New-York tribune., 1868-09-12
TIE NEW REBELLLON

:, :. o,oor that the men who melted the late
RobeIIon mean now to take possession oil the
Government. whether by fair means OF py
foul and that they would little prefer to
succeed by violence, so that the result dc
oououv certain. How they propose to do 1t,
Franl, Bloir plainly told us just before he was
nominated for Vicc-President. lhe Democracy
were 20 insist OH having the Electoral votes OF
the States lately in Rebellion counted anu II
n majority of the White voters were fouhd OH
their side, those votes should he counted loI
them. Their Presdent-clect was 10 employ thc
Army to dispcrse the carpct-bag STATE UoV-
" "ernments,n and put all power into the hands
of the Whites-that is. the Rebels. linen the
Democrats chosen to Congress from the NOrth
and West were TO recognize the members
chosen Inv the Whites (that is, the Rebels
from the South, and thus secure a large Dem
ocratic majority in that branch aud now the
President and the House were to override or
coerce tho Senate, and have everything
their own way. There are variations OF de-
tail, but the practical usurpaton OF the Gov
ernment is the central idea of all these schemes
A friend recently dropped in on Democratic
Convention at Georgetown, Scott County,
Kentucky. (Scott was Rebel County through
out, even when the State seemed overwhelm-
ingly Union giving in 1861 majority Tor
Simms (Reben for Congress over J0hn D..
Crittenden. 1t voted that way when most OF
its young men were in the Rebel armies; now,
a young man who was not in the Rebel armies,
and did not try to get in, stands poor chance
thcrc0 On this occasion, n Rebel lawyer was
speaking. "As there are no reporters present,
he observed, 81 may venture to speak more
" freely than otherwise should deem it prudent
"to do We shall hold White Elections iii every
Southern State, and choose Electors for Sey-
"mour and Blair If the House refuses to count
" the votes cast by those Electors, the Northern
democracy are pledged to us to resist by force
"the Inauguration of the Republican President.
"We have agreed 20 back them. Eight years
"agO they promised TO back us; but they
"failcd, aud left us in the lurch. Now, ire have
"promised TO back hem and shall not fail"
This was said to gathering of hail fellows,
who received it with intense delight. The
Rebel element has learned by sore expert
ence that fighting against the flag and re-
sources OF the United States is a losing specu-
lati0n; and they mean 10 try again with that
flag waving over them and those resources at
least divided. Then (they think their North
ern friends will prove more seryccable than in
their late struggle.
We have before us the requistion of the
Democratic State Committee of Mississippi on
Gen. Gillem, in command there, that he shall
order an election for President in that State,
in naked defiance of the act of Congress. Gen.
Gillem decidedly declines; and the Committee
protest against his decision and appeal TO Gen.
Grant and the Presdent-intending to choose
Electors in defiance OF Congress. Having re-
fused TO come back into their proper position IN
the Union in obedience to Congress, they now
propose to choose Electors in defiance of Con-
gress, on the assumption that they have always
been where they should have been. But Con
gress counts the votes.