New-York tribune., 1868-03-07
POLITICAL ITEMS.

What on earth is the matter with Hancock
lie managed the election In Texas in his way
he Was hailed the savior Of the Conservatives whose
rcoicings the recall Of Sheridan were unlimited But
look nov 81 this letter from Toxasa dependency Of Han
cocks satrapy- guess II you how much better
than little Phil Sheridan l. the second Washington who
| holds his sccpter over that district
The negroes will carry the election by overwhelming
majority, simply because the white race a. general
rule is completely dsfranchiscd. In my town. and
suppose the same else where the registrars
prncpled men, and they oontnn0 from day 10 day as
The election progcsses to scratch on from the list OF
registered voters whom they suppose Will vote the
Conservative ticket. We can do nothing. We do not
We appeal TO the Democracy Of the North Talk for us
write for speak for US We do not want more blood
she'd but cannot live thus. IL j. TOO Illuminating 10
all of the good and true men Of the country choked
of while the elections carried alone Dy the ignorant
negro and few low down white men lt Is true there
are few good white men voting but they are scarce
changed before the November eleetion or the same class
Of men above referred TO viii carry the whole south for
the Radical candidate for President Then, SIR, Ne may
say farewell 10 the Republic.
For nearly "a month there has been in circu-
Iaton extract from n speech said To have been dc
lyered by Henry Clay Dean, In which he reported TO
have said.
mi coud have my way would place JEFF Davis In
Congress WHERE he rightfnlly belongs; then would 90
to Concord take all those miserable nom the
Iouse ward then would 90 all through tho North and
destroy all the monuments and grayeiones erected TO
the memory OF soldiers In short, would put out o sight
everything which reminds us that we ever Ind war
with our Southern brethren. do not know rs would
Lang oneeggcd and one armed soldiers but would pray
n Cod 20 get them out Of the way soon as possible"
Now when he and Burr have been taken out q the
state by the Democratic leaders denial appears pur
rorting 10 come from Dean himself lie says the whole
Is sheer fabrication manifest on its face" We object
to the manifest part. Whether Dean ever really said
the words quoted, We do not know; but know that
their sentiment is entire harmony with his oitenex-
pressed opinions lie Is and has been bitter,
malignant, unscrupulous traitor 10 every principle Of
liberty We cannot but wonder that the intelligent
Democrats OF New Hampshire did not sooner run him
out OF the state
The adoption of the act to permit n majority
of those voting reconstruction Constitutions to carry
them has worked marvellous change in the tactics OF
the Conservatives. In Virginia. the do-nothing policy
never popular-has been abandoned, and the Demo
cratic organs urging registration and voting to the
utmost extent In Mississippi, the Copperheads thought
they might insure negative victory by driving negro
voters out of the state but the plurality bill has check
mated their scheme and now they greatly chagrined
because they neglected register The adoption
Constitution this doubtful but far there ID
reasonable hope for II.
1t is not particularly creditable TO our poor
human nature that glimpse OF success should set
us into wild hysterla, as this from The Troy Press:
Democratic victoriesand heavy gains throughout the
State Rochester Utica, Elmra, Bmghamton Mllleron,
annn ci.ysract Umdson Ghent Canaan aud man
other cities aud towns raise the Democratic banner aud
shout, Down With CosGREss AND ihrEACHMEHTi
We're Republican journal to say "down with" any.
body. therc would be no end of bowling about the
outrage Such gushing Journals az The Press viii bear
watching.
The Copperhead canvass (so-called) of New
Hampshire is fiction; no made On tho
publication OF the Republican estimates, the other side,
like the boy in the thunderstorm, discovered that
thing be done and 50 two reo Of the leaders
fixed up pretended canvass and put II on the convo
nent telegraph wires for the edcauon Of the world at
large II they had put In this estimate onehalf the con-
verts they profess to have made their vote wbuld have
been some.2 600 larger.
The Democratic candidate for City Attorney
OF Utica served the Rebel army. His Republican COM
petor fought with Grant the Wilderness to Apo
matox Courthouse. The Democrats voted Tor ana
elected their representative OF Secession Dia hofa'''
Seymour support hint ~,
The Republican town ticket In Norway, Me,
ola etcdi ivrifh oppo0tion.