Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-11-10
The Result Of;he Election.

The Result Ofihe Election.
The indications are that the issue of the
national contest has answered our fears and
not our hopes. We have stoutly hoped, and
lclic7ej, that the side on which weare proud
t. fslt. would win but it was hope and
belief based rather on general principles
on the high character of our nominees, On
tie worthy aims Of the party, and on the
general intelligence and honesty of the
American people than on any details Of the
elnyass. We hoped and expected that the
Republicans Of New York State would not
permit tat great state to be carried by
bribery and fraud. We hoped and expected
taat toe lore! Republicans Of the South
would assert their rights at the polls. in an
election i,r President, on which their future
condition 90 largely depends, as they lave not
t,r 10 10 10 tie more recent local and State
.ti.asattte south. But at this writing the
-.,ag1s, though still imperfect, permit Us to
telro CUT only tie election of Mr. Tilden.
81 single cause o-ull have produced such a
.-.,' I, Is PROFESSIONALLY due largely to
r.cy- 1,eu., aad fraud, especially in New
i1k It is Gao largely to white line" il
limitation oi S,ulhun Republicans. 1t is
tpe very largely 70 the "hard times" under
Which lacL haye grown desperate. 1t Is due
ID part TO the greenhack heresy at the West.
1t j. due in par. t, TIC eyerywhere active in
l1crcc If the Catholic Church and clergy
IN favor Of tie Democracy. 1t Is due Of
course in measure to Republican errors
and faults in former years, though the car
yass showed 81 earnest purpose to correct
these in the future. 1t is due in part to
remissness, oves-eluflence, and apathy on
the part Of the Republicans. Especially in
New York STATE was this noticeable Mr.
rilden legan ms canvass in his State early
and was allowed to prosecute it without op-
position for mouths, while the Republicans
were at eros--purposas among themselves,
over the division Of State and Federal
Offices. He had completed his third careful
canya-s Of tie State, with a corrected record
Of the standing and bias Ct every voter, be-
fore tic Republicans lad completed even
their single incomplete and inaccurate can
vas. Mr. Cornell, Chairman of the Repub-
lean State Committee, was a disappointed
lsFiIaut for The GJvcnorship, and his man
agement or rather want Of management Of
the canvass in the Snte las been severely
criticised in public and private Mr. Conk-
ling, tie cJnt7s.ler Of the Federal patronage
81 the Safe, Wa disappointed aspirant for
the Prosilency-anl all Of his friends have
not had his excuse Of i'll health for their
comTaratiye inaction With sufficient iu-
llcioas effort, early ard late, We believe that
the kouester portion of the Empire State /
the country would have been able to over I
c me even HAT enormous and largely fraud
aient maj lrity Ct soreaty-oae thousand, given
J those great political plague spots of the
Unior. New York and Brooklyn. It is
p 'ssiblc, Of course. that the frauds,
As in 'CS, would have been made sufficient to
9yertcar the actual Republican majority,
whatever It's size; bat as it Is. it is plain
he.-' 10y -~-e- ,a. ahsotsl - auv appro
eiab.e extent, end Hat they answered their
rurposs, in y lie OF Tie confident assertions
Of the NV York ReFlblieln press and COM
mittees tiar they could not and would not
be allowed to prevail.
The Democratic purity will return to
Iowor-f it dos return in no re-
'pcets letter PARTY, il some rc-
'peets worse party, than it was
lnder Pierce and Buchanan. The scramble
Or Office, and for chances to get their hands
nto the public t.elsary, among it, hungry
dherents. viii doubtless surpass anything
'ver known in the history Of the country.
The very grave possible consequences Of the
hanse, to the peace, prosperity and good
ame Of the Republic, are but COO Obvious.
-et u hope that they may still be ayertcd.