The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-08-13

The election in Tennessee has
terminated. like that in Virgins, in
the overthrow Of the radical nomi-
nees. The conservative republic
cans, supported by tho Democrats,
have carried oil before them. Dis
frsnchisement, as . political weap-
on, has been again distinctly repu-
dated, and, this time, in . state
which above oil others has rejoiced
in the most oppressive exercise Of
that principle. It ought to be pa
tent, now, to the mind Of every
gentleman of the radical persuasion,
that the day Of political reaction
has at length arrived; that the
spirit Of political vengeance 10 ex-
hausted that the popular senti-
ment has taken . decidedly liberal
turn that Let - have peace,
has been interpreted by the common
understanding to mean tho abandon
mcnt Of sectional warfare and the
restoration Of mutual good feeling |;
that the vindictiveness which still
clings to /" iron-clad test-oaths I"
and the ostracism Of every man
who does not politically agree with
the congressional majority, is about
to be swept away by that returning
tide Of good sense which is the char
acteristic Of thinking and intel
ligent people.
Our republican friends may no
longer conceal for themselves the
obvious fact that the negro vote. in
tho southern states. has ceased to
be unit in the hands Of the friends
Of prescription. The colored vo-
tiers, stupid as they may be, have
natural cunning enough to perceive
that their actual interests. arc
identified with those Of the perma-
nent population. They have been
cajoled, used, and deceived by .'car-
pct-bag politicians until expert
ence has brought them wisdom, and
we see the consequences. The con-
test in Tennessee. IS in Virginia,
lay entirely between conservatives
and radicalism. The democrats
are conservative to . man. The
disciples Of peace and good will in
the republican ranks are conserva-
tives also. The coalition Of men
entertaining such prominent prin-
ciple in common was inevitable
The shrewder class of negro cleo
tors, despite the menace of their
threw their force into
tho same scale, and beneath their
united onset radicalism was over.
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That the same result will follow
the same political tactics through.
out the southern states, we are not
at liberty to doubt. Radicalism
has run its race. It's day Of viru-
lenco is over. It's own venom is ef-
fecting its own dissolution. The
people cannot cherish
for ever. They are q
race, and have had enough
Of civil contention to last them for
> century to come. I" Let US have
peace - is their cry as well as
General Grants for, with real
state of peace not = pretended
one must come, as of yore, . state
Of general prosperity. The demo-
Gratis Of the South have been sensi-
bic enough to accept the political
situation, to let bygones be bygones
and act not for the past, but for
the future. Success has followed
this stroke Of policy. They found
republicans enough to follow them
into the path Of conservatism, and
hence they triumphcd. Are the
democrats Of the north prepared to
digest this lesson Of Immediate his
tory? Or do thoy prefer defeat and
old fogyism to victory and q
"new departure p Wen see.-
N. Y. Sunday Times.