The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-11-14

The betlls has bssn fought and lc.k
Ior the 1Est tins IN the history Of The
yoeld : Goyenne9t hes oeso se1e9
4 "a - e7ss Ts..s''s.s g IT, sssses % -
fought . gallant battle. but if has
fought against too great odds, and il
is overwhelmed.
It has fought an open enemy in
front, and treacherous enemy in the
rear.
II has fought pronounced and an
old-time foe, and it has fought new
and disorganizing element in its own
ranks. The canker Of jealousy and en-
Wy and secret hate has pervaded pre-
tended friends OF RepubIicanism, and
their unjust attacks upon the party, a.
represented by the administration, has
shown its fruits in an alienated con-
stituency, and calamity to the country.
The men Of little faith, the weak and
unstable elements, have Withdrawn
their allegiance, and with the quick in
stinct which scents loaves and fishes
from afar, have gone over TO the
enemy. There remains the old guard,
which "dies but never surrenders."
The men of principle and pluck who
came in with the birth of the party Of
freedom, and will go out only with its
final death and destruction, remain un-
shaken in disaster as they have stood
firm in triumph. The Inter Ocean
will, at q suitable time, refer at length
to what it deems the lamentable causes
of this defeat. Now, il has the satis-
faction of feeling that il has never
contributed TO this end by nursing dis
content in the party, or by disseminat-
ing views in times of political quiet
which il was compelled to antagonize,
oppose, and apologize for in the day
Of political extremity.
Notwithstanding all this, however,
linked with the financial f0llies against
which we have protested, and warned
Republicans, we have not believed it
possible that the American could COM
NIT the tremendous folly OF handing
the government over to the Confsder-
ate Democracy. The signs of the last
few days confirmed us in this opinion,
and Tuesday morning broke upon o
confident and eager multitude OF Re-
publicans. Private dispatches from
the best informed Republicans Of New
York declared that State morally GER
tain for Hayes and Wheeler. They
were mistaken. We were mistaken:
aud instead OF victory we have to an
nounce an overwhelming defeat.
We do not attempt to disguise our
supreme regret at the result. We be-
heve it to be terrible misfortune, and
as such we herald it. 1t comes with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS republicans al. .ths
North, but it will fall with far more
crushing effect on the loyal men of the
South. To-day the humble and the
lowly of that section lifted into the
sunlight of manhood by Abraham Lin
coin and the justice of q great people
will shrink back into the shadow Of
slavery, and bow with trembling fear
before q cruel and unrelenting ohgar-
chy. Are the American people satisa-
ed with their work? Is this to be the
end and aim of that equality before
the law which Lincoln proclaimed, and
which the country pledged its honor to
preserve? We shall see. But if the
battle between freedom and slavery is
TO be fought again upon this continent,
it will be with a mightier power and
with desperation besides which form
er contests will sink into insignifcance.
$50 a. m.-Later dispatches show
that the Republicans have carried Ne
vada, and possibly Florida. These
States would Just make the 1S5 votes
necessary to give Hayes the election.
There is still slight room for hope
Inter Ocean.