Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-11

liehtened craftsmanship as must promote the
honor and thrift of the patton. That he
may do so will be. the sincere desire Of the
great majority of those who voted against
him, and his future fame and the future hap
piness of long distracted country, are now
in his keeping. Let him we'll appreciate the
Jewel that is to he dmmed or frightened by
his reign. and all will be we'll. *
The Times believed that the election of a
tried soldier, patriot and statesman like Win.
field S. Hancock would have purified the ad'
ministraton of the government, dignihed the
civil service, promoted the now assured busi,
ness prosperity of the country, and effaced
forever the demon Of sectional strife but,
discounting the result by all that power, mon
ey and violence could accomplish, the election
of General Garfield will be accepted by the
country and the world as the considerate
choice of the American people, and to that
judgment all good citizens will how with gen.
erous trust in the ruler thus chosen.
No popular government, or government pos
sessing any features of popular power, has ever
been overthrown when the people were pros
perous 1t is the pinch of paralysis, distress
and want that overturns existing administra-
tions and the election of Gen. Hancock, just
when the country is emerging from years of
embarrassment and business prostration ;
when the fires of the forges, the hum of the
spindles and the hoarse music of the shops of
industry have been renewed after long silence
and desolatiou, would have been an entire
exceptional revolution. That the people have
preferred to continue in power more than
distrusted political domination, rather than
| ~ fba Of
chieftains with distrusted party behind him,
is not matter of surprise, nor will it in any
degree dim the lustre of General Hancock's
fame. Like Winfield Scott the great cap
tain f the last generation, and like Clay,
who's. following bordered on idolatry, he has
fallen in a race because no man can be great.
er than the convictions or presumed interests
of the whole nation. He emerges from the
struggle without stain upon his record, and
the Republic will continue to honor him.
His place in history and in the affections of
his countrymen is assured-can as much be
said with entire faith of Gen. Garfield? f..
Louisville Courier-JournaI. ..,.r..
We are unwilling to believe that the dis
party is defeat of the people, but is a de-
feat of the politicians. The politicians of the
Democratic party, ignoring moral forces. un.
dertook to play game of battledore with
the Republican politicians. To do this they
deserted great leader and abandoned a
great principle. This WAS an irrecoverable
blunder. After il series of accidents and
mistakes followed as alters of course. The
revolt of Mr.. Kelly, the .obduracy Of Mr..
Hendricks, the nomination of Mr.. Landers,
the ruling of the Indiana Supreme Court,
which set aside the verdict of the ballot box
and restored the October vote and the nomi-
nation of Mr.. English, all Of which conspired
TO-. belittle campaign i'll. planned and i'll.
managed, and never big with Inspirations,
begun upon a low tone, it failed to give out
from the FIRST to the close one breezy, soul
stirring note. In spite of the captivating
personality of Gen. Hancock, the early
days of the canvass, which were devoted to
; the foolish work of smirching the character
of Gen. Garfield, fell stale, fiat and unpro6ta-
BILE on the country The spur of activity,
while seizing upon local complication in
Maine to hammer out few lurid sparks that
dazzled and misled US, was practically lost by
identifying our nominee with the Greenback
rottenness, and no sooner was the issue taken
with the tariff plank in our national platform,
then, instead of maintaining doctrine as
old as the Democratic party, Gen. Hancock
was induced to halt, hesitate, and put his foot
in it. Then Mr. English proved disappoint.
ment, and, declining to come down with the
stamps made confusion worse coniounded- in
Indiana. 1e-'
Montgomery, Ala, AdvertIser.-Den.
The lawlessness and oppression, proaigacy
and punder of the Republican party, com.
PEELED the solidity of the South. 10 that
solidity more than ever before she must re-
main steadfast and immovable. Under our
benign home rule our people haze prospered
to degree that has astounded our friends
and confused our enemies. There need not
be and will not be any "let up" in ihe>won-
derful progress of the South; under the new
regime whatever it may be which the Repub-
lican party seek to naugurate, it cannot ma.
terially affect the South. 1t will indeed,
prove blessing to the extent that it will in.
duce greater selfreliance, greater energy and
wiser efforts in developing the wonderful
wealth and unlimited resources which kind
Providence has bestowed upon the sunny
South. The sun will still shine, gentle
showers Will Idll, sseu tllle dsIu haI Seob VIII
still bring their blessings. and our staple must
continue to be q power in the commercial
world, while our coal and iron and other min.
erals will yield wealth Of which the world
does not dream.
Let the solid South solid always for
home rule and honest government, now give
it's greatest vigilance and wisest counsels, not
to national politics or to conflicts and the
passions of the. national parties, but to the
building up and advancing of our education
al moral, and material interests. Herein the
South is and must continue to be solid solid
as her glorious mountains and as strong and
increasing as the flow Of her own broad and
beautiful streams.
It may be that Garfield will. prove a very
different man from what his past record indi.
Gates as first officer of our great republic.
With the responsibility of the government
of many millions of people depending upon
him he may possibly prove wise and bene'
6cent ruler.
Augusta, Ca, Chroncce.-Dem.
The South at least has the satisfaction Of
knowing that she kept her part Of the bar.
gain, and if "the hero Of Gettysburg" is not
President, it is not her fault. We think, too,
that she has for the last time been led lamb
like to the slaughter. Her experiments with =
loyal civilians and military heroes have not
been propitious in the past, and the future
holds out no hope in that direction. What she
will do, in the future, time must disclose.
Much depends upon how great gain the
Republicans have made in the Senate and