The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-24
Comments of tho Prens

Repuoiican ticket was the unmistakablc hrmneSs
of the party for equal rights in the South. Had
the Republicans taken the highest ground on the
currency, we believe they would have succeeded
equally well and their victory would have had
greater values But the significance of the VIC
tory lies in the Evidence which it affords that
the people of Ohio, fairly representing the pco
pie of the North, are thoroughly aroused as
to the tendency of Democratic rule, and are re- .
solved 10 overthrow it wherever it has gained a
foo,ing.-New York Times.
This decisive Republican triumph is of ma
tionaI interest. Besides disposing Of several
prominent Ohio statesmen, it will inspire cour.
age and hope in the Republican party through
out the United States Even locally it is of con
siderable importance. 1t cxtinguishcs Senator
Thurmans chances of reelection and puts an
end to any lurking aspiration which Ewing may
have had to be Thurman $ successor. But these
local consequences are rs dust in the balance.
The great significance of the Ohio election lies
in its influence upon national politics and its
bearing on the selection of candidates and the
success of parties in :he great Presidential con-
test of next year. II makes it impossible for the
Democratic candidate TO be taken from Ohio, and
favors Tilden's chances of nomination by put
ting some of his principal rivals out of the field
But in proportion as il improves Tilden's chan
ccs Of nomination it diminishcs his chances and
the chances Of any Democratic candidate for an
election. If New York should follow the exam
pie of Ohio, Tilden would simply lose his labor
by intriguing any further for the Democratic
nomination, and he may prefer that some other
candidate should lead the forlorn hope. The re-
suit in Ohio tends to Republican success in
New York, and should this be the actual effect,
Tlden may bid long farewell to Presidential
honors.-Neo York Herald.
All that can be asserted positively Of the re-
suit in Ohio to-day is that the Republicans have
failed TO take that great Commonwealth out of
the wavering line of States doubtful for 1880,
hnd to plant it, rs they hoped to plant it, in the
van of the Republican column, where of old il
used to stand. Mr.. Blaine stands as fair n
footing to-day in Maine as Mr.. Sherman in Ohio.
Mr.. Ewing has been beaten, as he elected to be
when at the outset of his canvass he deliberate
ly abandoned the strong ground of an outright
Democratic protest against the votes of Prcsi-
dent Hayes, and undertook to counter with his
own financial theories the stalwart fncts Of n
magnificent harvest in the West, of unparal-
leled crops ut the South and of an innowing
tide of gold from Europe. 1t appears, even
from the partial reports so far received, that the
Democratic candidate in Ohio owes his defeat
shieX G o5hs hS stern hostility "n Inc
his financial heresies. -N'eW York World.
This is disheartening intelligence We had
i, I, even when it was evident that Foster had
hiope> 'cted to the Governorship, that the tegis
9een el> Id turn out to have Democratic ma |
attire wo. ballot, and Tic fact that the re-
ofitF on joi, rue is what makes il serious |
,erse is teally The result is probably due,
'isappontthent. p else, to the unfortunate |
iore than atythin, ing on the financial
rand Of Gen" EM 'f Ohio evidently do
uestion> The I'$ple y. On the whole we
link it is a'sout time for the 'sa lard money honey
rt,ogni7 = the fact that this ime principles
,untry Let it return TO its old Y cly.-Uash
I'd act, IL every instance, accordin.\
gIon os,. .,, d by as
This great victory must not be oe!,';s. OF the
snir nit to too narrow causes IL r of
sui Of Mr., Fosters energetic canvass ]" nd
G obors of any one man, however aoie
{, 80 II is not tho result Of the SheraaL>>
,om, nor of the Hayes boom. All these cur !,
en,s in the campaign have had their cfcct' no
doubt. but the one mighty cause mas ..sn tn'
NroC,und conviction of the people that the In s
forests of the country would not be safe for tAe r
next four wears in Democratic hands.-New YORK =
Tribune.
Ohio has in q very distinct manner rerndiated
both Ewing and Thurman. and with mem .iie
financial hcresics which they nave nuro:a'
nnd !, has declared itself so cmphatically IN Ia
,.nr of ali that is worth while in Repubicanlsn'
,S.. no,binr but GORGEOUS bad management on
,ho nort of The Republican leaders, comoiheu
with superlatively good management on 'Te pa.
of the Democratic ditto, can prevent 'he hepu'
lican candidate OF next year from s'e IT..
electoral vote Of the State'-Ih't0dctpht" -ete-
graph. u,ot tho nras
ont National attitude of the Democracy mas re-
called Republican dcsertel s, ,straggters ah' grum.
llers back to their party allegiance or ii that =
State has anchored herself in the Repn' .;ans .ns
column for 1880. Tho Ohio ide' ought ha a,
loved to stay dead this tim g. It ?,a ~ an, a
deal of impudcnce, but t ccrto: o,v cant have
enough to attempt 10 impose its,elf upon an nybody
any more .-fh" 4elphia T:nes.
While, however, Gen. Ewing was put forward
as the Democratic candidate, he was known as
au advocate of soft money and of the oppressive
iEquisiterial, unconstitutional income tax. The
circumstance that he held to such unsounl and
odious doctrines goes far to reconcile us to his
defeat.-NeW York San.
The Ohio victory is warming to the South
that it cannot obtain the supremacy that il COW
cts by the means it has adopted; and what Ohio
has said respecting this matter will be said with
equal vehemence by other Northern States in
November. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Ohio is firmly fixed in the Republican column,
an integral part of the coming "solid North"
made necessary by the ominous threats Of q
''sold South" Further, the result in Ohio in
dicatcs solid Republican column this fall
IhHadeLphia Enquirer
The result effectually dsposcs Of what is pop
ulary known as the "Oho idea" in finance
The paper-money delusion has been repndiated
in the State in which it had its origin, and where
it was propagated by men of ability and char.
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