New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-21
MAJoRinEs, 1870.
REPUBLICAN mAJoHITIEs, 1870.

South Carolina 1900 Louisians....-.... 10000
n Missouri which il omitted in tho above list. Grant
received nearly $4,000 majority. Tnis FALL tho
ticket TO which Grant openly and In every gave
his influence was beaten by about 700. That IA a
change against GraD-tbough not against the RepuDli-
can party-of about c. 900 votes.
"If we compare these returns, shall find soine very
melancholy results. For instance. In Alabama there bas
been change of 9o0voes In ArkaDsas the change
amounts to than votes North Carolina changes
nearly 10000; West Virginia 1000, and 40 on-all
against the Republican party.
"Now everybody knowsfor VIC read II almost daily In
iournals like The Phuadelphia Press. The Washington
Chronicle, and Tns NEW York TGIDUNE-eyerybody
knows therefore, that the Administration of Gen Grant
ia thoroughly pleasing TO the country the revenue Is
cocctedhat TO say the taxes ground out of tho
people; and tho debt is reduced with great regularity
and this we are constantly assured satisfies overy wish
Of tho people.
"But TO thoughtful Republican ~ must socm pu,-
sng thing that while the people thus delighted with
the of tho Administration they vote against 1t
wherever 1t shows particularly strong desire for sup
port Missouri Gen. Grant nerercd in the canvass
in tho most vigorous way favor of McCurg, who
open and defiant Frotoctonst ana the Admins
tratiOn oandidao and result Missouri. which gave
Grant 1868 nearly 260oO majority, now casts 1900
| against the Administration candidate
'NOw there all this matter worthy Of the consider
| alton OF those who desire tho continued supremacy Of
the Republican party. Why H. it that the Southern
States, where Administration influence 10 very potent.
have yet 30 unexpectedly TUNED against tho Repub-
| lcansF
Comments by The Tribune.
To place in a clear light the aAjnpS of the
above, with the honesty and candor of its
statements, we will thoroughly consider the
case OF Tennessee
That State assumed TO vote hessclf ont of
The Union in the Summer of 1861 by 103,470
votes. to 48,236-East Tennessee alone voting to
| stay IN. After being recovered by the Union
| armies in the course Of the two following
years, she was reconstructed, not by Congress,
! but by her own steadfast UEiOnists, upon
the principle thus tersdy expressed by Andrew
johnson: "LOyal men, White or Black, shall
"rule America At FIRST, only loyal Whites
voted; ultimately, all loyal men were enfran-
chised; but no one who had given voluntary
aid or comfort TO tie Rebellion was allowed
any voice in her government OF course, she
was overwhelmingly Republican-Democracy
and Rebellion being there, rs, elsewhere, sy-
BonymOus, and there, "a not elsewhere, dis
franchised. Thus she chose BrOwnlOw Gov
crnOr in 'G7 by mere than three to one, and
went for Grant IN '6S by more than two to
one.
But in '69-BSownlow having relinquishef
the GovcrnorsLjp to take bis seat in the Sea-
ate-acting Coy. Senter ran for Governor
against Col. Stokes, both being Republcans.
1t soon became evident that Stokes would get
most of the Republican votes: 80 Senter (hay-
ing control Of the RcSistries az acting Gov
ernOr) proceeded TO enfranchise the Rebels, by
whose votes he was trinmphantly elected.
Just look at the figures
1867 Go, .Brownov 1884 Etheridse... 49, 4iO
1868 ITtSt. Grant........JC.623 Beymoar... 2Gl29
1860 Gor.. .stokes.......55O senter 1888
The Rebels, thus enfranchised. chose n
Democratic Legislature, which called Consti-
tutional Convention, and thereby legalized their
own enfranchsement: so that they now rule
| the State except East Tennessee, which voted
and fought against Secession. We presume
| they have more than the 5000 majority claimed
! for them by The Post but what Of iti They
would have beaten BrOwnlOw in 'G7 and Grant
in 'G8, only they were not then allowed to
vote. They are, in bulk, the very TEL
| lows who came within an ace of crowd
ing Gen. Grant into the Tennessee at Pitts
burgh Landing, and whom he afterward made
to scamper and leave their guns at Mission
Ridge. Is it his fault that, being cnfranchised,
they vote against him lie has lost 10 friends
in Tennessee; '72 were tomorrow, he would
receive more, votes in Tennessee than he did
in GS; but he would not carry the State rs he
did then, because the Rebels, who did Mt vote
then, but do vote now, would turn tho scale
heavily against him.
DO MT understand us "a condemning OF
deploring Rebel Acknowledgement we have
urged 1t from the first, and still heartily
approve it, We wish we could have made the
Republicans see that their only choice lay be-
tween cOnceding that Acknowledgement and
having it carried in spite of them-that TO
enfranchise the Rebels while wo lad unqucs-