The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15

day. Government securities were active and buoy
ant. Gold closed at 13S o 13s,s.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
General o. 8. Shepherd and General James McKib-
bon, OF the United States Army Judge George NJ.
Curtis OF New York. and Judge F. D. Hughes OF
Hartford are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
General Clark, Of the United States Army, and
General Preston. Of South Carolina are at the New
York Hotel.
Mr.. Dangas, Secretary OF the Russian Legation,
is at the Clarendon Hotel.
General T. Barnes, Of the United States Army;
General Hincks, Of Massachusetts,, and Commodore
H. Foett OF Boston, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Late Elections-Their Satisfactory Re.
sults-General Grant and the Next Com
gross.
The results of the late elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska, as far
as ascertained, appear to give very general
satisfaction to the masses Of both parties.
The republicans are somewhat disappointed in
some of their State majorities, but, whatever
the small figure to which Pennsylvania may
be whitfield down, they will be satisfied in
having secured that important State, because
It's loss to the democracy settles the Presi-
Dental contest against Seymour and Blair
beyond all redemption. Thus assured Of the
election Of Grant and Colfax, the republicans
are in very happy frame of mind; for they
had their doubts Of Pennsylvania, the loss of
which would have materially shaken their
cassL lations, especially in reference to New
York.
The d. uocrats in this section, on the other
hand. had yiven up Ohio, had almost given up
Indiana and were prepared even for the loss
of Pennsylvan.'a, while making the most
desperate struggl, ever known in the Common
wealth to carry it. They had, in fact, pretty
generally, very soon a,S.v the Maine election,
come to the conclusion that 1t was all up with
Seymour. They are, Their. >fore, inclined to
accept with philosophical resignation the
general results of these Octob era elections, and
especially in view Of their gains TO the next
Congress- From Philadelphia to tn, western
boundary of Indiana the republicans fall far
behind their splendid Congressional maicrities
of 1866, and the reason for this falling of,
though repeatedly given in our editorial
columns, we cannot here avoid repeating
again.
In 1866 the republicans made their fight for
Congress on the constitutional amendment
fourteen, against Mr.. Johnson's patent-right
policy of Southern restoration, and the popu-
larity of that amendment carried every North
ern State and gave the party in power almost
three-fourths of the present House of Repre-
sentatives. But in 1867, inflated with their
grand successes, the radicals of Congress
abandoned this fourteenth amendment and
proceeded to their military and universal negro
suffrage system of Southern reconstruction,
and the popular reaction which set in at once
against them changed the whole face of things
with the New York election Of last November
and offered the democracy fine opening for
the Presidential succession. They turned the
tables upon themselves in their Tammany Con-
vention, with their ticket and platform Of Sey-
mour and Blair; but still we see that the peo-
pie have not forgotten the radical excuses of
this Fortieth Congress. We see that while the
popularity Of General Grant is felt in every
hole and corner Of the country, that while the
people delight in honoring the great champion
Of the Union cause In the war, and still abhor
apprehension, they have no affection for
those fanatical radicals prominently connected
with the obnoxious radical measures of Con-
gress Of 1867.
We will take two cases in Ohio by way of
illustration. First, there is Vallandgham,
the accepted embodiment Of ultra coppcrhead-
ism. He is again defeated for Congress, and
in district which war democrat no doubt,
could have carried very handsomely. Next
there is Ashley, the conspicuous impeachment
leader in Congress, who is, ii appears, re-
jected by his constituents because he has been
not the sort Of representative they wanted. |
We see, in short, from the Congressional re-
suits Of these October elections, that while |
General Grant is heartily the choice Of the
people for the Presidency, they want no more
OF the ultra radicalisms Of Congress Here,
then, Is valuable hint to the mismanaged |
democracy. 1t Is useless for them TO waste
any more labor or ammunition upon Sey-
mour and Blair. Their proper course hence
forth is TO concentrate their efforts and their |
resources upon their Congressional candidates.
They may still cut down the radical majority |
in the House Of Representatives to less than q