Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-11-10
'Ehc EstH Elections,

Upon the results Of the elections
held on Tuesday Of last week. the
Boston Post, thus truly dscourscs -
"The reduction 20 q nicely nominal
figure OF old party maiorlips in q
State like Massachusetts aud the
partial temporary rebound OF similar
majorilios in a State like New York
imply more than is contained in any
mere parts definition, and should
satisfy one Of the searching, anxious
activity Of the popular mind. 1t is to
remembered that the Republican party
is strongly entrenchad behind years of
power whose RIGHT and left hands have
been the purse and the sword The
habit Of profnsc expenditure which it
has followed so long has begottcn
dellrium in the public mind which
naturally requires time TO let down to
Il condition OF healthy }obriety. The
fever of Initiation has not vet had its
rus. The wiring dream of ccntrali-
zation is still making mems brains
reel. The Aladdin.like promises of
sudden fortunes by the mysterious
paths Of politics have not wholly
ceased to beguiIe, An organization
thus inspired and still drum; with
long excess, cannot but be stubborn
subject either for removal or reform.
And by its persistent representations
to the people that its opponents are in
pursuit OF power instead Of struggling
tor regeneration, aided and supple.
mented by all the arts known to a
successful partisan practice of many
years duration, it demonstrates the
possibility of baking tn" purpose of
the people fora time By appearing to
confuse it.
"Ict, unless money is more poten
tai than morals, and pure govern
ment is ready TO yield itself to cor
ruption, it is idle to think that any
temporary delay which such party
may gain will defect the law Of public
rcctitude from the course OF It's opera.
tons. Nothing is palmer than that
accumulated evils compel reform by
their very weight and pressure alone.
1t is either that irremediabe ruin
Therefore, chen any change of cir
cumstanccs encourages the hopes Of
tie party with which these evils origi-
nate, and by which they are palliated,
it is but the signal for rcformers to
renew their determination to push the
war into the very camp Of hose VINO
are threatening the public safety
Such Is I'll" rational Interpretation to
be put upon the result of The recent
elections. The people are summoned
by 1t to hold mp their purpose still
higher, instead Of surrrnlenng it a:
this point to the guilty organization
that nlngles fresh promises with its
wontcd phrases Of defiance. The
situation is one which is fuller of
challenge TO the people than ever, aud
1t will consequently impress them but
the more profoundly with its import
ance. 1t is more aud more evident
that there is hard aud weary work to
do before the dangerous distractions
to good government can be removed.
and the great material questions Of the
time, such, such LAS finance and reg
enue, can lie fairly reached. 1t is
doubtless we'll that it is so, and equal
ly in accordance with the logic of
reformation that it should be- For it
is by no mere act OF faith that clear
vict0ry is TO be won over corruption
and the spirit Of usurpation, but by
resoute, selt-saclihcing, lab .hious and
persistent effort to expel the wrong
and reinstate the right. The difficulty
is greater, as the danger is likewise, .
when patriotism itSclf is employed as
a disguise for plundering, and those
who are accused of subverting the
spirit of Union respond with their
ever-repeated claim Of being its only
saviours. To save it that they may
plumber it is a wholly new article in
tic creed OF patriotism.
"A Consumptive Cough becomes terrible in
NJ arch and April. These are the worst
m cnths in the year for persons with diseased