Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-11-10
Barton, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1868.
End of the Long Struggle.

Is eHueu, am dS Tue SLlOhc 10 SIOoi ihS
away let us take a survey of the field,
bury the dead, care for the wounded
and if possible so forecaste the future
as to prevent the recurrence of like
contest. We speak truly when we call
it battle, for never since the organiza-
ton of the government has it been in
greater peril than in the excited polit-
ical contest just closed. Not in more
danger was it when the citizens of
ten states were arrayed against it, and
aided by a strong party in other parts
of the Union pledged to the same ig-
noble purposes. Our late political
struggle was the contest of 1860 over
again. We had the same class of men
to oppose, the same old issues to meet.
We heard the same threats from those
who would fire the southern heart; )"
listened to the same talk Of resistance
as then in the event of defeat at the
polls; heard the same hints of assas-
sination and seen the suggestions print
ed in the columns of more than one
leading democratic paper, should the
butcher" Grant ever be the chosen
standard bearer of this great people.
Not only did we have to fight those
who threatened secession in 1860, but
we have been compelled to fight the
rebel army almost to the last man,
while it, is a glaring fact that every
northern ally of the rebellion has been
found in the ranks of the miscalled
democratic party. We think the re
publican party of 1868 can never boast
the doubtful honor of having in Its
ranks a single copperhead. 1t is EN-
phatically the party Of the country
the whole country. Let those who
would dispute either OF these propo
sitions look at those who composed
each of the party conventions, and bt
his own judge. Compare if you viii
the Chicago convention that nomina
ted Grant and Colfax with that a
New York which nominated Seymour
and Blair. The first was almost en-
tirely made up of those who had en-
gagged in the contest, and many haC
personally borne arms in the confic
With tr~itess ~ro~ h~.d.od he-~s
fought fields, and as a result of thei
deliberations we see them nominal
for president him who had led ther
to victory over the wreck of a misel
able confederacy. What do we see a
New York: a convention that held i
its eager embrace full fifty of the leaC
ing generals and master spirits of tt
secession movement, such men as Gel
Wade Hampton, and Beauregard, an
Forrest. and the pirate Semmes, vii
Alex. ii. Stevens, the vice presidel
of the confederacy, with Vallandi
ham who was once banished for tire
son, in short nearly every foul spiI
this side the blue flames of purgato
were there in council, how best to a
complish by the ballot what they BIZ
failed to reach by the bullet; and '
behold the result of their labors
Seymour and Blair, the first the nc
thern embodiment of the rebellic
whose Office it was to taunt our s.
diers with lack of victories and to
cite riots, while the latter was PROD
ced because of his written pledge
ovcrturn the governments already s
in motion by the loyal men of t
south. This has been the exact sit
alton of the contest the country h
just passed through. But we COT
forth brighter and purer. Treas
has been signally defeated and tru
scars on triumphant wings. The 1
tion has pronounced in favor of pea
New England with her hundred a
forty thousand majority calls for
unbroken peace, for Grant, Golf
and a compact Union. The gre
west votes as she fought and shows
unbroken front for the republican til
ct, while from the shores of the Pac
we hear the glad voices of Greg
and California joining in the gra
chorus Of the Union. Pennsylvar
long the keystone of our federal ar
records her twenty thousand for Grs
and Colfax. From the southern sta
we have the aid of those only gre
spots during the war, the home a
hiding place of many a true un
man, West Virginia, Tennessee q
North Carolina, who swell the roll
republican states. South Carol
too repents of her past sins and jo
the column as it moves on to victc
New York and New Jersey alone
all the old free states, votes for a I
rebellion. "Ephraim is joined to
idols, let him alone" Shall we /
hear any more of minority pr
dent 2" Grant and Colfax carry