The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-25
ISIT WAR OR rEA,E?

is II WAR or PEACE?
It il becoming daily more and more ap. /
parent that the Democracy mean, If they can .
y ny possibility, to elect Seymour and Blair,
.a. 70 lI"cipItate this country into another
,.yii var. lfthete Is anything in their threats |
thcy uorn another rebellion.
We ',kc the following extract from the .
!. a.isy.Ilc JJU,aL one Of the most able Deai.
.,eTl;I" PAPER, In the South. That pnpcrsays: +
'EOw, our u.inion, Al opinion rs TO Tie .
TCgti-.1" Of which we have NOT even mo. J
meH'- duVht, is th7t the three states namci, I
Eiru MIA, MissisB.p an d Texas, without the (
slightest Difference or regard to the init-
TuUsiy partisan and uucUnstltut! nnHl lc-is!h' ,
tiun Of Congress, and without taking the least
ny, uUU' Of tho absence OF enabling orders or
p,yiH~ any attention whatever to threats Is
susag rom under the shadow Of cooked hats
aEd r?tUIsttcs, should, on the day Of the
,.,,u,uu Of PIcEhicn'iaI electors throughout
The THifni states, proceed to the election ct
ELECTORS jusi As 1t there were no such thing
as 3 tpu.rrss'Ortl dis bling htw,s hercc hat
or ! shnUlLeT.strap. Let them elect their
C,,s. .Is. for We DO not suppose thHt they need
..y,r..rh from the exercise Of that prcFngn.
'.yc ~ tie fear &C s'rrHH and their hNyo-
;.c's. i."t Them BY all means elect their
r,,.ln... and lraSc the conscgucn: sea TO the
I,.i tr u iHc nation, themselves tnclUlei.
We s--urc them that T. my shan '!'ci S.y.
ayur f L'rir ,i'Cl0.,, md ifhc counting Of The
'., ~ mir d.,i2p ryuH giro seymour nnd
h"''r Igurry MI rirriOrGL 'oii,gc' Of H.
.. ne .'If or i'ff fIfttOFA i'tH u tuNt l.
.n.a 80 80. r,t hHT ~-"F il n, lr'"dE,9
... .. .. D.. To-. b, IL, CJs' rI' Il EiG !. II
vc VIII ny N-'t Tor oar nights, we have No
right IT, Ave rights-or ~ any rate TO tAiE
In july lat Con=.css p,.,cl a joint rcsolu-
tlon which. Ia spite Of tho Presidents veto,
became a law. This resolution in substance
provides that none Of the states whose iuhth-
itants were lately IN rebellion SHALL bc al
lowed to vote .~ Tie Prszilcntitl election Ill.
less they shall ave h.ccEe entitled to repre-
scmtaNou IL IOu.rr-8 Ga4er the IceOrstrut-
ton acts, Th.- gesglu'..H further provides
thai - ciestIJa Of electors shall be IecUg-
niEcd uaIess held under the authority Of the
new constitution aHd Government i'll these
State. This joint resolution 10 now the law
of the land, and it was necessary TO give full
and legitimate effect t. the reconstruction
laws Of Congress under which the Ststcs
lately IN rebel!ioa should organize, and by
which they age tObe restored to their proper
and harmonious relations to the General ~.
Cfamcnt.
1t VIII ho seen that this Louisville sheet, in
comfortably with the revolutionary doctrines
Of Frl-k E!lir, proposes 70 trtmnlc this and
all C'AcI isws In the dust pro- led hy b. hJ-
ing 1t ctn secure the election Of seymour and
Blair IAcgc appears to he only one co.tl".
gcncy, according to the Journal, In which thir
should be done, and that is pIsinly stated ~
this revolutionary sheet. II is this II tho
electors voted for In the States OF Nirsinii,
mississippi, and Texas, when counted Will
give Seymour and Blair a majority in the
Electoral College, why then they are to be
counted TL!alsit
Is there anything more needed to show the
c.i ..la of the Democratic patty; that 1t is
beat On rule OF ruini that 1t scrupies at no