New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-11

each party NlO lI5 very utluOSl Anu thiV IL
publican majority can be pohed this year by
proper effort. The implacable end unconcealed
hostility Of the Democratic party to the Protec-
ton of Home Industry gives the Republicans
ON immense advantage in the canvass, if they
have but the courage and energy required to
improve il.
AS to our own State, we can poll 100000
votes next Fall for Republican principles, ire
spective of the popularity of any man. We
polled 3G2, SAG for Lincoln in go, though many
Republicans were still sore on account OF Gov
Stewards defeat at Chicago; and we sweiled
this to 36S,735 in 'C6, though many thousands
of our Republicans of go had meantime found
bloody graves before Richmond. at Gainesville,
Antietam, Gettysburg, &c.-our candidate Tor
Governor in '62 among them. BY systematic
effort, we can put this up to 100000 this year.
in spite of the fact that treachery and apathy
reduced Ills to 325O99 last Fall. That vote
proved us distracted and paralzyed-that was
ALL good Republican living in Yonkers was
in Chicago on the morning of our election, ana
there met five more Republican voters IN l on
kers, who were away from home on private
business respectively; and this Is but far
sample. In spite of treachery, we might have
polled $1,000 more Republican votes by proper
effort.
Now this il what we deprecate in the
Grant moyement-it is an attempt to carry an
election upon the personal strength of our can
didate rather than by commenting 10 every
mans judgment and conscience the essential
righteousness and benciicence Of our principles.
IL we are beaten at all next November (Which
we cannot suppose probable), we shall be
beaten by this mistake.
The Democrats are likely to run Pendieton,
who is strong man for them. Personally
gentleman, of pleasing address and bameless
life, he IS politically an intense Copperhead-
one of that kind which it takes a microscope
OF enormous magnifying power to distinguish
essentially from n Rebel lie never for one
moment pretended to favor the suppression OF
the Rebellion by force. Though in Congress
throughout the War, he made no speech and
gave no vote that Davis or Lee, or Breckln-
ridge, could object to. He begins, therefore,
with solid capital of the votes of every elector
in the Union who deplores the success of the
National arms as a suppression and overthrow
Of the real, essential Union.
OF course, he is in favor of letting each
State regulate the Right OF Suffrage for It
" selfn-that is, letting the late Rebels do as
they will with the Blacks. even where those
Blacks arc a decided majority. Every one who
thinks :" the niger well enough in his place
but locates that place rs near TOphet rs posi-
ble-wll go his length for PendletOn. And, "a
Pendleton sincerely believes that the War for
the Union was unjust and unconstitutional, he
naturally regards the National Debt "a IN
cured without authority, and not really due
from the People. 1t j. perfectly night, there
fore, in bis eyes, TO issue Two Billions more of
Greonback,. give the public creditors their
choice between these and nothing, and 50 stop
the payment of interest and virtually sponge
ont the Debt.
This. thcn, is, in substance the Democratic
programme for 1868:
/. To make this "a White Mans Govern
" ment.r by remaining the -Four Millions of
Blacks into political nOnentty and virtual
selfdOm
III. To relieve the People from taxation, by
virtually repudiatinG the National Debt.
This programme appeals to two of the
strongest and most universal passions-prido
of Caste and impatience OF heavy Taxation.
" Vote for Pendleton" viii be the cry, land
" the niggers will be put under foot, where
" they belong Vote for Pendeton, and
" high taxes viii be abolished and We shall
" have cheap food, cheap goods, and cheap
" whisky eyermorem "a man need not know
how to read TO enable him TO comprehend the
beauties of the prospect thus opened before
him. Every grogShop will naturally be fac
tory of Pendleton votes.
TO beat this programme, We must appeal 70
the hottest impulses and noblest aspirations of
the People. We must arouse THEN consciences,
and not merely cnlighten, but morally elevate
them. We must convince them that disfran-
chised, vassal caste is an element Of weakness
anywhere, bat an anomaly and a scandal in
democratic republic-that sound Policy vieS
with Humanity and Christianity i'll demanding
its acknowledgements. We must make them
loathe the idea of swindline the public credit
OTIS by the paltry dodge of printing off a few
reams Of Greenbacks redeemable nowhere in
nothing and offering these at par in lieu of the
gold Tor its full equivalent which was promised
them when, in times of disaster and gloom,
they furnished the money which enabled us to
clothe feed, equip, and arm our soldiers, and
thus put down the Rebellion. We can surely
do this If we make the requisite effort-by put
ting into every voters hands and pouring into
his ears the facts and considerations which
prove the Two Billion Greenback dodgclthe
basest as well as the vastcst vilainy that was
ever yet developed. But we cannot win this
fight by merely banging away on drum; and
here is just where we apprehend that the man
ayers of the Grant movement are sadly mis-
taken.
WHAT 4 YEAR HATH WROUGHT
1t is scarcely more than year ago that the
Milton Of Iun TprpIhrR Nrns nut In and rAnt