The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-18
THE OHIO ELECTION.

Inc election Tor Governor nn.: uihet
State officers camu 5;T IN Ohio On Tues.
day, The 9th inat, and resulted in mag
niacent victory for the Democracy. The
Official count has not yet been received,
but it is certain that Bishop, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, has been
elected by twenty-five thousand majority,
and that the Democrats will have ma
jority in both the State Senate aud House
Of Representatives, with a majority of
from thirty to forty oh Joint ballot. This
is very great change to be wrought in
one year within this State. It's majority
for President Hayes was about ten thou.
sand, and the Senate and House of rep
resentatives were largely Republican.
Indeed, the State has uniformly gone
Republican since President Hayes de.
feated Ex-Governor VIM. Allen for Gov.
ernor on the imitation question in 1875.
Ihe result of the cOntest this year has
added another powerful State to the gal.
axy of the Democracy, and secures the
selection Of q Democrat to succeed Stan.
ley Matthews in the United States Senate
on the fourth Of March next. 1t renders
the prospect of any disintcgration of the
Democratic party before the next Prcsi-
dental canvass impossible, and it ensures
the selection and Inauguration OF Dem
ocratic President in 1880.
Several causes operated to secure Il
victory for the Democracy in this State
at this time, and foremost among these
Sns The general "ILlic Indignation at the
Republican parry for the great political
fraud and crime it pcrpctrated last year
in counting the votes of Louisiana and
Florida. The country realizes the fact
that party 80 devoid Of principle Ms to
perpetn t. itself in power against the
expressed wishes of the people cannot
with safety be trusted. The people of
The United States who love liberty insist,
and will ever insist, that the men who
afe elected shall be inaugurated, and any
party which attempts to set at defiance
this great principle Of public right will
be spnrncd By frcencn, and crushed by
tho weight Of it's own iniquity.
Another cause leading to this Republi-
can dcfemt rests In the fact that the
country does not approve the bunglng
and partial financial course of the Re.
publican pnrty. The resumption net Is
seen to be clearly and exclusively in the
interest of the large capitalists and mon
eyed corporations of the North. The dc.
monetization of silver. by the refusal to
coin the "do!lar ofour fathers" is known
to be in the interest Of the national bond.
holders alone, and the vote in Ohio is
censure from that State upon the finan.
cial policy of the Republican party. The
result Of this will in all probability be
either TO cause the repeal Of the act fix.
ing the lst of January 1879 as the date
for the resumption ofspecie payments, or
to cause tho renewal of the coinage OF
silver dollars with which to pay debts
after the perio,, for resumption mas ar
rived. The vote in Ohio means that the
people demand paper currency or an
issue OF silver for the payment Of debts.
Another cause OF the Republican dc-
feat was the disaHection within tho ranks
of the Republican party. A great many
Republicans in Ohio arc 30 bitter towards
tho South that they would not vote Inc
Republican ticket because of the Presi-
dent's conciliatory and just Southern
policy. Thic class, however, did not
amount TO very many, we presume, for
the policy of Mr.. Hayes tend, to induce
people to forget the iniqui,ics of the
party which inaugurated him, and there.
fore we have ne douh. that the Republi-
CAM of Ohio gained more votes than
they lost by the so-called Southern
policy.
The foregoing were the principal causes
of defeat to the Republicans of Ohio.
President Hayes own State has left his
party by an overwhelming minority, and
had Us we'll read the hand
writing on the wall. AS a party it Is
bound to die in a very short time, for the
House is already Democratic and the
Senate soon will be 30. The President
is not in sympathy with the leaders of
his party, and will not, wo believe, lend
himself 10 carrying oui the corrupt prac-
tices by which the party has lived. He
In At vorsarco ,,,;,L ~, ,,.. MI:
West upon his Southern policy, or his
civil service reform, or both, and is to-day
dependent upon the Democrats in Con-
gress for his support. The result of this
will be beneficial to the reputation Of
MIR. Hayes In history, and it is blessing
to the country, but it is death, death,
death to Republicanism forever.
AS an Indication &c the ;uat;ca which