Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-20

and in which the Democrats were given
ninety-nine and the Radicals one hun
dred and forty-three members of the
forty-second House of Representatives
ESTIMATED" that the States in which cleo
tons were then to be heidi would elect
members Of Congress of the following
political compilations 10 s5isi8 bstiaT
Illinois MOI = ~ EfP' DEM North CstOtnE ZEE pen
indiana 6 70 4ohi6-g...I. "a IId11sis
Kentucly. ........ q 6 4 PennsylYsniA.-4 7 10
SI,ShigaR sG sn4le SssonA, or
sippi.I~a4g1d InWszt virginia. q ;qf5 o
New York. I.-...l5J 10 Wisconsin A.
Since the Nations article was pub
rshed the election has been held IN North
Carolina, and instead, Of the delegation
standing five to two in favor of the Radi-
Gals, the political complexion is precisely
the reverse-five Democrats to two Radi-
calls, In the recent election in Kentucky,
Notwithstanding the negroes voted almost
wholly with the Radicals, the Democrats
carried every county in the State, If we
mistake not. This result shows that they
can elect the entire Congressional delega-
ton while In Tennessee, the Democrats
stand a fair chance, If the opponents
should, unite firmly in the First and Sec
ohd Districts, to elect the entire delega-
ton. The Radical leaders would rejoice
to feel assured that the result in the re-
naming States win be in accord with the
Nations estimates. In Ohio, the Radi-
Gals are in great state of perturbation,
and the recent convention of the party
was obliged to resolve, in fiat contrayen7
ton of the policy of Congress, in favor of
a low tariff, as the only hope of saving
/ itself from utter rout. In Indiana, Nor!
ton has been making high tariff speeches,
and the Chicago Tribune, the most I'M
fluential Radical organ in the Northwest,
has warned him that his course will give
the State to the Democracy. In Illinois,
Michigan, MinnesotaIand Wisconsin, the
sentiment is strongly against the "pro-
tective" legislation to which the Radical
party is committed, and they will not
elect men to Congress to misrepresent
them. AS for New York, the Democracy
OF that State viii think they fail in their
duty if they do not return eighteen
members, and Mississippi and West
Virginia are quite as likely to
elect seven Democrats and : one
Republican, as they are to elect seven
Republicans and one Democrat. Revolu-
tons never go backward, and the revoiu-
ton that has already swept over New
York, Connecticut, California, Oregon
and North Carolina, will not be stayed
until its waves have washed the whole
continent The Washington Chronicle,
one OF FOrney's ''two papers, both daily
and which is regarded as the organ of the
Grant administration, undoubtedly regards
the late elections in this light, and has
made frantic appeal to the Radical party
in the North to save the next Congress
should it be possible to accomplish that
result. The Chronicle abandons all hope
of the South, and distinctly declares that
''the salvation of the new Congress is
with the North In the coming election. p
I hat paper gives vent to its doubts and
anxieties as follows: a.. n. --.-.-. a,--g :
''The living question is, are the Repub-
licans of the United States ready to sur
render the next Congress Presidential
CongTess-to the Rebel Democracy2 Let
US see where these Democratic gains are
to be made. -Four are set down from
Pennsylvania, ten from New York, and
seven from Ohio. We need not enumer-
ate the districts; the bare statement of the
expectation is enough. Nor need we add
argument to invoke Republicans to work.
Our object now is to let our friends see
what is anticipated from their own indif-
ference to disaffection, call it which you
please. Here are the great States of this
Union, which have most profted by the
overthrow. of the rebellion, counted upon
by the Rebel Democracy to make mp
Congress which can have but one object,
viz: the restoration of the rebellion in all
the departments of the Government Let
us look at these figures for moment.
The Democratic force in the present
House is sixty-six; TO which Republican
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and what would
be Republican in New York, but for the
audacious corruptions of New York city,
are expected to add twenty one. Are we
ready for this baseness.
1--WE omit from this article the antici-
pated Democratic gains from the Southern
States. They expect to gain four in Vir-
ginia. And they will unless our friends
in that State cease discussions. And they
expect TO gain seven in Georgia. And
they viii get these if an election can be
forced this year to destroy Bullock, de-
stroy his Legislature, and give Joshua
Hill and his set chance 10 trade with
Toombs and Stephens. -5-l a3-.F
''The salvation of the new Congress is
with the North in the coming elections. |
If Pennsylvania. Ohio and New York, are |
reasonably true to themselves, we will |
save it. If not, we shall lose IT. That |
Congress is a matter of vital Importance. |
1t is thousand more so than the choice |
of Presidents before the war. Upon it |
may depend the structure of the whole |
Government-its faith, its honor, its very |
existence. The issue itself is one that |
transcends administrations and ambition.
1t is one that demands sacrifice, and we |
trust that no man who loves his country,
in or out of office, will refuse to do his |
to save the republic from a
rebel House in the last year Of Grants |
administration.
This article was published in the edi-
torial columns of the Philadelphia Press,
the other one of Forney's "two papers,
both daily" on the same day that it ap-
peaTed in the Washington Chronicle, |
showing that the Radical high priests |
about Washington are thoroughly alarmed
at the prospects before them. The effort |
to consolidate the Southern States under |
carpet-bag and scalawag leadership in |
the interest of the Radical politicians |
about Washington, has been demonstrated |