The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-07
The Southern Press on the Result


The Southern Press on the Result.
Tho Richmond Dispatch, of Thursday,
thinks the disaster directly chargeable to the
folly of the Fourth of July convention in
nominating Seymour and Blair. at Is too
late to correct errors after the paper Is worked
off," our foreman once informed us-and
that's ALL The Dispateh closes its article as
follows:
Their ticket has prevailed, but its chief Is
not pledged to Radical measures or prin ciples.
How ho will act remains to be seen. 1.-The be-
comes imbued with the noble ambition Of re.
storing harmony and prosperity to his coun-
try, he may establish for himself bright and
enduring fame that will endure as long as the
country itself shall live"
The Richmond E1dminer displays its usual
bitterness. and says:
That the logical sequence of passing events
is increased bitterness towards each other In
both sections. which can only end in q re.
newal Of the war and q contest continued till
one or tho other Is exterminated, or until
anarchy comes down upon both to be sue.
ceeded by despotism, cannot be doubted by
any rejecting man who has read history and
Is versed 10 what is called human nature"
The Richmond Ne,c Nation is not surprised
at the election Of Grant, and congratulates its
friends on his triumphant success. It thinks
1t should encourage the people Of Virginia
to engage in good earnest to get our own State
reconstructed and into the Union as early as
may DO practicable. The political excite ment
10 this State has yet to be passed through.
Tho greatest moderation and forbearance
should be exercised by all parties. Let US all
hope for the best, do our duty and put our
trust In God, and all may come out we'll at
last"
The Lynchburg VA Republican says:
ut is the malignant politicians and papers
Of the North that keep up the savage war
upon the South, and II Gen. Grant Is elected
we hope he will bind up at least some of the
wounds which they have produced, and dis
appoint their calculations. Raymond, of tho
TIMES, Is a far worse man than Greeley"
The Richmond Wing of Thursday says:
1.-THE announcement that Gen. Grant is the
President elect Of the United States will, we
are sure, surprise few, II any, Of our readers.
Probabilities, approximRting certainty OF late,
have long pointed to that result. Having no
choice but to submit, even II we were other.
wise disposed, and having in better days been
brought by the discipline Of frequent disap'
pointment to the indulgence Of only the most
moderate hopes In political affairs, IL requires
no effort to abstain from the expression Of IN.
availing regret"
The Fredericksburg VA Herald Of Thurs
day says
Cromwell may be emulated. The bayonet
may again CLEAN in the Federal Capitol-thii
time in driving an ignominious crew from The
halls they have desecrated. What then? Yes
what then? The Hon. II. Stephens ha,
intimated that the full measure Of Gen Grant
has never yet been takeni and Gen. Blair has
predicted that II Gen. Grant could DO elected
President no would never lay the Office down.
With all the lights before US, then-hii
persistence in having the parole Of Confed.
crate soldiers respected, his pertinacity In the
field, his determined resistance against com.
initials to any line Of policy-we must con.
clude that there is a stamina Of some sort In
the man, and that the Radicals will discover
q material difference between Grant the can
didate and Grant the President; that where
as 1t may have been his duty at ono time t
obey, 1t is now hi: duty to command. Tn,
Radical party may yet find they have caugh
Tartar that instead of their catching Grant
Grant has caught them
The Richmond State Journal Republican
reJoices over the result, aud says:
"Will the people of Virginia stand by thu
result, disregard the delusion Of any othe
political salvation than that already offered
The State stands to-day on the threshold Of Q
new epoch. Her people can, by false clamor
by denunciatiA Of the Government under
which they are bound to live unless they sI
patriate themselves, they can by factious re
sistance, and the blind adolatries Of partisan
ship by the constant irritation Of old wounds
perpetuate the hell Of turmoil and Dispute
amid which the old Commonwealth has stoot
for four years, or they can, by accepting th,
situation Of to-day in good faith, and will
that enlightened wisdom which should char
acterizs reasonable men, compose the storm
and command peace and prosperity. The Re
publican party, through its honored leader
General Grant, invokes peace"