Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1868 — The Election. [ARTICLE]

The Election.

The election hn» yaned’ *twl wc rati now look about iU and *ee flic magnitude of the victory. * The Itc-1 publicans carry every Northern State fKfft New Jersey, aud peril Tp j New York Oregon is reported i doubtful, but lias probably gone UepaUicsk. Guam and -Colfax ara t-L&k-d by a popular majority that approx* mutes a half a million. '1 hive- , fourths of all the States have elected ! KcpuUican Electors and the Eleeto , _ r.vl Collage will probably stand 2yl for GkSxr to PS tor Sr.vaioi k. Nee- i estary to a choice, 148. The Republican strength in the r, S. Senate will IS somewhat inorcaaed, while in the House of Hr\r ~[ resentatives there will be an over- • whelming majority, although not w 1 iarge as at present. This w ill re- ' move ail opportunity for complaint of.inharmony between the Legi*lalive and Executive departments of the Government, and the veto prerogative of the president will be raised from its present humiliating ftixl farcical position to its former standing of respect. The Tenure of ! Oilce Act wiH become a dead letter, < so far as present, exigencies are coip e rued. The standing army may hf lessened. The clerical force of the various departments and menta may be decreased. Taxation will in consequence be lowered. A (eelmg of security and confidence iu ( the stability ami wisdom of the (tov-_ erhtnent and t'no ability of the people of this Republic to sustain free institutions, and to govern themselves, w ill at once spring up among all men, firmer in its foundation, broader in its proportions, and more rapid in its development, than At any time in our national history. Business and en- , lerprise of all kinds will receive a < new impetus unexampled in any pc* i riod, or in any country. Steps of uiiparalleled magnitude will he at once taken towards the development 1 <>l oar great natural and mechanical resources, because nil persons will ‘ he protected in their rights, and property, and the value of our currency is.decided by*: the unmistakable poll- jevof the people and the party they ha Ye elected to power.' ‘AtYef inauguration of Grant and Coltax. the people of the United Slates will bs citizens of the whde country. ju \ fad as well as in name, and thei r dec's,' rights and possession* will be as —sacred and secure in Texas as in * Maine, in A rknn'sas and Georgia as in Indiana »mT Ohio, in New Orleanc as in Boston. No banditti will 1 then fill the land with terror and crime. No Ku-Klux or other armed bands oflsssasMWi will be permitted to exist. No poiitictu murderers nil! be allotted to go unpunished. No petted official thieves will be snf*-' J’ered to commit depredations upon public and private property, in deti- j saceo! law and justice, ivt order riV/J be rettored , law wyi.r. nu KNi'pvdn, ‘ AND PEACE SECURED.