The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-16
The Maine Election and the Lesson mat
IL Teaches.

IL Teaches
The Maine election, as was generally antici-
pated. has gone overwhelmingly against the
c0ppeTheads. The result is bat reafirnation
Of that loyal, conservative public sentiment
which carried New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana last autumn against the radical
abolition war faction, and which, during the
present year. has spoken with equal emphasis
In New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and California against the radical democratic
peace faction. aud which only the other day
brought out the popular masses of loyal Ken
lucky against both these factions. In other
words, the predominant public opinion Of the
loyal States since last October, as the occasion
has required. has from time to time rebuked
and repudiated the perncious principles and
purposes Of both niggerheads and copperheads,
With the startling news Of Beauregard' 8 bonn
bardment of Fort Sumter there was an imme-
date spontaneous universal and terrible r4ris-
ing Of the people of the loyal States in favor OF
the maintenance of the Union and its supreme
authority by the sword. And thus, for the first
year of the war, there was within the limits Of
the loyal States only the shadow of a party
opposed to the administration. But, with the
political plumbers and military failures and dis
asters of the administration in 1862, there was
powerful popular reaction against it in the
Central States in their elections of last autumn
In these elections the popular judgment was
declared against the violent and sweeping abo.
lition measures and the arbitrary acts oil the
administration in reference to obnoxious pri-
vate individuals in the loyal States, where il is
held the military cannot constitutionally be
made to supersede the civil law.
The administration and the party supporting
it, alarmed by the popular manifestations,
began to take in SAIL The business Of arbi-
trary arrests under the orders of Secretary
Stanton was almost totally suspended, and
the most violent abolition organs ceased for
time to proclaim the object of the war as
nothing more nor less than the extirpation of
Southern slavery, even if it should require the
determination of the shareholders Thus, with
the approach of the Northern spring elections
of 1868, the administration and its party prac-
tically came back to the platform of vigorous
prosecution of the war for the suppression Of
the rebellion. But in the meantime the copper
head peace faction, inflated with the idea that
Governor Seymour, for instance, had been
elected through their efforts, and upon their
absurd peace principles, boldly undertook to
carry Connecticut upon the platform of "peace
at any price," whether it might involve sub
mission to jeff. Davis as President of the United
States or the recognition Of his Southern confed-
eracy with the boundaries Of his own choosing.
The results, from that day to this, wherever
this abominable peace programme has been
tried, have been the samoan indignant re-
buke and Reputation of the copperheads by
the people. As it was in Connecticut, so
it is now in Maine. The war demo
Gratis have joined the war republicans, and
have overwhelmingly carried the day. Ohio
and Pennsylvania, in October. will be very apt
to follow in the wake Of Maine and California;
for while Vallandigham, as the great apostle
of the copperheads, is more obnoxious to Union
war democrats than Bradbury, Judge Wood
ward, the head of the democratic ticket in
Pennsylvania was brought forward on the
same ground and in the midst of rebel inva.
sion OF the State.
We apprehend, too, that the sbilly- shally,
contemplate, demoralizing, do-nothing course
of Governor Seymour in reference to the draft
and the late riots in this city has difused through
out the North the suspicion that these imprac-
ticable projects Of the copperheads for peace
with the South mean nothing less than civil
war and anarchy at our own doors. We con-
Convention at Albany, in endorsing the wisdom,
patriotism and energy Of Governor Seymour in
these late trials of the public patience, made q
great mistake. If they wish to carry our No
vember election they will at least keep Sey-
mour in the background. He has attempted
the difficult feat of carrying water on both
shoulders, and has signally failed He was a
drawback to Bradbury in Maine, and will be no
advantage to st. John, Church and company
The Albany democratic platform, on the
main point, the vigorous prosecution Of the
war, will do. Upon that ground, and against
all the radical abolition usurpations Of power,
revolutionary proceedings and principles, corr
ruptions and blunders, and against the budget
Of blunders of Governor Seymour, let the oppo-
sition conservative elements of New York con.
dnct this campaign, and they may again carry
the State. Otherwise the odor Of copperhead-
ism will stick to the skirts Of the democracy,
and they will be ingloriously defeated.
Astonishing Revelation I'm Ordnance
CAmnOn n NJ
Miles.
The recent work Of our seige artillery on
Morris Island is without parallel in the history
Of warfare. The fact that field artillery and
heavy ordnance have reached such perfection
is almost Incredible. If any one three years
since had ventured to assert that guns would
be constructed capable Of throwing projectile
Of three hundred pounds weight distance Of
six miles he would have been considered a