The Union and journal., 1869-07-16
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NV e'ho Deh1o@~>S lsRa7 s<o haiu W 'o'
capital D. support, of General Rosccrans. when
hey have 70 begin ths cappaien by nying that
"his only enemy in the war was General Grant,
who, at m carly stage Of the war, saw In him
rival destined to eclipse him.
The Maryland Democrats arc waking mp to
The effect Of the adoptionof the fifteenth Ainend-
ment. fseymour's vote last fall was sirty-two
thousand, and General Grants thirty thousand.
According to Democratic estimates, the negro
vote Of the State would be over forty thousand
on universal suffrage being adopted. The Dem
ocrats assume, and very properly too, in view
Of their past course, that these forty thousand
votes would be cast almost to a unit with the
Republicans, thereby giving them the State.
The 'danger," says one paper, "is immense,
and cannot be exaggerated" Others have sud.
denly changed their tone, and begun the WOO
Ing policy toward the colorcd voters ..7' %
The platform Of the recent Republican Con-
yention of Mississippi embraces free speech,
free schools and free ballot-box, equality beforr
the law, the ratification Of Article XV.l Of the
Federal Constitution, universal amnesty and
universal suffrage. The Convention Is said to
have been constituted Of the ablcst men in the
State. Many Of the delegates and several Of the
officers were colored. ,..r.
The New York Journal Of Commerce thinks
il the hight of absuriity for the Democratic
party to make any further resistance to negro
suffrage. II says: "Men Of sense understand
the folly Of contending with the past and incv-
table. Politicians, who, as general rule have
the limited vision Of grnsshoppcrs, and no sense
beyond the scent Of the nearest fesh-pots, are
the creatures who commit the ridiculous blum
ders Of the California Democratic PLATFORM"
II is reported that Governor Walker will be
elected to the United States Senate from Vir-
ginia, thus placing the State Executive in the
hands Of the Lieutenant Governor elect. who Is
Southern man, and strong Conservative.
II is one good result Of the Virgins election
that the amended constitution Is adopted by a
large majority. The people Of that State thus
acknowledge the folly Of standing aloof from the
Union any longer. They have ratified oonsti-
tuition which Is an immense advance on any or
gsnic law ever before known in the State, and
which contains within itself the facilities for
any further Improvement which the future may
require. M 'Ir..a. '
Tho .Prussian Consul General at Havana
writes to the Prissian consuls in the United
States requesting them to warn oil Germans
here against enlisting in, the Cuban army. lie
says that, in his judgment, since the enforce
ment Of the neutrality laws by the United
States, the insurrection is dying out. b..
Ex-senator Cowan Of Pennsylvania turns up
as candilate for the Democratic nomination
for Judge Of the Supreme Court.
The Connecticut House Of Representatives on
Thursday passed bill to strike out the woru w
..white" from the suffrage clause in the Stat'
Constitution by vote Of ll0 year to 80 nays.
The Richmond Despatch, in discussing the re
suits Of the Virginia election, says :-"Thcr
are two classes Of persons who are endcavorinI
to force Virginia into the Democratic party
whether she viii or no. One is the party 0
carpct-baggcrs and scalawags in this State, win
are Of opinion that they may do us sdamagc will
the President and Congress by calling our vic
torious party Democratic Tho other Is tn
Northern Democrats, who are very anxious Il
muster us into their ranks. ".faIi GHrI ebI
At n recent Interview Governor Walker state
to the President that he would be Governor o.
Virginia, and that he wouldnot permit himself
to be influenced by the old politicians Of the
State. 1t was his purpose to carry out faithful.
ly and fully the platform upon which he had
been elected and to sustain the Presidents TO
construction policy. lie spoke freely Of the or
position he had to encounter in the recent can.
yass, and a!so those who supported him, and h'
wanted to set at rest all reports that he was Il
be influenced by the cx-rcbel element. Alluding
to the nomination Of Gen. Rosccranz in Ohio by
the Democratic party, he said that he was no
conscious of having swcrycd one iota from thu
views entertained during the war, when he wa'
known in Chicago as n war democrat. lie then
stool ON the sauc platform with Gcn. IiosecranI
who. he regretted to know, had now become the
gubcrnatorial candidate Of the Vallandigham
party in Ohio. " r