The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-10

swindle and restoration oftrue money.
In the expectation that there shall cease
to appear in our politics q "soiid south"
continuation standing In sectional oppo.
sition to the liberal aspirations of bet
ter civilization. In the expectation that
the arguments OF force and barbarism
shall no longer supersede in any section
the free exercise Of the electoral Office.
tFrorn the Globe.Democlst, Rep
II we are TO accept tie estimates
formed within few hours OF clio ing the
polls, it looks as If the sceptre Of power
which the Republican party has welded
for sixteen years has, through a series of
faults and errors, passed away. although.
we hope, only temporarily. But the re-
suit of the election affairs neither the is
sues and principles involved nor the
duty owed by Republicans to the party.
of which the future still remains in their
own hands. We have received no details
to justify the estimate which gives New
York to the Democracy by q majority OF
20 200. but if the Democrats have carried
that state. il is due TO the lamentable
trcachery of those who. holding an in
iiuential position in state and national
politics. refused TO cooperate in securing
the success of the regularly nominated
candidates of the party. Ii this is SO, it
should be a warning against our falling
under the dominion of the one-man
power, which is often an element of
strength. but more often the source of
fatal weakness.
From The Memphis Appeal, nUm.)
Grave responsibilities are imposed on
the people OF the south by the election of
Samuel j. Iilden. We are put upon our
good behay Jour. We can make the adj
lnnistration Of President Tlden success.
and the Democratic party invincible or
we can make his administration failure,
and the Democratic party national
stencil four years hence. We must be
equal to our opportunities by showing
that while we have a president opposed
TO usurpation and military rule, and there
will be no necessity Tor the appearance of
bayonets in any of the southern States.
We must show by our treatment of the
blacks that instead of loosing anything by
the defeat Of the Republicans and the dis
appearancc::of the carpet-5aggers. they
lave really been the gamers. We must
break down race combinations. and show
that M narrow ideas hem i'm our desires
for perfect reconciliation. We must prove
10 the world thar there is no rebellion in
the South, ard that we ac9uiesce in good
faith 10 all the constitutional amend
mentS. We must show that we are not
fools TO attempt TO turn back the course
Of time and events. and TO modest the un-
alterable past. We must demonstrate
that We intelligently realize the results of
the war, and that by fairly conforming
TO the necessities OF the situation. and by
securing equal rights and justice 10 all
men. we hope 70 obtain enduring peace
and TO build up prosperous South. No
violence. nothing but prudence and mod
GRAFTON. can guide the South and the
whole country 10 safety. The northern
people. by their verdict Yesterday. have
made Our cause their own, and We must
by no act. folly and violence abuse the
confidence imposed in us. The hand OF
afilictIdn has been laid heavily upon the
southern people. and ours has been
long season of trials. of suffering and OF
tears, but the cloud has been lifted by
the national Democracy. and let Us now
aid our deiivererS III re-estahlishing the
government on It's one and onlv living
foundation. which is The loyal affections
Of homogeneous free people.