New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
THE CONFLICT IN NEW.H4MPSHTRE.

THE CONFLICI IN hEH -HHMI OHiAE'
The vote in New Hampshire last year stood:
Republican, $780, Democratic, 32,6j7; Repub-
Gcan majority 1852. This was Democratic
gain on the vote of 1866 of 1,464 While the
| Tenure Of Office law has taken it out of the
power of the President to levy assessments on
all the departments and Office e-holders for sus-
tanning the expenses of his political cam
paigns, great deal Of money can still be
| raised among them, and this is being effect
| iyely used. What few unnaturalized foreigners
| there are sojOurning or visiting in the Granite
| State will be duly "roped in," and bound
over to appear at the polls, and vote
early and often, on the 18th of March.
We are not aware that there are any
convicted deserters from New-Hampshire
regiments, whose sentences the President
can annul, and whose forfeited pay he
! can restore, as a consideration for their
votes for the Democratic ticket. But If there
are the President will exercise his pardoning
mercy as promptly as he did in the cases OF
102 Pennsylvania deserters, or the West Nir-
ginia convicts. The Postmasters, Assessors,
and Collectors will be required to do their
"level best" for him on whose bounty they
feed. Mr. G.. ChaunceY Burr will prove that
the New-YOrk riots and Orphan Asylum burn
ing were the constitutional mode OF carrying
Z" on the war" Henry Clay Dean will reestablish
the doctrine proclaimed by him at the Chicago
Peace Convention, that the late President Lin
| coin and jefferson Davis were " links OF the
| "same sausage, made out of the same dog"
Where the Democracy are strong, Reputation
| will be advocated openly. Where they are
| weak, it will be clothed in the more de-
cent garb of taking the National bonds"
The Democrats have the great advantage
of perfect irresponsibility. Does a voter like
what JohnsonIhas,dOne "Ah," says the Dem
"Ocratic stumper, johnson is our man.
Does q voter dislike what johnson has
done? "Ah,r says the same stumper, 1--WE
are not responsible for Johnson" They are
at liberty to oppose all the policies of recon-
struction which have been tried, and to pro-
pose nothing instead. If voter sees no harm
in negro suffrage Senator DOolittle Will ex-
plain how happy it will make the Democratic
party to allow all negroes to vote who can
read and write, own land or have fought for
the Union. If a voter regards the negro as an
inferior being Mr. Pillsbury or Mr.. LOvejOy
will locate him scientifically anywhere between
the gorilla and the ant-eater. If the tenn
Der of the audience manifests an unmis-
taxable devotion to Grant, the speaker
can explain to his hearers wherein
Hancock surpasses Gen. Washington
He who thinks the Rebels were
fighting for their constitutional rights in an un
constitutional way, will learn that the Southern
Democrats ought not to have left the party
but should have fought out the question in
! peaceable way.
soo1 apHo fha xuar %
unconstitutional, he has rehearsed to him in
private the martyrdOm of Vallandigham and
the heroism of the avengng Booth. If he be-
leves the Rebellion was right, he will be as
sured that the Democratic party CdS the Re-
| bellion. He who declares it was wrong will
be told that it never could have been sup
pressed but for the Democratic party. He who
wants gold will be told that we never should
have had anything else if Chase's financial
| blunders had not cursed us with greenbacks.
| He who wants more greenbacks will learn that
that is the Democratic principle, and that it
originated with Mr.. Pendleton. Thus the
| Democratic platform becomes "harp of a
" thousand strings" on which the voter is in
vited to sound whichever note he pleases.
This happy irresponsibility isinseparable from
political vagabondism, and marks its true char
acter The Democrats have been political vag-
abonds in this country ever since the attempt
of the main body of their party, and of every
Democratic State, to destroy the Union. Against
these Democratic advantages the Republicans
have some of very different kind. They are
responsible for about all that has been done by
the Government to suppress the Rebellion and
restore the Southern State governments and
the Union; but coupled with this responsibility
comes the question, Would we have had any
country at all had not the Republican party,
with due courage and caution, assumed all
"these responsibilities :" On the whole, in view
of the terrible struggle which the Democratic
party precpitated on the country, have not
these responsibilities of government been
conscentiously, ably, and in the main success
fully discharged2 The majority of the people
of New Hampshire have again and again an
swered this question with an overwhelming
"AyeD that made the snOw-capped cliffs of its
granite peaks reverbcrate with the echoed thun-
der. We believe they will repeat the same
| verdict in March. Our financial policies are