The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-11-26

There was also, it must be admitted
sudden development Of Cleveland devotion
such as had not been suspected before the
news came
But we do not feel inclined to attribute
the setting free Of all this hitherto latent
democracy to interested motives. There
-7ere many men whose modesty and self
Jistrust only equalled their prescience and
good Judgment, who saw all along how
this would come out, but preferred to wait
until the official announcement of the cleo
ton of Cleveland before taking the public
generally into their confidence. The men
to whom we refer knew all along how it
would be, but they did not wish to be OBJ
trusive about it, or to hurt the feelings of
their opponents by prophesying disaster
However, joking apart, there is no doubt
of one thing, and that is that the Great
Republic will take even gaily and with
out the slightest connection the result of
the greatest political contest it has known
since 1860. No one dreams now of war,
or rumors of war 1t remains for the vic
torious party to prove itself trustworthy,
and for the conquered party to purify itself
from its own corrupting elements
MANY of the Blaine republicans have
predicted that the election of Cleveland
would give over to the South the control
Of national affairs, and enable the south
erners to gain in peace what they vainly
sought to gain by force. More especially,
they fear that attempts will be made by the
South to obtain compensation from the
national treasury for their emancipated
slaves and for their other losses caused by
the war, including the payment of the
confederate bonds and the pensioning of
confederate soldiers and their families
That such fears have been felt, there is
no denying 1t was more for these reasons
than for any others that this journal, judg
ing as well as one can do at this distance,
had regarded Blaine's election as almost
certain.
But by the latest returns, there seems
to be no probability of any different result
of the New York elections than WIS first
announced. Grover Cleveland is undoubt
eddy to be the next President of the United
States
The independent republicans, including
many of the original founders of that
party, secured the election of democratic
President.
We are not among those who believe
that this great change in the party gov
eminent of the United States will work
harm to the cause for which the union
armies fought
The South Will now be, on its
good behavior. as never before. The
slightest attempt to revive the issues which
were buried by the Appomattox, upon
Lees surrender, will secure more united
northern party than was ever seen before.
On the other hand, we can see much good
that may result from Cleveland's election.
The republican party upon the close of
the war had such strong hold upon the
loyal States, that its very strength became
its weakness. The unprincipled classes,
who believe in nothing so much as the
winning side, naturally focked to the re
publican party and helped to corrupt and
demoralize it.
The party which now goes into power,
by so slight majority, knows that it Will
be closely watched, and that its tenure of
Office will be short if it allows corruption
lists to rule at its councils.
As for the effect Of the elections upon
this country, we know that many here said
that Blaine was the man who favored our
treaty of reciprocity. But he also favored
similar treaties with other sugar produc-
ing countries, the effect of which would
be the same, as far as we are concerned,
as general free trade.
The southern States must now be list
ened TO, in their opposition TO an extension
of reciprocity. But there is no more cause
now than ever before, to believe that our
treaty will be terminated. The Senate is
still republican, and likely to remain so.
The democratic majority in the House is
some forty less than it has been. The
election is too close in California for the
democrats to throw away influence there,
by opposing the undoubted interest which
the Pacific Coast has in the retention of
the present treaty.