Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-11-13

party at the South There can be no rest
to the land until that idea is abandoned );
and if this concession is now made by their
chosen leader, he will be of stigmatized most
unsparingly as traitor to their cause"
The Richmsnd State Journal (republican)
rejoices over the result, and says:
s.Will the people of Virginia stand by the
result; disregard the delpsion Of any other
political salvation than that already offered :?
The State stands to-day on the threshold of a
new epoch. Her people can. by false clamor,
by denunciation of the government under
which they are bound to live, unless they
expatrIate themselves, they can, by factious
resistance and the blind idolatrios Bipartisan
ship, by the constant irritation Of old wounds,
perpetuate the hell of turmoil and disquiet
amid which the old Commonwealth has stood
for four years. or they can, by accepting
the situation of to day in good faith, and
with that enlightened wisdom which should
charactcrize reasonable men, compose the
storm and command peace aud prosperity =
The republican party, through its honored
leader, General Grant, inyokes peace"
Wendell Phillips thus, in his Anti-sla-
very STANDARD of this week. notifies General
Grant what lie must and must not do in Or
der to ':carry On the government"
Abolitionists, and all earnest radicals, are
now summoned to address themselves to the
work which is yet to be accomplished. The
negroes and loya, bites of the South greatly
need the means of self-defense The ques
49, IS 40, G .o,t;,,, oc,,a.i, ~ ra,tI, rafonan an
to the large amount Of land fraudulently
conveyed from the possession Of the United
States government to the hands Of rebels,
should be at once considered 10 the interes.
of the iandIess blacks, to whom, by virtue
of their past unrequited toll. the soil right
fully belongs The measure of primary I'M
portapae now to be promptly initiated and
adopted On the reasselablilg Of Congress is
au additional amendment to the constitution
forbidding disfranchisement, or proscrl ption
from Official trust, on account of race or
color, in any State Of Territory Of the
Union. It is urgently demanded to guaraa-
tee the ballot to Southern eolored men, and
to enfrauchise many thousands in the Border
! and Northern States This measure should
not be postponed for the consideration of the
Forty first Congress; bnt should be prompt
ly acted upon and adopted by tiie Fortieth.
Let Us have peace" has been many times
reiterated during tie campaign just closed.
One danger before rs is the assumption that
the fact Of Grants election in itself viii in
sure peace at the South. With the tri-
umpnant recollection Of General Butler, and
the wcll-known desire of most Of the new
| Southern members for the revival Of impeach-
mcnt, We have sts9pg hopes Of the success
full consummation Of the impeachment and
deposition of johnson by the beginning Of
| the new gear. With Wade even two months
in the Whit House, aud such tools of trea
son as Rousseau. Steedman and company, of
New Orleans, replaced by Sheridan and
other trustworthy, loyal men with the re-
! construction laws properly revised ard
ameaded with suffrage and the right to
hold office vouehsafed to the negro every
where, the nation may be we'll CD the way
towards s'peacs,'' having secured its esseii
tial conditions, before Grant Is naugurated.
While deliberate and organized injustice to
the negro is perpetuated, the 'irrepressible
confict' will continue, no matter, who may
be President.
Our many trinmpbs in the past baye bean
won under circumstances Of adverse opposi-
ton much more formidable than anything
we are likely to encounter in the near flu
ture. Opposition We are undoubtedly to
have, but noy, as hitherto, logic and right
are on our side. We have bat to press
urgently and perseveringly our demand, and
our past successes are guaranty ofu!tlmate
complete triumph. The Times, the Post,
! the Herald, and the conservatives" for
whom they speak, already exultant at what
| they deem the eclipse Of fadicalism, reckon
without their host in supposing it to be with
in the power of General Grant. if, as they
alleged. tbc his disposition 70 materially OBJ
struct the progress of radical reformation in
national politics # the republican party
consents to be the instrument of that bene-
fcent reformation all will be well with both
the party and the country If it refuses, it
will ybe the worse for the party
[Fron the Springfield Mass. Republican, Nov. II
The result Of the election yesterday, though
it was all the Republicans could have asked,
,eas not q triumph ofMe Republican party
rs distinctire organization. *
! Aad if the victory was not achieved by
the Republican party. as a political organiza-
ton. in its own strength; aad BY tho prestige
of its name, no more does it gipe that pa14y,
as a" erga"'*at'0n, ne e Nfa : Of p0rer (
G'he result Of the election does not indicate
a popular apl'pol4F eren ofHe general policy
Of Congress- Tile election leas eay'fed az
| spite Of the policy Had that simple issue
been presented, we very much fear every
one of the four Middle States would have
pronounced against it = * x
Representatives have before this shown q
strange facility, OF fatality, in misapprehen-
ding the wishes Of the people. lThey must
not do so nor. J'they imagine thatthe elsc~
lions arc token II particular admiration
for them ifMey hinl; they can begin again,
just e7sere they left off list 1pril, alarmed at
| the popular discomfort and the Increasing
dt,ager Of {oosing the election If they ailop
Meoseless ttoJe persuaded that, noac the cans-
pain Is oycr, d aetN Do to take the scre,cs off
the expenditures, they make great mistake.
They I'll not :, aet @ 50 ea :. Ms nez : tine :.
There Is certain to be a reeast Of the ;,o1it-
;nnl elements. occogd1p1 to the Ge,r and lire