The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-11-11
THE RESULT.

liz tltCIlOu rs OVtT tuu Ucu. OlSS-
ses S. Grant is elected President of the
United States from the 4th day of
March next. The result was, of course,
not unexpected. The defeat of the
Democratic ticket in the middle States
at the October elections caused panic
in the ranks from which the Democrats
were unable to recover. The contest
was virtually decided then, and tie
November election served only to con-
firm verdict which had already been
rendered.
1t is useless to speculate on the
causes which have contributed to such
a result, or to anticipate the effects
that will flow from it. There is hatred
enough at the North towards the Geo
pie OF the South to enable the stronger
section to triumph in any coptast
which has for its object the Oppression
of the Southern people ioy unjust legis,-
lation- Besides, it cannot be denied
tha' Gen. Grant has a hold upon the
affections of even conservative North
ern men, many of whom have voted
for him in spite of his utilization with
the Radical party. Military glory, so
s"or. after war, will always dazzle
! the minds of the people, and enable its
possessor to triumph over civilian
who is destitute of such distinction.
We see in the election of Gen. Grant
but little prospect of realization Of
that "peace" which he says he is so
anxious to restore. 1t may be true, as
his friends say, that he is conserva-
tive at heart and was taken up by the
Radicals simply to secure success. If
so, he will be in Mr.. Johnson's power
less position in less than six months
after his inauguration. The Radicals
certainly have majority in both
Houses of Congress, and we have yet
to hear that a single moderate Repub-
lican has been elected. If it is neces-
sary, in order to secure two-thirds
majority in the House of Representa-
tives, to eject some of the Democratic
members, the action of the present
Congress in the Kentucky case leaves
no room for doubt that they will not
hesitate to repeat the outrage. 1t has
been settled by the Radicals that the
executive office is non-entity and
that Congress is the government
Having used Grant to secure their
power, they would not hesitate to
throw him overheard as soon as he
should prove an obstacle to its perpet-
uation. We have, however, the con-
ISOLATION to know that the Radicals
have exhausted their ingenuity in de-
vising the means of expressing the
Southern States. No matter how ty-
rannical their legislation they can do
nothing more than what they have al
ready done.
But while the Democracy has lost
the national election we have the graf
ification to know that we have won an
unprecedented victory in louisiana
We have carried the State by at least
forty five thousand majority and have
elected our candidates in all FIVE of the
Congressional Districts. Radicallsm
has broken down in Louisiana and can
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feat. Even the negro vote which the
Radicals have ever counted on to sus-
tain them, has turned against Them
In most of the Parishes there has been
a fnll negro vote, and yet in many OF
them the Radical vote is extremely
light. The next Radical idea will be
to take away the right of suffrage from
the negroes so as to diminish the
Southern representation in Congress.
Having won splendid victory in
Louisiana we have abundant cause to
be gratifed at the result. We can
manage now to take care of ourselves
Carpet-baggery is played ont, and it
will require more effrontery than even
the carpet-baggers and scalawags pos,
sess to insist on retaining their domin.
ion over an unwilling and an outraged
people. The best thing they can do is
to pack up their carpet-bags and leave
the State. This we shall expect then
to do.