The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-18
Address OF THE NATIONAL CON.
MIrTEE
To the Repubilean voters of the Union.
abe Encouragement from ohio an

To the Republican Voters OF the Union
abe Encouragement from ohio and
Indiana.
New YoRx. October 15.-The Republican
National Committee has issued the follow.
ing address:
To THE REPUBLICAN voTERs OF THE
UEIoS:-The elections OF Tuesday last
clearly show that, with continued zeal
and systematic effort, Republican triumph
in November will be complete and over.
whelming. Our plurality in Ohio is about
% 900, being gain of 5000 over the ex.
ceptionally large plurality Of 1879, while
the election OF fifteen congressman give
Us gain OF six members. Our plurality
in Indiana reaches about 1000, being a
gain OF 81 600 on the Democratic plurality
Of 1873. In the Legislature we have q
majority OF IA in contrast with the Demo.
cratic majority Of % In the last Legisla-
ture, thus gaining a United States Sen.
ator. OF the thirteen Congressional dis.
tricts nine have been carried, making q
gain OF three members. The result In
each State, and especially in Ohio, is q
conclusive answer Of the people to
THE FALSE AND MALIGNANT ASSAULT
upon the personal character Of our can.
didate for President, which have thus far
been the principal weapons Of our op-
ponents, and have been indecently and
shamelesly repeated in an address this
day published by their stunned and de.
moralized National Committee. Both
these victories are the result OF the
spontaneous and enthusiastic uprising OF
the people IN favor Of patriotic
principals, enlightened legislation, and
good government That in Indiana has
been won In spite OF the lavi,h expen-
diture OF money by Democratic can
didate for the Vice Presidency who was
nominated solely for that purpose, and by
emissaries who In 1875 ysinly attempted
to purchase the Presidency, aud have
recently trsversed that State, shouting |
against, and at the same moment perpe- |
trailing frauds made possible by the loosest
election laws existing in any State in the
Union, and which were purposely re.
tanned in force by Democratic judicial
outrage. 1t is apparent from these results
that, II the Republicans relax no exertion,
every Northern State will choose Repub.
lican Presidential Electors, while It is not |
impr obable that
SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
will give their votes for General Garfield |
and Arthur. 0fthe seventeen members
necessary to make the next House Of Rep.
rentatives Republican, eleven are already
gained in Oregon, Vermont, Ohio, and
Indiana, and the full result ia reasonably
certain. The six Senators necessary to |
make the Senate, with the Vics President
Republican, will probably be secured from
the States OF Ohio and Indiana (already
gained) and from Pennsylvania, New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut yet to elect
Thus, all the branches OF the government
are likely to be Republican once more.
minded Of the remaining danger. Disap.
pointed Democratic leaders will not shrink
from desperate acts to prevent full Re-
publican success. They have majoritie3
in both houses OF Congress, claim full
power over the final Presidential count,
and have steadily refused to secure
APKAcRABLE AND ORDERLY DECISION
OF doubtful result. Let no possible ei.
fort be spared to make the Republican ma.
jority on the Electoral vote SO large as to
avert the periIs OF disputed count, and
the majority in the next House Of Repre-
seutatives 60 decisive that there can be no
conflict in It's organization. BY unremit-
ting exertions, such as have secured the
brilliant achievement in Ohio and Indiana,
the Republican party can defeat the pur-
pose Of the reactionists who, in order to
gain political power and patronage, are
willing 10 unsettle the results OF the war
for the Union, change the financial and
revenue policy Of the Government, de-
range the national currency, and jeopar-
die the thriving business interests OF the
country. Republican success will on the
other band firmly establish throughout
the country free and honest ballot, pro.
lection to life and property, well paid and
coutented labor, activity in all agricultur-
al, manufacturing, mechanical, and com.
mercial pursuits, and will make the States
OF our Union prosperous and powerful be-
yond those OF any other nation.
By order OF the Committee.
MARSHALL JEWELL, Chairman.