The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-12
What will Happen if Tilden shall
be Elected.

may really be caused among voters by the
cry OF sinister designs on the part of Til
den and his supporters. Not much GER
family. among intelligent and thinking
men, to which class, we are sorry to say,
all voters do not belong. Still the activ-
ity and persistency with which this cry
has been kept up, shows that the authors
have no small faith in its efficacy. In no.
tieng this unprincipled attempt to excite
the fears OF the people, the Missouri Re-
publican says that in the first place, there
will not be another war; nor restoration
of the Southern coniederacy; nor the re-
enslavement of the negroes; nor Il dis
tranchisement OF the negroes; nor & re-
pudiation of the national debt nor a re-
nor the payment of several thousand mil
lions OF Southern claims; nor a gripping
OF the government by excessive retrench-
ment. There will not be any of these
things following Tilden's election. az the
Republican orators assert. The assertions
Of the Republican orators about the mat
Morton would say = and the Republican
orators know it, 1t is Il very common
habit with parties being in power to per-
suade themselves that the government
cannot be conducted without them-that
they, alone, understand the art of govern
ing, and that the machine would be
smashed in the hands of the other party.
1t IS well enough to teach such parties
lesson occasionally. to show them where
the sovereignty and safety of a country
really lie. The people of the United States
are the sovereign custodians of its inter-
ests--not the Republican party, nor the
Democratic party; and it may be set
down as truth that they will not permit
either one party or the other to drag it to
ruin, The disasters SO volubly predicted
by the Republican soothsayers. therefore.
as the result of Tilden's election will never
come
What wW take place, them We an
sWer: First, the assurance Of Il change
and popular feeling OF profound relief.
The country will breath more freely; hun
dreds Of thousands of Republicans, even,
will acquiesce in the defeat of their party,
not only without Il regret, but with a posi-
tive satisfaction. The overthrow of Grant
ism will solace them for the overthrow of
Republicanism, and they will cheerfuly
admit that the inevitable change is as we'll
now as it would be four years hence. At
Washington there would be general
cleansing. The Babcocks, Boss Shep-
herds, Williams, the saie-burglary gentry
and the leaders of the local rings who
now manage the affairs Of the District
would 60 into obsecurity, if not into in
fanny, and other persons would take their
place. 1t may be asked-would the new
local regime be better than the present
Very probably it would. to say the least
1t certainly could not be worse. Gov. Til
den is very independent sort of man; he
thinks more of things that are right than
Of things that are merely Democratic. Be-
sides, he is pledged to reform, his name
is guaranty of reform, and as he is
avowedly opposed to second terms, we
have every reason to believe that he would
insist on a publication of the capital and
do all that the executive can do to effect
it. One thing we know: he would not
make such characters as Babcock, Boss
Shepherd and ex-Atty.-G Williams his
ntimates. AS to the Southern question,
1t would cease to be question; an instant
pacification of the South would follow
Iilden's Inauguration. The same tranquil
repose that has followed Democratic re-
storation in Virginia. Tennessee, Georgia |
and Arkansas would be given to the other |
disturbed Southern states, and there would |
no longer be an unsettled strife in Louis
lana, Mississippi and South Carolina to
harass us.
AS to the industrial and financial ques- |
tions, we may confidently rely on Gov |
AiuoH anu tue DeHocfaIlc congress tlaC |
would attend him to give us a modiica-
ton of the tariff in the direction of free
trade; retrenchment of 100000 900 in |
the public expenditures; thorough over
hauling OF the treasury books and truth
ful statement of their condition; restora-
ton of the old silver dollar as a legal ten
der for all debts, public and private; a
probable postponement of the day of re-
of specie payment. accompanied
with discreet and determined system of
for resumption; II tighten
ing of the taxes, $4O.OOO,O 900. to cores
pond to the reduced expenditures; the