Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-26
Victory Assured.
from the St. Louis 1Dimes.J

lf rom the SI. LOUIS Lllneb.I
Let us thank God and take courage. We
have met the enemy on two OF the hardest
fought political battle-felds in our history,
and the result is a glorious and enduring
victory. The Democracy frankly admitted
the gravity of the conflict. They as frankly
conceded that defeat meant humiliation and
this too with q full knowledge of the odds
against which they fought. They knew
that over one hundred thousand Federal Of
fice-holders had been maSseG against them;
that money had been used without stint to
corrupt and demOralize them. They were
not disheartened. Their lines never wa
Vered for an instant. They have met the
enemy and put him to out on a field where
he had won an almost unbroken line Of VIC
tories. Indiana is ours. West Virginia is
ours. Ohio has been withheld from us by
the bare majority of 6 1000. -Four years ago
Ohio was carried by the Republicans by
l., 200. On Tuesday that majority was cut
down one-half. -Four years ago Indiana
was carried by the Democrats by /, 800. On
Tuesday our majority was increased to near
ly ZOO. Four years ago West Virginia
was carried by the Republicans by 5000.
On Tuesday we reversed that vote and
scored 10 900 on the other side. There is
no possibility of mistaking the verdict. The
Republican party has been tried and found
guilty. Next month sentence will be for
mally entered up against hem.
From this hour the cause of Reform, as
represented by Tilden and Hendricks, will
grow in strength as it has not grown before.
The careless and wavering will be attracted
to the right side because it has been shown
to be the strong side, and Indiana will be
enrolled among the Democratic States by a
majority probably twice as large as that
wrung from a desperate foe on Tuesday last.
The Republican party can never again make
the fight it then made. 1t has exhausted
all Of its wicked energies, impoverished its
followers, and is driven from the field with
the loss of a prestige that has assisted it to
many a triumph. All honor to the glorious
Democracy of the Hoosier State. Allcredit
and praise to the indomitable Democracy OF
Ohio. Where we had feared a defeat we
have won a splendid victory. Where we
had anticipated a rout we have met with a
mere repulse. We await the It'll OF NOvem-
Der with a perfect confidence. Had OHIO
followed Indiana, panic must have seized
the Republican organization, and the con-
test would have been practically OVers~ Til
denis election would have been a foregone
conclusion, and Hayes would probably have
been removed from the Republican ticket.
But as the case stands, there is hope enough
left for the Republicans to stimulate them
to a desperate struggle-pessibly nerve
them to a revolutionary etfoIt-for the re-
tentiQnAof their power. They will make
their last stand in New York. On that
State they will concentrate all their re-
sources, and within it's borders they will
mass all their forces. 1t is fortunate for
the Democracy that circumstances compel
the Republicans to thus assail their most
impregnable stronghold. New York can be
easily defended. The Republicans can not
attack It except under immense and insur-
mountable difficulties. The advantages
which the Democracy will enjoy in this
struggle are that New York is naturally a
Democratic State; that their candidate is the
most popular Governor that the State has
had for many years, and their organization
is the most perfect ever known in the his
tory of the party.
The disadvantages Of the Republicans are
obvious and need not be recapitulated. The
whole situation from this time until Novem-
Der 7 may be summed UP by saying that the
only hope the Republicans can possibly have
of gaining the Presidential contest rests in
their carrying New York. n they have
not one chance in a hundred. of doing this.