The New York herald., 1868-03-12

General Grant In tho New Hampshire
Election = Connecticut - The Impeachment
and the Next Presidency.
| The New Hampshire election has set the
republicans fairly upon their legs again. They
could hardly be more delighted if they had
gained wholly unexpected success The
prestige of the State elections Of last October
and November was heavily against them. The
proposition of universal negro suffrage, upon
which they had been so sgnally defeated in
Ohio and New York, but to which they still
stood committed throughout the country in
sustaining the Southern reconstruction policy
of Congress, was against them; the heavy
and corruptions of all kinds incidental to our
heavy taxations, and the gloomy prospect in
reference to the Tightening Of these oppressive
burdens, were all so many deadweights upon
the dominant party. It was supposed, too,
that the encroachments of Congress upon the
Executive Department, and the bills proposed
for the reduction of the Supreme Court to a
mere appendage of Congress-, would operate
to the Generalization of the republican rank
and file to some extent and that the impeach-
ment prosecution against Andrew Johnson
would by the New Hampshire people be more
apt to be regarded as desperate and mis-
chievous party proceeding than q public
necessity.
Yet against all these drawbacks the repub-
licans in New Hampshire held their ground.
&r;,, baI IN 1ofa al oil
these distractions in rallying under the flag of
General Grant as their candidate for the next
Presidency. This was, in fact, the initial
fight for testing the popularity of General
Grant as Presidential candidate, and the
result shows that he cannot be beaten. Gene
rails Sickles and Cochrane, under the banner of
Grant, in reviving the political issues
of the rebellion revived the old war
spirit among the people, and the opposing cop
perhead orators brought in from other States
to preach the old copperhead gospel of the
peace democracy did good service for the re-
publicans. Thus we see yet once again that
where copperheadism, with all its obnoxious
peace principles and affiliations during the war,
boldly presents itself before the. people, its
offensiveness weighs down all the subsequent
expressions, corruptions, spoliations, usurpa-
tions and revolutionary measures and schemes
of the party which carried through the war
against the rebellion. Thus, too, it is appa-
rent that General Grant, as the great Union
champion of the war, upon his record of the
war, and upon his merits as q sound, practical,
fsrn totn hao nvad IN hic
preliminary field fight success which emphati
cally pronounces him the coming man.
So much for New Hampshire. Connecticut
comes next-the 9th of April. The largest
vote ever cast in Connecticut was that of last
year, when, upon a total return of some ninety
four thousand, English, the democratic candi-
date for Governor, was elected by majority
of nine hundred and eighty tight
fit. Hawley, too, had to carry the deadheads
of Barnum and his menagerie, and these dead
heads broke down the republican ticket. What
is the prospect now? Among the speakers
at the radical rejoicings over New Hampshire
at Concord on election night was Colonel
Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms of Congress, who
said that Connecticut would follow New
Hampshire's example as sure as the sun would
set. BY that time Johnson would be i'm
peached (meaning removed), and the next
move would be the nomination of Grant for the
Presidency, and all the States would give him
majority but Maryland and Kentucky"
From these remarks it would appear that the
radical programme is to get Johnson out of
fba in fnr n oil Ga1I In ~
necticut election. Perhaps they will fail in
this; but in any event it is safe to say that the
democrats will have to work as they never
worked before TO hold their possession of Con-
necticut.
The impeachment, it is disclosed, is no draw
back to the republicans, and it is because the
democrats give the cold shoulder to their best
friend, Johnson. His favors, great and SMALL
are thankfully received but the recipients
themselves turn their backs upon johnson.
Politicians like corporations, have no souls.
A benefactor who has nothing more to give is
nothing to them. The impeachment prosecu-
ton win doubtless be strengthened by this re-
suit in New Hampshire, and nothing but his
resignation, we apprehend, will prevent the
removal Of Andrew johnson. The ten outside
States, bottom end up, will then be recon-
structed and restored with all possible despatch
to both houses Of Congress and to a voice in
the Presidential election. This reconstruction
question, well done or badly done, will thus be
practically put out Of the way, while upon the
| questions Of the finances and taxes we per-
ceive that Congress will shape its legislation to
catch the popular breeze of the passing hour,
leaving the future to provide for itself. With
all these advantages in their hands for the
Presidential campaign, under the banner of
Grant, how is this radical party to be defeated
next November? That is the question.
Would It not be well for Mr. August Belmont,