Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-02
ESTABLISHED 1910.
rHE ELECrION ASD THE RESULT.

THE ELECTION AND THE RESULT.
The election for mayor and other
municipal offices is over, and we are
grstiied in being able TO state that it
was quiet, peaceable, and orderly. All
rejoice that this long, arduous and
personal campaign is over, while the
victors-those who have fought the
fight and won the bsttle-will hail the
end Of their labors with still greater joy.
The hearts of the business men, as well
as the masses, will, of course, be full OF
glsdness. The mass-meetings, parades
and frantic appeals to which
they have been subjected, for
six weeks have, from repetition, grown
tiresOme, and their end will be willingly
welcomed. There was one feature IN
the campaign which we trust never
again to see so prominently introduced.
We refer TO the cslumDy and vitu-
psration poured upon the can
,.idates. This species of polit-
icgl warfare is not new, but it was never
before, in municipal election, so abso-
lutely abused. No people can
witness, much less assist in it,
without decentralization. Respect
for the hard-earned regulations
Of men, whose fame has been won by
a life of reetitude and honesty, should
be inherent in every citizen. With the
close of the election yesterday it is to
be hoped that all the antsgonisms and
Whatever bitterness may have been en-
gendered by the contest will be buried.
The viii of the msjOrity is the law
of the land, and now that the result is
known as to which one of the candidates
has been chosen, all good citizens will
forget the struggle, and disregarding the
defeat or success of individual prefer
ences, will accept the conclusion fought
out at the polls, with submission and con-
tentment, if not with satisfaction.
The figures in another column az
nounce the defeat of Major Busby and
the election of his competitor, John
League. Ardent, devoted, and disinter-
ested friends had the peoples car
didate, whose fidelity remained un-
shaken from first to last, through
storm and sunshine alike. But
even the force of their attachment,
faithful and Jealous as it was, proved
uuavailing to meet and conquer the OPP
position, which open hostility, secret
treachery and the union of Irish, Ger
mans and negroes had arrayed against
Msior Busby. His vote IN
der the circumstances has, indeed, been
complimentary. The APPEAL will
make no faetiOus war upon the admin
istration of John League. 1t will COM
mend him when right, and censure him
wheu wrong. If left to bis.
own instincts, we believe
he will make good mayor. II, how
ever, the pestiferous barnacles that are
clinging to Mr.. League are not scraped
away by his own honest hand, he will
find them a source Of corruption and
weakness, which will, sooner or
later, bring lis administration
70 disgrace and degradation.
We regret Mr.. League does not
enter upon his career free from the
trammeIs of partisan dictation, and
owing his election wholly to the inGe-
pendent action of the people. But
If he will council with friends
Of exalted capacity and charac-
ter, instead of men of little ab lity
and less virtue, but cunning and un-
scrupulous in pulling wires and pro-
curing office, he may save himself and
his administration from shipwreck.
Ask eminent, upright, disinterested
men what is best to do; but for the city's
sake, keep clear Of those vulgar, self
seeking, often infamous managers,
who, on the pretense of advising, are
merely pushing their own fortunes or
those of some dependent.