
nose until dose of unsavory Democracy was
thrust down his throat This morning, the
patient seems to be better and stronger, but
how he will be tomorrow, next week, or next
year, the doctor cannot tell A change they
said was necessary, and they have got change,
whether for the better or for the worse, time
only can determine Speculations upon the
causes are idle, and will result in no advan-
tage to the people.
Hartford Journal and Courier
1t teaches them that the people can and will
elect whom they please, independently ofpar-
ty names and ties. If the Republican party