The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-10

NOuAO uONOl hohV o1atOQ III spuol1O j.
speech that the reconstruction meas
ares OF Congress had cost the people
S500,O00,000-wben In fact the ex-
peases- of reconstruction, in conjunc-
with the Freedmen's Bureau,
amounted to only $7,OO0,OO0-had he
not unlimited faith in their ignorance
and stupidity. The same faith con,
tinues to guide MIN in writing his
letter of acceptance. he says men
have been admitted to Congress VINO
cannot live in thefStates they claim to
represent. without military p%rotec-
ton, and that they control the
action of that body. making
laws for the North as well as the
South. He asserts, further, that
when all the remaining Southern
States are represented, they viii have
more votes in the Senate than a ma
iority of the people living within the
cline of the great States. He labors
to create the impression that here is
a new thing under the sun. Yet he
knows, as does everybody else who
has paid any attention to the subject,
thatrt the ssmei number of United
States Senators in the reconstructed
States represented o far less number
of voters before the war, than do the
recently admitted Senators, If then
it- be such great outrage,
for these +. Senators to rep
resent a constituency SO much
smaller .than,th people living within
the line-of theogreat States, how shall
I'VE characterize iii -eondition ofthings
when the. reeo instructed States had a
much smaller constituency, and yet
welded the same political power in
the Senate2 Mr.. SEYMOUR does not
inform us. Can any Of his sup-
porters?
Mr.. SEYMOUR thinks the Republi-
can party cannot carry out a peaceful
policy, whatever may he its motives.
Why not? Is it because Mr.. BLAIR
and his friends propose to- resist?
Who is to prevent the consummation
of a peaceful policy? If the Republi-
can policy fails to be peaceful because
of the revolutionary conduct of its
! opponents, upon whom will rest the
responsibility?
To the distinguished candidates
electioneering plea that no danger
need be apprehended because of his
election and the election of a ma
jority of Democratic Representatives,
for the United States Senate will
still be Republican. it is not neces-
sary to devote much space. The plea
itself shows the apprehension felt by
the gentleman as to the results likely
to follow his election. IF nothing
else will arouse the people to a
of their danger, this statement, that
the safety of the Government rests
with the Senate in ease the Democ-
raey are successful at the polls, ought
to be sufficient. He forgets. however,
that it is upon this very contingency
that General BLAIR bases his revolu-
tionary intentions, and the weakness
hitherto manifested by Mr.. SEYMOUR
in withstanding a great pressure of
any kind, proves to the people that
however amiable his Intentions, he
would be but a straw in the current of
Niagara.
Neither do we regard it necessary
TO discuss at any great length his
covert attack upon General GRANTS
declaration that in case he was elect
ed he would have no will of his own
: to enforce against the will of the peo-
pie. IF Mr.. SEYMoUR's statements
with regard to the protection of
minorities,- mean anything, they
fmeau that he regards it rs the
duty Of the Executive, to set
aside the will of a majority of
the people, when, in his judg-
ment, hat will is oppressive to. the
minority, That, of course. strikes at
the very, root of popular Govern
ment, and makes the will of the Ex-
eeutive the law oftthe land. We do
not believe the people are pre-
pared to endorse this doctrine. They
still regard themselves as the law
makers, and that their will, as ex-
pressed by majorities, shall be exc
euted by the President, r~egardless Of
his own views, or the opposition OF
a fictitious minority. r
Mr.. SRYMoUR's letter is still an
other argument in favor, of the cleo
htion-of General GRANT. No D can
thoughtfully read it without being
1convinced that the Government, ad-
mihistered ia accordanee with the
views therein expressed, could not
stand. 1t would relapse into an oil
garchy of aristocrats, or a military
despotism, as certainly as it is now in
the hands of, and controlled by, the
people. The doctrine that the minor
ity Of the people, with the Executive
at their head, can set aside the will of
the majority, as indicated in a cOnsti-
tutional manner is at once so as
founding and so odious that it needs
to be advanced by the candidate OF
a great party in order to make the
people believe in the possibility OF
its being entertained, much less ad-
vocated, by any sane American. It's
enunciation by Mr.. SEYMOUR would
seem to confirm the rumOrs Of his
insane tendencies. t.a