Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-05

W1DNHsDAY HvnNlNo nov, 8. iss4.
Oar victory.

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Oar Victory.
We heartily congratulate our fellow
Democrats upon the auspicious day that
has st last dawned for them. The brac.
. ine air snd bright sun, Of this day after
: The verdict, dswns upon the United
States returned to Democratic control
after many years. The returns of the
election show that the Northern states
Of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
California, Indiana and perhaps Illinois
and Wisconsin have Joined the solid
South, which has % long been the steady
supporter Of the Democratic party, and
have given to us q decided majority Of
The electoral vote Of the Union.
That the South has been steadily Dem
Ocratic was due to the unwise recon-
struction policy of the Republican party
that Induced it to seek to forcibly main.
4 tain political ascendancy in the South
unmindful Of the fact that in Dem nocratic
states their people finally must be the
source of power. Because Of their evil
treatment by the Republican party In
those days, the people Of the South, when
they came into possession Of their birth
right, carried their states into solid
opposition to the Republican party; and
there they have remained and been the
spring board from which the Democratic
party has made It's successive leaps
towards the control Of the govern
ment which 1t has now reached ;
and they will remain as the solid
foundation upon which it will main
tain itself SO long as 1t is guided
with vigor and wisdom.
The country Is at last thoroughly re-
constructed. The party which succeeds
to the government is not the party of a
section, but has gathered to its support
by the solid South the greatest states OF
the North and it has not won them by
. tidal wave Of unreasoning enthusi
asm. It has carried them by steadily
Increasing vote which has at last
swelled into a majority. The Demo-
cracy have long held a majority OF
the popular vote, and have steadily con
tested with their opponents upon nearly
equal terms In most of the Northern
states They have never been sec
tional party, save in the sense that they
were in majority only in section
That reproach aimed, as it was, that was
so deliciously rolled in the mouths OF
Republican orators has passed away.
The Republican party has been cast out
In the section in which only it could
claim existence, but where it has
become too offensive for longer life.
It has we'll deserved its fate. 1t pre-.
sented as its candidate man so nota
bly, vile that his elec ion would hav,
shamed the country. 1t nominated hin
because he was its bsst representa-
tive. He embodied the corruption whici
prevailed in the party. 1t has ceased Il
be an honest party, or even to care Il
seem to be honest. II 1t had been other
wise 1t could not have nominated Blaine
who was stencil in the nostrlls Of hon
est men from end to end Of tie country
even the honest Republicans who votel
for him ; as they did In masses, did i
under protest to their consciences, ant
only because of their devotion to thei
party.
A good thing Indeed it has been fo
the country that the lessen is taught
that the character of the candidate Is al
important element In his strength. Tht
success OF Blaine would have made Il
seem that an honest man Is not eligible
to the presidency. The vote il
decisive states is so close as to make Il
probable that with a sweeter caudi
date the Republicans would hav,
been successful.
The nomiuation.of President Arthu,
perchance would have resulted In hi.
election, as Blaine hs,5 been beaten by
the revolt against him of the better
element OF his party. Nothing whole
somer to the country could have oc
Cured. 1t is q warning to politician:
Of all parties to take care Of tbell
characters and to all parties tc
take heed as to their candidates
The Democratic party ascends to powe
under most favorable auspices for re
tanning ir during its good behavior. Tit
Northern states have nearly all beer
reduced to the class of debatable state
BY the wearing away of their great Re
publican maiorities, which have dwindle
In all those where 1t did not disappear
Massachusetts,, which has been Re
publican bulwark, gives Blaine plural
ity of but a few thousand and no majorit
at all Her sister states In New Englan
are in sympathy with her, and in tn
West and Northwest the Republican
strongholds crumble away.
With Democratic Congress and
Democratic executive, we hope ant
believe that prosperity will be renewe
within our borders aud dignity b
added to our standard in the eyes of al
the world.
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