The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-17
The cominx state Elections.

The Coming State Elections
The great national issue which will over
| shadow all others in our coming fall elections
in tho Northern States will DO the issue Of
negro supremacy hereafter In our national
affairs, through Southern negro political
| foreshadowed In the Congressional pro-
gramme Of Southern reconstruction. The
republican party, from Abraham Lincoln'a
election to tho Presidency down to this scheme
of transfer of political power in the South
| from the white TO the black race, has been
sustained by the almost unbroken voice Of the
Northern States In all its measures first
for the suppression Of the rebellion, and next,
for the reorganization of the rebel States on
the basis Of universal liberty But in this bold
and dangerous scheme Of putting the Southern
political balance of power over our national
affairs In the hands Of the blacks, just released
from the darkness and Generalization of
negro slavery, II strikes US that only In another
form the republicans are making the same
fatal mistake which was made by the late
national democracy when they attempted to
perpetuate the reign Of the Southern slave
holding oligarchy, with their laws, DEGREES and
dogmas for the perpetuatlon and extension of
slavAry stsaIf
This is but tha swinuiar IF thu nandpIum
from one extreme to the other-it is steering
from Soylla to Charybdis. What peace or
harmony can we hope for in exchanging the
insolent rule Of tho late three hundred thou
sand Southern shareholders for the rule Of Eve
hundred thousand Southern negroes who but
yesterday were slaves and the descendants of
ignorant slaves for hundreds of years The
experiment involves an outrage upon the
enlightened public opinion Of the Northern
States which will surely meet with decisive
rebuke
We cannot doubt that this desperate expert.
ment Of negro supremacy will DO emphatioally
condemned by the voice of New York in our
coming November election. A change OF eight
or ten thousand votes in the six hundred and
odd thousands Of this great Commonwealth is
but bagatelle; but it will suffice to revolu-
tioniBe the State Upon this broad and distinct
question of negro supremacy, however, we
may look for change Of thirty, forty or fifty
thousand, as compared with the figures Of our
last November election. In Ohio, with vallan..
digham and his obnoxious copperhcad notions
again in the foreground, there is but gloomy
prospect for the opposition elements. They
cannot be combined on Yallandigham or under
Vallandigham. But in Pennsylvania they have
q very fair prospect Of anticipating in October
the inevitable November reaction In New
York. The substantial ysomanry OF Pennsyl-
vania, who could not follow Buchanan in 1860,
in behalf Of Breckenridge and the Southern
oligarchy, will not be ant TO
follow "Old Thad Stevens In 1867, in behalf OF
Southern negro supremacy.
No political party, however strong IL NAV
have grown in tho condolences of the pcople. or |
however confident 1t may be In its strength
and resources, can betray the public con.
idence or outrage public opinion with impu-
,ity. The penalty speedily follows the offence.
Dur political history abounds in such warnings.
lake, for example, the nomination of candi. |
late for Governor 10 this State through certain |
'arty arrangements with notorious gambler,
md mark the result, notwithstanding the
npopularity Of the opposing candidate on
ocsi issues On the other hand, we find the
sts dominant party In Connecticut reduced to
minority In presuming to bring forward a
umbugging Snowman as q represeu tative of
heir principles and their morality. How, then,
IN the republican party expect TO escape the
onsequences Of Id bad faith with the people,
hon tho people come 10 pronounce their
'dgment upon this presumptuous and dan.
erou scheme Of negro supremacy
This Is the question NOW awaiting the popular
'dgment; Shall the tep excluded Southern
bel States be reorganized aud restored To
ongress, each and all under a predominant
sgro vote from the dlsfranchi and dis-
ist OF white men, or shsll Congress itself be ,
He'd upon BY the people Of the North to | I
fuse, reconsider and reconstruct lis terms OF q
construction 90 ~ 10 give the Southern !
bites chance, At losst where thoy constitute .
heavy majority Of the people, ss, for instance. :
Virginia, North Caroline or Georrisf !
BON this question we expect q political 4
action In the North this fll which will 9
force some attention and respect from Con. .
ess. Il Is to the people that we look for a r
'cue for while the laws stand al they are a
esiden. johnson can DO very little TO stay b
Dir operation, howeysf great the numbsrlof I
movsls and changes be may mako. We look
the people for reaction against this b
rilous scheme Tor fastening upon the country {,
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