, 1875-11-06
THE OHIO ELECTION.
Views OF still Another English Paper.

Lnn'on 1+karaph, OtL1s.
Ii, the late coatost III Ohio, Tie Immediate is-
sues. set up AZ rallyiug cries, were sinRulariY
well defined. They did not turn on any Of tus
old points Of difference. 80 msny Of which, i'll
decd, have disappeared. The w&tchwords, va-
ried, Of course. BY local pecuitarities, were
lizard money" on the Republican. and rag
1uoaey" on the Democratic Hltle; in other
worie the CRUCIAL question Was. uhould tho na-
toual policy be no directed aa 70 insure Ill early
return to Q metallic cusiohcy. or should tho
Gov ernusent not only continue to uphold
bnt Increase the inconvertlble paper in cir
oulation7 Strictly speaking. those uero bad
grounds on which to tight d party battle, seesng
that tho health Of tho Union is 10 greatly de-
pendent on the adoption Of solid, fiscal. and
financial priucplcn. But factions give Little
bntked on y struggle for office and instead OF
obsying tho dtetates Of season are apt to eoa-
slider Gully the advantages Of ono System Of po-
litical taotscs osor another, It Was probably
platform. because tue dupoa Of q plausible
theory, not unknown amongst ouraelras. wote
most humorous In tho West, aud especially
bssong thronghout tho basin Of tho Mis-
elections NAV ALSO hAYo counted on DIS
integra.ing tho Republicans by tho courao
adopted and tho event. doubtful to the !Ant,
Shows that tAev did uot work without como war
rhut. Eeverthclesa, II las now boom made pa1u
that thoy ware guilty Of 8 grave orror and stEik-
ing mlscalcu!at,on. Moreover, thoy were not
alone. Tha fepusylsauiau advocates OF paror
as opposed to cash, Ravo their counteDance tu
the boreBy, mud ,nsoriod ''soft money" IN their
Hate programme. Now England and Now York
alike repndlatsd the ory, and thus tie Democrat
ic party d4splRyed want Of units. But, having
Rtarteu Oh tta faIse track tbs Ouio Democrats
victory with unHonted arlor. Indeed, the contest
appears to have boon ~Bged with Gotceness
burpaHsfng any similar warfare since tho South
eru States euccumbed. Tho Democratic candl-
~..N %t- tFA
were confessedly The beat men obtalnnble on
either side. No pains we're epared to rouae
popular passions. and for weeks the Slate hAa
been conyulsed with e1citem8ut. The result OF
cess Of tue Republicans, and tbereby death.
blow hsh been dealt at q most esalcnua financial
doctrine. Tue policy Of ip1atton having thus
been Fapudiatod. even III quarters where
ia advocates were supposed to be most power
ful. aud the great commercial States. New
York and Now England. hayluX pronounced
agslnst it, "haEd money las Won the dag, and
tho w1ae and 1udlc'ous policy OF the present Soc
retary OF tho Treasury in gradually Withdrawing
RroeubAcks and Contracting tho currsnoy will go
on to completion. The time is favorable for this
process, since. although tho fall ID values might
seriously iuoonvenieuce many at period When
trade ID dull, that very aulluess facllitstes the
process BY rendering The demand fur inouoy !osa
active, and 90 reducing the value OF sk1sroucy
which the banks need to hold. -.
1utlation, having fallen In tho West, will hardly
bs again used IN 9 political struggle. as tho
Democratic party is DIVIDED against ittof on tho
question. Thuso Ia Nav York have pronounced
strongly for specie, and II this division OF WOW
had continued Il would probably have paralyzcd
the action Of the pa " In choosing Pres'icntal
candidate. Tho advocacy Of imitation may now
and, II tho Democratic loadors have uot gono
too far. another cry will have 10 be diHcuv.
ored moro popular than that which l1aa
just failed 10 iguomlniously whore sue
might hrrA hhen mn
ably Anticipated. They. will hardly find
what they want should they opposo the other
principle which figured in tho Ohio Republican
plasforn,-the psoseatant plank. Not onlg lu
the Weat, but throughout the uulou, scarcely
less, pe!h&pa, auiong a. least tho elder rAco OF
Democrats than Ia tina rauks OF their opponents,
the ultramontane tendonoy to overthrow The
public school sJatem exctcs tue strongest los
tility. lu the eartlcr otages OF tie 0hio consest
the lseputlcans auccessfu!sy appealed to tho la!-
cut feeliug which looks with Jealousy upon tho
tnroads sncouraRsd by the Vatican upon liberal
Institutions, and it was probably convietiou
1Ioinanlst views which induced the democrats to
spend their strength IN singing the prasoa Of
paper money. We cannot doubt thss tho Unou.
no matter what parry may win. Ia sound upon
and religious liberty Gen. Glspt evidently
struck = keynote u!aen he told tho cx-aodiors
Of tho Army Of the Tenneasea that the futuro
limo of division would lio betWesn patriotism aud
| bi.lou, aud ignorance on the other. Tho lnel-
! dents which have occurred III CansdA will be
regarded ~ striking indications that the presi-
dent has not ma! cad tho symptoms Of coming
| Cause they fol- from the lips OF QUO with whom
reticouea Ia habltnsl, and who has acted 30 coll
| sptcuoubly on thu uaxD that II "spaeoh IL
| siiyern. silence is golden" The choice Of :
the sssult OF very complex issuos but it is now
uUtt1 blhlD that neither ipCUnHDEtlbI4 peDef nor