Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-29

I tam and thorough as practical Reconstruction
shall be- yisbly further from or nearer TO compile.
/ tion. lot every Southern State be reoreanized
under government Of IFS own choice, with its re
personalities already admitted 70 seat. in Congress.
clearly about 70 be- and il is not possible that we
should be beaten. Suppose VIC should carry bui
half the Electoral Votes Of The lately Rebel States
We can take the North aud West nearly solid IL Il
snail appear that our triumph means Reconstruc-
ton corfummated and abiding while our adversares
involves going back aHd beginning the work over
again.
Tho masses want Peace and Thrift. They care
ICES for distractions aEd theories than for results
And u It shall appear next Fall that the nearest
way Cd Order and Tranquility lies through Re
publical triumph, shall be reinforced by tens of
thous ade whoeare little Cor either party bat very
much Ger Stability aud Prosperity.
We DO nos lay much stress on the divisions OF our
adveTearics. They may and will differ I'D 10 the
meeting Of thoir National Convention; but when
ever Pendieton shall have been nOminated--as be
probably viii be on the 5th Of July next-thev win
eli 60 in FOR him at least as heartily as thew did FOR
Mcclellan. And Mcclellan was beaten By the vic
tories Of Sherman, Sheridan and Farrae1t which
became generally known altar hia nomination; for
bad the election been held two months earlier, the
popular vote would have been very close one.
The one Circumstance that must weigh heavily
against the Democrats IN this canvass is their sub
stanlal Identification in sympathy snd ideas with the
crushed Rebellion. The enormous circulation at
tanned in nearly every State by Brick Pomeroy S
Rebel organ is a fact that cannot be explained away
Here is journal remarkable for nothing but its IN
disguised, vehement championship Of the Rebel
cause-Which predicted and has repeatedly exulted
over Lincolns assassination and glorifed j Wilkes
Booth as an apostle and martyr Of Liberty-with
larger and more widely difused circulation to-day
than any two other Democratic sheets though il is
printed IN village on the upper Mississippi. Can
any one explain that fact into harmony with any
theory which afirms that the Democratic party was
ever at heart hostile 70 the Robellion2
The Volunteers form an element of the canvass
not to be despised. They are more than One Nil
lou Today they are generally proud Of their agen-
cy IN putting down the Rebellion. and indsposed
70 vote with its partsans Called 70 choose between
their General-in- Chief and "Peace7 Copperhesd
IL viii DC difficult for many OF them 10 cast their
votes for the latter. We doubt that half so many
will do so as now permit themselves 10 be accounted
Democrats. "Rally round the flag" Is a stirring
exhortation. which few who have honorable dis
charges can withstand
On the whole, we believe il morally impossible
that the sham Democracy should elect the next
President; but they viii make desperate effort,
and poll more votes than any party ever yet did in
q Presidential election. In this State, New jersey
and Connecticut they fight down hill, and the most
determined systematic, and seasonsble efforts must
be made to insure their defeat We have no votes
and no time 10 spare.