The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-29
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1876.
A Political stampede.


Inclined to concede without much dispute.
The panic that seized tho Repub lean man
ngeis after the returns came in from Ohio.
Indiana, and West Vlrg MIA, demoralz ed
their followers aud encouraged the Demo-
crats in corresponding degree. so that
from the 10th OF October until now, there
has been dependency on one side aud
elation on the other, which Of itself, in q
close contest, would be sufficient to turn
the scale.
Whatever else NAV be said about Sena-
Tor MORTON. everybody knows him to bea
sagacious politician, u man of singular en-
ergy, of vast resources. and without soru-
pie In their use to promote the success of
bis party. He took charge of the cam
paigu In Indiana, directed II with great
vigor, was backed by the whole power Of
the Administration, and had all the aid
that he needed from other states. No such
concentration OF partisan strength was
over before witnessed in this country.
Nothing was spared that money could buy,
persuasion could win. passion could con-
quer, or prejudice could excite.
At the opening Of the canvass last Au-
gust, when MORTON sounded the keynote
by which his subordinates, from HARRISON
down, were to tune their instruments, in
the consciousness Of assured success he de-
clared:
"a Democratic rfeforv In october means triumph
Of the Democracy throughout me nation In November"
He spoke with the spirit of prophecy, so
far as the result is concerned. and he en-
phasised his own conviction by leaving
Indiana the day after the election. The
defeated Senator, who had staked his
leadership ON the issue, and had pledged
his State to lead the way to the White
House, had no use for official returns.
His defeat was in the air, and he with
drew from any further contest,
The watchful eyes Of tens of thousands
OF patriots, who seek the strong side at
every Presidential election. have followed
the signs closely aud concluded that TIL
DEN lis bound to win" All the gains in
the last two weeks have been on his side,
while there has been no recovery on the
other. The reports from Wisconsin, Illi-
nois. Michigan, and Nevada, IN the West,
Justify hopes that heretofore have not been
encouraged. About Wisconsin little doubt
now entertained, on account OF the German
vote being nearly solid for TILDEN. the
best evidence of the alarm of the Republic
cans In Michigan is to be found In the fact
that they have bought of the Greenback
candidate for Governor, thus repeating
the game that was played in Indiana on
the very eve OF the election, but without
mccess. CHANDLER will leave no means
untried to save his own State from the
threatened stampede.
So far as the South is concerned, but a
Jingle State Is in doubt. Although the
presence of the troops may help CHAMBER
LAIN and his theving crew. by misleading
many OF the poor ignorant negroes, who
Rre at once the dupes aud the victims of
the carpet-baggers, that is not the real
danger in South Carolina. HAMPTON will
come down to Charleston aud the low
country with great majority of the popu-
lar vote, white and black, which cannot
be overcome on any fair count.
The negroes are massed in this so-called
low country, aud greatly controlled by
the notorious Sheriff Bowen, whom GRANT
pardoned from the penitentiary, and
others like him. The officers OF the cleo
ton are all Republicans and mostly Office
holders or dependents, made up, like the
Returning Board Of Louisiana, to count
put the candidates fairly elected by the
people. This is the actual danger and the
only one 10 be feared. But with the pub
lie feeling now aroused. and the deter
minatiou not TO be cheated out of reform
and an honest government, this cause OF
apprehension is likely TO diminish, when
the consequences of n Transparent fraud
ARE considered. The Republican thieves
Of only
practising the lesson they have been
taught by their political brothers in Phila-
dephia and Pittsburgh and other cities
The Administration gives up Louisiana
and Mississippi and Florida as hopeless
The attempts to get up "outrages have
failed, and now 1t is too late. The ma
Iority in Louisiana for NICHOLS will be
loo great to be overcome by WuIs's Re
turning Board, and there viii be no object
IN fabricating frauds that cannot succeed
Mississippi has got good government and
means TO keep IT. REvEIs, the first col
pred man who ever had u seat in the Sen
ate, and then as pronounced Repubi
can. says, in a published address: "Th'
Democrats Of Mississippi have FUTILE,
every promise made to colored citizen
last year. They givo our children hv
months Of schooling, while they only ha'
four under the Republicans. In 1915, un
der the Republicans, the state taxation
amounted to s6l3,OOO; for 1875, under tn
Democrats. the State taxes are only 300,
eO5." This practical argument tells il
Mississippi, MS it does here in New Yorl
with another form OF experience.
In Florida five OF six thousand settler
from the North will crush out the las
vestge Of organized thievery there, an
redeem the State from plunderng misrulC
by decided ma ority for TILDEN. Nortl
Carolina has at no time been doubtful
though plan has been concoctcd by Ia
Washington Ring to repeat their game o
1872 by sending negro rcpeaters into tn
State. That experiment VIII not be hos
pitaby welcomed, and had better b
abandoned.
The campaign in the large sense is no'
practically ended. The Republicans hav
at no time dared to confront those vita
questions which affect the interests OF III
people, or to face the responsibility {
their corrupt, extrayagant, and lawless &C