The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-10-24

1'oer OF those who are first ad
%'t'ed to the privilege of the electiv
.'a"eo'sc does not to me seem essential
'0F IT you let any portion OF the colore
people vote the rest will follow in time
! mad conversation With Govcrnc
1onnson, - Of Tennessee, on this subject
"e !. 'eels right, personally, but is a litt!
''"'o as to the public sentiment. 1 d.
nope you will see your way clear to TAX
Tue LEAD in this matter. You will thu
nj not only do good thing for your couo
''y' out lmmortalize your name, for
am satisfied the nation will grow to this
Il IL mas not already reached it.
Excuse me for having intruded m,
views upon your attention. The brie
ou' pleasant acquaintance I had viii
you has encouraged me to do it.
Very truly yours,
OWEN LOvEJUY.
"o'' Michael Hahn, New Orleans, La.
REACTIONS, HISTORICALLY CON.
slDERED.
Fro" the Chicago Tribune.
The Republican party has e1perisn
ced ''rcactions" before. This is A ver,
mild and light visitation to that which
1t endured in 1862. 1t was struck with
a blast that year which its opponents
claimed would send it to the bottom
'ut it quickly righted up and sailed
triumphantly into port.
Did the "mishty reaction" Of tha,
year stop the war, or change the pur.
pose OF the Republicans to emancipate
the slaves and enlist them as soldiers in
the army? That was the issue. The
great work Of emancipation was not by
anv means as far advanced when the
elections Of '62 were held as the work
Of reconstruction is now. It was the
TALL when a new Congress was to be
elected. The object of the Copper.
heads was to force the President to re.
call the emancipation proclamation
they argued the unconstitutionality Of
1t, and drew dismal pictures of the
''war Of races" which must ensue, and
Of the "whoIesale butchery of inuocen,
white women and children by savage,
ignorant niggers that inevitably would
result from that iucendiary abolition de.
cree. ~ a, The ''independent aoaters,
were prodigiously alarmed by these evil
representations, and frightened at the
bI0odshed and discouraged by the de-
teats sustained by Mcclellan, Buell.
and other Conservative Democratic
Generals, and so badly were these timid
souls scared that they bolted their
party and voted the Coppcrhcad ticket.
just recall the result of that years
election. Maine gave but 6o25 Repub-
lcan majority, and one Coppcrhead
-'"e "'""'"a IN Cnnnress Now hamp-
shire gave 1898 Democratic majority
for Governor, and elected one Demo
crat to Congress. New York went
Copperhead on the State ticket by TO-
752, electing Seymour Governor and
seventeen members of Congress of the
same ilk against fourteen Republicans.
Pennsylvania went Copperhead by
1924, and elected thirteen Copper
heads to Congress against eleven Re.
publicans.
New Jersey voted the same by H..
597 maj ority, and elected four Copper
heads to Congress to one Republican.
Ohio went Copperhead by 5577,
and elected fourteen Copperhead Con.
gressmen against FIVE Republicans.
Indiana went Copperhead by 9543,
aud elected seven Coppe,heads against
four Republicans.
illinois went Copperbead by 16,546
and elected nine Copperheads to five
Republicans.
In Michigan the Republican ma,
jority was cut down to 6614 majority
aud one Congressman was lost.
Wisconsin went Copperhead ll77
votes, and elected three Copperhead
Congressman against three Reputli.
cans.
Tho Copperhead organs and dema.
gogues were perfectly Wild over these
tremendous 'sgains" aud *'popular rcvo.
lutions." But what benefit did the,
derive from them! Were they able to
stop the war! or arrest Emancipation
or prevent the employment Of negroes
as soldiers! ! or revoke the habeas cor
pus suspension ? or restore the Corser
vative Generals to the command of the
armies? or stop conscrip.ions or volun'
teering? No, not ono of them. Tht
war was prosecuted with more vigo,
than before. Emancipation was per.
fected, and black soldiers wcrc enlisted
the draft was enforced, and treasonablt
Copperheads were arrested and put int
Forts Warren and Lafayette. At tn.
subsequent Preside ntial election ther.
was swing back Of the political pen
dulum, and the Copperhead party wers
crusbingly defeated. Every stat'
which was lost IN '62 was recovered i,
'64, except New jersey.
The so-called reaction Of this fall i
no more TO be compared with that O
1862 than 4 fresh breeze with hurri
cane which prostrates everything in it
march.
An Eastern exchange says: "a
the likes in the northern part of Maine
on Monday, the snow fell to the deptl
| Of ten inches. AT Rumford. Oxfort
county, there we're four inches, whicl