The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-09
The Hattie won.

I. III iseyident from the returns received OF
vestarday,s election that the free people OF
fhe United States have thrown of the yoke
~ Ren,1blicatlistn and cast majority OF
their votes for Tilden and Reform. The
returns from all parts of the country clearly
indicate that the suffering masses have re-
solved, that neither Grant nor any OF his
corrupt minions shall any longer rule this
land, but that honest men shall once more
control the destinies Of the republic. AT
this hour, when the wild shouts OF en-
thusiastich freefnen are rending the air,
it Is almost impossible to give ex-
preston to the feeling OF general Joy
that beats in every honest freeman's heart.
The attempt. to rearia foul and filthy mill
tary desp0tisrn upon the ruins Of constitu-
tionaI freedom has signalfy failed, and civil
andireligious liberty, thank God, is assured
in all time to come to our children and our
chil6ren's children. The triumph OF Nr.
Tilden Is one OF the grandest on record.
1t was won in the face of the most despl-
rate machinations that corrupt partisans
could resort to- From one end OF the
country to the other bold and
wicked attempt was made to excite
the angry feelings Of sectional hatred,
and break in pieces the common
bond and common brotherhood. In States
where peace prevailed and order reigned
Federal troops were sent to overawe free
men in the discharge OF their duty. Money
was lavished like water, and fraud and
force were invokedin every portion OF the
Union. But the people came gloriously to
the rescue, and planted the bright banner
OF reform upon the citadel Of the Govern
ment In this glad hour OF triumph, when
prayers are ascending to heaven in humble
acknowledgment OF His mercies to the ma
tion in its hour Of sorcst trouble, we must
not forget the true and gallant men
who. independent Of party, came to
the rescue of the Democratic cause.
To them need OF praise is due
and fully accorded, and we promise
them that the administration Of Mr.. Tilden
will give, them no cause OF regret, but will
secure to the union Of States new lease OF
prosperity and glory. For weeks past we
have had an abiding faith in this result. We
had faith in the people, and we believed
that in their sober second thought Tildcn
and Reform would sweep the country.
Never did we bate one iot OF heart or hope,
because we believed that truth, though
crushed to earth, would rise again, and that
all the powers OF darkness. though led by
Grant and his infamous cohorts, would not
prevail againstit. With this great victory will
come peace and prosperity to our stricken
land. The busy hum of industry will once
more be heard on our green hills and IN our
smiling valleys. In homes made deSolate
by the despot's touch, in the sunny South,
that bent to the yoke OF the oppressor, 1t
will bring joy and gladness, because it will
bring deliyerance from thraldom. Once
more gathered together under the old flag
Of freedom and the Union, the men of the
republic who fought and won this battle for
the free will find their greatest recompense
for the toll and labor OF the strife in the
great and lasting benefits which will accrue
to the Government by the speedy restora-
ton OF peace, and law, and order, and fra
ternal feeling throughout the nation.-Bal-
timore Gazette.