Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-01-21
n New Southern Party,

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The election of General Grant is
already working wonders: The south
ern politicians are ,astute enough to
realize that it means the complete
and final triumph of the reconstruc-
ton policy Of Congress, and the ia
cile and astnte of the Southern poll
ticians are already preparing to bow
to the inevitable While, 50 long as
there was hope. of, . Democratic tri-
umph at the Presidential election,
the Southern whites kept q united
front against the reconstruction
measures, we now ind many hasten
ing to accept them and make the
fbest terms possible for themselves.
Just rs the election Of Lincoln in
1864 broke the back Of the rebellion
tile election of Grant in 1868 has
broken the back Of the new and in
cipient rebellion. We now see new
lparty forming iu Virginia, which is
but the pioneer Of d similar orgaui-
zation in all the states. Tn Virginia
lit is led by A. H. H. Stuart, AIR Fill
more's sec, etary of the interior, and
|similar prominent Virginians, and
seems to muster very large Demo
cratic support, majority of the
Dem mocratic papers of the state sup
porting it. Its platform is ''univers
al amnesty and universal suffrage y
AS they already have the amnesty
$50 far, at least, as the President can
give it to them, they have only to
submit to Congressional reconstrucs
ton to secure the suffrage. And,
with regard to universal suffrage =
it has always been a marvel to- ius
that the leading men of the South
were, so reluctant to adopt it With
the sagacious among them, this re-
luctanee could only have been the re-
suit Of hatred or Of prejudice, for it
seems improbable that they should
have had so poor ali opinion of their
influence as to-, suppose themselves
unable to successfully cope with the
feeble white radical clement for
the negro vote. The only reason
for doubling their ability to- do this
was the doubt of their willingness to-
demonstrate, in some unequivocal
way, their complete and cheerful ac-
quiescenee to the acknowledgements
OF those whom they had always
treated with coptuinely and scornl
1t only requires that they should Sc
cure their confidence to enable them
to share their votes. It is doubtless
because this idea has dawned upon
the minds of the "chivalry," in con-
juntion with the fact that the cleo
ton Of General G rant has placed re-
coustruction beyond the reach of
successful resistance, that they have
wisely determined to no longer fight
against destiny. - 80; l8fige ! !!
+ Ard in this they are wise. A few
Years Of kindly. treatment of their
former slaves, and a full and frank
recognition of all their civil rights
will as surely divide. the colored vote
ofthe South as The white vote of the
North is divided betweei the oppos
ling parties Of the day And it is
best that it should be Soft such a
Y e a
results legitimately attained. When
only the ordinary questions of gov
ernmental policy shall again form
the lines Of .demarkation between
parties, it will not be desirable that
tthe colored vote. any more THAN the
vote ofany other distinct class or
. nationality : shall be !, Combined
Hence, while we .believeo that while
ttlte eolored vote will be thus Divided
amheg the whole country shairbe lie!
stored to its, normal condition of
peace and harmony, we have mo
fears Of the result. &c. Leader. 10 :
The elach5n eda1n,itteezGtfe House
again reported in favor Of Switzler
Dem. J, in the Ninth Missouri con-