The Van Buren press., 1867-12-13
NO.2S

uance Of the stipal6tions sos ssalssihins
naval force for suppression - thet
trade. a5af qn.bss AxpRxw Josusow.
TIE z.sies;. .sa tie FI.issiis; 2;ss.
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Old Ben Wsds strnek the ksy soss Il
Radical intrigue when be said. 4 ~ did
in recent conversstioa, I'VE shsll hsvs
tho Southern States ssorssnissd soon. sad
they will vote right. Thea We ess rely %
enough Northern States to issuss ths slss-
tion Of our man. whoever hs may BE-" Ths
election spoken cfis that soon 10 b holdea
for President. and the term "our aS6"
means the stifIest kind II . stiGs Gsbosksd
Radical. II has heca svidsst for ssas tine
that the Republicans are counting o. ~
Black Republics to insure The choice o(thsis
candidate for the Pcaidsncy. and now ~
have the frank avowsl Of no less psssoa.
age than Benjamin r. Wade. Acting viss-
President Of the United Ststss end : led.
ing Radical, that such 10 the fact Fer
this purpose the work Of . reconstructioa"
is being pushed rapidly on under the dirsc.
tion Of the military commanders, and Il no
impedimsns b offered it is sAfs 70 prssuus
that each Of the excluded States viii b ns-
groizcd in time to meet the designs OF tie
party. by their help sad such Nonhsn
States as still remain undsr The ban of Rsdi.
col hate aud Inst, men sud measures fsiect.
ed by the intelligent white poptlstioa ef
the country are 10 be forcsd upoA us.l Sueh
is the Radical programme. For that ~
Wsties, Stevsuses. Summers, N iisons and
Phillipses Of the nation. sidsd By such
men as Hunnicutt, Pope. Lindslsy. Brown
low and Greeley. are working. Lot ~ -
whst chances they have for succeeding. II
all the Southern Ststes lsss adnitssd, shs
full electoral vote will b. Sl7. II which lto
is an absolute majority. With what dagsss
Of certainty can the Radicals count on eea-
trolling that numbsrs II will NOE b d.
MED that Cslifornis, ConnecticSt. Dsis.
ware. Kentucky. Maryland, New jersey.
Pennsylvania, New Aork. and Ohio. viii
be as a unit against them. With an pna-
nimity seldom witnessed the people ofthoss
States have rejected the negroixing doctrines
Of Congress, and II must not Ia supposed
that IN less than one year they will te asaAy
to embrace them. Revolutions never 70
backward. and that which redeemed The
States we have enumerated will not only
increase steadily within their borders. but
extend TO oshsr States sad bring shsm m
der the Conservative bsnnss. Whsa ~
people once eut loose from Radical ruls,
they arc loosa vfonver, M an>as1l ~
threatening OF coaxing can change TIE Dc.
tsrmiuation Of 1 people sceustomed 10 thiak
and sct fos thssnsslvss. HsAcs W tAay
safely conclude that the nine 6astSe sbovs
named will vote solidly against ths R.dissl
rresidential candidate, whosvsr 10 msy h.
These nine States poll 1l0 electoral votes
leaving only 10 to insure % atsoluts ma.
jor,ty and slect Democratic PsssideAs.
Can thess 40 votes be obtainsds We thiak
they can. Illinois and lndiapA teGsshsr
give twenty nine votes. VIII not both Of
these States wheel into line with Nsw York
and Ohio when the fnal contest comssf
The sane causes thst have given u six
States and produced . change sf Ak,O0O
votes in the Radical majority of Masssshs-
sctts in single year. ought to rsdssu, L.
diana and Illinois. With those 6tates
white. the Radical majority is bnt eleven.
TO overcome that ws hare all tbs remain
ing States. Maine and New Hampshire
ere crowding 10 the front, and II thsy bat
gain ~ largely in the next y thsy aid Ii
the last election, both will BE- found ii the
Union ranks. Then there ars ssvsral Of
the Northwestern States who undoubtedly
will cut loose from Radical rule within tie
coming year. and it will be impossibls, with
oil their hardihood Of sction and dedsace
Of the Constitution, for the extremists 70
negroize oil the Southern 6tstsa, 90 that
some Of them will not undoubssdly vots
for the Conservative csndidats. On ths
whole. then, We cannot conBidsf that ths
declaration Of Wade that "ws csn rsly %
enough Northern States to insure tie slse.
ton Of our man." has reasonable icundA.
ton In fact. 1t now looks u II the North.
with its white population -rsprsssnting
the virtue and intelligence Of sss nation.
would be united against the hadicals !;
while the South, with it, population ofns-
groes--repressnting the vics and ignorance
Of two continents, il for thsm. AZ Any
rate the chief dependence u the Radical
party Is on tbs negroes and ths 6tass os.
ganixations TO be placed under thsir esa.
troll. The principles Of the party hsvs ~
come stencil IN the nostrils II whits men
and il it succeeds it will only b throueh
the aid Of the miserable tools nov bsisg
trsiued to assist them. They msy toass cf
what they expect to be able to Do with AAsis
help. but in our opinion botk black and
white niggcrs will experience . Wasssleo
defeat in thu Presidential eampaign.-
Bridgeport Conn. Farmer. i Y "a
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-- Our New Orleans spscisl says h h
rum orsd there that Hancock will dissolve