Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-01
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Wes tns only btAto having less tnAh
three Representatives and five electoral
votss vhoss vote was secured for Tilaen.-
". y. S.s. Fsb. Ala.
Precisely 20. and no man understands
the sason OF this better than he who
psnnsd the above lines. In the small
States. which the Sun sees tt to look
down.upon with contempt. the electors
are chosen BY the intelligent vote OF an
intelligent community. There Is none
Of the manipulating and wire-pulline
which disgraces the politics Of the over.
crowded States. or IL there Is, Its range
ID 20 limited that IL practically amounts
to nothing. The material Is net at hand
to work upon. There are no large cities,
ovsrrun with rufians and ignorant voters,
By whose aid "rsform" Democracy
ID enabled to ovsrcoms the intelligence
and honest patriotism Of the entire bal.
anos OF the State. Men march to the
polls and vote in tho s~ustsnancs Of their
own natural convictions, and that Ia the
reason, a. the editor Of the Sun very
veil knows. that Rutherford b. Hayes.
the representative Of all that Is good
and pure In American poliics-and God
knows that il little enough-carried all
the small States In the election Of the
7th Of November. except Delaware.
which has not yet arisen from the miro
in which she has widowed for 10 many
years.
This fact Ia more to the credit OF the
| President elect. and will 81 be consid-
cred BY tho world at large. than 1t would
have been to have secured much larger
majority than be now has, and have los.
these ''litils States" Men arc judged
by the company with which they sur.
round themselves. and parties and party
candidates are estimated by thoughtful
minds, not 30 much by their success, an
by the character Of the support which
IL given them. Now judge the two men
Tiidsn and Hayes by this universal stan
dard; compare the two parties by the
support which has been given them, aud
what Ia the rssult2
Mr.. Hayes has carried all the small
Statss-the little communities In which
the church and the free school are raised
to . pedestal and almost worshipped;
the towns and villages, and the peace
full little hamlsts in which political cor
ruption Is unknown; tho places where
men vots FROM conviction. and are firm
In their adherence to principle;
communities where men are not bought
and sold. and where every voter Is 80
Thoroughly educated that he knows and
appreciates tho sacredness Of the ballot.
These 'iittle States" which rsprssen,
! thu intelligent patriotism Of the nation,
and are 80 regarded ut home and
abroad, have all sustained Mr.. Hayes
and the Republican party. And wo are
calmly asked to blush over this fact!
Let US rather glory In Il rs the crown.
, ing triumph OF the campaign. II will
give q moral weight to the incoming adj
ministmtion which Income Tax Ti'lrn
could never havo surrounded himself
with, had he been returned by a major
ity Of fifty electoral votes. IL tells to
the world that for the next four years
the government at Washington will rep
resent the best elements Of u ropula-
ton. and this fact is worth more to the
Republican party and President Hayes
than twenty electoral votes.
On tho other hand Tilden's support.
as his organ boastingly admits, was
drawn wholly from the larger States,
where large cities control them in
politics. We all know what this
means. We all know how New York
has for years by means OF her ruf-
nanly repeaters, fairly gagged the
State. and smothered its voice ut every
national election. We know how MIR.
Tildsn manipulaies these reporters, aud
We Of the "Smdl States" thank God
that in our communities ut least, the
whitening touch Of his directing finger
was unknown. By NIL means, let the
fact DO scattered broadcast over the
world. Mr. Hayes was elected by the
Small States" And Mr.. Hayes Ia
proud OF it. and the nation which has
honored him is proud Of 1t. Aud the
defeated Democrats are tho only ones
whs regret Il, aud strive to disguise
their chagrin by snesrins Al "small
States" We can stand their snesrs.
Indeed. We rather like them. They will
impart q zest to the national feast which
will DO celebrated in Washington next
Monday.