The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29
POLITICAL NOTES
THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT IN OHIO.
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In Ohio the Republican defeat ia really
greater than in Indiana and in West Virginia
! when we consider the elements which the De
mocracy had to resist. Among these was the
fact that the Republi constituted an old
and disciplined army, securely entrenched
| They had in Ohio the Governor and the State
patronage, and they had the Federal patronage
of postmasters and revenue collectors. nc
asssil these was as if the yeomanry of Eugl land
levied en- mdsse, attempted battle against the
disciplined iegions of Germany. Then it was re-
cognized that if Ohio and Indiana went Repnb
| lican, by decisive majoriti.s, the Presidential
battle was ended in favor of Hayes, and on this
fact the Repu bioans fought in their intrench-
| ments. By holding power for fifteen y ears the
Republicans have better leaders, better-equip
ped speakers, and more of them. All their
| riches in this way they concentrated in the
| West. Ia Ohio the Republicans had te-prde
al Western pride concentrated in Hayes. as
we'll sectional jealousy of the East and New
York. Haye5 was nominated to carry Ohio.
IN addition the Republicans were enormously
benefited by the hatred of the South, which
burns as fercely in Western ard Northern
Ohio as in Maine and Vermont, but which is
relatively unknown 10 New York, Connecticut
and Ne Jersey. The brain of the aggressive
Republican party beats within the territorial
limits of the two great Western States which
voted last week, and it is a big brain. the
R9publicans have more money than the Demo-
crats they spend IL more literally in election $;
and they poured out in The West two Repnbli-
can dollars to every Democratic siXpopce. The
Federal and State office holders jobb ers and
contractors in Ohio were and are Republicans.
The INDUSTRIOUS lies and cslumnies fabricated
against Governor Tilden, which are now life
less and despised, had full force and effect in
Ohio. He had also to meet the resentments
gro wing ont of the exploded SANDER that he
contributed to Governor Aliens defeat Ohio
was not at first ami able over the nominal of
Governor Tilden, aud his we'll known Hard
Money purposes if elected President, while
Hayes was new and a compromise candidate
around whom Repu biicans of every color from
the bold baokuess of Baue to the starched
Wilderness of Bcstow, hocked in active rivalry
to demonstrate their zeal. Governor Tilden
was nominated at st. Lonis on the theory that
Ohio was past fighting for by the Dem occats
The two most prominent generals of the army,
Sherman and Sheridan, the latter pushed up
for political reasons 81 the expense of his
perior, Hancock, have q tremendous personal
following in OHIO. and all of it was put il mo-
tfon against TIlden. The great morning. dAilies
of New York City, except the World and Sun
were loudly for Hayes. More than all, there
the enormous aud unprecedented power
which the Republicans held over the suspected
and unsupported, convicted and unCoDvicted
whlskey dIstilleIs and operators in the West,
which ooerced them all TO uphold Hayes with
substantial aid aud comfort.
With these tremendous odds in their favor
the Repu blicans ought to have carried both
Indiana aud Ohio. and the latter by at least
fifty thousand. What was the result There
can b, no doubt that the most intelligent and
impartial observers of last weeks conflict be-
lieve that Tiden on Wednesday morning of
last week had more friendo in the State than
Hayes.
Columbus, O, October 30 Tho following is
the total vote pplled in Ohio on the 10Th inst.
for the office of secretary Total vote cast,
G31, 0G5 Barnes GRep) received 3l7 9o6; Bell
(Dem), 3l1 40; Chapman [Prohibitionist),
1919; Barness maj orty, GAY; Barnes's plu-
rality, 446. Total vote polled on Congress
men, G29 259; total vote polled for Republican
candidates for Congress, 314 $40, being ninety
less than moi ority of total vote for Congress
men.
EXTRACT FROM JAS. G. BLAISE's NEW YORK
sPEKCH, OCTOBER IL.
1 thought it would be piece of AFRO
canoe and impotence if ! should live to see
men thus In rebellion come back and claim to
aid in administering this Government. should
dreams if 1 had thought 1 should sit in the
House of Representatives long enough to see,
as did see, seventy of the associates of Lee
and Beauregard and Slidell and Mason stand
up TO be sworn in under the modified oath that
we Repub licans, who are accused of being 80
cruel, had absolutely modified to adapt il to
the tender cOusoienoes of the Rebels, whereas
l and every other loyal man of the North have
to swear that We never intended to rebel.
While We, say, are compelled to take this
oath, these seventy Southern scsmps (applause)
took their seats the simple promise that
they would try and behave we'll hereafter.
EXTRACT FROM HON. RICHARD o'GORMAN's
GREAT NEW YORK SPEECH.
When the South surrendered, the Abolition
party had fulfilled it's mission !; its time of dis
solution had arrived. Since then it has been
dead party. 1t has had no object or purpose
IL has walked about q corpse with o specula-
ton in it, unless the speculation that led bad
men to plumber the defeated Southern land.
oh, citizens, what man with heart, on looking
back into the past, will not grieve to think of
the opportunities wasted in those evil days
How easy it would have been to pacify the
SOUTH The cancer had been cot from her. All
that was wanting was to give her repose and
time TO recuperate and regather her wasted
forces. Bat instead of that, adventurers from
the North, the men that had failed in every