The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-23
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change Of vote In New York City and Brook
lyn, and q rag-money diversion In Indiana,
that transferred fifty electoral votes from
the party Of light to the party Of darkness,
and that IL all that has been gained. The
p%recints that are given over to the scum OF
foreign pauperism. to the refuse Of doines.
tic crinfnality--the haunts Of the countless
herds Of untamed political cattle, branded
with the mark Of the Tammsny Boss, and
turned loose to Craze on the public common
until called together at polling time-the
districts Of the brothel, the fence-house,
the policy shop and the rum -%cellar-this Is
the fountain head Of Democratic power;
theirs Is the strength which enabled the Dem
ocratic Sampson to barst his bonds@sthese
are the CONSTITUENCIES which settle the i'd
ministration Of the public affairs of 40, 0OO,-
600 OF freemen for fOur years, II not forever.
These and q handful OF tag.moncy ~lunatics
In Indiana, whose dream Is to create value
by destroying credit, and who, consistent
for once In their lives, make their c0ntribu-
tion to the prosperity OF the country 10y
handing IL over to the party whose policy
had made even the existence OF the country
structive Missionaries had voted directly for
the cause which they served indirectly, II
would be easier to reconcile ourselves to q
loss which would have some meaning TO 1t,
and some reason which could be UNDER
stood. But these purblind fanatics sold
their country to an enemy who had first led
them into q trap and shut them up there
who started them on u wild-goose chase and
then deserted them, in the serene Contl
dencc that they would continue their chase
with their ardor not at all diminished 10y
the evident hopclpssness of II.
That l, what Democracy has g%aiued-the
gutter vote OF New York, and the rag-inon-
ey vote Of Indiana, and IL Is welcome Il
them. There are occasions when defeat Il
more glorious than victory, and this Is one
OF them. As for the overwhelming major
titles In the Southern States, and the fabu-
lous votes which have been sent In from
some Of them, we defer our remarks unit
the full returns will permit us to prove tina
they represent the real and actual disfran
chisement Of the colored voters in Demo-
cratic Southern States. We have no
boosted OF the popular majority obtained II
ed SO large an abstention Of Bourbons in tn,
North-but they were free TO vote. II Til
den has a corresponding majority, 1t indi
Gates not the willing abstention Of discon
tented Republicans, but the terrorism ant
oppression which have made II unsafe Il
vote in a Democratic shotgun district.
These are disgraceful truths, which not
whole barnyard full Of Democratic rooster
could conceal. The Republican party Is to
day, as IL has always been, the party Of hon
est, intelligent and patriotic men. II flour
ishes in those districts where the school
house, Tug lioraIy, tne tne tele
graph and the church are marked features
while the Democracy thrives and fourishe
in the slums, the cutters, the swamps an,
marshes, at the crossroads tavern and tn,
corner gin-mill. Ii no man could vote win
could not produce a tax receipt; IL no ma
had voted who could not read the ticket h,
voted; IL voters were DISTINGUISHED for pro
family, or ignorance, or d~og-tighting, or TO
want Of common sense, Tilden's pOpula
majority would be smaller than his elector
al majority, unless the latter be less tina
zero.