Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-08
THE RESULT OF THE KENTUCKY
ELECTION.

! ing opposition to Radicalism. The
election, however, has been free
one untraiumeled by proscriptive franchise
laws, and unawed by the presence Of bayo-
nets, and the sovereign people Of Kentucky
have pronounced their opinion. They are a
high-spirited, intelligent people who their
duties know, and know their rights, and
knowing, dare maintain" It lies not in the
mouth Of any one to condemn the majority
Of free people for any result achieved by
the free exercise Of their rights and powers.
We congratulate the entire people Of Ken
! lucky, that they are so fortunate as TO be
/ able to control at the ballot box their do
nestle concerns, and advise the true men of
| the defeated party to give a cheerful
! acquiescence in this result, and Joint
| ly with their victors grid on their ar
NOR against the common enemy-Radical-
ism. We think that there has been differ
ence Of opinion among good conservative
men in that State as to the proper and
| polite plan to effect an end that both de-
sired. It may be that one Of the parties 70
the late conflict by seeming to lean towards
Radicalism for support has forfeited the pub
lie confidence, and if this be the philosophy
Of the contest, we most unfeignedly rejoice
at the election Of DUvALL, for it clearly
shows that a large majority of the people Of
a State which stood unhinchingIy for the
Union, and gave her men and money to the
support Of the Government during the late
war will have nothing to do with the Radi-
cal and revolutionary party now assail-
ing the Government though in pronouncing
that verdict they were forced to set
aside the pretensions and claims to conf
dence Of a deserving soldier in that cause.
If this be the view Of the majority, the re-
suit should be hailed as condemnation of
radicalism which will give strength to the
President, and to the true friends Of the
Government North and South.
Judge DUvALL and Gen. HoBsoN, who
most distintively represented the contest, are
both men Of high personal character. The
one side made charges against the former Of
sympathy with the late rebellion, the other
accused the latter Of connection with radi-
calism. The one was a defunct issue, and
should have had no place in the lists, the
other, whether true or not, was a vital
matter The evil there was in rebellion the
Conservative people Of Kentucky had no
longer reason to fear; that there is in Radi-
calism upEears its horrid front and threatens
to-day their most precious liberties. If
they thought there was any reason to suspect
it among General HoBsoN's supporters, they
did right to cleave it down.
In order to give our readers an insight
into the state of feeling in regard to the
result, we append extracts from the leading
Louisville papers Of yesterday:
From the Jounal.l
According to present appearances, Ken
lucky has gone for DUvALL by heavy ma
jority. We DO not choose to comment at
any length upon Mondays election until we
get further returns. The task doesn't
promise TO be so pleasant a one thatwe need
be in a hurry TO perform it. Whether
DUvALL's powerful vote is attributable TO
the fact that the cry Of coalition with the |
Radicals was everywhere raised against the |
Conservative Union party, or to the fact |
that Kentucky actually is and has all along |
been, secretly, q prO-rebel or rebel-sympa- |
thizing State, we know not.
The men who have, in all probability, |
carried Kentucky, need not fatter them |
selves that the Democracy of the ever loyal |
States viii accept, as candidate for the |
Presidency, any person occupying the politi- |
cal position Of Judge DUvALI. They will |
support no candidate not known to be OPP |
posed to secession and rebellion. Kentucky, |
if she could go with those States in the
great Presidential canvass Of 1865, will have
to change her position vastly from what it
now seems to be.
From the Democrat
The contest is over in this State for the
present, and il is one that should never have
taken place. Its effect on the elections in
other States will be a matter Of dispute
perhaps; but we are satisfied it will be del
eterious. The Radicals are fortunate in
getting ammunition from events in the
South, for the most part mere accidents. The
riots al Memphis and in New Orleans. and
the agitation in this State, all tend to aid
them. They are all weights that the De-
mocracv have 10 carry. And what if they
are beaten as before What are we to ex-
pect bat that the Radicals will carry ont
their purposes. According to our expert
ence, they only become more and more rad
ical, and we know they have the power 10
whatever purposes they unite
upon. The people South of us have re-
Trained from political agitation, and wisely
20; but we have been as reckless in kentuC-
Ky as they have been discreet.
We can only await on events. The out
look now is not encouraging. The prospect
Of n peaceful Union Of these States is about
rs remote as ever. If the present party re-
tain power in the Government we see no
prospect Of it at all.
The President is doing what he can but
II these Radicals have two-thirds of the
Senate, and return 70 Washington flushed
with popular support at home, the President |
will not be long in their way. They have
the power, and if they don't use it, they viii
have TO improve greatly, whereas party
only increases by contest, and
power grows by exercise.
From the Courier.
Despite the foul ISLANDERS Of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians, and the misrepresentation of
designing demagogues, who sought by insen-
salt tlanlNE 10 lutluliuatt anu AlNOTt U0I |
from the path of duty and Of patriotism, she
has proclaimed 20 the nation in thunder
tones that she is true 10 the Constitution,
faithful 70 the Government, earnest in her
devotion 20 the Union, and resolute TO sus-
tain patriotic President, who has fearlessly
deded the power Of a Jacobin Congress and
planted himself as an impossible barrier be-
tween PROSTATE and downtrodden people
aud a bloodthirsty and diabolical persecu-
ton.
From the beginning Of the canvass to the
close Of the polls, the opposition to our par
tv has been conducted upon a programme
Of studied and persistent SANDER and mis-
represeu tation. In the face of our platform
Of principles, which made not the slightest
allusion 70 rebellion, which enyeloped no
hidden treason, which did not hint at scccs-
sion as an article Of party faith but which
brcathed the purest devotion 20 the Consti-
tuition and answering attachment TO the |
Union, the Radical presses have insisted that |
we were a party made up Of rebels and re-
bel sympathizers, organized 10 obtain politi-
cal control Of the State, and 10 prescribe |
those who fought for the Union. With I'M
llushing audacity, and an amazing disre-
gard for the truth, they have declared |
through their papers, and upon the stump,
hat there was no sincerity in our proles-
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