The Majority Must Rule

Hiere is little doubt ia the in i mis o: fair mluded men that Mr. Cleveland lias been given a sinall plurallty In the state of Xew York, and is tlierefore eleeted the next president of the United States. This result we lhnily believe is to be tleplored. It is not such a result as republicana desired. But the man who wil] not quietly abide by the decisión of the majority is not a republican, tlierefore we prefer to abide by it. The majority must rule, and a majority of even one must be refpected as much as a majority of 10,000, or else the foundation of our repnbllc wil] crunible, and this nation follow in the footsteps of past república. Our opinión of Mr. Cleveland, of his ability, of his morality, of his fitness for the posltion, Jias undergone no change, but our love of country is greater than oiirlove of party, and the majority voice of the people of the nation is supreme; its decisión must be acqulesced in w hether it be right or wrong In the minds of individuáis - or Dewspapere. For a period of twenty-four years the democratie party has believed itself ïight - or professed to - and for twenty-four years it has abided by an adverse verdict of the people, expressed at the ballot-box. 2iow that the tide of popular judgment has turned, it is the duty of republicana to subniit to the inevitable without a morara r. We believe Mr. Cleveland will niake a good president - fioui a democratie standpoint. As the chief executive of the nation, placed there by the votes of the solid south, he must of a neeessity be in the power of those who put him there. He can not, hc dare not 20 contrary to their wishes. This fact alone is sufficient to insure the defeat of the principies he represents at the next general election. The majority of the voters of this nation are opposed to southern ideas and southern methods, and it will require but four years of their domination to couvince the people of the mistake they have made. Four years of Cleveland will insure to this country another twenty-four years ot republican rule. Four years of Blaine might not have aceomplished that result. If we only look at things in the right light everything turns out for the best, tliough it is often difficult at the time to ro view it.