Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-04-12

Summers last plan is to force negro Sunrage
on oil the States, North, South, East and
West, by act of Congress. A Boston paper
thinks the proper way is to abolish the
Presidential Office, and James Redpath adj
vocates the abolition of President, the SUI
preme Court and Senate, as 6 the three re-
manning oligarohies, leaving only the House
of Representatives. to represent the Govern
ment. But We think the plan of the Times
decidedly the best yet proposed, and 60 In
for it strongly. Hear it "We venture to
suggest that Congress be abolished, except
MIR. Sumner and General Butler then We
shall have republican form Of govern
nent, and can guarantee it to every State
and if necessary force it upon thomas re-
quired by the Constitution! Now that Is
something practical and Eensible, and in
strict accordance with the demands OF an
enlightened progress
The New York Papers on the victery..
The Herald declares that the Republl-
cans ''sunk under the weight OF woody nor
ses, Feiee nermaids, old Joyce Heth,
learned seals, fat women, living skeletons,
dwarfs, six-legged sheep, double-headed
calves, and other monstroslties, and that
the moral of Le election is that nom1na-
tons unfit to be made will insure defeat.
The Times contents itself with brief all
nouncement of q " decisive Democratic VIC
tory"
The Tribune Characterizes it as Cop
uerhead victory" which might have done
mischief during the war, but now does none
outside of the State, which ''has put good
men out of office and bad men in, and
thinks General Hawley F'can afford it bet
ter than the State can" It apprehends,
very consistently with the foregoing de-"
clarations, that it may retard rocopstruc-
ton, since "demagogues may assure the
people of the South that this is the begin
ming of great reaction at the North des-
tined to overturn Congress and substitute
the policy of the President for the policy
Of the people," When did the people en-
horse the policy of forcing negro suffrage
upon the South It charges that money
das been used very freely, SO freely that if
Mr.. English had been rs poor man
as General Hawley he would have had
no chance whatever of election" That is
possible, for vast sums raised by the Radi-
Gals in Boston and New York might have
overborne him. It is well for those who
have squandered money to raise the cry Of
the contributions Of the Radicals in money
and in speakers were unprecedented.
The World claims 800 Democratic ma
iority, and ayers that this indicates "a
turn in the tide, and the beginning of that
great reaction which is to sweep the Re-
publican party out of power" 1t says the
Significance Of the result could not be ex-
planned away, for the Radicals did their
best. It further claims this as Democratic
triumph, utterly disproving the allegation
that that party is under any such odium as
will prevent its restoration to power, and
that other proofs of the destined reaction
will be forthcoming III the New York cleo
ton of delegates to the constitutional con-
vention. 1t winds up by declaring that
the Republican party has accomplished its
mission, and prophesies the downfall of
"party which has done more mischief,
shed more blood, squandered moro trea-
sure, kirdled more diabolical passions, and
inflicted deeper wounds on constitutional
government than any other political party
that ever existed in the world" Of the
policy of claiming this as an exclusively
Democratic triumph we may have more to
say hereafter. The result which the World
SO confidently predicts can only be defeated
by the unwisdom of those who should CO.
operate for its fultilnent.
National LateNioenc",'.