The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-13
COMMENTS OF THE ELECTION.
what Tho Papers Say at prcssi,t.

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| This is the result OF the "a9gressIve'
CANVASS which the Democrats SO Ccftatt-
ly announced at the extra session Of Con-
| gress. The questions which were then
placed before tho people, have beer
has been eubordinated 10 them. Tho
| almost uniform and very remarkable
| gains show that public opinion has been
| quietly but completely aroused, that the
solid South, whatever itS purposes or
spirit, will not be allowed 70 get In tho
North the electoral votes which IL needs
| to take control OF the National Govern
ment.-K. Y. Times, Rep.
| There was one hopeful sign exhibited
yesterday In all parts of this State. 1t
was the dissatisfaction with machine pol
| tiles openly expressed by honest men Of
all parties. Some manifest this by
"scratching," others by "bolting," and 9
still greater number. who did neither,
expressed IL in language or mannor too
plain to bo misunderstood. Many Re-
| pnbllcans who voted for Cornell did not
hesitato TO express, In the most decided
terms, their opinion of his evident unfit
ness for tho Office. They voted for BIN
thought, by tho relation of this election
| TO national affairs and to tho future dom.
inance OF their party. a large number
OF the followers of Kelly were alike
ashamed OF themselves for tho Yoto they
deposited.-N. Y. Journal Of Commerce,
Dem.
In spite Of all this; in spite OF the
and desperate faction, tho principle
| upon which Mr.. Kelly planted himself
with such candor and bravery have been
! fairly and triumphantly vindfcated. The
defeat OF Lucius Robinson is tl1o triumph
OF the party. Some of our misguided
ffi1n6q f,a al, 70 ti,s~
present, but it will become palmer every
| day for tho next six months. The elimi-
nation OF tho perfidious rule-or-ruin
policy of MIR: Iilden from the party in
this State will do moro to make future
victories possible thar anything else that
wisdom and Democratic LOYALTY could
have suggested.-N. y. Star, kclty's paper.
The success of the rest Of the Domo-
cratic ticket only makes the overthrow
| OF MIR. Tildcn moro glaring and conspic-
nous. 1t is clear that but for his inter-
ference tho Democrats could hayo chosen
their Whole ticket, Governor and all.
Had he suffered Mr.. Potter to be placed
at tho head Of the ticket, as ho was urged
TO do, Mr.. Potter and not Mr.. Cornell
would to-day be Governor elect But he
would not, and his obstinate and selfish
ambition has brought an entirely nee,1-
less defeat upon his party. That ought
70 nnish Mr.; ,Tilden, and doubtless it
national nor, we should think, In State
politics.-N. \. Herald, Ind.
Henccfcrth no Intelligent person will
mention him seriously rs possible cam
didato for tho Presidency. Neither will
any body mention him az possible cam
didnto ior the nonors Of his own State.
dis position In the politics of his own
state is that OF o marplot, who could
neither succeed himself nor would allow
mon to succeed who had in themselves
tho elements OF success, of which he had
ut least permitted himself to be deprived.
lie lashed his own political corpse as
closely as he could to the living cardi-
if the State has thereby lost the honest
service OF the one, 1t has at least been
thereby delivered Of tho membranes of
the othor.-M Y. World, Dem.
Men Of the South, you have your an
swer. You had almost clutched the Ma
tionai Government. Had you boon
little less eager, had tho pirates crew re-
mained hidden under matches only lit
tie longer, possibly resistance would
have been too late. Thanks to tho Con-
federate Congress, the recent session
showed the Southern purpose The Goa
ition OF Southern rebels and Northern
sympathizers rashly threatened to stran-
gle the Union unless permitted to rule it.
Tho work of long session was con-
demned by Senator Hill in his recent
declaration thai no Southern man Of self
respect would over admit that rebellion
was crime. These acts end words came
iike fire ball in the night to awaken the
North. The real intent of the South was
seem, and at once the North answers.
Inc history OF the country for twenty
years Inns been settled in one Summer.
Let the South do what it may, from this
time forth; 1t has planted convictions
already which quarter of centur. v Ill
Fvnr Il,
further from the rule OF the country by
more than twenty years than 1t was when
President Hayes took the oath Of office.
~. Y. Tribune, Rep.
Mr.. Tilden can be set aside only for
cause; and there are honest Democrats
enough to look to 1t that no specious or
light cause-no suggestions of expedi-
soncy rom quack statesmen affecting dis
nterestedness-shalls suffice. There is
principle at stake as well as policy, end
the small plotters who have encouraged
the conspiracy which he's cost us New
York will find, before they are half dore.
that the courage and persistence will not
have been .perpetrated and to settle tho
account with them besides. We by no
means give up tho fight for 1880. In the
history OF wars and parties many q VIC
tory has been snatcned from even greater
roverse5. The work to be done must be
thorough, at once bold and unspariur.
Whilst the politicians at Washington are
wrangling among themselves the people
at homo must organize. Needless bag.
gage must be left behind. We can afford
to carry no dead weights.--LouisviRe Co,-
rier-Jo,rnal, Dem.
These are only State elections. but
tho popular feeling that has carried
them Is national and the Republican
success was most complete in those
States in which the national was least
distracted by local and personal things.
:Ihis was inevitable when great section,
lately In arms to break up tho nation,
was made politically solid by the same
feeliny of hostility Tt snnst sIway, he
inevitable when there Is political con-
federate dangerous to the nation; for that
peace which is requisite to the Industries
OF civilized Stat depends on the supre-
macy of the National Government. If
tho Southern party would have Northern
state elections controlled by State affairs,
let them abolish that state of things
which TTihkes hostility to the supremacy
OF the nation, and hate for ell who MAIN
tanned 1t during their rebellion not only
q qualification for State, county and
town, Offices, nom the greatest to the
most petty, but condition of social toll
eration.-C Cincinnati Gazette, Republican.
Had Cornell been defeated and the al;
ted, the electoral vote of New York would
have been reasonably assured to the Re-
publican Presidential candidate next
year; but with the only positive Repub-
ilcan triumph stained by tiis embraces OF
Ta,nmany jobbers, the Demo. acy of
the nation will turn hope.ally to
the controlling Commonwealth OF tho
There are Victories at times which ]
arc vastly moro disastrous than tiefaat