Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-07
riIE NATION SAVED.

Inc Overwhelming magnituue OF tno
victory achieved by the Republican party
on Tuesday cannot be estimated entirely
from its effect ON the politics OF today.
II Is in the indications which 1t furnishes
OF the future that its great significance
Is TO be found. When the complete re-
turns are in. II Is more than probable
that we shall ind that we have once
more gained control Of the House OF
Representatives. At all events we shall
constitute 50 strong q minority that We
a prevent the Democrats from doing
the evil which they mediate. With the
aid Of the Greenbackers. q majority OF
whom are Of Republican lsanings. II Ia
possible that we may secure the organi.
zation OF the House. and II We can do
this we can successfully bid defiance to
democratic intrigue and Democratic
malice. The power OF the Democracy
is completely broken. and the loyal sen.
timent OF the nation is once again tri-
umphant.
AL this is glorious TO contemplate and
should hll the patriotic soul with enthu'
siasm. as 1, does. But the grand feature
Of our victory is not in the salvation Of
the coming Congress from the Dsmoe'
racy. We have done far better than
that. We have swept away by the cleo
tons Of one day all the hope which our
enemies could possibly have OF securing
the Presidency in 1850. That hope Was
founded on securing 4 majority Of States
in the next House. in order to elect their
candidats u the people failed to make q
choice. Their belief that the people
would so fail was based on the apparent
growth Of the Greenback. or National
party. which the election in Maine
seemed to ipdicats was about to
become q very respectable political
power. Nobody imagined that the
Greenbackers could elect q President.
but II was believed that they would carry
States enough to prevent either OF the
other two parties IRON securing = ma
joriiy OF the Electoral College. and thus
throw the election into the Democratic
House.
Iii is by no means certain that the
Democrats have even secured q majority
OF the delegations in the House. but IL
they have. IL will do them no good.
The next President Of the United States
will be chosen in tho usual way. and
the House will have nothing to do with
it. except performing its ordinary duty
in aiding to count the votes. The cleo
tons Of Tuesday prove conclusivsly that
the strength Of the Greenback party has
been overestimaied. and that IL is
steadily losing ground. II 1t declines in
the same ratio for the next two years. II
will scarcely be considered As an element
in the next Presidential campaign. This
fact being established We have only to
estimate the probabilities OF the future
as to the two parties. and the election OF
Tuesday makes il almost absolutely Ger
tain that in 1850 the Republicans will
carry the country aud inaugurate the
next President.
The solid South Is confronted once
more by a solid North. aud that fact
settles the Presidential contest. wscan
count to-day 4 majority OF n in the
Electoral College. aud in all probability
we shall add to that in the next two
years. for when tho wave Of Rspubli-
canism begins to swell. it usually makes
q long and clean sweep. The States
which have already pledged themselves
to elect a Republican President in 1880.
with their representation in the Elec-