The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-12-04

from the House The Democratic
mcuilur. returned to the next Ton
1rc.s will exceed so ia number
The estimated relation Of parties
from The return Is at this time 81
I Democrats to ll3 Republican, Re
. publican majority, so
There b. nat however positive
certainty that this proportion will be
preserved Tho seats of q consider
able number Of Democrats elected
ere contested hy their Radical oppo.
ucuh There seems 10 be a PERSIA
sion among the Radical candidates
that g. the rule Of action Of their
paiiy Ia Congrc.- % seat and uuscat
members, not according TO tie facts
of On election. or the expressed
wishes Ut constituents. but according
to the party desire to get nd of a
Troublesome opponent. or the party
inicrc 60 oblige a psaful friead. la
the lH.t Congress aud the proceeding
one this rule was So strcuuously put
into operation against Democrats,
that iu cyeral instances Brooks OF
New YORK Voorhees, of Indiana. aud
Morgan OF Ohio, for cxampo--mcn
chosen by considerable maioriiies, in
districts VIGOROUSLY Democratic, were
turned out aud their places given to
, ,..,y n'o''A',' 9n p'e' g.g 70
~, ''ou' '"s' "o'"'} "''D'O' '"'
rnlins motive TO 10 perusah'
pntihs the had''al canvass tho
baa'eA' eanaiaa,es geneia''y nave
o'cn funnlns Tor 'nIF'@ uh'
GcF ti.e '''a''s'a,'ie pei''I ,n't i ue &c,
iea'ed the majority IN 'ho House VIII
hel2 'hcm to The seat 10 every case
where the vote ~ close ana perhaps
when me vote Is greatly against
them. a hali dozen OF those 40
icotel before The people nave already
statci their app'ifaiions % be elected
by ihe How
There IA however a iiilereuce 700
the political position, winch alters
the condition on which these apph-
cations will be made. hadlcalism
has succeeded ~ the CRANE OBJECT lor
which it, inlquiies were prnctleed'
II hos secured the Presidency ma
Jnrliy 100 both Houses "i congress
and such % largo prepouderanee IN
the Senate as to make It's pre5omin-
ance there secure for several terms
1T administration to como. There
will We uo eucral election which can
disturb IL materially for years The
uoXt Congress VIII be largely hapun-
lcan, aud with President OF Their
own eleei'on, It docs not mAt'er 70
them that the democrats have M
creased beyond the one 'hird' wn'ch
Is able to support o Freslneh, IN a
veto, Nctoc are extinct WIN inc
other con ,'lyo powers Whien inc
con ..ta''oH furnished against ''-''
uti'cIe .".Nn Ib' hepub'icA".
therefore, do not nee aecess'"ns OF
strength {" '.'cir numbers ny sup
pressing or eireumserlblng the votes
OF the Democratic minority me
party b powerful enough IN congress
to dispense with unnecessary crimes ;
and hawD- gone Trough sueh
course ~. crimes successfully II can
afford to relax ITS iyrann'es ana re-
sumo 90 appearance at least oil ini'-
ness.
There are men within It VINO are
known to have been wrongly opposed
to these tyrannlcal proceeding ana
to have acquiescod only under the
pressure of a fear that an open dl'
vision IN the ranks OF the Rcpubli.
cans might have seriously leoparded
the election, aud lost the whole poll
cy of the party That apprehension
being removed by the defeat Of the
opposition, it is only reasonah'e 10
expect that there vii he serious OBJ
lection, within the Republican party
to the continuance of arbitrary meas
urcs, which were tolerated only as
exceptional implements Tor success
We therefore infer that an undi'
,s,IaJ pepul iran Uarty will not ina