New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-24
THE ADDRESS.


near future Tranquil the surface seems there Tolls
beneath IL strong undercurrent of and fore
bodng No one is entirely ut his ease, ana rev are
narrowed by dread vision OF civil war; when, toueh
do not regard probable is yet among the posSDe
issues OF ill-adyised and passionate councils uhuer
these circumstances it is well for any one VINO dere
rational and peaceful settlement Of the trouble 10 con-
tribute his the discussion. IL not whether III
den or Hayes shall occupy the Presidential chair Per
sonav either OF them, / have no doubt, wOiud HI IL
with usefulness and ability. The mere PERSONAL aSpocus
OF the controversy therefore nnmporant But "ha'
is important is that the one who occupies the supreme
seat does according fundamental law, according 10
essential Justice according recognized methods OF
procedure and according the will OF the people as ex
| pressed in the usual forms Of choice.
The people voted and the day after the battle was
announced by nearly every journal that the Admnls
ton had been defeated THE TRIBUNE conceded the
| Tldon electors 1sS votes claiming only LA Tor
the HAYES electors, with six States, or ~
electoral votes including south Carolina, yet doubtful
The Herald conceded 1919 for Tilden including Louis-
ana and Florida. and leaving only South Carolina doubt
full: and Administration organ which seemed TO De
| particularly muddled that morning, SAID III the ne
publcans have carried NewJersey, they will have ls7
votes-a majority of s. If they carried Florida and
| Oregon 1854 majority OF one"
Coupled with this announcement came Congratulations
addressed the American people, on the moderation ana
se-contrOl with which. after most heated "ariare'
| Il
setting sum- the telegraph. aided by the lynxeyed vigil
lance Of the reporters could find single serious case
Of violence TO be recorded against eight millions OF I'M
FASHIONED partsans. This fact indeed. reflected the
highest upon people, and II was no 1888 hohor
able l think all the prominent Journals IKE HE
| Tribune The Epening Post, The HeraH, ana Others
which had more or less virulenty opposed Mr. lIden,
that they cast aside their fretfu quilts and shed pro-
utous ink over the future. One Of them THE TRIBUNE
morazng upon our happy family said to our Centennial
visitors 1--WE can offer TO foreigners no more Significant
hint of the greatness of the Republic It's sound iouhd
tons OF prosperity and the belief Of the people in that
prosperify than the calm good humOr with which one
great party will receive its defeat at the hands OF inc
other But the third day after the election
was nmated that the result not 80 sure and tIat
it would DEPEND upon the counting OF the votes by GER
tain boards in three Of the Southern states, whose
officers ali belonged the Republican party ana several
| Of whom were themselves candidates. We all OF Us
locked into each others faces Win smile Oh hcreuuh
! IL not with amazement.
This second version OF the result the slrpris
ing because version first proclaimed and acquiesced
in was surprise any observer Whoever
had studied OF thought in this country was
convinced by antecedent reasonng OF the probable nay
the almost certain Of the opposition power
fl drift OF public sentiment adverse TO the edminlstra
ton had long been obvious II set In early as 1870,
and had been gaining strength through all the subse-
quent years BY 1872 it had grown to be formidable
force even within the limits Of the Republican party
Now this of opposition and revolt came to
head in 7G when the lease of Republican power to
be renewed.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS or ITS EFFECTS.
What was the efecti In order to test the relative
strength and growth OF the parties which respectively
Opposed and supported the Administration have COM
piled the electoral vote Of last for each STATE and
compared 1t with electoral Of 1s72which for
the Administration side the highest vote IL ever
ceiyed--and also with the highest vote the D"mOc attic
party ever received. whether IN 1872 or l.GS havo
taken for each State, given the total vote OF
each party and the respective Of each party
together with calculation Of the percentage OF loss aud
The first great fact revealed by my tables that since
1872-of still since lS6S-the Democratic or
velocity, while the Republican, or Administration party
has, few states decreased in Others remained
almost stationary and in its most iourshng localities
Jagged far behind It's opponent Let US begin Win New
tive OF all political divisions. The aggregate vote there
is GG7 O5O the aggregate increase is l2337l but OF this
increase the Democrats secured 9O6Ol and the RepuDl
cans only 35,97O much less than half the former
Let US turn To the great northern belt, to tho
spoi Nine Oi Ihcm-New-Jersey. NewYOrk, Pennsyl-
vana, OHIO, Inalans, Illinois, West Virginia. and Wis
aH 5g mp tpso vote or the $40 and the
Increase their between the compared has
72 s52 but OF this increase the Dem JGrats have
made All s73 and the Republicans ouy 26l.97l Keep
my on to the Western and fl Western states leight OF
them between the Mississippi and the Paclc-Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, California, Ne.
vada, sonl, obtain the only CLEAN Of nope and
cement that the Republicans find in all the and
The aggregate vote Is sol5l3-the Increase "a OF
which the opposition has only lOS,sO5 aud the Admins
tration l257l5. For the first aud only time ia all
INQUIRIES positive gains OF the Administration are
greater by 16glO. "a total OF 100000, than those Of
the opposition But there in the backwoods sim
liar dsproportion IN the ra OF the increases Is kept up
it being 43O4 Tor the Democrats, 36O3 for the Repdn-
cans.
Let us now come back to another class OF States tho
seven border 5tatcs-Deaware Maryland. Virginia. Ken
ved In sympathy formerly between the free and the
states but now partaking in character and inter
ind the political phenomena OF piece with that d.
covered in that vast region. The aggregate vote is
Democrats get 2252i7 aud the Republicans AZ 0J2
divided The Southern states into two groups OF
! four each-Alabama Georgia, Mississippi. and Texas,
there has been positive lGot relaye dlmuni,
North ana Carolina, where such dimuniton has
occurred The aggregate vote IN these eight states IL
2s5 gu the aggregate Increase "a $40. OF this ln
crease the Democrats get l74.547, and the Re
| publicans 10000 in four states, balanced by
The net Increase in the whole group is 2O7,075.
A positive decrease in party vote in itself means
more than change part Of the voters.
Thus between ls6s ana ISL the DEMOCRATIC
In short your memories or the books full Of such
instances, Of opinions shifting from one side TO the other
| like the ballast OF snip "heh u gets loose. III
matter Of annual occurrence IL proves nothing IN
Itself repeat; but the decrease III the South is made
notable by tho par ascription OF 1t 10 the undue
influences exerted by the white race over the black
cution in the days OF the Kukiux kans--it
geratei. but 1t was shameful so far as lt went nut
persecution for political ends during the late CANVASS
TIE REAL CAUSES OF THE DECREASE.
We all know that in those States there has been large
detachment Of voters from their first lOvedriyen
of by iufamies OF carpethag msgovernment. They
have either Topped been silent Surely, where
such has been character Of party legislation II is not
further for OF detection.
The wonder is that the negroes have consented
long as they have 10 the denominations and atrocities OF
the me ssureess villains to whom they have been subject
But one more remark this subject let the Of
h. hath