Daily Republican., 1880-11-04
Tuesdays Election.

4ho kToae Oatbio VI AooV heo Oo0h AOhs l.
and won by the Republican party. N
less important in it5 far reaohin
rssults is this great mDral victor 5
over force AID fraud than was the grea
surrender at Appematox which secured
TO the Republic the fruits Of a fou
years war for freedom of person ant
freedom ofspsech. After all the quss
tions that were at issue in the cam
paign just closed had been thoroughly
discussed and presented before the peo
pie they have declared that James A
Garfield of Ohio shall be the next Pres
dent Of the United States. We nevel
for one moment faltsred in cur belle
that the cent est would have such a ter.
mination. With millions of other Amer.
lean citizens We saw the struggle was
one that was to test the vitality and
strength of free popular govern
ment; of the virtue and enlightenment
ofthe people of this country, and Of
their capacity for direction of their own
affairs. The Republican party has
been in power for twenty years, a
longer period than any party bsfors
has been continuously in power and
the verdict Of the intelligent and pro-
gressive part Of the nation is that 1t
shall continue in power at least four
years more. There was no GOOD rea
son anyhow why the Republican
party with its splendid record of TWEEN
ty years should be removed from pow.
er, especially now at the close Of one
of the best and pursst administrations
shat it or any other party ever gave to
the government. No reasons which
were not utterly contsmptible were
presented, why this great nation should
restore to power the Democratic party
which went out of the Union, and
which since that time has fought with
desperation against every man whom
the nation has honored, aud every
measure which the nation has wei
coined as contributing to the cause of
progress, prosperity and popular lib
erty. The people of the North under
stand the case between the parties
perfectly well; they know the history
of each, they oomprehsnded the re-
spective value Of the promises made
BY each; the appeal was made equally
to all the people Of the North, and
their answer has been to crush tie
Democracy with the disappr r0ba,icn of
. free people and to cover them with tAe
humilition of ignominious failure.
The Divine Justice that controls
and oVsrmasters all human af-
fairs that diSquist the earth
has ordained that crime, fraud,
trickery, oppression a. violeGce shall
not grappie with bloody hands the
helm Of the ship of State ard make
this great Republican government,
mockery and reproach. The great
North with its teeminZ millions ofin.
telligent people, has decided that the
right shall win again, and tha! the
party Of principle, the party that pays
its debts and fights with q pure ballot
shall rule this great nation four years
longer.
Never was gran1er victory won,
the Republican party started cut At
the commencement of the campaign
with the solid South aud its one hun.
dred and thirty eight electoral votes
against it. a campaign in that region
Of oppression ani Intolerance With the
expectation Of adding any strength to
the party or breaking The solid South |
was like bsating against the wind.
Wade Hampton at the Cincinnati Con.
'ention pledged the solid South for
Hancock, and every effort has been
made to carry out that pledge.
1t has been done, but by suppressing ,
and sitting the. Republican vote of the
south. Had fair election been held
IS was held in the North the South
would have been divided, and North Z
and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ark
ansas woald have wed with Iowa, Kan
sas, Wis cOnsin and Michigan, Ohio,
New York, Pennsylvania and Massa t
,h husetts in rolling up large majorities I
for the Republican ticket. The South q
made the issue, and the North Ioaih to Z
10 so tsok up the gauntlet in her de- I
FenGs forced upon her, and the rasult Is
hat the SoEth sets to-day in Sadness
surrounded by the desolation and ruin /
ner own hands have brought suddenly
lpen her.
II would ba well for the South if the r
wing of the Democratic party :
would learn wisdom from this crushing
lefeat. The Democratic party never :
Vill win while the Republican vote of q
he South ia crushed out and the South :,
made and}kept solid for the benefit OF
he Democratic party. The people of =,