The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-08
The Elections.

4 "
.,,rrrly lrss >Iariiing than Those
4 last Fall. From all quarters
c.,nr, tie ,aIc story: the people
.r. rirrd of Radical rule; the great re-
.c,iou OF % is progressing with renewed
spsrsy throug!, T'. sac sF
From the TT West We hear the most
o,orjous tidIu.s. Keokuk, Iowa, has
unclaimed for she Democracy. Atehi-
.ou. Kausa., gees the same way. The
State of Micaigan Vstes down negro
suffrage, OIL party vote, by 10000 ma
;ority. Indiana local elections show
npmense Democratic gains, and the az
,,rs,afe result from the Ohio
,,Xn elections gives similar indi-
cations. Even Cincinnati, here
tof,fnre deemed iGheXible in her Radi-
,,Ilsm, has partly reversed herpOsitiOn,
and elected portion of the Democratic
city ticket.
Counrct;cdt, staid and HOOle, crowns
ard completes The whole, Doubling
this year the majority she gave for the
Democrats twelve mouths ago, she pro-
claims hcr fidelity to Democratic prin-
riples in such manner as gives assdr-
ancc of her rermanence as thorough
and reliable Democratic State.
What mast be the moral elect OF
ms. clrc:iOnss Without iDquiring
whether they will stop impeachment,
Nc cannot doubt that they will do a
much b tier thing. They place the
D,nocratic and Conservative masses in
apo,itiOn 10 defy Impeachment. 1t mat
r,rs but little 10 them whether the Radi-
cal, IN Congress gam Il temporary tTi-
umuh over JOHNSON or not. They now
know that his removal aud WADE's sue
cession cannot impede their progress in
redcrmias the country. The inipeaeh-
er, are condemned already, and there is
no daugcr vi tue verdict being reversed
by the completion of theh Infamous
work. JuHNsON's renVial now will
only make more sure the downfall of
his assailauts, for il will be done in
spite Of warning and in disregard Of
light and knowledge. s,e rt'
Under other circums taucss, il is pos
sib,e that Impeachment might have in-
jured the Political prospects of the De-
mocracy. Men, using the madness of
Rldlcallsm, would have said: "Oppo-
,ition is useless; success is impossible;
nothing is permitted to stand in the
way vi Radical success. Radicalism
will rule, through fair Means OF foul,
aud all our efforts to the contrary will
avail nothing Reasoning thus there
might bavr been more or less of de-
spondency aud :. consequent lack Of
labor upon the part of Onr people. But
such dangers are all past. The friends
of good sOyernlaeut are now assured
Ludl popuid! palieiCc has itS Iluit' tAoS
RadicaliSm cannot rule just as it
pleases, and thai, impeachment or no
Impeachment, the country is deter
mined upon the dismissal Of its present
Iulcrs and they cannot prevent 1t.
There is now plain sailing to success
in November. The Radical strength
has been well nigh exhausted in striv-
iag to stay the reaction, and to no pur-
pose. 1t will now move forward with
new life aud irresi istible impetus. The
Radical party has as much as it can do
TO reconstruct the South 10 time to take
part in thePrcsidentiale election. 1t has no
time to look after the North, and hence
It will be that for every negro State re-
constructed, q white State will pro-
claim for Democracy. With or without
black votes, the Rradical party cannot
succeed. Its doom is fixed like the
eternal DEGREES. The time is appoint
el, the day coming, when itshall per
ish from the earth and ego unto its
own place"