The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-08
LET US CONSIDER.

The storm is over, the smoke of
battle has lifted, the decks are cleared
and we can now have a palmer view
of the scene Of action and count up
the casualties.
We met the enemy In Kinds, last
Tuesday, and 1--WE are his'n;" that Is,
to some extent. We are his'n more
than we ought to be. True, consider
ING the number of Democratic Con-
servative voters we had, we won
pal-o-rious victory, so to speak. But
then there is too much defeat in our
victory. That's all can be said against
it. 1t is a proper occasion to reason
little, and try to find out the causes
which mixed so much disaster with
the result of the election last Tuesday.
We should hunt up, and note well
these causes, that we may guard
against them in future. This is the
part of true wisdom. 1t does no good
to grieve over split milk. We should
carefully learn this lesson taught by
experience, and acquire wisdom to
guard in future against the follies ana
blunders of the past. ....
One of the first and most potent
causes that led to the singular victory
ON last Tuesday, was the presence at
the polls of too many Greenbaek
voters. Whatever other causes might
have entered in, as minor factors, to
produce the grand result, all are
agreed that the main one was the one
above suggested. We have yet &c
meet the first philosopher who dis
putes that proposition.
Too many Grenback voters! Iha'
was what defeated some of our plans
Some say that it was the absence from
the polls of Democratic voters. ina
may be true. At present we are a LITTLE
too much bewildered to appreciate tha
sort of subtle reasoning, and 1t looks t'
lis very much substantially as the othel
thing. Whether it was the presence
of one sort of voters, or the absence o
another sort from the polls, it is no
material now to decide. 1t is enough
for us to know that we have lost three
Representatives and the county Treas
urer in Kinds. We have got Stewar
for Senator, and Melville for the lowe
house, and we are proud of it. But W.
ought to have had the others. Their
Is no reason on earth why the Demo
cratic Conservative party in Kinds
not to-day as strong, as solid ana a
united as it was In the glorious past
when the State was rescued from Rad
+ zeal rule and domination. Every meas
ure of prosperity that any CANDID
thinking man could have reasonao'
hoped for from the accession to powe
of the Democratic-C Conservative party
> has in fact, followed its administrator
of the State Government. 1t any fan
minded, unprecedented man will calml
and dispassionately take survey
the whole ground, contrasting the sl'
uation then with the situation now, b
will be compelled to admit that the a
, sertion is true. Wehave not time no.
q to reproduce the facts, and present ID
arguments to prove this beyond a
controversy. 1t has been done over an
over again, both in this and other new
4 papers Of the State, and by any nun
: Der of political speakers who have oil
d cussed the issues of the day. But We
Notwithstanding all that, our Peep
are still under the pressure OF hal
times. Money is scarce, men are
u debt, and are of course dissatisfied an
disconnected. . ,
In this temper and condition
e mind, and without stopping to reaso
/ properly, they eagerly fall in wit
a anything that promises to better the
i condition. The designing, office-hun
ing Greenbacker, takes advantage
this condition of affairs, and prom
e ing the people an abundance of none.
II they have partially split the ranks
+ the old party in this, and some 1e
h other counties, and will send
sprinkling of members to the ne'
Legislature.
They will have no power or luh'
ence in the election Of United Stat
. Senator, and we presume they WI
have no more in enforcing and carr
" ing out their peculiar financial view
y. They will have no strength in u
National Legislature, and thus Il
! country will be saved the evils al
. woes that would result from f1oodiI
= the land with fiat money. Before II
&c great Presidential contest Of 1880, Il
sober second thought will return
r our people; they will have to discov
a the Greenback fallacy-the little bu
e BILE will burst and vanish out OF sigh
~ and this little episode will only ser
:, to teach our honest, liberty-loyll
people, the folly of divisions amor
ourselves, and the vital Importance
l. union and harmony.