Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-11-04
Democracy for Imitation.

, The vote; in Ohio was very large. |
Hayes majority is enough-5,6I9. But |
see'what vote! Hayes, 297.Sl3, and
Allen, 92,2C4, Had one man in every
one hundred of Hayes vote changed
his ballot for Allen, the result would |
have been in favor of the indationista
But they did not. and that is the bean
ty Of this election on the currency
question. The aggregate Of 59O,O77
is oneseighth greater than any vote
ever cast IN Ohio, and exceeded the
most sanguine calculations by at least
Coyotes. 1t is very doubtful if, at
the Presidential election in 1876, the
poll will lie more than go, 900, The
rag money fellows thought thev had
Ohio sure by 40 900 majority, and so
expressed themselves. AS 100000
votes III all would have been consider
ed an extraordinary poll this year and
as they got upwards Of 100000,
it will be seen that the hard money
menSwere expeetedito stop.at 250,0OO
or less. But, as we have said before,
they did not, and only made. la halt at
alttlc less than three hundred thousand
votes. The. victory, in our opinion is
very decided one, and we doubt if.
to morrow, or at any subsequent day,
say the Presidential election, 100000
votes can be mustered in, support of
imitation in Ohio. We have a right to
infer that $4,000 will favor hard
money and an honest payment of ma
tional obligations. wien the times
comes for another expression. -4' "
Ne recognize the fact that the in
aatio1ists DO not intend to give up the
fight. Wemay prove they are as, dead
as herring, but the small margin be.
tween Hayes and Allen only stimulates
them to renewed and more desperate
eXertlons., >Wo have no dopbts at all
that they will urge the matter upon the
National Democratic Convention. and
the West. through Southern affiliations,
will carry the day against the East
We look upon it as a foregone conclu-
sion that the local Ohio battle is to be
fought over upon the broad arena Of
the nation. IL makes no difference
who the candidates may be -'Iilden,
Bayard, or Hendricks - the resolution
in the national platform, as regards
the currency, Will be about the same as
the one in Ohio lately, and in Pen.
sylvania now-both, as we believe.
doomed to local defeat. but with u
fatality which belongs only to Bourbon
ism, bound to be tried and killed also
before the people atilarge, s bG u,
Our Republican friends may say, lei
them alone aud don't sa, sadything'aeout
it. You'll scare them of. Nonsense
Did any one ever see democrat scared
off when bent on a piece of wrongdoing!
Does any one know of an instance within
the last fifteen years, of the Democracy
engaging in single thing from the stand
point of the principle. and not of exped;-
ency? They think now, at this moment,
that the uudercurreut of the country is in
favor Of anillimitable issue of paper mon,
,ey, and so thinking they intend to act
despite the old Jackson aud Benton no
tions of the fathers of their party. We
Repu blicans, know the people are right
at heart aud are not in favor of anything
but hard money and homes. .pas@ent of
obligations. We shan win aud the
Democracy will lose aud that's alIthsre is
about it ,-,Was.ingt9n Chronicle.