The Baltimore County union., 1868-02-15
The /" Reaction" :"

short time ago, every eoppeFhsAd paper was
filled with rejoieings over The great rsaciiOn"
which they thought was taking place In the
Northern Staies. few unimpOFtAnt viciOFlss
Of the dsmOcralIc party were uiralnsd % as 70
assume vast imporiAues. aad We we're told that
the people were '',lred Of ocngrsss," tia. they
rePudiaisd that body, aud that hsaesGossh foseV-
CT The policy" Of Andrew johnson aud bis aup-
PorieFs would be the ruling political sentiment
OF the land. We don't hear 90 much Of this kind
Of talk lately, however, The eoppsrhsad party
ssems wisely 10 have sseOnsldsrsd the matter,
and do no, now 90 implicitly believe In the con-
Ing success Of their prineiples. They sss, In
those States where they obtAinei victories las.
fall, that The Republicans are healing the diisr.
ences that led TO their defeat that they are re-.
organizing their party for The coming ba,ils, and
the day for democratic victories Is again gone
by. Ifihere really was . ''rsaciIon" agAins,
the Republican party las, fall, there ls another
now In lis favor, and democracy reAlIsss q.
We have before alluded 70 the late special Con-
gressional election In Ohio as an Instance Of the
reaction which is taking place 10 favor Of the
f~~ete"o
that election. The democrats naiaed their
strongest man as their eAndidA,s--ihey seat their
ables, speakers TO stump the disiric,-ihsy spen.
money freely and willinely-ihey len no means
unirisd TO overcome the small majority (2ss) Oh.
,ained BY the Republicans at the previous elec.
ton, aud were con6dent of suecem. Bu, they
wefe wofally mistaken they had not counted
on any reaction taking place sgains, themselves,
aud are fearfully ereslfallen over the result.-
Instead VI indofsing democracy, that district In.
creased i,s Republican majority BY nearly seven
hundred votes. and that, too. without any grsa,
effort. Speaking Of ihIs result, q Cincinnati %.
per says:
"This election shows that the reaction agains,
the Democracy has already set In 10 Ohi5. A.
u was In 1869, 20 10 II In 1903. The Democrats
carried Ohio that year BY false prstenees. The
election over, the cloven foot was exhibited and
In 1868 John Brough was elected governor by
over 100000 majority. Already The Democrats,
encouraged BY the fall elections have indicated
what they would do u restored fully 10 power,
and already have the people taken the alarm and
are prepared TO give the party that sustained the
rebellion, aud would now restore Rebels 10 pow
er, back seat once more. This special election
is therefore, one Of great significance. u fairly
forcshadOws the vote Of November, and insures
sweeping majority for the Republican eandi-
date for the Presidency
That's II exactly. The people are not prepared
10 sustain the party that sustained the rebelliou,
aud instead Of restoring rebels TO rower,' vii.
compel them TO take back seat ence more.
This result 10 Ohio is bat n din.iorrshadow wing
of the great victory that awaits the Republican
party. Confident 10 lie strenRih aud the justice
Of its cause, the Republican party Is proceeding
quietly, though surely, on TO the falHlment ofiu
great mission. In few monihs more the s,rug-
gle To which all others are subordinate will take
place, and then the strength aud influence Of
Republication will be fully shown. A Prrsi-
dent Is TO be chosen, and no power Of prophecy
is needed 10 tell us who that President will be:
public sentiment has already settled the question.
Gen. Ulysses s. Grant, the hero ofthe var, will
be nominated at Chicago and triumphanily elect.
cd. The democrats may strain every nerve
may nominate Pendle,on, and sugar-coa, bis
ugly record by the promise Of reducing taxes In
the eveat Of his election, at the cost Of the ma.
,ion's dishonOr-but behind all this stands the
fact that democracy favored the Fcbellion--tha,
Il was, At least, the indirect cause Of that rebel.
lion-and the people will not trust Il again. We
will see ON which side the traction" Is when
the result Of the Presidential election 10 made
known.