, 1880-11-03
THE NATIONAL VICTORY.

THE NATIONAL VICTORY.
Tho election yesterday WIS an expression
of tho National will whose import cnr,.ot be
mistaken. No man, Denocras or Republic
all. whether residing III tho Northern or
Southern States, Gull l}c 50 obtnse rs 10 fail
III con1prclicttllng tho full meaning OF tho
National verdict. Tho country las declared
with emphatic fnrce tllat tho Republican
party has not forfeited public confidence,
aid with tunal force that tho Democratic
purity Is rs repuls!ye TO the National mind rs
1t was when Krbelliun threatened the integ-
ritz OF the Union.
II had Gust too much hamilton, anil priya-
tio1l. asnl precious lives tn preserve tho UnEon
agninst MI open nntl armed fnu tn pcrrlit MI
tic results 0f that struggle to be t,nperiletl
by committing this National sles.inies to tho
control Of party dominated by tie mc, wlIo
led tho Civil Wnr. Tile Sutid South cllnl-
lenged the Nn,i,,n, md tho Nation responded
at tho polis yesterday.
Never Mt any ti,nc n tho history Of tho
Unt0ll wns tliero sucli n peri0d of general
prosperity; never was labor 80 renlulIcr-
AhfGAJ "NA NS4lIAnu3 (ANPlN4Ihf AGfIA
was production SO Immense; never
was thrift and Industry 10 l1bera,Iy
rewarded rs Mt tho present. time. 1t was an
insult to popular intelligence tn demand TINT,
after having carried tho country. through
civil war, through, years Of tinaucia! distress
anl want Of credit, md reestublislled tho
Government politically md financially OFT an
unexampled plane Of prosperity, the control
Of National affairs should be given over to
ttlc Inen nlltI to the party III spite of whose
laboTs nlesu grant results Ind becn accom-
p!Isl'ed. The demand for cl,Rnge was per-
einp.ortiy muc. nn1 TINT demand WIS a,1-
swered yesterday Mt tic pulls By TIC Alleri-
can people.
| THO American people yesterday showed
their fill appreciation OF tho character Ut
tho man who ought 10 bo chosen us tho
Executive Of FREQ people. They desired u
statesman Of experience, 4 man OF ability, n
scholar, nlah Of refinement and Of high per-
sonnl character. Such II 1aan was presented
to Them In the person Of tien. Garfield. Tho
catIynss stncu June last llas been one of tl,e
yicst slctracttol,. When slarder and yIli-
lcatinn 1ntle1, then there was resort to
forgery In or,ler to Inturo Him. To MI these
cnl,llnnics tho American people ,nntia
answer. allt! hayo ptacctl the brand Of dis
hotur ui,un tile Glttlrc party which employed,
approved. or consented to these means Of
.letraetio.,. Never was there more scalsdal-
Gus and infamous warfare ,Mada upon a
candidate, md never was theru 1,oblcr Or
| mnre emphatic yIndlcation.
The results OF tic election yesterday will
be enduring. Tho ascentlency of the Solid
South a1,d Its al'Ies III tho National LcelsIa-
t1te will be s,lmmarlly ended. III addition
TO tho reelection Of Republican Executive,
there wns elected Republican majority il
tin llousu Ut Representatives. antl, as soonas
the Stato Legislatures Gun take tho NECESSARY
actton, there will be Republican nlaJorityin
tho Senate.
Thus tho new Executive, who sHIl tal;o
Into his Office craftsmanship and nil cxpcrt-
enro aild IN intellectual nbilIty TINT have
never been surpassed by my Of Ills prceccs-
sors, will be supported by 4 National I.ee1s-
laturo netting In harmony with .ihl; md tllu
country, In tito ASSURANCE 0f n perlnnnency Ut
tl.e policies Ut tho past, will go on prospecting
with that Industry antl enterprise which haye
,na.lu tho Inst four years OF our history SO
brilliant aItl glnrlors.
The election of yesterday Will convey a les
son 10 tho Democrats OF tho North at,a OF tho
South which they can study with profit. II
has ma.te Nationality II fundamental princi-
pie OF American Government, nnl principle
no longer to De questioned or dis pute1.