Year: 1872




would be-" is reelected, by majority of
the electoral and popular vote, which in


view Of the bitter and causeless personal
warfare waged against him, must be truly
gratifying to every lover of Republican


principles, of which he was the standard
bearer. From the Atlantic to the Pac cifc
the people have raised as with one accord
to swell the ranks of the party of progress
and equal rights, and we have as the result,
the joyful tidings of triumph Of progress
siye principles, such as even the most san


gnine had hardly dared to hope for.


Yet from the hour in which the Demo-
cratic party, through its delegates at Bal
timore, attempted to sell out their ,consti-
tuency for mess of political pottage, there


has been no reason for any true friend of
Repubhcanism to doubt the result of the
final struggle. 1t was sacrifice of every,
tradition to which the party had cluag
alike through the sunshine and through
the shadow; and was looked upon as such
by every Democrat who had stood by the
party in that time when the name itself
was almost disgrace. Even those who
went into the movement, Except few who
hoped to reap personal benefit by the sac


rifce,) did so with no heart To have a hold
upon the popular affections parties must be
guided by great national ideas of govern


mental policy, without which they become
a mere organization Of freebooters, band-
ed together through the love and hope OF
public plunder. There were no such
ideas enunciated or affirmed at Baltimore,
the Cincinnati platform, which the Demo-
rats Of the country were called upon to ac-
cept, differed but little from that of the
re sular Republicans, and in all essential
particulars was the reverse of everything,
believed in by Democrats for the last ten
years. No one can sincerely believe, that
if Mr.. Greeley had been elected on the
Cincinnati platform, and majority of Con-
gressmen chosen by combined Democratic
and "Liberal vote, that the policy laid
down to be pursued by that platform
would have been ignored, and the
President either compelled to sanction
measures utterly at variance with every
act and declaration of his past life,
Or the Legislative and Executive branches
Of government come to deadlock Thus,
VIXEN Democratic speakers and papers sang
the praises of Republican principles, and
announced that the Democratic party was
fully committed to their support, it was
proceeding by no means calculated to
kindle enthusiasm in the minds of old
line Democrats, who were firm in the belief
that the old line Democratic principles
were those which should govern the coun-
try. These men naturally fell away from
an organization which professed views SO
diametrically opposite their own, or were,
upon the other hand sailing under false
colors and trying to obtain the peoples con-
fdence by protesting to be what they
were not. And again, the Liberal Repub-
licaus, many of whom doubtless were honest
in their views, could have but little conf
dence in the sincerity of that conversion
which transformed three millions of jealous
Democrats into three millions of rampant
Republicans in the twinkling of an eye


The result is such as was to be expected.
Mutual distrust prevailed among the men,
bcrs of the organization, and except when
actuated by hate, or the expectation of
political gain, they felt they had nothing
to gain by victory. The September and
October elections showed how little of
strength there was of the organization
that the Democratic party of itself, was
stronger than when reinforced by its Liber-
al IeCTultS, duu IlIS AUulSflIc IuUNeu6ub3
which had been jeered and derided, at
once began to assume Prominence
Electoral tickets for its candidates were at
once nominated in many of the States, and
though the vote for O'Conor is hardly
mentioned in the dispatches, there is but
little doubt, but sympathy with the move
ment has much to do with the unprcce-
dentedly large majorities which Grant has
received in many States.


The people of the United States have
splendid cause for congratulation in the
result of Tuesdays election. They have
shown, that while they admit the value of
Mr. Greeley's services in behalf of Free
dom and Equal Rights in past years, they
are unwilling to trust him with political
power, while afiliating with those whom
he has ever stigmatized as the enemies of
the country. They have repudiated the
unholy alliance and given death blow to
the new movement which, it was fondly
claimed by its founders, would rise into


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