The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-27
Now. and Then.

II Ia not = little remarkable TO note the .
change which has come over the spirit Of some
mems dreams since the October elections. !
when the Democracy opened the campaign !
many OF the leaders, both North and South,
were bold and defiant, and did not hesitate to
preach revolution and to thtesten a new re-
bellion.
Frank Blair, for instance, furnishes = good
illustration Of this backing down, and he now
tries to be good-natured in the extreme. Let
us see what this valiant knight Of the chiv-
airy said before the October elections, when
his voice was for war Hear him:
There is but one way to restore the dor.
ne PrssidsI sitst 10 declare ihs,s aci' mali and
poid, and compel the army 10 undo iis uiurpdiions
al me South, diSPtrH the edrpef-bdg State Govern
o,rn t GopeS%msnt,' and eist Stnaicri and Repre-.
I'VE must have President who will exc
duh the usurpstion OF Congress known as the
| reconstruction acts"
After these elections he gets the idea that
he and his party are not quite omnipotent, and
he becomes as mild As a refractory child after
a merited ehastisement. These are now his
honeycd words. He says to his fellow'Demo.
cratsG
elevate any one Individual 1t 10 not to put
down any other individual. Individual, sink
into insignihcsnee when compared with the
transcendent objects for which we contend
for the preservation of the Republic In its
pristine purity, for the restoration Of our Con-
transmit 1t, unchanged. in ali its greatness, in
all its beauty, untarnished, to all VINO nave
come after us"
Who would suppose hat the man who talked
of war In July, as we see he did In his Broad.
head letter, could now descant so lovingly OF
peace'
Ia
Immediately after the July convention Mr..
Hampton said;
. az yield to none In devotion to that lost
e cause' for which we fought Never shall I'D
1 init that the cause itself failed, and that the
Never shall l brand the men who upheld 1t so
nobly as rebels and traitors Should this
i desro old mother Of ours call her sons together
Y to defend her affairs, II life and volition are
/ left to me, none will respond more eheerfuily
= and promptly than myself"
Now, mark how this redoubtable and ehiv
alric gentleman talks. He has heard from
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana; so he says
awe regard the recoGstruction acts a. un
constitutional, but we look to their over
throw, not to violence, but In the language o
a resolution unanimously adopted BY the
g Democratic party In convention assembled, to
y constitutional agencies and peaceful remedie'
{ alOne.n
4 What marvellous changes are here. who
{ will say, after this. that the election OF Gen
\ Grant will not insure peace
n THE Erpren denies that Mr.. Blair said wha
!, the telegraph irst reported him as saying
i. that II Gen. Grant entered the White Houst
d Nc tcouid nercr leave dlre. This, according tc
e our neighbor, is what he did say; "Bui he riI
II nercr Leave The Prudential Mansion az long as
i Tires" Very well, we accept this version; bu
e will the EEprcu tell its readers what Gen
. Blair meant to have the country understand
Il By this remarkable utteraneei Gen. Grant II
comparatively a young man, and will b
!, elected only for four years. The 10 not assas
j. siBated he may live four years. Mr.. Blair
h remark needs explaining. Pray what does HI
}, meant
Q EIoHTEES OF the twenty.six recently elected
' members OF the New Mexico Legislature ar,