Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-24
The october Elections.

The results of the October elections, so
far as they are known at the time of writ
ing, are favorable to the Republicans
That is to say, they show that the false |
and dangerous theories of the Greenbaek |
movement are not likely to sweep the |
country as with a tornado. The Maine
election undoubtedly aroused and alarmed
a true conservative sentiment. 1t indi-
Gated possibility of tampering with the
public faith, which honest. men of all
parties instinctive1y fear, and it has done
much to bring such men together. The
success in Ohio means that the freshet is
stayed. if not arrested finally, and is so
far signal sign of the recuperative pow
er of the country. The event demon
strates what we have often said, that the
Republican party is the political organi-
zatiOn of the best forces of the people, to
which In an emergency they Instructive
Iy recur. 1t is often ridiculed as party
of 'moral ideas,' and the assumption is
certainly comicaI if the party were to be
judged by the 'sGlory-t to-God-regards-to
Babcoek" brethren. 1t is they who give
point to the sneer. But the strength of
the party is none the less its representive
character of the moral conviction of the
country. That is not to say that it con-
tains all the best men, or that it does not
contain great many who are a constant
discredit. But it is to say, in the most
emphatic way, that the spirit and tenden-
cy of which Republicanism is the repre-
sentative are sounder and more hopeful
for the common welfare than those typi-
] fed by the Democracy. s.s.
Rejoicing over the general results of the
t autumn elections is very much more than
pleasure over a mere party success. 1t is
! a true pride in the national intelligence
! and honor. 1t is satisfaction with re
j newed vindication of popular govern
e rnent. For it is not to be denied tina
E there is great plausibility in much of th'
IGreenback and imitation argument, an(
= great dangerto be apprehended when i
is addressed to those who do not clearly
understand the subject, and who are in
i. mood of discontent and irritation, arisin!
from long Industrial inaction. We ar
}, notsaying that the day is won, or tha
: there must not be the most constant ant
e vigilant activity. The object in view
a perhaps all that can be actually attained
l is to secure such an honest hard none
. vote in the House that, with the Presi
e dents veto, it may prevent any seriou
T. mischief. To this end no effort must b
IS spared, and while the result of the OctO
. ber elections is not so menacing as man
e. had supposed it would be, the neeessit
er of the union of all citizens who desire a
n honest financial policy is still most u
Ie gent.
he The general result gives good reason fl
en- hoping and believing that there will
s. ''no step backward p and that public sci
M Msit timent will insist upon going steadily 70
fit ward in the direction necessary, in tt
,e- words of the New York Republican pla
MS form, to restore that permanent prosper
a1 ty (which can rest alone on the fix
monetary standard of the commerce
world. ."-Harper's Weekly.