Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-11-12

United states. The end % Tie retel-
lion has been reached at iast- ThEEr
Klux-Klan can nov cease their InfsE-
nal work, OF expect aEuLtel viSiiatiC1
Of the halter. The reccnstruc
laws Of fC0ngress'y yriil not7ce trarzluzzsl -
the dirt at present Seymour and EIlslr
can have their tic<ets-nf-ieava. dnd
Andrew johnson can swing hsek @
his tailOr's. shop. IN East Iennassee.
All is well. Thanks De 20 God Who
giveth the victoEy. It has been q NO
table fight, and the Victofs NAV nov
prOhtably take a retrospective view Of
the field, and q glance az the Work BE-
fore them.
tisto beFegrotted ON some accounts
that the Democratic party haVa nct
heen able to materially increase thelE
strength En- Congress. Tt is 90 - re-
GREETED, Ia the hrst phase, that r,1
put themselves upon such platE1r
that the peObla could not vote g
them 1T IS 10 be regretted, also, that
they will not be able to muster strength
enough to exercise q healthful restraint
upon the dominant party. This We
say both as partizans and citizens.
There was wisdom IN the saying II
John Randolph that the most elEicient
majority a party can have In q legis-
lative body is a majority of one. The
most dangerous position that q party
can be placed IN Is TO hold power by 3
unanimous vote. The presence of an
active and vigilant minority sufficient
~ strong to command respect, Is as
essential to the Weil-being Ofthe party
in power, as it is tofhe well, being Of
the country. When we look back up-
on the vicissitudes through which the
Republican party has passed, and as
the yawning precipiees upon whose
edges il has trOdden-al By reason Of
its prepOnderating strength in the
gOYernment-We are forced to ac-
knowledge that the matchless blun-
ders Of the Democracy and the person.
al popularity Of Gen. Grant have been
chiefly instrumental in savingus nom
cOndign punishment at the polls. Is
is not that the principles Of the Re-
publican party are not IS inspiring
and attractive a. ever. II Is not that
its great ends and purposes are not
noble and elevated. it is not that It's
record is not in harmony with the
truths Of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence and with the spirit Of the age.
In all these things the republican pare
/ ty may challenge the admiration OF
/ the wOrldand of all oOminggenerations
I For the abolition of slavery alone &c
ought to be able to retain possession OF
/ the government for quarter Of ceDtus
i ~. Yet we cannot conceal from our
/ selves that we made a narrow escape
! from q defeat in the October elections,
and that if we had lost those elections
we should have less cause for rejoicing
to-day. The Democracy were much
nearer to victory on the 18th Of Oct
/ Ober than they have been at any time
/ since the election OfJanles Buchanan +:
/ and this, n0tWithstandingth their declar,
ed principles and their past record are
to our view atrOciOus, while those Of
the Republican party are Of the most
exalted character.
/ whether the Democracy wiz learn
anything from the severe discipline
they have had we cannot with anY
certainty predict. They have been 50
long welded to slavery, that they
may do anything foolish or abOmina-
bic without exciting special wonder.
/ If they could forget that that institif-
tion ever existed, or could reTnembeE
it has been abolished, we might ex-
FL-N AAAe+A lAA@y MOAAA AAWW PIT NAI.AAN
selves on q level with existing facts.
and lay out programme for the future
i. which would promise them at least
what Mr.. Seymour so piteOusly asked
fOr-enOUgh power TO check the ex-
travaganeies Of their opponents. This
they have not obtained in the recent
elections. They will be relatively
weaker in the Senate than they have
I hcnra nN efr 1910 .t.af -
the House they viii be but q trife
stronger than last year. The checks
and balances Of our system Of governs
Republican party. 1t is a difficult rOIe
that has been assigned to as, bat we
must find wisdom TO play 10 through
The. election has settled, beyond
controversy, or dispute, that the Re
construction laws of Congress shall be
executed, and that the national credit
shall be not only maintained, bat Inn
, proved. IL is incumbent on the Re.
publican party to established impar
/ tial suffrage in the South and to re-
store specie payments. Both of these
measures must be carried into effee.
within the next four years; lest we
shall be justly liable 10 the charge oi
incOmpetency or bad faith, Peace
will not be fully established Ga the
rebel States until the freedmen have
the protection Of the ballOta The
public credit viii n0rbe fully estab-
lished until the government redeems
its past due obligations. With these
f great objective points to strive for, ths
Republican party must be more care.
ful With the details Of its hoUsskssp
/. ing.
It must not have 80 many Ioos.
ends, so much rickety furniture. 3,
many broken windows and snolr,
Iehimneys. lt must give more tiins q
work and less time to screeching. II
must not only exercise d wise eeonOnn,
and ascrupulOus honesty In hlIthinrs
but must seem 10 do 50. 1t mustN.
minister justice impartialIy 70
and foe alike. It must be magnaf
nous in victory. treating all who
willing to cooperate with itin setflfS
! by-gOne issues an the basis Of eod
: rights. as friends. In short, il mus
: bring to bear upon public business th,
same common sense which Genera
! Grant exercised upon military afiairI
both during the rebellion and after ID
close. There need be no division IL
It's ranks OF Radicals and COnserVa
tives. Andrew Johnson is nov
: impeached most effectuallY, ans
! with him, HOratiO Seymour, Franl
! Blair and the whole Tammany Hal
I Convention. This is emphatically a
I era of unity and good feeling in thl
Q Republican party, and Il can be mad
; the harbinger or fu6ure triumphs I
those who are entrusted with poWe
: use the victory Of Tuesday with dis
/. erection and moderation, rememberin.
that il is not a party which they AZ
to govern, but a great nation with IA
verse views, interests and prejudice
The principles upon which the viefr
e ry was achieved must be carried foT
ward 70 their practical enforcement
else the election were OF no ne -
# this should be done In the least VI
: lent and offensive manner. sFVYff
+ malice toward none, with q ohaFil
e for all, is as good a motto today -