The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-10-06
SATURDAY MORNING ..:#;.aooToBER .. 1866.
A VOICE FROM KENTUCKY ON
THE SITUATION. ~

uuu tuU uuty VI ht
a specimen Of on earnest and patriotic edi.
torial in that paper Of the I'd inst.
The elections in four great States-Penn-
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa--take place
tomorrow week. If they should be in favor
of the President-for his policy is the pivot
upon which they will turn-there is little
doubt that those Of next month, including
New York, will be Of the same character. II
would amount to popular vindication of
the National Executive, and would exut-
ingy strengthen his hands and make buoyant
his heart. We should certainly look, then.
the part Of the more conservative members of
the Republican party in Congress to accom-
modate the differences between them and the
President, and, if possible, to adjust our ma
tional difficulties, admit loyal representatives
from the South, and end the long and dis
tracing agony. Wouldn't that be best?
Wouldn't 1t rebound to national harmony
and thrill the great heart Of the Repr bile as
with an electric shock from the frozen bay
of Passamaquoddy to the golden slopes Of
the Pacific, and reawaken the old rapture
"'which shook the depths Of the deserts gloom
when It was announced that Lord CORVALLIS
had surrendered to the peerless Washington?
Wouldn't ii give a new and marvellous i'm
pulse TO every species Of industry through
out the United States? Wouldn't it lend
wings Of supernal lightness to the ocean
birds" Of our commerce on every sea- and
send them home laden with the rich argosies
Of wealth CLEANED from every cline?
Wouldn't it increase the value Of the public
securities, and so augment the national re.
sources, through the prosperity of business,
as soon to make heavy inroads upon the
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undue burdens upon the people? Wouldn't
it restore confidence, hilarity, vigor, uin, and
boundless enthusiasm to every portion OF
the country, to every honest interest of the
community, and pour golden stream into
every industrious mans purse? Wouldn't
it, in a word, make our glorious game bird,
the American eagle, plume his wings for
loftier flight than ever, and cause him to ut
ter q louder, holder, shriller, calmer, and
more majestic and better-toned scream than
ever came from his airy throat?
1--WE think SO, and il our voice could be
heard above the din and the smoke Of the
battle-felds in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
and Iowa, we should shout to them, Men
and brethren, peace, no! Let the Republic
have rest Let the scalping-knife Of ven-
geance and Of blood be buried. Create not
another Frankenstein. Let not loose the
winds again. Accept the situation Let
loyal men Of the South in; put them upon
their honor and keep watch and guard over
them and everybody else and the Republic
with the sleeplessness Of thousand Ar
guses.'
1--WE shall be able within ten days to form
tolerably correct idea Of the popular ver-
dict upon the present controversy between
the President and Congress; and whatever
ha Ia,ipin,, ,pbn ,o;.
or deplore it, it will be our duty, as IL wiH
be he duty Of all men every,chere, TO bow
gracefully and periodically to the fat Of the
ballotbox. The people are supreme and
their verdict must be respected until they
themselves set it aside"
The Journal should remember that THE
PRESIDENT bows to the majority will of the
people-whatever that verdict may be-
whenever it is fairly, fully, and legally ex-
pressed
We take this opportunity to suggest
to the Journal and to all others whom
it msy concern, whatever may be the result
in the States Of Pennsylvania, New York
Ohio, Indiana. and other States, that the
issue presented to the country by THE PRES
IDRNr has not been fairly made in those States.
Many leading Democrats who went to Phila.
deiphia and pledged themselves as National
Union men, assumed the party name
adopted and shouted for the great principles
laid down there in the platform Of principles
and address, returned to their several States
resumed the old machinery Of the Demo-
cratic party, took its name, and with an un-
patriotic haste made up their states for oil
the Offices, ignored Conservative Republi-
cans, War Democrats, and Soldiers US the
candidates for the prominent State Offices
and nominated Peace Democrats and
Copperheads Maine led the van. The
peoples handwriting is on the wall. In
New York the Copperheads and copper.
seekers defeated the gallant DIX, and thus
forced Conservative Republicans, if not
back into the company of radicals, certainly
into political silence and inactivity. What
is true in New York State is true in Penn
sylvania. We protest against the assertion
that the issue made with Congress by TnE
President has been fairly presented TO the
people in either of these States. Gen. DIX
truly represented those principles, and if he
had been nominated for Governor of New
York would have been elected by an
overwhelming vote. CIYMER, in Pennsylva-
MIA, believes in the Administration, but the
people, especially the soldiers, War Demo.
Gratis, and Conservative Republicans, do not
believe in him. After the National Union
Convention was holden in Philadelphia Mr..
r..,.... aho,lJ have manifested patrin,;a,n