The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-10
THE TllOEN WAVE.
spirit OF the Press OH the Triumph Of
Democracy.
Democrats and Patriots Jnbiiant
Every NU~re.
Radicals Di.hsarf.ned aud O'.eouY.
ayed
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tt.oin tie Chicago tribune, lcpJ.
Ihc Kepubii an convention VAS not
| able - ,uiect The man whom the country
| needed and expected. Division among
| TIE aspiraiits, and the persistent otiorte vi
the machine politicians 10 fcrpetuate thcii
| system, Compelled tie selection q cou.
| tJruinl>e Candidate, who, though eminent
| ~ Respectable aud personally devoted e
| reform, was not the man previously ac-
| ccpted by The country. Gov. Hayes wa,
| not d favorite Oh the mathiue politicians
Ills letter VI acceptance WAS an admirable
exposition OF the existing evils
and a manly declaration OF purposes 10
| address hinseli TO their correction. But
there was nevertheless popular disap.
poIntmenr. Though the main portion OF
those who had gone of in 1872 and OF
| those who had aostaiued from voting in
1874 returned 10 the Republican party.
| The campaign opened under the shadow
| OF public regret that in the battle tor Re-
| form the leadership mad not been gwen
| 10 the man already endeared 10 the coun-
try as III" great Republican Reformer.
This shadow has rest d upon the party
from the beginning 10 the end. The Re-
publican pIess. the Republican orators,
and the whole energies Of the party have
been OF necessity directed not 10 attract
new voters, nor TO break into and cap
ture Democrats. but 10 retain the party
strength. and TO prevent detection. = +
While the Republicans were
thus endeavoring 10 prevent de-
sertions and 10 hold their own forces.
the Democratic party pursued a most az
gressive war. IL held Gov. Hayes re-
sponsble for all the errors and mistakes
az A AL - a 10.
eight years, and while his platform and
his principles were all that the country
could desire. he had 10 carry the weight
OF the very crimes and follies which he
had been selected TO reform. The result
of a campaign thus conducted-a cam
paign intensely aggressive on the one
hand. and exclusively defensive on the
other.-is shown in its effect in all the
close and debatable states. In Indiana il
! caused defeat. which defeat gave new
rigor 10 the Democratic party in other
states. and In the general result the story
| Is told TO the defeat Of great and power
| full party by few thousand votes in each
OF two or three small states.
(From the 81. Louis IImes. pem.l
The victory is pre-eminently a triumph
| OF the people oyer trained and cXperi-
| spoils and safeguards OF years, backed by
the entire influence OF the administration,
| by an immense army OF otHce.holders. in
creased tor the occasion by a vast num-
Der OF new aud unnecessary appoint.
ments, and by thousands of the soldiers
| OF the United States, forced by unscrup-
| ulous partisans into a service for which
they were never designed. Although
The result IL clearly victory for the De-
mocracy as a party organization, the
Democrats are proud 10 acknowledge the
, assistance they have received from
| friends OF reform all over the country, re-
gardless OF previous party affiliations,
who have rallied around the standard of
honest government, with the purpose OF
Affecting such change as shall give the
country permanent peace and real pros
| perlty.
From the Chicago Times, Indl
The country has not voted tor Tilden.
nor for electors TO vote for Iilden on the
9TH OF December. The decision made
yesterday was decision for ctor8,; for
manifestation OF new order OF
thlngs. The country has decided in the
expectation that the reality ofthe reform
promised shall appear. Ia the eXpccta-
tioh that The reforms established in the
constitution by the results Of the war
shal be fully and faithfully maintained,
az the basis Of other aud greater reforms
70 come. la the expectation hat the
equal liberty OF all men under the laws
shai! be absolutely MAINTAINED. In the
ekpeci'on that gOlorum,nt shall be
lhc servant AMI no, tile master
Q, the nation. la the expectation
That government shall no longer procce d
as an agency ofrobbery for the aggrand-
izsihslt OF rulers, but shall abandon,
wholly and forever. the ini,mous snnils.
system introduced by organized denla
Ro2lam half century ago. In the eX.
peetation OF speedy aud thorough refor-
nation OF the ciyil-service system upon
the basis OF iaithiulness IN the public
service. In the expectation OF a great re.
consumption. In the expectation Of n
speedy abolition OF the iegal.snder