The daily gazette., 1878-09-16
Spirit of the Peninsula Press.
DRIFT OF EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DUR
ING THE WEEK

ING THE WEEK.
SALISBURY Advertiser The election in
Maine shows that the people detest gov
ernment bonds. And while the so-called
nard money journals say iU Is only a
spa,modic throe of political excitement,
Ieseh ohng the Know Notblng tidal wave
tney snow their short-sightedness, or else
they are whistlDg to ksep their courage
up. This great upheaval of the people is
one OF the political events destined to
make an lndelble mark upon the page
OF the current history of the times. The
great army is on the march, aud its
banners are unfurled to the breeze, not
again TO be rolled to the mast until a
death blow is struck TO the bondholding
interest OF this country that will resound
from the piney glades OF Maine to the
gold laid hills Of California, aud from
| the great lakes to the gulf.
MtJora NeUs Charles III. Gallagher
not osly fails to he elected Mayor of
wilmington, but he also loses his place
as superintendent of the water works.
lie grabbed at the shadow and lost the
substance. Now that it is probable he
and his friends Will ego back" on the
Republican party, whicn so badly "went
back"onhim,i 1T is time for the" n ationals"
10 come IN and take the place OF opposi-
Clon TO the Democracy ami especially SO
as the Democracy Of Whining on is ir-
reVocably fixed In the clutch of the
Bayard = Epery Eyening - hard money
faction: Let the hard-inoney men go
with the Bayardite- and the reformers
with the "Nationals." To effect this the
Gazette and tAe Herald should both haul
on and hoist the National colors. They
both already are at work in that cause.
.hert Neacs The most gratifying re-
suit (of the Maine electi ny to us is the
defeat of Mr.. Eugene Hale, better known
as "Blaine's bub," in the fifth cougres-
sional district, which he has represented
hve times. He has been 80 long calling
in vain upon "loyal men" to rally and
save the country that his constituents
resolved to retire him and send man of
different politics to whom perhaps the
people would listen.
Denton Unaon The honest-monev
people of the United States are under an
obligation to President Hayes for the
speech he delivered at st. Paul on st.
faul on Thursday. 1t was a clear
straightforward exposition of the prin-
cipies which underlie national honor
and prosperity, and one of its especial
virtues was THAT it was couched in simple
terms that can be easily understood by
any one OF average intelligence.
State Sentinel The result of the cleo
ton in Maine, on Monday, has been a
surprise all around. The strength of the
Greenbackers was not thought to be suf-
ficient, before the election, to give any
serious trouble, but they have managed,
by swallowing up the Democracy, to de-
feat Hale in the Fifth District for Con-
gress, and elso the Congressman in the
4th District, while the Governor will
have to be elected by the Senate, as
there was no choice by the people.
Middleto,on Transcript Whatever
parry the Democrats will have to fight in
the futrre, u is certain that it will not be
the Republican party; that party, al
ready tottering with the weight of its
past misgsvernment received its death
blow when fraudulent President was
counted in. The news from Maine is
but forecast of what is coming. Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana will be heard
from next, and then we imagine our Re-
publican friends will take very little in
terest in the November election.
NeUark Ledger:-Butler's four columns
of solid promises of reform to the good
people of..Massachusetts will make their
laws equal to those of Delaware.