The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-16
The Result.
From the Boston Post.


1t is victory. a victory of the right
over the wrong, of honesty over corrup-
ton, of the people over the rings that
would rule them. 1t dooms the Repub-
licsn organization, because it dared not
cut cut that cancer, called Grantism,
which was consuming its life. Though
but the preliminary sklrmish, 1t decides
the battle. 1t is as Charles Francis
Adams says, now or never for the public
rescue. The real celebration of our Cen
tennial is thus observed at the polls. All
the riches OF National invention and in
dustry that could be accumulated at
Philadelphia would be a dead mockery OF
our condition as country If we are to
walk any longer on this hollow lava bed
of corruption and dishonesty and false
hood. The people cannot better mark
the passage of the year than by engaging
In this serious work OF rescue and purlh-
cation. 1t is likewise work OF consecra-
ton, and they are performing 1t with a
full understanding of what 1t means.
When Ohio and Indiana fall out OF the
Republican ranks and West Virginia
also takes the new departure, the party S
fortune may be given over. Beaten IN
the very heart of the West, routed in
their own stronghold, the party leaders
may well retire from the struggle and
leave hope behind. This local decision
has all the magnitude and meaning OF II
National affair. In the defeat of Morton
and Chandler is to be read the certain
defeat of Hayes, Having tried the ultl-
mate issue on limited ground, the result
must answer for a general verdict. The
great party of Reform, snatchIng this
victory rs it does from the jaws OF defeat,
has now but to close up its ranks and
press forward to occupy the ground OF
supremacy. There must be no relaxation
OF single nerve. Only by keeping the
line of battle unbroken and pushing t.
advantage with redOubled energy C"
the triumph of the people over those WI %
have plundered and betrayed them b.
made complete. The Democrats hail
and receive this victory IN no narrow
partisan spirit They welcome 1t as the
hardin ger and prophecy of better days
tor us sill. They rejoice because they see
how it opens to view long and cheerful
vista of revived business hopes and in
dustrial expectations. They see in ii
reunited North and South, each an esseE-
tial supplement to the others happiness
and well being. They know that 1t
QueRches Ill the embers of fratricIdsl
strife. They realize IN it a near future
that is to be illustrated by universal pros
perity through the agency OF honest mon
cy and reformed tariff. They accept 1t
as the promise of economy in pubic ad-
ministration, of steady reduction OF
taxes, and of scientific distribution OF
the burdens of the common debt. Again
do the features of responsibility, dignity
and truthfulness show themselves in the
responsible task of public administra-
ton. Once more we all come in sight OF
the rock-bed of our republican system,
and feel that security which fundamental
principles alone can give. All this Is
what the victory in the West conveys to
the people of the country, who will from
this time renew their faith in popular
government and their pledge to labor
Increasingly tor its perPetuity.