Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-10-18
THE LATE ELECTIONS--THE RE-
SULT---HOW ARE THE SOUTH
ERN PEOPLE WoRSTED?

result Of the elections held in the States
of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa,
on Tuesday the 9th inst. The result is
such as we had anticipated. It was pure
ly struggle, on the part Of the radical
party, to maintain its supremacy in Con-
gress and in the executive and legislative
departments Of the Northern and Western
States. With its tremendous pecuniary
appliances, its lucrative Offices, and dccep-
tive clap-trap concerning what they falsely.
term Impartial suffrage" no intelligent
man could have expected different re-
suit in the States named With the De-
mocrats and Conservatives, on the other
hand, the contest was for great principle
1t was for the restoration of all the States
to the Union under the Constitution -
1t seems that a majority of TIE people of
those States cared not to discuss the mer-
Its OF so momentous an issue as the rcsto-
ration Of the Southern States to the Union.
and the return of the precious boon of
peace and prosperity to distracted coun-
try, when the unity and supremacy of
their party are threatened The shrine
makers for this Ethiopian temple, when
called upon to join the great statesmen and
self-sacrifcing patriots of the country in
pouring the oil Of harmony upon the trou-
bled waters, cry out 'tGreat is D1NAH Of
the 1fricansP' And they prastrate them
selves in impious alteration before the sa-
bic goddess! Making shrines for the
temple Of this grim isaged divinity of the
great New England party is profitable
business profitable pecuniarily and po-
lltically, as hundreds of the hired agents
of the party in our midst could testify, if
they would. We say they get their sup
port by magnifying and cxtolling the mi
raculous virtues of the sable divinity of
Abolitionism. They thrive in the midst
of contention and strife The restoration
OF peace to the country and fraternal rela-
tons between the people, North and South,
would destroy their-'party; the shrine
makers occupation would be gone; the
temple and its sable deity would crumba
to ruins; and dolorous lamentation would
I'LL the land
Like the murderers of Caesar, they cry
out to the rabble, "LiJcrty, freedom, and
acknowledgements which, when construed
in the light OF their acts, mean, the main
tainance Of Neif party organization,
though the liberties of the people should
perish, the freedom of the press and of
speech when used against them, abridged,
and the white men of the South disfran-
chised. If President johnson, who has
proved himself to be 1.-The noblest Roman
of them ALL" stands in their way he must
be put out of the way, as was Mr. Lincoln,
by the assassin's hand, or by the mociery
of a pretended impeachment.
Without circumlocution, or further ge-
neral remark, the result of the elections in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, is
verdict against the President for restor-
ring the late seeded States to the Union.
and declaration in favor of the antaeo-
nlstlc measures recommended by the joint
committee on reconstruction in Congress.
The issue between the President and this
committee was distinctly made, and the
former has been beaten, in these States.
And we anticipate the same result in all
the Northern and Western States in which
elections are yet to take place.
It is important to know what effect the
defeat Of the Presidents policy will have
upon the future political prospects Of the
South. Will they be placed in a less
favorable position than that which they
now occupy? Will the proposed constitu-
tional amendment, relative to negro suf-
frage, be forced upon them by the action
of the Northern and Western States p
It is impossible in advance to say what
Congress will do; but, judging from the
declarations of their presses and speakers,
previous to the election, we are inclined to
believe that the adoption of the amend
ment by the Southern States will be made
a condition precedent to their restoration
to the Union. Or, should it be adopted
byta constitutional majority of the States,
-(noseounting the Southern States, as Mr..
Stevens proposes this abominable mea-
sure may be forced upon us against our
will. In either case, What will be the
result?
First. If the adontion of the amendment