The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-11-11
The Eisctions.

Tuesday was an cventful day in
the political history of the United
States. Ou that day tseuty.fvur States
and territories held elections for
Congressmen md State officials, The
smoke of battle has not yet been
cleared AWAY, the killed aud won. dcd
have not yet bcon numbered. Macy
political a.rirents have been ruthless
ly slain by their cons:i u'n,s, and
faithful old purity hucks have been
turned out t. grass.
Ono thug is certain, t'.nt what
cvo' party gains the ascend .rcy, the
day OF st'ic, party discipline is past,
| and voters are beginning to exercise
their own judgment in tho selection
Of their leaders. Even the color.d
people are slowly emerging from pc.
htical thraldom aud learning to count
the cost Of putting corrupt dstnl~
| 6oRueb I'D power.
Another gratifying feature of the
past canvios was tue complete failure
OF tho "rcbellion' aud the Southern
outrage mills rs manufacturors of
republican votes. AS the New York
! Herald uoll saws,
| IL is demonstrated TINT war re cords
arc sreht amnuuition in our polui.
cil coutes.s, and that no canuidate
has Hereafter anything to gain or to
lose ~ his zeal or his slacsncs, in the
grcut crisis of 1861. Even MIR.
| O'Conor, who w"s classcd as pro.
Southern extremist during our g:cut
struggle, il as much esteemed End
b n"red to-d"y as Gov. Dix. TIE
me i, past when political capital
can bc made out Of II war record, and
the TACT that Mr.. Tildcn has st,ad,lv
gaire' strength while his political
opponents were nssaili'g his course
duln & the war attes,s the lubl 4,
sense that all such tvpics have pa,s-
ed from politics tc history. it is
demonstrated that our political CON
tests can no longer be Influenced by
tho obsolete questions which divided
the country thirteen years ago.
| The New York canvass, in conncc
tion with the polit cal canvass in
other States, proven that another
exciting topic mas been consigned to
"the tomb of the Capu!cts." The
old stock topic of Southern outrayes
has been vigorously worked this fall,
but with no practical result beyond
that of disgusting the people Of the
North. 1t has been felt that if
whispered disorder is the fruit of the
republican policy in the South, after
so long trial under republican su.
perintendence, the breaches Of order
orc fairly charteable either to the
> Jstem or to incxcusable blunders IN
its administration. The republican
party has steadily lost ground, both
IN this State and every where in the
NORTH, oy its attempts to exploit the
Southern outrage business as n
means of influencing votes. Appeals
OF this kind, like records on the poiot
of loyalty during the war, are spept
ammunition, which oan never be firci
OF again with any practical eff.ct
Mr. Tildcn has been constantly gain.
ing in strength during Canvass il
which this class of topics has been
freely used, and If tho republican
party is wise 1t will Lever have re.
course again to these obsolete grounds
OF appeal. It must stand or fall by
It's skill in meeting the present
wants of tho country.
When these scare. crows arc 6po]lv
demolished, tho South may look for
Feace and prosperity. The carpct-
bnggers aud scalawags, having no
longer the support of Cotg:ess, will
gradually disappear from view, and
the governments. fallen into tbc
hands of patriotic citiz ms, will be
administered honestly and impar.
TALLY, so MS to effect the greatest no..
slble good to tho greatest pos,iLle
number.