The New York herald., 1868-03-11
The New Hampshire Election.

| The republicans have saved New Hampshire,
after the most thoroughly and sharply contested
canvass in the history of the State. After the
| State elections of 1867, eliminating in New
| York with her fifty thousand democratic ma
| jority, there was reason to suppose that the
| popular reaction against the party in power
thus made manifest would appear in the elec-
| tions of 1868. The opening election in New
Hampshire it was generally believed would
settle this question, and until within few
weeks of the time there was a fair prospect
of a decisive democratic victory. What
changed it? General Grant on the one
side and Mr.. Pendleton on the other
for the next Presidency-the one re-
presenting the Union party, principles and
issues of the war, and the other the obnoxious
and seven times rejected principles and peace
fallacies of the Chicago Convention of 1864.
The battle in New Hampshire was adrotly di-
verted by the radical managers from the great
issue of universal negro suffrage which revo-
lutionized Ohio and New York last October
and November, to the old issues of the rebel
lion, upon which alone the republican party
could depend for success and upon which they
were sure to win.
But has not the impeachment of Andrew
johnson turned the scale in favor of the repub-
means! WSrlnay here be asked. We answer that
tnnae Impeachment has evidently been no draw
back to the republicans. But why? Because
the democrats did not boldly and manfully meet
sure. they contended that his cause was the
cause Of the constitution against the revol,l-
tionary and despotic measures and designs OF a
usurping radical Congress; but still, the demo-
cratic managers and stumpers in New Hamp-
shire were little too careful to wash their
hands of Andrew Johnson. For the work
which he had done for them and for the pers e.
cutions and prosecutions which nc had suffered
and was suffering in their cause he was enti-
tied to the appreciation and admiration of the
democratic party but still, he was not Pres-
dent of their choosing, he was not
democrat of their pattern, he had
gone off to the worship of strange gods
they did not want him, they would
not have him and they whistled him down the
wind This support of Johnson's policy
against the radicals, while rcpudating John
son himself, involved the admission from the
| democrats that he was not to be trusted, and
so the testimony Of General Grant against him
had its full weight and the Impeachment its
| justification from the democratic party. So
they have contributed to make the vote Of New
Hampshire appear as a judgment in favor OF
the impeachment.
But this after all, was merely an incidental
issue in this election; for this New Hampshire
canvass was really fought upon the broad and
| general issue of the Presidential succession.
| Thus Grant as the republican candidate stood
/ forth as the conqueror of the rebellion, the
representative of the Union armies and the
| Union cause, the e'champion of Congress and a
| sworn repudiator Of Johnson while the over
| shadowing candidate of the democrats was
Pendleton, whose record Of the wal
was just what the republicans wanted The
democratic stumpers in New Hampshire and
their speeches were also too much OF the Old
! copperhead cast. IL will be remembered that
| in 1862, in going for "a more vigorous prose
cution Of the war; the democrats carried al
the great Central States, but that the copper
heads in 1863, assuming that they had donc
the work, forced again their obnoxious hcresics
into the foreground, and that the republicans
thereby recovered all they had lost and swcp,
everything before them till 1867. Then, upon
the new issues Of universal negro suffrage and
Southern negro political balance OF power,
the popular tide in the Central States was
turned agains, the dominant party once more.
But again the repulsive outcroppings Of cop
pefhcadism react in favor Of the radicals, and
thus New Hampshire opens the Presidential
campaign.
This result in New Hampshire, therefore,
leads us to these conclusions That while the
copperheads have crippled the democracy the
name OF General Grant as the Presidential can
didate OF the republicans has been tower OF
strength to their State ticket that the i'm
peachment OF Andrew Johnson has not hurt
them, and has perplexcd the opposition, and
that the best thing thet Mr. johnson can now
do to save himself is to resign his Office and let
the radicals have full swing in the Executive az
In the Legislative Department, In order that the
country may be fully enlightened as to their
schemes and purposes. Give them full scope
and they may yet work out the problem Of
their own destruction before November. espe-
cialy with "old Ben Wade" as pro tenn. Prcsi