The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-10-28
what is needed to be Done.

What is Needed to be Done.
The recent contest was the. fercest and
most holly contested the country has
ever witnessed. 1t called out the utmost
energies Of beth contending parties.-|
Now that tho smoke of'tho battle has
lifted, it 10 che duty of pradent and patri.
otic champions Of the CONSTITUTION and
tho Union to mako careful nurvey of the
fold, and to frankly recognize and admit
whatover errors may havo beon commit
ted, and. endeavor promptly to repair
them, 30 as to insure o complete. triumph
in the final struggle to which the conflict
Of last Tuesdsy was only preliminary.
It is apparent ut once that, netwith-
standing the intensity of effort on both
sides, neither can justly claim decided
victory. The high hopes Of the Radical
leaders have not boon realized, but, at
the samo time, the noble efforts of the
Democratic maeDep have failed TO como
up to what was expected from them, la
seeking for reasonable explanation of
the situation, We mood not go far to dis
cover correct one. In Indiana the Dom
ocrats hayo overcome 3 heavy Radical
majority. In Pennsylvania tho contest
has again been 90 close that the result
can be decided only by tho official returns
In Ohio there was no general State ticket
to DO voted for, but the result in the va
rious Congressional districts is full OF sig
nificance, and convey salutarylessoD.-
The defeat of Ashley, the representative
Of the ultra Radical faction; the narrow
escape of Bingham, who allowed himself
to .bo made conspicuous ss an advocate :of
the outrageous usurpations Of reckless
Radical faction in Congress the probable
defeat of Ju1isn, Of Indians, who, al
though less conspicuous, was no less COM
plotoly identified with the Radical cxtre-
mists che gain OF seyeral Democratic
monbors of Congress in each OF these
throe great Stateo, and the reduction OF
the majcrfftties oS3 nearly all the Republi-
can candidates for Congres in all OF them,
are unmistaksblo' indications that the OPP
uosition to the revolutionary and extreme
measures of tho Radical leaders is not
confined to tho Democratic party proper,
but that there are thousands upon thou
sands still acting reluctantly with the he.
publican party, who would gladly avail
themselves of an opportunity to manifest
their disapprobation OF the obnoxious
course of the Radical leaders, if thcy
could do so without being compelled to
adopt and endorse doctrines and purpo-
eos; attributed to the Democratic party,
hardly less Objectionable to these would
ba Republican recruits than. the measures
OF the Radical leaders which they con-
denim.
The State elections just held demon
strato clearly that o majority Of the Peo.
plc of the North are diSgusted with and
opposed To to the revolutionary measures
which have been made distinctive features
of the policy Of the Republican party
It is also manifest that this majority has
not vet bSen entirely and practically con-
solidated against the Radical candidates
for the Presidency and Vice-PresideRHcy
If such consolidation can DC effected De-
fore tho Sd of November, the doom of
Radicalism will be sealed, the whole Goth.
try will be relieved from the serious ap-
prehensions as to the future by which it
issnow oppressed, the people everywhere
will breathe moro freely, and, confident
of speedy restoration of peace, Union,
constitutional government. and public
economy, will Address themselves hearth
" 20 a restoration of tho prosperity
which. until tho dsplorable outragea OF
the Radical party in Congress, had bless-
ad our whole nation.
The spectacle just now presented ID
anomalous. A majority of the people
are unqueationably opposed honestly '?
the Radical party, and anxioua TO check
it's ruinoun domination in our public At
fairs. A portion of that majority are Do.
torsed from active, hearty, and successful
co. .operation with the rost. only because
of the Misrepresentation of the doctrines
and purposes of the Democratic leaders,
porsistently dinned into their cars BY nn-
scrupulous Radical presses and speakers.
They utter the falsehoods, but they never
allow their readers or hearers to see or
hear the oft-repssted corrections.
Something moro than ordinary means
must be devised to reach the minds of the
conservative mon still lingering reluctant
ly in the Republican ranks, and following,
with heavy hearts and anxious fears, the
men who have usurped thoir leadership.-.
They must be disabuscd Of the belief in
stiIled into them, that the Democratic
party intends or proposes to redort to any
violent means to remedy existing evils,
or to go one step beyond the Constitution
and the lawe, in seeking to restore the in.
togrity and peace of oiit dissevorod and
distracted Union. They .muat be made
to understand and confidently believe
that the psrty that is now organized in
opposition to tho Radical factionists and
their candidates in sincerely seeking only
the restoration of real peace, constitution
al government, perfect Union, and that
public economy which is indispensable to