The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-11-24
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The Result.

The Result.
From the New York sun.l
Though the returns % the elections Of
Tuesday are yet far from complete, they
very clearly indicate that Samnel =. Tilden
AMI Thomas A. Hendricks have be IN chosen
President and Vice. President Of the United
STATES for four years from the fourth dag Of
March next The blow DEAN AZ the corrupt
party 10 power ~ an Indignant people l. a.
stunning % the Republicans a. Il l. crafty
ing % every honest and patriotic man In the
Uni0n.....-
The overwhelming triumph in this State
II partly owing % the fact that Gov. Tilden
himself supervised the political canvass.
His spacious brain sketched IL outlines,
and his keen eye scanned is particulars.
Gov. Tideu nsy properly feel proud OF the
majority east for him By those who have
known him 30 long and well......
A. already remarked. this city has been
Gov Tilden's home for forty years. Dur
iug this long period few men In the metrOp-
otis were better known than he. He has al
w1ys taken an active part In it, business
Affairs. and has stood among it, leading
politicians. For much OF this time the city
has been torn BY factions, in which. on the
one side or the other, Mr.. Tilden has borne
a prominent share. II was IN this city that
the hottest and most enyenOmed shafts were
hurled AZ him throughout the contest. Yet
in the face % al this the people here have
conferred upon him the tribute OF the larg-
est majority they ever east for candidate
for a national Office.
The adjoining state % Connecticut, and.
We believe. New Jersey also, follow the lead
% New y ork with handsome maiOritie, for
Tilden and Rsflrm-
Iniians, the home % Hendricks. shows
Der appreciation OF her eminent citizen by
largely increasing the majority she gave in
October Other Western states fall into
line with Indiana
re ss-.-h. Indeed. seems &c Pc sasclid -
n we are % credit the returns now az hand,
even south Carolina and Louisiana have
thrown OF the Calling yoke Of the carpet
bag regime The ballot has proved too
str0ag for the bayonet!..-...
Thi. great victory has many points Ofsig-
nincance. In an especial manner IL i the
triumph q reform In H. every aspect.
Though the Republicans raised the false L.
sue q the bloody shirt, - GOV. Tilden and
hi c1adfutOrs kept their eyes steadily on
the real issue Of Ihis memorable contest
reform In the civil service, reduction Of
governmental expenditures. and the relief
Of capital AID labor from the severe press
ure under which they have been - long
bowed down.
lr h impossible o. oyer-estimate the bene-
fetal results which are % low from this tri-
umph. We shall ave peace in the south,
and harmony between the North and the
south. We shall hear 40 more % the inter-
Vsntiou % the hayOnet In the elections. The
outrage-mill viii cease % grind out its pro-
duet u lies on the eve % every important
political campaign. The freedmen viii pur-
sue the noi.ele-s tenor % their WAY, east
their ballots a. they please, and learn AZ
length that the chief end o. a colored man
.. not % be- the serf 81 unprincipled politi-
ci1n-. who have heretofore used him 20
foist white rogues into places % power
where they could plumber and Oppress the
people. Business will revive; labor will
ind employment; capital VIII not shrink
from Investment; greenbacks viii gradually
appreciate o. the value % coin. our hOEds
VIII pas current In foreign markets. and
the merchants. bankers, and manufacturers
o. this and other cities. who. on the eve Of
the election. attempted % frigh;en the peo-
PIE from voting A. they pleased, will, after
calm rejection, become somewhat ashamed
o. their conduct.
one u the grandest results Of this victory
+ the nnal overthrow Of Grantism. II L.
the end % Grant himself: II puts the finish
ing touch % HAYES. who tried % step into
hi shoes The vocation Of such corrupt
politicians A. Chandler, RObes0n. Babcock.
Boss Shepherd. and Don Cameron will no
longer De profitable. Chameleons Of the
type % >churz, Feutou. Banks. and Grow
viii disappear under the sod. The carpet
bag vermin-the kellOggs. the Ca-eys. the
Chamberiaius, the Spencers-will De swept
from the face % the southern soil. which
they have 80 long polluted.
Let n he deyoutly thankful for the benef-
cent results which viii flow from the elee-
ton u filden and Hendricks. IL l. the
work q tas friends Of Reform, and 70 them
the credit belongs