Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-18
rur pprss nI TIE ELECTIONS.

heresy for the imitation democr ICY will again rear
it head. The impulses Of The party are nnchangeu'
| Its leadership is essentially Vicious GVe II
promise OF success and it will again show out It's
real character Defeated now, these rampant m
iatonists will press to the front again next yeaI
| But while the country will not be tree from oan-
ger so long as there is any prospect oil deuociauc
ascendency, this glorious success SHOWS iua, .ne
people will not tolerate such prospect. IL SHOWS
then are sound and intelligent. II shows that they
IRE true to the principles of common honesty, ana
| that they see through the shallow pretences anu
| the reputation designs of the democratic oeha-
gogues 1t shows above ALL that "heh II ZONES
| to the real crisis, their trust and confidence are
| rerosed in the republican party. Inis has been
| great fight between pu olic virtue and political
| rascalty The republican cause has represented
| the conscience and common sense OF me people
The democratic cause has represented the knavish
| nnrnoses of the demagogues. In this direct,
SQUARE conflict between national honesty and ma,
toral dishonesty, the republican parry has sloou
| for the former, while the democratic party mas
stood for the latter. The republicans are every
where united for sound currency and for public
| faith while the democrats are double-faced, ue-
claring in some sections for imitation and repudla-
ton and in others protesting to be for hard money.
In this situation the people unhesitatngly accept
republicansm and emphatically REJECT democracy;
Ohio proclaims that the republican party is still
the hope of the country.-Afbang journal, l4W'
Ohio gives her voice for honest money and the
sacred preservation, as among our priceless pos
| sessions, of the pledged faith OF the people. She
| gives her voice. too, that the workngman's dollar
Shall soon be gold dollar. She is representa-,
tive State, and she Will be heard and potentia
throughout the land. We may fairly say it Is es-
tablished not only that the American Kepnohc
ranks among the foremost of the nations OF the
earth as military power but that her credit snail
rank above that of empires In the markets OF Ihe
world-C Cincinnati Commercial, l4M.
The very first result of this great victory in Ohio
will be the opening of the eyes OF the South 10 1tie
| fact that, instead Of being demoralized party IN
the North. the republicans arc getting into close
ranks and are certain to show an invincible front.
1t will be hard for the White Leaguels to swal-
low, but they may as well understand, at once,
that their day has come, and that law ana orueI
and the rights of all persons, are to be maintained
throughout the land. The democratic majority
in the next House, under control of their ex-Con-
federate officers, will amount to nothing. Inc
murder Of unofending backs by the score, to say
nothing of white school masters, IN MISSISSIPPI,
will only bring certain and merited punishment
upon the ruffians engaged therein-and, instead OF
being connected with party IN the ascendant,
they are bound to go down, and perhaps remain
down forever. No sophistical reasoning can avert
the conclus on that there Will be complete pros
tration of the democracy in the year 1876. From
this time forward they will go on from bad to
worse, as regards their political fortunes. The
"tidal wave" is with US, and its elimination Will
be reached about this time next year-in the
righteous and triumphant record which Will men
be shown This will be followed by another four
wears of republican administration, under leader,
whose name will be given to the public about next
Warrington Chronicle, l4h
The honest, straightforward policy upon which
the republican party based its hopes OF success,
and the earnest, thoughtful uttcrances OF the aoe
and sincere men who have spoken ard written by
day and by night in behalf Of the real and per-
manent good Of the whole people these have
borne glorious fruit, and the result is an occasion
for universal rejoicing 1t will make the dollar
in every mans pocket, be he rich or poor, better,
bigger dollar than it was before it will strengthen
the credit and good name Of the U nited States all
the world over Chicago Tribune, 1871.
Next to the corpses of our friends Allen and
Cary that will now float out of sight, the result OF
the Ohio election will most affect Samuel ). Ill
den. Mr.. Tilden has had remarkable career as
a Refoimer, but just now be appears to have STUN
bled over the big piles of stolen granite that con-
stitute the new Capitol building at Albany
Much dissatisfaction is manifested at his non ac-
ton against one set Of robbers while pursuing an
other SET This is no doubt the turning point in Gov
ernor Tden's career. 1t is the tide which must
be taken at the ebb Let his sincerity as reform
err come under serious question, and he Will fall a
j.. RAPIDLY as he has risen.-Brook}ya argus, l4M.
The victory can Justly be claimed by the repub-
ican party because it adopted platform worthy
the support of honest men, and fought the battle
upon distinctive principles.-Ctne'nndh Gazette,
l4M.
1t would be idle, however. to suppose that the
Ohio victory will pat an end to the struggle for
imitation The result is too close to be regarded
as decisive, and the deusion of initiation has
gained too strong hold upon the ignorance and
} koavery Of the country to be so easily suppressed
The battle is still to be fought to the bitter end
The great gain is that the rag-money party must
labor under the consciousness Of defeat, while
the party of honest money will be stimulated by
victory to renewed exertion. Future success will
: be easier for the hard money ranks will be more
. united and will be constantly increased Hartford
Courant, l4M.
The result is cause for profound rejoicing. The
train of evils that might and certainly would have
. followed triumph of the rag money party could
j, not be contemplated without the greatest anxiety
especially by those who, being on the spot, know
something of the inner counsels OF that parry and
of what reck less and Inscriptions material it was
composed While the campaign wore the appear
ance Of great argumentative struggle the de-
bate had but one side in which there was any
i show of reasonable regard for facts. without
$ which there is no such thing as argument We
doubtless owe the victory to the real power pub
lie discussion of the currency question by a few
i honest and we'll informed speakers. The
coseness of the the vote in Ohio, and the fact that
6 the German voters alone probably prevented the
defeat of the hard money party, tell very plain
tale as to the condition Of the popular mind, not
] only in Ohio but elsewhere. The schoolmaster is
abroad; by no means let him yet be recalled
The Nation, l4M.
While the republican party has been sustained
it has been so because, not now to 90 further than
the particular ISSUE it was maintaining the cause
of Justice of honor, of individual and national
safety. Up to the last day, the democrats claimed
and It was impossible TO say, without pausiby
at least, that the great State of Ohio would con.
firm the widest theories of finance, the most dis
honest purposes of commercial dealing, the inevi-
taby disastrous doctrine of national legislation.
The most hopeful and intelligent were doubt
full. The clearest healed and hitherto most up
right of the Western democrats had shrunk af-
fiighted from their proprety before the initiation
, tornado. 1t was one of the most discouraging
symptoms of the case, that the men who knew
BETTER and declared that they knew better, sue
cumbed to what to them appeared the madness OF
the hour. When Thurman fell, who could rely
upon the s.nity and pluck of Ohio' But the peO-
pie have spoken. The storm is over. The ground
swell will be felt hereafter the ftful blasts will
blow here and there at intervals; there are south
ern and western Congressman. and even some
men who are not in Congress- who will continue
to preach imitation to others almost as idiotic, yet
not nearly so dishonest themselves; but hui
= manly speaking the crisis is past, and the coun-
try saved from thi. lis latest and drest danger.
: Proeidence, or. ~ JoarHal