Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-09-25
FRIDAY MORNING, sEPTMEBER 25, 1868.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Gen. FRANCIS P, BLAIR,
OF NEW YORK.
OF MISSOURI.

The Radicals raise the hue aud cry that
if Grant and Colfax are elected peace will
ensue but if Seymour and Blair are elected
the rebellion will be re- opened and war will
be inevitable. The response to each indi-
vidual cry, that if war then ensues the Rad
icals, themselves, must Of necessity inaugu-
rate it, since the Democracy will have attain
ed their ends, is virtual estoppel, yet the
general cry of Seymour, Blair and War"
continues for buncombe. In the event Of an
untrammelled and fair election, there is not
the slightest probability Of war whether
Grant and Colfax or Seymour and Blair be
elected. But is there probability of peace
in either event? If Seymour and Blair be
elected, we hope and expect to see that peace
which will follow the restoration Of the Con-
stitution, the restriction of the privileges,
prerogatives and powers Of each department
within their constitutional spheres, the re-
moval of military Governments in the South,
the reduction of taxes and the restoration of
the Union in fact and in truth. Then will
follow that confidence, prosperity and pro-
gress throughout the land which are the on
ly sure indicators Of positive peace.
Should Grant and Colfax be elected the
peace which will follow is that which we of
the South enjoy q to-day, viz: military
Governments and trials by military commits
siona, suspension Of the habeas corpus and
revocation Of judicial! DEGREES, whenever it
suits the within Of military satrap, continu-
ed Acknowledgement Of our best and wisest
men, the general sway Of ignorance and vice,
enormous taxation and consequent continu-
ed stagnation Of business and prosperity
throughout the whole country. This is the
peace that the Democracy not only believe
and predict. from the election Of Grant and
Colfax, but which we are promised by high
Radical authority. They promise us that
the reconstruction acts of Congress shall be
maintained and enforced, with their white
subordination to ignorance and vice, taxation
to support a host Of useless officers, and de-
fray the expenses of an unnecessary standing
army, &c. &C., and if any, North, South,
East or West, presume to raise an objection
to this kind Of peace, a little triangular "piece
of STEEP is to be the quictus, This is no
fancy sketch. It emanates from one who
stands high in Radical estimation, Gen. Gar
field, member of Congress from Ohio.
In late speech he said: General Grant
will be elected the next President of the
United States When thus elected, he in
tends, with the aid of the Radical majority
in Congress, to rule the country by the help
of little triangular piece Of steel called a
bayonet.'
This 'littlc triangular piece of steel" is
to rule the acAoze country, says Gen. Gar
field. We Of the South are not disturbed in
the least at the threat of this "li.tle TRAN
gular piece Of STEEL" since it is now held
aloft every day in our midst, but will it be
received with the same equanimity North =?
The experience of the South under the rule,
of the bayonet should suffice for any people,
who really love liberty regulated by law.
We cannot therefore believe that the north
ern people will willingly, INCREASINGLY yield
to the rule Of the bayonet
They have the choice. Civil government
Or the rule Of the sword and bayonet Peace
like unto that of the past or the peace
which Gen. Grant wants and which Gen.
Garfield offers. Constitutional Government
with Seymour and Blair, or Military rule
with Grant and Colfax.
How they will exercise it remains to he
seen, but, with the issue patent, we can not
believe they will consign themselves to a
tyranny like that which broods over the
South, sapping its vital energy and prostra-
ting the business interests of the whole coun-
try.
Congress assembled on the 21st. A quo
rum was present in the Senate but not in
the House. The House, however, regard
less of this fact, passed the following reso-
luton of adjournment:
"Resol0ed, That when the House ad
Journs to-day the Speaker of the House and
the President of the Senate do adjourn their