The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-14
Ritl,a,o,,d lispatfh.
,r ,,,,.,-, SEPTEMBER n, 1876.
Maine--Aaain.

Maine--Asaln.
,sor,a;niy the news from Maine Is not cat
,,,,atea to Ere the Democratic heart with
zeal born OF confidence. Not that any Demo-
crat could have had any reasonable GROUND
Tor hoping that Maine would vote the Demo
cratic ticket, either in September OF Norenl-
,,er. Int because we are all disposed to
:. hone against hope,0 and toimagine possi- |
b,litics to be probabilities. 1t Is al
feeling which may be justified by the
saving quoted in I" Daniel Deronda" that
i, is always probable that improbable things
will occur Tor words to that efecD. There
was no reason why anybody should have
expected Maine to give Democratic ma
iority last Monday, or even to give very
small Republican majority. The people
there arc not OF the kind who desire ere
form" or who will ever desire it so long as
anybody can be found to mount the stump
and shake the bloody shirt over them. They
hate "rebels . much more than they do
thieving, population, swindling, and fraud.
They would rather staryc with the rebels
than to see the latter elect the man OF their
choice President. We said yesterday that
when 4 majority OF the negroes Of the
South shall vote the Democratic ticket, ~
may be expected that majority OF the pen
nile oil Maine and Vermont will vote the samed
way. At present there is no prospect that
either the one class or the. other will sur.
render their preiudices at any early day. But
let bigots and ignoramuses vote rs they
will, there are regions Of this vast country
which are not governed by either the
former or the lHr. The "great West"
has a great heart. The people there are not
narrow-minded, nor bigotcd, nor given
over to war-preiudiccs. They will vote as
they think they ought to ypte in order to
promote the prosperity g. ghole coun-
try. In view of all thsa 8 OF the case.
therefore, we conclude. thSs the following
paragraph from the New York Tribune,
HAYES paper, takes correct view OF the
results OF the elections in Maine and Yer
mont:
.sWe have already pointed to reasons for
the belief that the elections in Maine and
Vermont are not to be relied upon as telling
the whole story. There arc powerful 1ntiu-
cnces at work elsewhere which haye scarce
" been felt in those States. The contest is
to be decided in Ohio, Indiana, and New
York, and in those States large body OF
independent voters have the balance Of
mower. A similar body Of voters, CORE
Spending in strength and compactness, has
not existed in Vermont or Maine. 1t would
be an error to suppose that the results IN
those States render il certain. that the
independent voters are going wholly to
the Republican side, and it would be
rs great an error 10 estimate, from any gam
or loss in those States, what proportion OF
the independents will support Hayes and
Wheeler. What the September States have
taught is simply this, that as to the relative
strength OF those who are firmly attached
TO the two parties, there has been scarcely
any change for years. The Kepubllcan
voters have no more faith in Democracy
than they had in 1865, when it nominated
Mr. Seymour, or in 1872, when it nominated
Mr.. Greeley. The constituent elements OF
the party are unchanged. The distrust OF
Republican voters is also unchanged.'
In confirmation OF the accuracy OF the in
ferences drawn by the Tribune, we may
state that we have conversed with gentle
man who arrived here day before yesterday
from the West, and who has travelled eS-
tensively in Indiana. He was at In
dianapolis when Senator MORTON made
his "great" campaign speech there re-
Gently, and mingled freely amongst the
crowd, marking well all the signs that
he could discover. He was pleased
to see that MoRToN's references to the rebels
and his appeals to the war prejudices OF his
audience met no sympathetic response.
His rounded periods and well-baited bids
for applause all went for nothing. GAIL
the applause" said gentleman present,
s'comes from the whiskey ring Our in
iormant feels confident that Vermont and
Maine will not be followed by Indiana. He
saw ten TILDES and HENDRICKS poles for
every one for HAYES and WHEELER. This
news agrees with what we have from other
sources, and bids us all to be OF good cheer.
Indiana will teach the bigotS and "good
haters " OF Vermont and Maine that all the
people OF all the States have common
country and common interest in its well
fare.