Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-21

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The Ground sven Certain % FL. E.6gbif
Johnson. his Policy, and ali
their Supporters. f<fT.5I'
me New York Herald Interprets tbo
stubborn Facts.''
tffon1 he N. y ,Ho5o2a Of 1Wdlgl2g,Hq
The geUeFalresalts of tbe Maine sIT. 5 T,,t;a,,
s are very decisive and very signiGcsof
4iieya are startling and inconprebensible 70
the e9pservatiEes, and indicate POPULAR
GROUND-SWELL WHOLLY VNFX-
PECTED by the radicals themselves Ttis
manifest to US that this remarkable election
turned more upon the exciting political
events Of the day, North and South. than
upon the exact political issues presented be-
tween the Southern restoration poIjcv IF
President johnson and the reconstruction
policy Of Congress. Extraordinary results
are generally due to extraordinary causes.
Had the Republicans simply had something
like their standing majority in Maine. the
result could have been explained by the sim
pie staten ent that the battle was fought be-
tween the Union party of the war and the
Old Copperhead peace Democracy, BUT
THE ENORMOUS GAIN TO THE RE
PUBLICAN VOTE THROUGHOUT
THE STATE REQUIRES A LARGER
EXPLANATION.
We conclude that to the exciting political
events Of the day, and especially to the
deplorablc tragedy lately enacted in New
OH cans, we must look for the exciting eau
sos which have resulted in this UNPRECE-
DENTED DEFEAT Of the Democrats and
Conservatives in Maine However guilty
Northern abolition radicals may have been
IN fomenting the New Orleans riots, the
ugly fact stands forth in gloomy relief that
Southern whites and negroes sympathizing
with the Northern radical party were De
LIBERATEIY MURDEREDb by Southern
desperadoes and municipal officers who had
been VIGOROUSLY active as SOUTHERN
REBELS in the late rebellion. Gen. Sheri-
dams dispatches upon this bloody business
have evidently left an impression upon the
n orthern mind prejudicial to the cause of
the speedy reconciliation of the two sections.
Those rufianly elements Of the South which
had SO much to do in precipitating the
Southern States into the abyss Of the late
rebellion, against the wishes and movements
Of he great body of the Southern people,
have been again at their diaboIical work.
Andfo We find the generous and acceptable
restoration policy of the President turned
into contempt by squads Of Southern vaga-
bonds, here and there, playing into the
hands Of Northern radicals and fanatics in
such scenes Of Iawlosslless and bloody vio-
lence as those ofMemphis and New Orleans.
Such ghastly scenes of disorder are, we
are satisfied, as REVOLVING TO THE
MASSES OFTHESOUTHERNPEOPLE
STO THE PEOPLE OFTHE NORTH:
but in the stubborn fact that such scenes are
enacted in Southern cities with the conni-
vance of the local authorities. aud that THE
GUILTY PARTIES ESCAPE WITH
OUT PUNISHMENT, the Northern mind
IS naturally drawn to the conclusion that
President Johnson's magnanimity is thrown
away, and that the intractable spirit of the
rebellion still prevails throughout the South.
We have heard it said that the New Orleans
massacre was 4 godaend to the Northern
radicals, and SO, in casting about for the
solution of this Maine election we are COM
PEELED to recognize it. Ifthe moral effects.
therefore, shall prove to be the TRIUMPH
OF THE STRINGENT RADICALpOL-
10y of exclusion, against the Presidents
generous aud conciliatory policy of Southern
restoration, the Southern people may charge
1t to those vicious and rebellious elements
among themselves which Southern political
leaders have permitted to be used by Nor
thern radical agitators for their party pur
poses.
Whatever may have been the real causes,
however, operating to bring about the ex-
traordinary results of this Maine election, It
Is tao decisice against tie Democracy and
to be Gmited to Maine Ue
oppFchcad that, as 6 all or political con-
tests of ihe past Qfa national character, the
result IN ha6e indicates the general o,Fjt of
the elections coming after 1t throughout the
A2rtaan States The prospect now ofa
majority in the next Congress
IS very doubtful; the prospect of another
radical Congress is better than it has ap-
pearcd at any time since December last. In
short, this Maine election Of 1866 will prob
ably mark another NEW CHAPTER IN
OUR POLITICAL HISTORY, and per-
haps ANOTHER REORGANIZATION
OF PARTIES AND ANOTHER RE
CONSTRUCTION OF PARTY PLAT
FORMSfor the Presidential election, begin
ming with the close of the coming elections
Of October and November
NEWS FROM our
STRONG HOLDS!
We hear most encouraging news from
Bloody Run, East Providence, West Provi-
ience, Broad Top, Hopewell and Union,
the friends of Congress are at work in these
districts, but friends do not hesitate or cease
your efforts fora single day until after sun
set on election day Every district that we