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The Election

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Day
25
Month
November
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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In the President al election two jears ago tho houtheni States, BO-CHed, Bast tliü following vote on the general ticket : Repubmcan Majortti i AlSbama 4,280 South Carolina. 17,004 Arkansas 8.074 Florida 6,818 Missouri 88,888 Tmammce 80,4 18 NorUCaxoJiua.l2,l0 West, Virginia. 8.71Í) To which must be udded the followAg whiuh did not voto for President, but held an elpction in 1809, and gave theu liepublican niujori:ios : Miss:ssi)pi 8,5.iyTexas 55 The füllowing southrrn Rtateè gave 1):-.MOCKATIC Sr.VrfOItlTTKS, 1SC8. Delaware 13.857 Loulslana 40,062 Georgia 45,688 Murylml . ... .J&tStlü Keiilueky 7ü,323 Virginia, 188B.. 18,881 Thüs we eco that in 1868 and 1369 ren Houthern states were Republiean and ix democratie. In the eloetinna this fall only two states, South Carolina end Ijouisinni, are Kepu blican ; tliree, Missippi, Texas anrl Georgia, did not vote; and of the remainder whieh hve thi timo cast deinoorntie majorities, Alabama, Arkansws, North Carolina, Ten DfBsee and West Virginia two years ajjo ere elrongly Kepubhcsn. Ijouis.ana, on the other hand, which is novf Republicun, wis utrongly democratie two year ao. The following list shows the reported majorities thiá fVtll in ruund numbors ; tho official returns have uot been made : Demooratic MajorItttcs, 1870. Alabama 5,000 Delaware 3,423 Ark:uis:is. 8,006 Kentucky 30,000 Nörtli Carolina 4,500 Mitry land 10,000 Tenncssee 15,000 Virginia 20,000 Wea% Virginia. L280 Florida 1,000 Repubucn Majouities, 1870. South Carolina 17,000 Loulslana 20,000 In Missouri, wbicb is mitted in the above list, G.-aut reccived in 1868, Dearly 26,000 majority. This fall, the tiek et to wLich Oen. Grimt openly and in every wuy gave his infltience, was beatei) by aboul 41,000. That is a chungo ügaiiist Grant - though iot againat t'ie Hepublican 'arty - of tbout 08,000 votes II' wo comparo these returns, we shall fiad some very mclaiich ly resulta For ftistance iu Ajlabami), ti ere bjw boen a chiinge ol ovur 0,001 volos ; in Ar!, the cbangn atnoaoix to iticro thaU 6,000 votes; North Carolina ohangeB ntarly ovor 16,000; West Virginia 11,000, and so on ; a'! aiainst the Repubhcau party Now, everybody knows - for we read it ahnost daüy in ournal like ihe Pial adelpliia Tress, the Washington Chronicle, and tLe New York 'TnLit-w - everybodj knowí, thcrefore, that the aduimistration of Gcnural Grant is thorougbly pleasitig to tho country; the reven ue is coll'.'cted- tbat is to say, tho tases are jround out of the people; and the debt is leducei, w;th g'cat regulariiy; and this, we are constautly as u:ed, eaticfics every wish of the people. iiut to a t'uoughtful Re; ublic.in i: must seem a puzxliiíg thing, tiiat while tho penple aro thus dtüghied ith the course ot the adiaiiigtralioD, they vnte ag:iiust it wberevcr it shows a particularly gtrong dt-sire for support. I Mis ouri üeu'.rül Grant intefereu iu phe oanvues in the most vigurous w;y, iu favor of MuCluig. vvho rau is au "open aud defiaut protectionisL" and the admiDlstrimon oandidate; and es a result Missouri, which gavo Grant in 1868 ueariy 26,000 mnjoiity, uow casis 41.U00 oguiust ihü ndiuinislration candidate. . In New Yurk, IJoffunm, with the governuicut patrouaj;o iu his iavor, and uiroious frauds at the election, gol Dut 27 ('00 müjiirily tnro year ogo ; but ihie full, with ev-ry effort, ot thu administra tion again.-t hiiu, with all thu oüioe speoially lurangiid aud inauiipulated to secure a Hepublican viutory, and with the ni'ist hoiiüpt üleutiun No v York haw seeu for years, liolluiau gels 32,000 uajority. In likc marnier in special CongresslODal dif-trictH where the aiimir,;str:itiüu bas set up ii candidato, he basoften been bi atuu. E. D. Webster, iii BrookJyn, ran as the ncknowledged udminiiitratiou candidate; tan, too, in a district which t was believed the lïepubliciins oould curry ; had the support o! tiio Tribune ; aml wan vury ba'lly beaten. In Syracut', Ueiinis Mc(J:irthy, supported by thi? Tribune, the Washington Ckronicle, and the other special administration jouruulcould not even secure a renominntion ; and in spite of his jugglery with the demoerata, w.ip badly beaten iu the election, Tlicrc are ot'.iei eijuilar oaees. Now, there sin al] this'iDütterwdrthy of the consideration of those who desire the continued supretnncy of tho Kepubltcan party. Why is it that tho bjuiIiern tules, where adnlioitlx&tion influence is verv potent, have yet so unexpectedly turncd againet the ltepubliconf)? Why is it that io states like New York and Missout i in C'ingressioual districts like itiosts we have meulioued the administrution camiidutcs aro beaten ? It would seem that the pervplo ave not so well satisficd ns tho politicians whoac busineea t is to il at ter the President have niserted. The pi'oplu want something more done than the administration is doing. To collect tho revonuo and pay ofi thé debt is no doubt creditablu. Comparcd vitli wbat Andrew Jnhnson did, it seemëd a ycar ago au itnmeDse aohievSmeftt, Wa were drowning. Tind herc cuino General Gra;:t and held our oh in? over the water's edge - and for a while we wero very grateful, and did not r.iuch muid the griucistune lic l;cpt atour noses. But. to huve a'wavs the wntT up to our necks, to have alway the grindstone of tiistitiin at our uoses, is no'. satsfac'.ory, DO matter wbat the L'rcsidctit'H nuy. G rat i Inde, in ttiis as in other oares, ia ■ livtly seise, of i'avovs to coma ; and the people have mnde up their iniud.H - ungr:ite(nl as it nmy look - that thcy must have eoiaothiog more. The}! ant the taxes lowered ; they want the Ux eystedl leai i a:iged ; they want to eoo imlustry reviving ; tlioy are diegusted at (jeñural Gianfs subicmency to nntorloua h:ick poljtioiaoe, idoiiukilistH and pnliiical traders of all Idiids ; tbey foo with jjiilousy liis open interferencia 11 eiectioBS at th dicta:ion of these pen-ons ; ami wil!) digutt liis support of men nntoriously unöt for public tru.sts. Thcy woro promired a ruí'orm of the civil service, and thcy see tho Preideut (lisiiiissing from his Cabinet tlio very moii who sore friendlj to that reform ; tbey electtd Qeuetal (irant bjcauró he was iadepeödent of tlie politioiuis aud wclcomud bis acces8ÍQD to tuo l'rcsidvncy because of bis public asurances that he would Dot BufLr tbo poliliciaDi to rule Í and thoy are bitteily disanpointüd at seeing him openly complying witli tfie (IciiKinds of iho very class of politioal traders and inarmtrcrs wlio have bt-on tbe bane of the llepublisan party, and shoso predomina'ice m;iki!8 itgreutest dunger. Tlio Uepubticnn party is ueoofsirily tbe p:irty of equil rihtv, of honest and econoinieil ovcrnnient, and of reform. While it e:irr!es uut, iu a'l the Üepartinenti of oovcrimDt, the ideas upon which it was fuundcd, it will rutuin the oontideuce aud favor of the peop e. But if it is to bo rande tho party of monopoly, of privilege and favoritism; if its predomiuanoe is tu be used tostrongtben aii'l perpetúate oíd abuses, to dtfend and .-hield monopolies, tho people will avcrt their fnees and let it fall, in spite of it? glorious rtcord.

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