The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-12

drawn battle that the effect will only be
to spur both sides to greater effort
for the November struggle. Should later
returns be more favorable to the Repub-
licans, showing that they have carried
both States by even the most trifiing ma
jority, we believe 1t will be decisive of
the result in the November election, for
the Democrats have obviously risked all
on a desperate attempt to save one of
them, and the loss will thoroughly dis
courage them. On the other hand, if
they have carried one or even both
States by small ma ajorities-and it seems
certain the majOrities either way must
be small-we believe the Republicans,
although necessarily disheartened, will
rally with increased energy and deter
mlnatlon Tor the tinal encounter. 1t Will
hardly be possible to get decisive re-
turns from both States before this after
noon, and possibly day or two may
elapse before the question will be finally
setLled.- Tribune.
While anything remains to be done
nothing has been done, said wise man
of old; and this we are cure will be the
feeling with which every sound-hearted
and clear-headed friend OF reform and
good government in the United States will
receive the news which this morning
brings us of the glorious battle yester-
day fought and won in the great Western
States of Ohio and Indiana. 1t is need
less to recapitulate The tremendous odds
against which the Democratic party
have achieved the noble victory which
we to-day record. Those odds have
been proclaimed from Maine to
California in the insolent exultation
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Hayes went into the connict. Like the
SaXons who spent the eve of the battle
OF Senlac in teast1ng and drinking while
the Normans, with the mighty future of
England hidden in their camp, lay
watchiul and stern upon their arms, the
Radicals for weeks past have been
wearylng the pubic ear with their
shouts OF assured triumph over the pros
pecC of new lease OF unlicensed and
unDridled power. The friends of hon
esty and justice, of liberty and OF the
Union, meanwhile have been quietly
and resolutely doing their work. BY the
grand results which they yesterday
achieved let them be warned and taught
anew how to consummate the nations
deliVerance which lies now Vislbly
within their grasp. The whole strength
OF their enemy has been displayed upon
"a field chosen by himself, and it has
proved unequal 70 the shock with the
spirit of tree people aroused at last,
alter years OF blindness and OF passion,
to see the best hopes of the republic in
imminent deadly peril, and to rescue
tnem from ruin.
From this day forth the party of corr
ruption and oppression will fgnt a
losing battle. IL becomes the party vi
honesty and OF freedom, never now for a
moment to forget that we are dealing
with a desperate foe, sure TO be made
tenlold more desperate by the sense of
coming doom.
The results of October not only show
that crowning victory
awaits US in November if we will but
deserve it. Democrats throughout
the country must think, plan and
act under SOLDERING and Christening
sense OF the tremendous sponsibllties
which are imposed upon them as party
by the near approach Of a great national
triumph. In all their nominations for
otfice-nationa, state and municipal
they must sternly resolve TO bring only
the best men within their ranks to the
front. Fhe campaign of calumny has
failed. The bloody shirt
has become the political winding g-sbeet
of the demagogueS VINO have Haunted it
in the face of a nation clamOring for
newness Of national life, for the punish
ment of worthless and guilty officials
and for return TO the law-aDiding and
admins stratioHs Of our
lathers.-[W World.
The Republicans have carried Ohio,
and the result in Indiana is in doubt,
with the probabilities in favor of Repub-
lican success. The significance of these
facts we have pointed out elsewhere,
but there is one obvious conclusion to
be drawn from them, to which Republi-
cans in New York Will do we'll to attend.
In this State must be fought out the real
Tor the possession of the Govern
ment. The result in the October States
shows that the Republican party has
done something more than hold its own,
but the Democratic Losses have not been
sweeping enough TO demorallze their
or convince the Tilden
managers of the impossibility of
the Union. In spite OIL
the lesson of yesterdays vote, they
will questionably refuse to con-
ce lie tnaG The fifteen electoral votes
of Indiana are already lost, and they
will struggle with all the energy of des-
peration tor the thirty-dve votes OF New
York. There are abundant reasons for
believing that these can not possibly be
Obtained; but Republicans in all sec
tions OF the State would do we'll to act
as if the entire responsibility for saving
the Government from Democratic hands
depended on them. Earnest and sys-
work, good nominations for ali
otfi ces, and prompt concessions on the
part of rival canGIdates whose claims
stand in the way of party harmony, are
among the most obvious and necessary
Tor sweeping Republican
aiority in NOvember.- Times.
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