As the last move, the "straight-out" Democrats bolted the ticket in September, and at a convention held in Louisville, Kentucky, nominated
Division in the
Democratic Party.
The September and October elections in Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana demonstrated the hopelessness of the opposition to
The Republican
platform and
nominees.
In the election, they swept all of the Northern "States" by heavy popular majorities, and with their election machinery in the Southern
The Republican
triumph.
While there is no doubt that the re-election of General Grant, and the election of a strong Republican majority in Congress, quieted the mind
The effect of the
triumph of the
Republicans.