The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-11-22
TsrE GENERAL REsULT.

general result is that the Radicals hav
sustained their prcponderance in Cor
grcss, and must necessarily retain It dr
ring the next term of two years, unles
a division may unexpectedly occur .
mongst them The popular maioritie
in all the Northern States are in fayo
ofthe Radicals--in some Of them yer
small, considering the number Of vote
given. In Pennsylvania 1900 on
vote Of 100000; in New York l4,Or
on probably 10000 in Councc! {
800; in New Jersey about 1000.
Radical majority Of the popular ~
the North is about the same n.p9
in 1864 on the vote Of y ",o
against Gen. McClellar w nau
strong ground fer hopet'' 'he elections
this year would sls consideraDic
changes il the No.l in favor of the
Presidents policy and that the course
or g,ob oxooliat mon as Senators Doc
little and Com, and many others who
might bc ,pcd, would be followed by
MANY Of 10 rank and file of the Repub,
lican psrg 1t has been in the North
as in oy part Of Maryland, that many
Who ave talked all along in favor Of
the,5ohuson policy, and fully intended
Dsupport it, nevertheless could not, at
the last moment, break loose from the
meshes Of party thraldom, to sustain
that which their conscience and judg-
mcnt approve as the true policy Of the
country. Like the New York Times
and the Post, fearful of being caught in
Democratic company, they 60 back TO
their wallowing in the miro of Radical
ism; in hopes something may turn up
to pass the cup from their lips. Those
two papers, together with the \, York
Herald, by their advocacy Of the true
doctrine raised high the hopes Of its
success but, whilst still protesting the
same principles, they have done their
utmost to ensure The Radical success. -
They may halt aud temporize II they
please but the great issues of the day
press on ike fate, and men must decide
for the veal or woe of their country, in
the coming crisis, without regard to the
contcmptibls feeling which, for the time
being, prefers party to country.
On the other hand, Maryland and
Delaware are strongly Conservative, and
the election in Missouri is no indication
Of the popular feeling; for they are
cursed there with worse Registry law
even than that of Maryland, combined
with the worst specimen of a Radical
Governor. Thus VIC fnd, that every
Northern State is Radical every South
orn, or late slave holding State, Conscr-
yatiye. We remain just as at the
breaking out Of the war, the North all
one way, the South another way--em.
phatically two distinct peoples, with
different views aud interests-with this
differeuee however, that the South is
not disposed to commit the grand mis-
take second time of making enemies
of the strong Conservative host in the
North, which viii stand by them as long
as they stand by the Union.
1t is notifying to behold this spec
taclc of house so completely divided
against itself. If our country remains
so long it is true as Scripture that IL
cannot stand. II is not 10 be tolerated
that in this Republican country the
North, with double the strength, should
impose its will upon the South The
manifest attempt to do so led to the late
war. The South has submitted wisely
to all the necessary conditions imposed
by defeat in that war win she submit
to Negro Equality, the point to which
the imperious Northern majority seems
disposed to drive her? Never The
South will sooner be content to remain
without representation in Congress, as
long as Radicalism rules there, In the
meantime We lose the glorious opportu-
Suity to fuse all our people again into
one, that shall know no sectionalism. -
1t remains for the North TO settle the
question. Marylandand Delaware have
spoken their final determination In
the next two years the North will most
probably reconsider the question. The
National Union Party, with President
johnson at its head, viii be firm s the
hills If the doubling multitude shall
have faith enough to stand up to their
sentiments, the next Iresidontial cleo
ton will restore the country. If not.
then God only knows how long We shall
remain one country.