, 1874-11-06

TIE nEsuLrs or ASTOUNDING FOLLY"
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Tho result Of tho oloctions yesterday In this
and olhor Eastern Sthtes will not bo surprise
to anyboly, except perhaps to O foW persons ut
Washington, md 1t certainly will not surpriBo
any Of our roadcra, who lava boon kept tolcrahly
wcll-iufofmcd as to tho causes which inevitably
tendod to produce tho proscnt overthrow of tho
Republican party. All TINT could bu tlono hon.
orably to avert tbih dofoat las beon dono by us,
but since tho 1aat Presidential oleetlou, lnnny Of
and rcnonstranco Thoy hayo apparently bo.
lsaYed that the people would quietly arpnt to
anything nnd everything. and TINT tho pnrtY
which thoy represented waa indcsstlctiblo
Notang +s sor ot tue oe orSnts wach onan wo
Newspaper GU warned tholn in
friendly but flrm spirit against the policy Y Of
nandsrng wlf they yero p'9sn,ng IT. "s
ga,co whic, they exhibited toward all lloppoBition
Tho irnmcdinto friends. OF tlo Administration
! Possessed thomselvcs Of an "organ at Waslt,
VIII viii bosoted Arguments in 1fayor q Gen. drant
for o third ter.n." 1t will bo tho lot OF tho
President to discover, iu common with many
great mon WHO hayc gone before him, that fool
aside tho current Of public opinion, Tho truths
which ho and his nmodtnte supporters refused
TO hear from tho lips Of friends thoy must now
listen to to-day from tue peoplo at tho polls.
Iho great aid signal defeats Of yesterday vtr;
iujuro tho Republican party, but the effects Of
TINT tlisaster might Aayo boon greatly lessenoa
had wiso course beon adopted By Congress in
relation 10 Tue finances: All through last winter
thing, and to do # quickly, and woo
their mistakes aud delays. 1n return for
performing that unpleasant aaty re r. wore 1
publican purity, and that NO should be instantly
stamped out Of o1stouco. Tho Encouragement
at tho Treasury, tho Sanhorn frauds, aud tho
general Hores Of bIundera in nearly all tho pub
lie departments, wore ia tho moant'mo causing
iucaleulabIo mischief. Tho first two nomsua-
tions fur Chiof-Justioo wcro shocking blundcrs.
aud diagusted tho whoio people. Tho A1miuts-
tratlon was making enomics aud losing friends
platts and Buffers. And Just when tho disap-
po.utmont aud irritation Of the neoplc bccano
laoBt marked, the paper at Washington, which
has bona to DO known as moro spoaking-tube
out for Gou Grant for third tor,n." What
could any sane man anticipate from such as
founding folly except tho overwhelming dofeata
Of ycstor1ayi In this State d Republican ma
jority Of $4,000 has boon turned into Republic
an dofeat Of "a 090 change Of o., 900 votes. Tho
Rcntlomon who lnyohad tho Republican party In
charge during tho past two years will DO
obliged to admit to-day that thoy hago nearly
strangled It.
lessons except in tho hope that thoy will bo
thouGhsfully pondered at Washington and elsa-
where. II tho greatest party over known In this
country is to bo saved from uttor destruction
history dis yraced as we'll as defeated, tho lcadors
and managers must make thorough change in
ther policy. 1t would DO still wiser to change
| many Of tile leaders themselves. Fortunately,
| tue people have disposed OF Butler, as they
would have swept away some othor promiuont
persona, in both House and Senate II tholr votes
could haye bcon brought to bear directly upon
| them. There is yet time to prevent still more
crashng blow il 1876, but to do that will tax
the combined efforts 81 tho best minds in tho
Republican party. Tho Opposition will now
have IN opportunity Of producing 4 policy OF
tholr own, and they will find it harder to do that
| successfully than to attacl the measures OF No-
publicans. Wo shall probably witnosa Tho do
volopment Of the idoas which were put forward
| IN tho platforms Of OHIO and Indiana, and tho
effect OF that upon our ontlro financial sys-.
tom cannot tail to DO worry great. Tho West
party, aud they Mill continue to control
1t. What these sections Of tho country domand
| now IL inilation, combined with pnrtia! ropuda-
] ton. Whether the peoplo will deliberately mp
prove OF that policy when it IL submitted to
them without any disguise still remains to bo as-
certainod. When wo aoc the grcat City OF New
York deliberately voting to be nut back under
| the rnle Of Tammany, 1t must be admitted that
even tue cause OF common honesty does not ap-
!
before us stormy ora, in which many questions
which the people Imagined were finally aottled
Will be daalt with anew. anil III a way calculated
to SURPRISE tho world. Tho Legislation which
has been carried ont since the War, on questions
Of finance. reconstruction, and the negro, and
the constitutional amendments OF tito samo
period, arc not beyond the reach Of II Demo-
| cratic majority in Congress- and tho country.
il by uo means completed. For the sako Of tho
| country it il to bo hoped that tho Democrats
will uae their victory in 4 spirit Of moderation
and prudent statesmanshir. VIC doubtless SEQ
1876 and. il the Republican party ia not con~
ducted with creator wisdom and good fortune
during the noxs two yoarH than it laH boon dur
ing tho last two, h[r. Tildon is tho most probable
| successor Of leu. Giant.
| 1.-THE END or 0NANT1sM,"
| From thc Nclo FORK 1'r,buae-lndependtnt.
Tho verdict Of tho country against GrantiBm is
deltyored. Thcro were only two groas questiouB
| bcfore tho people at ths election. Ono was
whethor tue Administration deserves tho public
| confidence, and the other was whothor it ought
to bo pelpotNated. They hnYe both been an
swored in tho negative. 80 loudly that even tho
As to he aua Tasus s IL t tha sao, ii viii every
wl,ero be received with satisfaction modified by
sincere regret that Gen. Dix chose to attach his
fortunes TO tho iounaerinH hark of Grantsrn.
aud irtcpsoachablo Governors tho State haa over
had. We do not uudarrato Ills popularity
nor his high cAaractor, but We bolieye
ho would not havo boon olooted II
Con. Dix had not lacked the nolal
courage to FREQ himself from his fatal oonnoc-
/ ton With tho Administration and tho personal
schemes Of tho President. Before tho Conyon-
ton at Utica and afterward. ho mas besoughs to
give tho ASSURANCE TO tho public that no would
not asscnt to tho Presidents designs. 10 his
rresoute refusal, and to tho behavior Of tho
Utica Convention. which indirectly favored tho
Third Term, may bo aseriool tho crushing do
foat of the party. Gov. Dix was stronger than
Grant In this State. Unfortunately for him. ho
would not recognize tha fact, aud tue unequal
partnership has ruined him. EseFywheio esc
| (Ae result las beeu similar. 1t ia not anywhere
a moro Democratic victory. It Is tho protest Of
all elassos OF citizonB against an Administration
Which supported Jayne, which entichod Bun
born, which lobbod the Salary bill through
Congress, Which established lts kolloggs IN the
South by petjurad Judges and ulisithed bayo-
nets. mud tried to sustain thoma BY aanderlnE IN
injured paopie, and which had Just put itself