The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-17

/ 6hcctEOn-VOppokheuSD S--
the Political Issues.
Additional returns frcm the election IN Main
furnish further proof OF the utter r0St Of III
copperheads in that State II Is another WRITE
ing TO "peace at any terss' politicians tla'
the people do not approve or any such politi
cal heresy. II Is a declaration that the loyal
masses of the North Will not Be diverted eaier
10 the right or left from the vigorous prosccu'
| ton Of the war until the fre-eatars' Southern
:, rebellion is crushed. This vcrdicHis in perfect
accord with the conservative trismphs that
swept through the Central States lust autumn,
and with the elections in Connecsicut and
Rhode Island last spring. and addp another
chapter TO the important lessons taught by all
Of those elections. Although these truths are
80 plain that "he who runs may read" yet the
peace men do not seem to comprehend them.
The universal disgust with the msmsaase-
ment OF the war and the blunders Of the ad
| one year ago commenced the popular political
| revolution which first made its appearance in
the October elections, and increased in power at
| every subsequent election, until the public saw
that the copperheads were claiming those YER
diets AZ being in opposition To the war and for
"peace, at any terms" There was nothing in
The issues presented in the Central States last
would give the copperheads The sightest ex-
casesfor any such Interpretation. The public
saw that the vast resources of the North were
being frittered away by the imbecility and
blundess of the officials at Washington They
also saw in the intrigues Of tie radicals, who
were all powerful in administration circles, the
danger that the war for the restoration Of the
Union would be diverted frsM its legitimate
object and turned into a war of subjugation.
This, with the system Of arbitrary arrests,
aud other silly acts Of the administration, aroused
The conservative masses, and they in an en-
phatic manner recorded their reputation at
the ballet box. The Central ndportions OF the
Western States wheeled into line and united in
thcir protest against tho official laundering
and Encouragement that had characterized the
Cabinet officials, and also added TO that protest
an utter rout of the radical aboiitionists their
candidates and their issues.
In that verdict the public recognized an
overwhelming Reputation Of she radicals and
their doctrines. and rejoioed and took courage
over the result. It was, however, very far from
being an endorsement Of the other extreme. or
an expression in opposition To the prosecution
Of the war; But no. sooner was the re-
suit made known aud promulgated to
the world than the peace men claimed it
as triHmph Of their doctrines They i'm
medately commenced their harangucs, and
with the air Of oonquerors proclaimed their
pretended victory and psiicy throughout the
land. few months rolled around, and the
canvass was commenced in Connecticut. The
copperheads aud peace men, by their bluster
and noisy speeches, gave the impression that
the democracy had run wild on the peace
doctrines. The democracy of that State trotted
out their candidates on an ant-war and peace
platform The leading peace orators Of the North
stumped the State, and were holder than ever be-
fore in their opposition to the war. Election day
came, aud with it as complete reputation Of
the copperheads and radical democracy as the
radical republicans had received in the Central
States few months before. Rhode Island and
Providence Plantation followed in the same
strain soon after, the masses showing to the
world that while they agreed with the Central
States in their reputation of the abolitionists,
they also had a supreme disgust for the peace
men, and still maintained their ground for the
war until this unholy rebellion is crushed.
The copperheads failed to take warning from
this result, or to profit by the lessons that 1t
taught. Peace meetings were held in this city and
other places to organize an anti-war party, and
the public mind was kept fomenied with their
dongs. The canvass opened in Maine by the
nomination of their former anti-war candidate,
and Vallandighsm, another copperhead apos-
tie, was nominated amid wild Juror in Ohio.
The republicans in Maine brought forward an
old Jachsonian war democrat. The result is one
of the most disastrous routs Of the copper
head tribe ever known to any party,
which is likely to be followed by the repu
diation of Vallandigham in Ohio. This
| result will run through the Central States
| in the coming October and November elections
unless the democracy profit by these historical
| lessons and repudiate the heresies OF the cop
| perheads. The democracy of this State, at the
recent Albany Convention, showed their wis
dom by repudiating this dangerous faction.
| The peace men were defeated in all their
schemes, and left without plank to stand upon
or a candidate TO lean against. But had they
followed in the footsteps OF the democracy Of
| Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine, their
| ticket would have fallen stllborn, and the
people on election day would have recorded
an emphatic reputation. The people are de-
ternned that this rebellion shall be crushed,
and ruin will follow any party, faction, official
or politician who attempts to divert them from
that object or stand in their way
Oug SAILORS AND THEIR PRIZE MoxEY.-It has
been generally supposed that no difficulty ex-
listed in relation to the seamen Of our navy OBJ
tanning The prize money which was due them;
| b,,t -. end that thu Sacrafarv nf tho NAVY hos