The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-11-23

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aas iAe result u political conversions,
bal II outside vote shioh vac mostly
from boret. Il being more convenient
lof maBy Il tiit voters II that town t.
cgme here than 10 70 to their polling
place but as Dorset wcut Democratic
ia September and Republican at the
last election We have a right Is infer
that qaiic As many Democrats a. Re-
publicaus helped swell our vote 10
November
h regard to tho enormous Demo
cratic gains ia the other States we
have word to say Our friend com
parcs the vote with 1872, which il Que
sense Is a fair comparison and 10 anotb
er II i not That was the last Presi.
dental election il is true, but what an
election ! The Republicans walked
over The course, as they have done
every year since 1860, until this year.
a large aumbeI Of the Democrats not
voting at all or voting with the Repub.
leans. Two years ago the Democrats,
backed by the hard times, got up a
political tidal wave and carried the
following States which went for Hayes
thus year; California, Colorado (then
a territory, Illinois, Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire. Nevada, Ohio, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and
they also had over 70 majority 10 the
National House OF Representatives.
Ibis year all these States have been
reclaimed by the Republicans, the
democratic majority in Congress re-
duced by nearly or quite fifty aud the
Democratic majority in Indiana, Con
necticnt, New Jersey and New York
greatly reduced, and this notwith.
standing the continued hard times
which is always a powerful argument
against any administration, aud also
the most strenuous charts OF the Dem.
ocrats by the use Of means which
they SO well know how to use. II tire
Republican party is a corpse it is
pretty lively one.
or the four northern States carried
by the Democrats three Of them were
carried by the corrupt influences
centering in New York City and Tam.
many Hall Without the large Demo.
cratic majority of that city and Brook
yn, New York State would have been
Republican by nearly 40, 900 majority.
And without the Democratic majority
n Jersey City and Newark and in
places on the Sound within New York
Influences both New Jersey and Con.
iecticut would have been Republcon.
al "ltnont the heavy Democratic
majority IN the southern counties off
indiana where ignorance is bliss, " that
state would have been Republican.
Instead of Growing over the victory
which they did not achieve we think
ur Democratic friends ought to be.
loan neglected opportunity There
ever was such chance for a political
evolution since lS40 In 1886 Van
'uren was elected over Harrison by a !.
ote OF 10 to l24. After the financial
isasters and hard times of 1887 Har.
son was elected over Van Buren, in :
$40 by a vote Of 23f to 60. Had the
emocratic party Of to-day proved
self worthy of confidence there would
ave been a change equal to that of
$40 What the future will be il il :
lpossible to tel, but we trust the :
'rty will win which proves itself best !
Die TO promote the great interests I
trusted to it, !"