Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-20
DEsPERATEON.

OESPERATkON.
The Republican party sO-called Is de-
stroyed by the result Of the recent cleo
tions. 1t was never anything but fun
gus-a diseased growth. As general
yigor is restored to the body polite, its
decay proceeds apaee 1t is sloughed in
twain already, and viii soon disappear
altogether.
1t is only necessary for the conse rva-
tive constitutional men in the country to
cohere an organization, and advance in
solid column, to complete the rescue of
the government We append extracts
from two of the most ultra of the Radical
presses, and one protesting to be mod
crate, showing the disorganization which
has driven them to desperation. That
from the Tribune is the most reckless
and shameless partyism ever exhibited
but all the indications are that the bales
ful comet, that from its "horrid hair" has
shaken civil war poverty, bankruptcy
and general misery over the land, hastes
to its setting
From the New York Tribune, Oct. 18th
For tie Republicans are bound to 90 under
thank God , If hey don't entranchise the
blacks Manhood suffrage is no "side is.
sue7 for them, but one of life and death.
If the blacks are not enfranchised, Val-
4. H.. e D.
ident. If the Southern States were recon-
structed on a white basis, he could and
would carry all but one of the fifteen late
slave States by overwhelming majorities
as the late elections in Maryland and
Kentucky conclusively attest The Demo-
cratic party, reinforced by the late Rebels,
would rule us with a rod of iron from the
hour that reconstruction without negro
suffrage was consummated. We defy any
one who can count twenty to shut his eyes
to the fact that the fourteen Southern
States Tennessee standing QUIT will unanio
mously choose Democratic electors of
President, and send twenty-eight Demo-
Gratis to the Senate, with nearly hundred
to the House, from the hour in which they
are rehabilitated" with their blacks
under the feet of their whites
From the New Y Ork Times. Oct l4th
Republicans everywhere feel anxious to
retain the ascendency of the party, and
they know that the South cannot now be
made or kept Republican except by negro
votes. In Ohio and other Northern States
none of these motives have any considera-
Bile weight
From the St Louis Democrat, Oct. 18th.
Democrats rejoice. Rebels, take courage.
Honest Republicans are disappointed.
Why Because a new treachery, not less
base and more successful than that fMr.
johnson and his followers, has revealed
itself 1t is the treachery of Republicans
that has caused loss in Ohio, and partial
defeat in Pennsylvania. To show precisely
what sort Of treachery we mean, let us
take an inside view ofthepolitical situation.
Just now, the Presidential election of
1868 is the objective point of all combina-
tons Conservative Republicans desire to
force the nomination Of candidate in SYM
pathy with Themselves candidate who
will be governed by them, and not by the
more radical Republicans, both in his poli-
cy, and in the distribution of offices. Un~
fortunately for this scheme, two serious
obstacles stand in the way. In the first
place. they are clearly in a minority in the
Republican party. Any convention fairly
representing the sentiment of the party
would throw them overheard, and select
some true, resolute and able man as candi-
date Again, The victories of last year
were too decisive They gave the Repub-
lican party confidence to believe that it
could nominate and elect a brave and able
overcome these difficulties, to destroy the
confidence of Republicans, and to force
upon the party the will of a minority of
lite members, they used the elections of this
year. How we'll they managed, the results
show.
We believe this to be the true explana-
ton Of recent events. The elections were
not the work of the people, but of dssap-
pointed or desperate political gsmesters.
Having pursued timid and conservative
policy until it has disguised the party with
them and their advice, they now seek, by
exposing the party to defeat, TO force them
selves and their views upon the majority
who have repudiated them. And it re-
mains for those Republicans who care more
for principles than for spoils, more for the
welfare Of the country than for temporary
success, to determine whether we will win
in spite of these men, as we did in 1866 or,
submitting to the indication, will permit
their treachery to Republican principles to
reap its desired reward. For ourselves we
answer, principles, not men," We cans
not sacrifice the principles for which we |
have fought. We cannot abandon those |
measures of reconstruction by which only |
can the welfare of the country be secured. |
For the sake of those principles and meas
ures we can sacrifice all else; if the welfare |
of the country demands it, we can easily |
Offices and spoils to those whose
pure and disinterested patriotism needs |
buying to keep it true. But we cannot |
abandon the loyal men of the South to
their foes we cannot forego all hope of
ust and loyal reconstruction we cannot |
give up the banner of equal rights, under
which alone the Republican party would
be worth a vote or an effort