Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-11-13

The Democrats will find it no easy task to
conduct affairs to the satisfaction OF the country,
a much harder labor than to find fault with Re-
publican methods Of administration. f.id no
reason to think that their course will contrast
favorably with that Of the Republicans. don't
know what financial policy they will pursue, but
the cause Of hard money does not appear to have
gained anything in these elections. People
wanting work have been prone to attribute their
troubles 70 contraction, as Congressman Kelley
and others asserted, and Pennsylvania, for in
stance, seems to have become paper money
State.
For several months wo have seen the causes
working which brought about the Republican
defeat OF last week and long ago l would have
been willing to compromise on q majority Of ten
in the House of Representatives as the result Of
the elections, and the day before the election
expressed the belief thar they would go against
US. This country has grown 80 great that
movement once started increases swiftly in
power and volume, and sweeps across with
rush. The current may set in either direction,
and in which. ever way it advances it gathers
strength and expands I'LL it carries all before it.
Ii the States which went Democratic, Tuesday,
had gone Democratic year or two ago, think
there would have been change in the current,
and they might have been easily carried by the
Republicans this year Look at Wisconsin.
Last year 1t went over to the opposition. This
year it comes back Iowa's case ii not unlike.
Last year the Republican majority was cut down.
This year it is increaeed.
The current of Tuesday Was not a permanent
revolution. The suecesa OF the opposition was
due TO tens Of thousands of Republicans, who
either did not vote or who voted against us, be-
cause they felt inclined to give a check to some
tendencies and some things in the party. II the
warning Is needed and the Republican party
adopt prudent, liberal, and lofty course it will
sweep the country again. Among the causes Of
Tuesdays defeat was the dissatisfaction among
the unemployed, who had lost work from the Of
fects Of the panic, and who were restless and
wanted change. Another cause was the bur
den which the Louisiana matter he's been to the
Republican party. don't think that either par
" in LOUISIANA was right or entitled or the Gov
eminent. I'll not assert whether there should
have been new election or not, or what was the
right course TO take, but there is no doubt that
the matter has bsen very heavy burden to the
party
The yice-presdent then, with deep feeling
and most decided emphasis asserted his own
position upon the third term question in the fol
| lowing words ''For my part would oppose
with all my strength the election Of any man to
a third term, were he the best man who ever
lived in this country, except in the face of per
il TO the country SO great aud threatening that
| would be willing TO advocate to avert IL plair
and direct violation Of the CONSTITUTIONS viola
/ ton that should DO acknowledged and con
doned. Only if there were no other means K
save the country should any man be chosen to
| third term
Another reason for the opposition to the thir,
term proposition, said Mr.. Wilson, is the marke,
dissatisfaction with men who have come to pow
or or been appointed to Office in various parts o
the country. The advocacy Of a third term cam
from the bosOms of the men Of whom the PEG
pie complain, with the intention Of perpetuatinl
their power. The idea was opposed to the pre-
iudlceH-and the lust convictions too-the wish
es, feelings and Interests OF the great mass o
people, and 1t is no wonder that they have thor
oughly put it down. These elections have get
tied the third-term for the next hundred years
Another cause for the desire OF change whic
found vent on on the Sd Of November was tn
opposition OF the people TO certain men VIII
have been prominent in the party, and to certai
Office holders. hope that last TUESDAYS wor
will have the effect Of purifying and strengthen
ing the party, and lead 1t TO put it's best men i
the place OF some who have been conspicuous i
it. The state Of things in the South. also, ha
borne hard upon the party, and has influence
the election, but consider that the course q
the Repablican party toward the Southern State
generally has been based on correct principles
The men who came into power in the South
the time of Andy Johnson made q svstem {
laws to Cypress the blacks and deprive them {
thir rights which made their condition wors
than slavery itself There laws were ternb
in their cold-blooded brutality, and whe
laid fully before the people, as
shall show them Ia a chapter Of my bool
they will shock the world. The Repul
can party established equal rights in the Soutl
aud any men who attempt to grind down ii
blacks aud take away their rights must eai
that they will be crushed and buried out Of sigh
+ | Equal rights must be maintained in the Sout
4 but 1 believe in as generous policy as possib
and favor the restoration of the privileges OF Il
: small number Of Southerners VINO are still di
d franchised. There are probably not more Tia,
/. $50 ia all, now. The Republican party has be,
d. stigmatzed for the misdeeds Of ofiice-hode
u and Legislators in the southern States. DO II
T. see why this party, because it established ECU
d rights, should be held responsible for the Grim
n OF every negro or Of every carpet Dagger a
:, scalawag in the South, any more thsn the \
u tional Democratic Party should be held respc
s. sible for the way IN winch the city governme
D. of New York was carried on in the time of I've,