Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-14
CINCINNATI Enquirer DemOcratio,,.of Thurs

The unlimited appliances. hone,t
and dishonest, legitimate and ilIegitimate,
used by the Republicans TO carry these two
states by emphatic MAJ orllies, ere known cf
all men. They should have prod duced nota.
be, tremendous results. Ohio is, or s been,
q Repu0liean state since the Republican par
ty was born. The Republican NV n as
never failed to carry the .,tate when a large
vote was polled re fact that under such IA
yoraole co-,uItions, a0d with such effort the
HePubllcans II they have succeeded IN Ohio,
( have succeeded by majority SO ruSreCedent-
edly small on a vote so onnprecedentedly large,
Is Democratic victory. 1t is proof thst the
temper of th e American people is desi for
change. 1t is preface to Democratic victory
in November. The lies about "rebel debt"
and and rebel claims" have spent their force.
thousand assessed Cf5ce holders and
the postmastnrs and the Associated Fre-s are
already ed. They were unable to
stem the tide. The Repu blicaus talked every
Thing upon winning bulky, decisive msjoTi.
ties IN OHIO and Irdiana, and they hsye not
corresponding to tn1s, Notwithstanding the
exceptional uef. ctiOn from the Republican
party In Hamilton county 10 that Greeley
year, the Republican majority WAS l2,l04.
Looking over the history OF the past sixteen
years, one Will find Republican majorities Of
200OO 5000, I0l OO0, $4,000 81 600, % 600, 42OO0,
4IOOO, and 81 600; and after supernuman eEsr-
tions in this Presidential year the Republi-
cans a, barely able, If abie, TO carry the state.
If we LOOK ts Indiana we ma thaI she mas
been Republican in three-fourths OF toe elec'
tions in twenty years she has in that time
cast Republican majorities OF 5000, 5000, $500,
10000, q 600, H,0JO, lOOU, ana Zl,VUy
Governor Hendricks was elected by
majority of one Thousand three hundred Inc
Republicans concentrated their forces upon
Indiana. The bloody-shirt, and plenty OF
money, Of which fitzpatrick wrote 10 hayes,
the "Iebel claims" the 'rebel DEBT, the
Kentucky Degooes, the imported voters from
Pennsylvania and New York-5ll were lndus-
triously, desperately used in Indiana; ana III
seems probable that the Democrats nave car.
ried The State in spite of the "oloody shirt
and plenty of money" ETC., which were eX-
pected to make Indiana ''safe." In Hamll-
ten county, the seat OF the Republican Vlcto-
ry one year ago, the Democratic success Is
Conspicuous Never bsfore have the Democrats
carried this county against tle un1ie1 oppo-
siLiop of the press OF the city, the Enquirer
excepted. This time the Commercial ana
PolkSbLdt ana FIefe PTesSe and The weekly
papers were laooriOusly jealous In the
Republican cause. The Republican ticket
was an exceptionally strong one. The purity
OF Judge Force and the ability OF Matthew's
were not disputed in the canvass. The Ham
uBon county Republicans in their nom ma
ito IS were unusually sagac1Ous ana happy.
But the ticket was beaten. The result OF the
election is that in Ohio, the home OF Hayes,
to carry which by roJund majority Hayes
was nomi uated for the Presidency, the tre-
mendous efforts of the Republican party
have scarcely been able TO save this Hepuoll-
can State, and that in Indione, upon which
so much OF Republican wealth and Republ1-
can tale at haNe e been expended, the psrty has
been defeated. This guarantees Democratic
success in November.