NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE American election of Tuesday ended in a complete victory for the Republicans. With the exception of New Jersey, Nevada, and California, all the States outside the Southern Confederation voted for General Garfield, the "solid South" alone voting for his opponent. The Republican candidate will probably be seated by 213 votes in the Electoral College to 156, a result which indicates a great popular majority. The Republicans also seat so many Representatives in the House that their minority of 20 is changed to a majority of 7, and obtain an equal representation in the Senate, the numbers being '38 to 38, with the casting-vote in the hands of Mr. Chester A. Arthur, the Republican Vice-President. The decision is recognised on all hands as final, and there will be no rioting. The victory is due to many causes, such as the discredit earned by the Democrats by their favour to repudiation and paper-money, the extreme pliability of General Hancock on fiscal questions, which he clearly does not understand, but will talk about; the growing feeling for Protection in the West; and the personal popularity of General Garfield; but the main cause undoubtedly was distrust of the temper and purposes of the South. It was felt that if the Democrats won, the South would rule the Union; and the Southern leaders have recently been very imprudent, and have talked significantly of the revival of the "Lost Cause."
