New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-11-05
rHE rLEorIoNs To.FToRR0W.

Tomorrow elections take place in several
Of the Northern States. The results, what !
ever they may be, cannot. We presume alter
the presumed complexion Of The next Con
gress; hut nevertheless they will present two
points of very great interest for the country, ,
The elections in the States Of New York and
Maryland are really Of Importance. The
Judgment of the greatest State in the Union
On the issues or which the North has assumed
the exclusive right to decide, must inevitably
exert a great influence, not only on the public f
opinion Of the. country, but on the two
branches of the government which represent
the different phases Of opinion IN reference
to the question Of reconstruction. Ehei
Maryland election involves problems Of
another character. The latest intelligence
shows that the radicals Of that State are de-
ternined to maintain their domination, and
that they are willing to resort to any measures |
to accomplish that object. We will, however.
pass over the case. of Maryland, for the mo-
/ ment, and limit ourselves to few remarks on
New York.
If that great State adhere to the radicals
4 by any very large majority, the effect, Of
1 course, will be to embolden them in the con
summation Of the revolutionary programme
i which they certainly contemplate, but which,
! as vet, they have announced only through
their orators and their newspapers. The
i most ultra and most violent element IN the
party will Immediately assume control Of its
. organization, and direct its movements. The
. constitutional amendment, having served It's
purpose as an electioneering expedient, will
BE dropped Dit Of view, and d fan more
advanced position will he assumed, involving,
perhaps, tie impeachment Of the President
and the development of Wendell Phillips
idea Of proyincializing the South, and max
Y ing her over again, into the likeness of New
]; ENGLAND Oh TIC other hand, should New
York 60 against the radicals Of give them
but a small majority, it is probable that their
: most ultra designs viii be, for time at least
abandoned. At al events the hands Of the
President Will be vastly strengthened BY this
proof Of the fact that he can rely on large
and powerful party ta.suDport him in his re-
sistance to the usurpaUlons and revolutionary
projects Of his adyersaries.
: AS to the prospects in New York, we eanno
Say that We feel any great degree Of conf
: dence Yet neither do We entirely despair Q
:, :, the success of the anti-radical ticket. Tb
~ October elections, although they went for tn
: radicals, Yet exhibited Uniform and yer,
t. ratiiffying gain for the opposite party. TIL
radicals lost ground in every State that voted
If these States had been as closely. contested
:! :. in 1864, as New York was, the rate Of loss ex
perienced by the radicals would have los
the elections. In examining the returns Q
the October elections, therefore, if we can fnt
y State il which the rate of anti-radical gail
y is great enough to turn the scale in New York
If if applied to New York, we may not unreason
Il ably hope that such State furnishes an indie
!. Of the result IN the elections Of tomorrow
e Indiana is such State. The returns Of tn
4 election Of this year, compared with those 0
n 1864, are as follows
d Democratic i ~ a 2ol l55 g
!. Total. h. ~. -s..+s.s. !, /. 288,285 325,A
! Thus, if the aggregate vote this year hat
!. been the same as in 1854, the Republican ma
0 jority would have beenl2. 000-showing De
e mocratic gain of six thousand in one hundre
h and thirty-one thousand OF A per cent
It Now in 1864 the vote of New. York stood 359
J, 600 for Lincoln, and 351, 600 for Mcclellan
y gain of 4.4 per cent. on MeClellan's vol
Il would make the anti-radieal vote 1855, 444, an
u would reduce the Republican vote to 343, 55t
1T thus giving the State to the anti-radicals
lg nearly "a, 600 majority. This is certainly
9. very favorable aspect of the chse and on
q which we do not venture to anticipate. "
~ it is based on the returns of the very electio
which the radicals have claimed as u splendi
Il triumph for theirparty. Moreover, the d.
4. mocratie papers seem, of late, to have game
ds unwonted confidence from the encouraging il
at dications of the registry More than 1900
d, voters were registered on the first opening
% the Offices. On Friday and Saturday last til
Offices were again opened, and the Democrat
he committees calculated that between thirty an
,ir forty thousand names would then be added t
h the lists. They estimate their majority
81 New York city at 45, 000 and they think thi
q this, combined with the large maiorities whic
= = they anticipate in the other counties
! the Metropolitan district, and along IL
i Hudson river, ought to give them the Stat
s /. - 1 4 . +
t. We shall soon see whether or not their ealc1
i, lations are correct
!. J, THE MEXICAN QUESTION
y = Notwithstanding the summary manner
: which Gen. Sheridan settled the Mexico
Of question, doubts viii arise in reasoning nint
\, rs to the practicapility Of solving problems
,e this kind il any such manner. It is ave-
easy thing to decide political questions
general orders when the soldiers are
q hand with fixed bayonets, and the eannonie
= stand BY shotted guns. The process by viii,
e Gen. Baird solved the question Of the Ne
d Orleans riot was very simple, and very /
{. fectiye for his purposes twas an admiral
g illustration Of the facility with which impr,
d liabilities could be converted into certainties
T. and impossibilities resolved into actualite
!. All that is wanting to accomplish these o