The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-13
THE "REACTiON..

The Chicago Tribune pooh -poohs the
windy jubla,ion of the Democracy over
what they call this overwhelming reaction
against Radlcatism II institutes q compari.
son between the elections this year and those
of ls62 thus:
Just recall the result of that years cleo
ton. Maine gave bat 6,025 Republican ma,
jority, and one Comprehend was elected 10
Congress. New Hampshire gave 3,79s Dem
ocratic majority for Governor. and elected
one Democrat to Congress. New York went
Copperhead on the State ticket by 10, 1852,
electing Seymour Governor and sereateen
| members Of Congress of the same ilk again st
fourteen Republicans. ~
PenusyIyauia went Coprerhead by 1924,
and elected thirteen Copperheads to Congress
against eleven Republicans.
New Jersey voted the same way by A.
5a7 majority, and elected four Copperheads
TO Congress to one Republican.
| Ohio went Copperhead by 6,511, and elect
| ed fourteen Copperhead Congressman against
five Republicans.
| Indiana went Copperhead by 9,543, and
elected seten Copperheads against four Re
pubhcans,
Illinois also went Comprehend BY 1855,
and elected nine Copperheads to FIVE kepub-
| licans.
Ia Michigan the Republican majority was
cut down to 6,Cl4 majority, and one Cou>
| gresham was lost.
Wisconsin went Copperhead By 1.ls7 votes
| and elected three Copperhead Congressman
against three Republicans.
The Copperhead organs and demagogues
were perfectly wild over these tremendous
| gains and popular revolution But
what benefit did they derive from them? Were
| they able 10 step The war? or arrest emanci-
| pailoni or prevent the employment OF ne
| Croes as soldiers? or revoke the hdbtds cor.
/ pus SUSPENSION or restore the Conservative
| Generals to the command of the armies? or
stop conscriptions or volunteering No, not
/ Que of them. The war WAS prosecuted With
more vigor than before. Emancipation was
perfected, and black soldiers were enlisted;
| the draft Was enforced, and treasoLab'e Cop.
perbeads were arrested and put into Forts
Warren and Lafayette. AT the subsequent
/ Presidential election there was a swing back
| Of The political pendulum, and the Copper
head party were crushingly defeated. Every
| State which was lost in 62 was recovered in
| i64 except New Jersey.
The so called reaction of this fall is no
more to be compared with that of 1862 than
q fresh breeze with hurricane which pros
trates everything in its march,
What is 1t possible for the Copperheads to
do whereby they can defeat the reorganza.
/, ton Of the South under the reconstruction
acts? Two Of the ex States-Lonisiana and
Alabama have already called their conven
lions and elected delegates to them. Can
that work be undone? Virginia ard North
/ Carolina vote on the 23d lust, being less
than fortnight hence, and both will I'M
donbtedly call conventions and elect their
delegates. Tan the aCopperheais proven,
them? Elections have been ordered In South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and
Arkansas, to take place on the first Tuesday
Of November three weeks from now.
4 All these States will vote for Constitutional
!, Conventions and cleo. delegates to them. A
. few weeks thereafter their conventions will
all be in session framing State Constitutions
and preparing for admission. Before mex,
February they will all be admitted. Twenty
Senators end seventy-tve Representative
from the ex-States will be in their seats in
the Capitol taking part in national legisla-
lion, and all of those States will vote for
President next fall.