Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23

the Wing and Tribune will be printed du-
ring Fair week, and will be distributed
to the people gratultously on the last days
Of the Fair. We will publish the largest
edition ever Issued from the press Of
Jackson, and no mistake.
The DEFEAT OF Gov. ALLES.-Although
HAYS has been counted in as Governor
of Ohio by about four thousand majority,
IL Is evident that he was elected by the
power of money and the chicanery Of
fraud He gained In one county alone
more than his whole majority over Allen,
a result only TO be accounted for by a |
systematic stufTing OF the ballot boxes.
Allen made most gallant and memorable |
fight, and is entitled to the warmest sym
pathy of the democratic hosts throughout
the country. In a recent conversation
with correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, Uncle William discoursed a.
follows: eff were TO rush forward with
my Interpretation of the result now, the
enemy would not fairly view and criticiss
what l might say, but they WOuld black
guard me as a defeated politician whin-
ing over a reverse Of fortune; while If l
were to utter my views as to the policy of
the future and the outlook for the party,
they would leave my uttsrancSs out of
sight and deride ms for making them.
Let the smoke clear away and the dust
settle down. There is not u. man who
noted for me-nOr one WhO Yet0d against
S-he-slthsr, for that matter-WhO will not
In the course CT a few months find out
the meaning Of this result from his own
reading and observation or from his own
experience. l feel at liberty, however,
to say this much on the situation for pub
iication: The Republicans have gained
a victory which, without taking account
of the means by which they gained it, or
the narrow margin upon which their sue
cess rests, entails upon them an enormous
responsibility. The battle was fought
over an idea. The grand desideratum Of
the people Is a revival Of prosperity.
The Republicans promised that such re-
alizatlon would very soon ensuo upon
Republican victory, by reason of the con-
adencs with which the triumph of their
idea would inspire the capital of the
country. They promised that the defeat
Of the Tn1ationlsts,' as they called US,
would Immediately let loose all the capt.
tai that has been locked up In the money
csnters, and this capital would be infused
into the business and through the indus
tries of tho country, inspiring them with
new life and Vigor. They have in this
manner taken q contractor at least the
people 30 understand ito revive the
prosperity OF the nation and dispsl the
lsthargy that has settled down upon our
enterprise. They have come Into power
upon All exceeding narrow margin OF
majority, and by a PrecariOusly slender
tenure OF moral endorsement. But the
contract they have taken remains az large
and as binding in the eyes of the people
as If they had counted their majority by
thousands instead Of hundreds, and as II
thay had succeeded by the purest means
in = contest OF the fairest nature instead
OF the way they have succeeded"
''Do y0u think Uncle William, that the
banks and the mOAeyed classes generally
will make an effort to set things in motion
again, In order to give their victory NOR
al force TO tide them over 1875, and to
prevent the popular reaction against
themselves which would inevitably fol-
low failure of their triumph to bring
about results In fulhllment of their prom
isss?"
''AS to that" replied the Governor,
''it belongs to those Departments of the
subject which | think l had better avoid
discussing just now. The main point is
to hold the Republicans to their general
contract. The contest, so far as 1t in
Volved the financial issue, was waged by
them upon the strength of promise that
the defeat of the idea embodied in our
platform would reinspire capital with
confidence, and thus lmpel new invest
msnts which would give rise to new en-
terprise, and thus revive the prosperity
of the country. 1t il their business now
to carry out their promise, and it does
not become Us to declare in advance that
they can not or will not fulfill their con-
tract. Such course on our part would
have the appearance of croaking, which
/ never indulge in, even at the expense
Of an adversary. l would say that we
ought to give our antagonists fair shaACe
to make their promises good. The only
thing We must insist on Is that they shall
not be permitted to dodge the contract.
Whatever may be done by the next Con-
gresS in regard 10 the Resumption Law;
whatever may be done by the Secretary
Of the Treasury under that law, or what
ever may be the state of the country be-
tween this time and the holding of the
National Conventions next year,
the Republican party, according TO
the tenets on which it wBged Its canvass
in Ohio, will be held by the people re-
sponSible for II. We can afford to let the
case rest there and wait for the outcome
The grand desideratum il the restoration
of prosperity to the country. If the
Republicans can accomplish that, they
are bSnefactors and every statesman in
the country, Of whatever party, will give
TENN credit for it. If they fail to carry
out their contract, the people may be de-
pended on to find them ont and to settle
with them according to their deserts"