The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-19
rnc soS,ncru Press y Mo Elections.

igencc, Refinement, and culture In the land.
Nobody else knows anything or understands
,ught OF the theory Of free government and
he principles OF the Constitution. They
row pirate Of the sacrcdness Of what they call
Inc Constitution, rs though they had not {
.ramplcd upon 1t with impunity. Doubtless
The chlvalry are very learned and cultured
people, but stu our Judgment 10 that wisdom
W i'll not die with thom.
We cannot, AS we glance over the extracts I
which we place before our readers, refrain
from expressing our satisfaction at the Aprar-
emily submissive spirit OF these people. II
has \ hopeful aspect.
Prom the Lynchburg Nirglnian Of the lt1h
Speaking oil the Presidential election ~
saws: As this event is not three weeks of We
congratulate the people that the agitation
will soon be over. Here in NIrginia-al
though our territory Is almost touched by the
Oh ,dow thrown from the lofty statue OF the
Goddess OF Liberty which with It's hHek TO-
wards the South, crowns the dome Of the Cap!-
tOl-we are idle, II not unconcerned specta.
we only feel, but have no agency In creating
Let US have peace no matter what else we |
m av be deprived of-and We are likely to have
that on election day. There Is a law OF com.
pcnsation in all things, and therefore we may
ielicitate ourselves that we shall NOT see
the rolls 10 secure all that we are to have-a
President elected by the v'iest party that ever
the shone upon. .,o-,-,.
II Rivcs Pollard speaks thus OF the result
Of Tuesday last; ,s.,
| should have stood aloof from the PrcsIlcntla
| coItcst, a spcCt ,tor OF the struggles IN which
| though deeply interested, che Soula fehGet no
| practical help TO her friends, but could most
| greviously weaken BY Interference. southern
| politicians will now have their eyes opened
they will behold the evil wrought by thcir
mistaken policy; but II Is now too late TO
remedy that eyIl. II Is mortal. The cause Of
the south in the North Is deal-wounded 70
death in the house Of rs friends. gail, AZ
uncGual contest, but the tidal waves raised
mountain high by the political convulsions In
Pennsylvania, Ohio, aud Indiana VIII no"
back upon New York, the citadel OF the lie.
mocracy, and the Empire state Will topic Ia
the same direction. AS IennsSIEanla goes
so Eocs the mon, is n political maxim OF the
politically wise that las rarely failed oil h7
| siIUitCaf.t fulhlMemt.
"OLr only remaining hoGe Is ih,t fencfll
most dreaded By the South before his cNSl'h-
tion to the Prcsldenry-HAy deceive his tfichis
and lisAppoint, agFeeabIy' those VINO are now
his polite Al opponents, and who Judge him uy
the record Of the Radical party whose caHli-
date he is. Were Grant an educated man
soa-who could raise himself above faction,
and adjust himself to the necessities OF the
hour then our hope would not be an entirely
{ f4lllciouB one. But Grant Is not = Statesman
| only A soldier, who has announced that the
e law Of his guldlnCc shall be the viii OF the
people not the piinciplcs OF We ConsntM;
| tlOn. ana -tlC VI NliNl law A''
i OF the Radical mlJo:ity-is feposeL IN the
: SWORD.
ton of Giant We have not The precedence TO
: | lOretell; but We are Satisfied hat the Northern
Democracy, having resigned Their huerties 81
2 the ballot.box, viii not attempt the retreiys'
I Of their own. or the liberties Of the South by
any less paClnc method.
Were Grant an educated man" says this
author OF the 'tlost cause" The insolCnce OF
such = fling must be apparent to all. This
editor knows that General Grant received his
education At the same school In which Il. l..
: Lee received his; and moreover Pollard knows
that Grant did not, like Lee, fOrsske the
Government that educated him, and 60 his
beet 10 destroy IL.
From the ca arIr-inu Courier Il tie 18th,
: Tie result should have been otherwise.
. The Democratic party fought with and for the
light The r"Ge o. vac NC ,h I'M ''F ms
The issur was distinctly made upon the un'
. consututionNlity, aud the oppressive and IN
Q 'ust character Of the reconstruction acts.
The ballot In these States has declared for
: their fnality, with all their attendant gov
crnEcnts AMI measures This is what ftn
L ! Grant meant when he sad let US nave
l. peace" It Ia in this sense the North under
A stood his uttcI%nce. And It IL 10 'Mss lG y,
Z done IL with their eyes open. The issues o
II the contest were fully understood. The bur
d Iens and the evils OF The south were July cN
4. planned, both IL the press and upon the stump
But all IN vain. The popular vote OF three
e OF the largest ~tItes has sustained COngrCs
:, AT "verthFown, 50 lar rs hey cam MI Coh''l
a tutluusl liberty ia the ''Ou'h.
These are the facts Of the case. II become
" - to look Them ss calmly hud "!spHTsiOh:tr'!
i ss we csn, IN the face. The ~" tslic oil on
n cup Is almost fun TO the Overlooking.
N We may NOT be permitted 10 look for any
- ray Of brightness 10 tie North. But all 4
g We must turn our eyes upon our Common
\ wealth. II we are doomed to look IN Haln u
:, the ballot At the North, let us not forget tina
tt,,.LFf hal, Hot IN
u Let our work lee - r"grnrrE'c this, 10 I'M
q. let our hopes and our energies be turned
- Here Ii our home, and here we expect our pos
, trrity to reside. Let us See to II, that we US
" every euGelYOr TO have a safe Government
ls anil that we secure some degree OF right an
al | civil liberty for ourselves and for them. In
10 our duty, and TO this we should respond.
y From tie Charleston Mercury VI the l9sh..
This journal says;
e Our readers will have seen that the Rad
re calls in the North have carried the late ele'
a. tIons IN Pennsylvania, OLio, Indiana au
fl. Iowa. We frankly confess our disappOintmei
:. At this result. As we slid in an editorial La
Is week, 1t WAS An issue between Northern int
ts e.ts-!atcTcs's idcHt!neI with the Cousti'l
Is tiOn ana peace Of the cOuntry-Nnl Norther
IT, hate towards the people OF the SOUTH W
!! vcntuted to believe that interests would pr,
&c vail over hate; and therefore, that the Rad
ri Gals would be defeated We have again hH
II An inorlinate appreciation Of the intel igcnc
, and moral" Of the North. The HAgrant VOL
- lions OF the Constitution are disregATdedi hn
e the party guilty Of these violo'ohs are su
tainGd in power.
~ has lasted only seventy years. lie d"spo
lem which supcrsedcs It may last decade
I'd But as cure IS time counts It's years, the de
Il puttsn now vnthrOned at Washington mui
destroy the existing tuiOni aud the antag
80 nlsm Il cOmmFu!s between the two races
IL the south must destroy the black race
The true policy Of the white race Ut II
49, s,uuth-belctEucFcd on the one hand by II
~ Radicals uG the North, and on the other
their former Blarcs-is 10 sand on the wrec
ed faithfully together aud await deyelOpmCn