National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-05
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lAe eleCOOQS OF the lulIu d November
have gone against the Republican party.
We have lost States which were considered
certain Republicans whose election was
regarded as certain have been defeated;
but on the other hand, we have carried
sections of the country that were two years
ago carried by the Opposition. We have
met defeat; but it is only transient and tenn
porary, and the Republican party has it in
its power to recover all that it has lost.
We have been beaten not by our enemies
but by our friends We have lost, not be-
cause we are wrong, but because of the
prejudices, the obstinacy, and the 'isms"
of a portion Of our friends. Republicans
have been conquered by Republicans. The
elections in Indiana and in Ohio two weeks
ago proved this. In one of those States
eighty thousand voters failed to cast their
ballots; in another-Indiana-t regular
Democratic vote was less than it was two
years ago. Take the figures and see
whether we are right or whether we are
wrong
After all, there is no reason why we Re-
publicans should feel discouraged. The
friends who defeated us even now regret
the ruin they have wrought There are
only two parties in this country-and there
can be only two parties-on the one handthe
party of loyalty and Union, the party whose
achievements form the brightest page in
the history Of mankind; and on the other
the party that was disloyal when disloyalty
was treason, that sought to rend in twain
the Union and destroy Government that
in this the nineteenth century represents
whatever of progress and advancement the
century holds. 1t is impossible that such
party can succeed; can carry this republic
and its destinies with it. The elections
that have just taken place are not a repudi-
alton Of measures, but Of men. The coun-
try has been unloading, and it is well for it
that it has unloaded. THE NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN last Saturday morning predicted
this result 1t might have predicted it
months before. We then charged home
upon certain men the responsibility for the
defeats Of October. The only mistake
made was that the list was not laINer and
more comprehensive.
What we need is leadership-the leader
ship of the old time, when the party was
all but inYincible. We need the courage
of fourteen years ago, the early statesman
ship and the early faith, the early devotion
to party and party friends. November
third was not Waterloo for the Repub-
Hcan party if the Republican party will
only so regard it. It still holds majority
Of the people Of the country. 1t is the
party of patriotism and honest government.
Itstands IN the van Of the century; but it
has been badly led-led to the slaughter by
leaders who should have carried it to vic
tory. Tuesdays defeat was really tri-
umph. We have thrown overheard many
of the men who were dragging the party
down; who were using it for their own
selfish purposes-for the advancement of
mere private ends and personal ambition
The Democratic party has not come into
power, and we do not believe that it is
coming in. Republicanism still holds the
heart Of the country, and there is no occa-
sion fer dismay. The men who voted
against us Tuesday, whose votes brought
US defeat, are with US, now that the battle
is over. We are stronger and more united
than ever. Stand together shoulder to
shoulder, and the reverses of to-day will
be turned into victories tomorrow. A
party radically wrong cannot be perma-
nently triumphant; party whose princi-
pies are laid in right and truth and justice
cannot be beaten. That is our position to-
day, and that position we must hold. The
Republican party cannot be beaten while it
is true to itself Steady March and the
future is our own