TALMAGE ON THE NEW YORK ELECTION.
By Talmage
It was necessary to elect the foremost gambler in the United States to the office of State senator before the people could realize the infernal depth into which modern politics could sink. We have reached the turning-point. If Tweed had stolen only half as much as he did, investigation, discovery, and reform would have been impossible. It was not until he made his thefts so outrageous that the world was compelled to investigate them, that the tide turned. The re-election of Morrissey as senator seemed to be necessary, in order that the people might realize what we have done. He has been elected, not by his old time partisans, but by Republicans. Hamilton Fish, Gen. Grant's Secretary of State, voted for him; the brown stone fronts voted for him.