The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-11-27
After the Battle.

WHAT NEW YORK MAN SAYS OF THE RE-
suit IN THAT STATE AND IN THE NATION.
The following extracts from private letter
to Hon. S. l.. Miliken, from an active Republi-
can of Marathon, N. Y, are interesting:
The battle is over and | suppose we will! be
declared defeated. If that is so, we have moth
ing to be ashamed of either in our candidates
or in our conduct of the campaign. Our fight
was fair and open, we declared our principles
in all places alike and stood bravely up for
them. and in every State carried by the Repub-
leans. there is not even whispered suspicion
that any man was in any way prevented from
voting as he chose, or that his vote was not
counted as he intended. The enemy started
with Il Confederacy of 10 states better organic
ed than it was from 1861 to 1865, and merely
went through the form of voting, while we
really fought the battle. When we compare
the returns of the total vote in many of those
States with the census and find that only half or
two-hirds of the citizens voted who were en-
| Titled to vote, and know as we do the reason
there is Il question in our minds as to whether
by this repression of the majority by a deter
mined oligArchy, the fair fame of our Republic
is not AS much darkened it was by the hui
man slavery which formerly existed in those
States
In this State the Democrats hid in the bush
d. denying their own identity and character
and sought to and did defeat Us By drawing
from our ranks with the Judas st. John. let we
almost succeeded and that without organic
alton or leadership IN the State. The mass
es of the intelligent citizens We're with us
but few politicians and newspapers who have
been doing their level best for two years to
break up the party for mercenary ends. were
the as>assins who were used to destroy the par
ty by tile more far seeing n. Y. Times and IIar-
per> " eekiy which We're then preparing for the
tariff battle of this year. never wa, Stalwart-
was always an opponent Of ConkIing-bu these
men and newspapers have tried to keep life
in those old factions, to punish Or terrorize the
party which made them what they are. They
bad not sense enough TO know that by tearing
down the house that didn't please them every
year. then trying to build it over. they were
liable to be out in the cold but they can see it
now, and find perhaps il is better to make i'm
provemenS than to tear down. Their attempt
to charge treachery to the Stalwarts does not
cover up their own errors. With very few eN-
cepti0n> the Stalwart> We're true and did as
well a. tIry could with all the SANDERS and ig-
nominy heaped upon them by those who claim
cd TO be of their own party. In this town we
gave Garfield 50 plurality. This year we gave
Blaine - plurality and st. John had Is votes.
This i, good showing, a part Of which, at
least, we place to Your credit. Had iherr been
elected man having etdn character, ability or
experience, we should not have felt quite as
badly. But to have Il true and tried header Of
Mir. Bianc'> ability and briIiiancy set aside for
such man Cleveland is sad commentary
on Democracy and a Republican form of Gov
eminent. The Old copperhead element is warm
Ing into life, and is Yindictive as ever. 1t
now COMES to the front and with its conf4der-
Ate allies viii crowd ont the Younger or reform
element N the Democratic party. So there is
Little To hope for during the next fou. years.
and we may expect much vindctiveness and
reVtnge.