The national Republican., 1868-12-28
TUE FORTHCOMING SENATORIAL
ELECTIONS.

ELECTIONS.
Several OF tho state Legislatures will be
csIlea MON in tho moa'' NJ January to elect |
T.nited states Sr1at7.. ! the vacancies
which occur on the fOlr,. arch next, as |
one third Of the Senatorial - expire on
that day.
PennsylvanIl must choose a successor to
Mr. Buckalcw, AMI MS he Republicans have
both branches Of the Lss!sliture, the success
sor to the present incumbent will be Repub.
ucau. For this high position there are sew
cr,l candidates, and It Is not certain who will |
he chosen. II is only certain that whoever he
NAV be he will be a Republican known and
tried The Republicans of that State have been
once cheated by taking an uncertain man. We
trust they will provide against like occur
renee again.
II seems to be taken as a forcGone conclusion |
that Senator Morgan will be his own success.
sor from the Empire State, and, without pre- |
suming to intermedde In the affairs OF that |
or any other State, in respect to whom they |
should choose to represent them In the United |
States Senate, we may confidently say that no
better man than Governor Morgan can be
ronul to represent that great Commonwealth.
In Minnesota there 10 quite contest for
Oh. aeancy occasioned by the expiration of
.,, tor Ramsey's term. Those who ought TO
De ID el lnIormeu give u rs tneir oplni"u 'hht
Governor Ramsey will be returned.
senator Henderson,, of Missouri, goes out,
aud 1t seems to be conceded that Gen. Benz. I.
Loan, n W a member of the lower House, has
the best chance to succeed him. Mr.. Loan is
an able man, a sound Republican, and good
and an experienced legislator, and will, II
elected, ably represent his State in the United
States Senate.
There is no contest in Massachusetts,, for the
State Convention last September settled the
question by unanimously designating Hon.
Charles sumner for a fourth term, and he will
accordingly be returned without opposition,
except 80 far as the little handful OF Demo.
Gratis in the Legislature are concerned; aud
this will be but o formal show and of no &C.
count, any way.
Rhode Island returns Mr. Spraguc, and Con.
necticut Governor Buckingham, in the place
of Senator Dixon.
1t Is uaid that Hon. Matt. Carpenter will
succeed Mr.. Doollttle, from Wisconsin. MI
Carpenter is one of the most able lawyerS 1t
the country, and will, doubtless, make gooI
Senator.
Who is to be the successor of Senator llena
ricks, from Indiana, is all in doubt. Nobody
can tell who the man is to be.
Maine is also to choose a Senator in plac
ofHon. l.. NJ. Morrill, and from what we lcart
to doubt that Mr.. Morrill, will be returned
Such a recognition Of his services In the United
States Senate would be eminently At and pro
per on the part of the people and the Legisla
turc of his native State. Mr.. Morrill, has no
only ably represented his State in the Senate
but he has stood by and maintained the great
principles Of liberty and just government In
the most pcrllous hour Of the nations history
Even as early as 1901, when our nations life
stood trembling in the balance, and tlnidity
and vacillstion among many Of our public meT
characterized the hour, Mr.. Morrill, stood firm
and announced that the rebels, the Southern
communities at war with the Government O
the United States, must be declared public o
alien enemies, and treated as such. In short
at that early day, he affirmed the principle
and the policy which have become the basi
of all our reconstruction laws. This wa
statesmanship, aud 1t is characteristic OF tn
man. Who, though tho representative Of a Con
monwealth which is but one of a siBteFhoo'
of Commonwealth, rose to the dignity Of ex
alted statesmanship, and pointed out the way
for a great nation to pursue to protect and
maintain its integrity and its nationality In
violate, and how It might conserve all the gteHl
principles of human liberty.
There have been two great occasions wher
Mr.. Morrill, has shown his eminent illness tC
bes Senator. The one Ia that at the com
mencement of our struggle, to which we hay'
alluded above; the other was when he mad'
his great speech on reconstruction, and In dc
fence of the Congregational policy immediatel
after the speech made by Senator Morton
Elections had gone against the Republlea
party In several of the States, the New HamI
shire election was about TO come off, and thct
was much feaTfulness and doubt. The enem
were boldly declaring reconstructiona a failur'
when the patriotic Senator from the " Pin
Tree State" undauRtingly took his stand an
we shall never forget how his calm, clea
voice rung out upon the Senate Chamber, an
how the manly tones OF that voice, and tn
logical and conclusive Arguments OF the Sen
ator sent conviction to many minds, remove
doubts, encouraged the timd, giving then
spirit, and put an end to all cavll. We shal
not soon forget how many men who left tn
Senate Gallery with us on that day remaFke
in our hearing, the Senator is right. This speec
has been published, and, as campaign docu
ment, we have had none better or more elfec
i've. We should deem 1t n national calamlt
II Mr.. Morrill, were not returned to the Sci
ate and while we would not pretend to AZ
wise the Legislature Of Maine in regard to
matter OF this sort, we cannot refrain from c.
pressing the confident hope and bcl!cfthat NJ
Morrill, will be returned