The Portland daily press., 1871-03-16
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ned IN which is now ine,sas iaa IL the pres
stature ns New New Hampshire elec atood 1si Re-
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H House t U' ss democrats W.T. WIN fr I..
ta'ives yet 20 So ~ copneeticus!'' anew
rn,a and 'fou =, we're De ne list House
ny 3 uo" o. ,s Cali .nocrats-one each
ON ~ New New Ramps .ornla ana texas, But
u. hy Conn are precedent is 10 be ioi- |
owed ps -Aicut il April, California in |
septe"1ei -Ad Texas whenever that State
fixes for its election, we must calculate
on a addition of the whole IA to the a.
r-Ady formidable strength of the opposition
in the House, which would then be divided
between the two parties in the proportion of
1Sl TO 112, giving the Republicans majority
OF only 10. This is of course making larger
concessions to the enemy than are warranted,
but we do not suppose that they VIII cialm
much less than reduction of our majority
to between % and %. This preponderance is
as good for all practical purposes as much
larger one, if it does not prove that there are
Conservative Republicans enough who will
act with the Democracy 10 prevent the pass
age of such measures as are necessary to Sc
cure the protection of the lives and property
of Union men, and the enforcement of those
legal and constitutional guarantees of free
dom and equal rights that have been pur-
chased by such an immense expenditure of
blood and treasure. If the result of the re-
turn of large Democratic minority to the
House is the restoration of the Rebel oil
garchy in the South, the overthrow of the
free schools and other ciylizing agencies late
ly introduced 10 that country and the partial
restoration of affairs to their condition be
fere the war then Tuesdays work will indeed
be sad disaster.
We repeat that, leaving the possibility OF
such results as we have indicated out of the
account, there is nothing in the case to trou-
BILE anybody. New Hampshire has always
been one OF the closest States in the Union,
and our slender majority there has beer kept
intact only by the wonderful diligence and
IF Of ho
Their canvass has usually been a marvel
of accuracy and its results have been habit
uaily accepted as decisive as to the issue OF the
following election. Perhaps an unwarranted
reliance upon il this year my have contrib
uted to the defeat But in the absence of
any certain information received at the time
Of this writing we conjecture that the great
demoralizIng influence sprang from the ua-
timely and unwise controversies of kepub-
lican leaders at Washington. At that cool,
outrageous halfway house between the con-
ficts and labors of two general elections,
these leaders have apparently regarded it as
safe to indulge their personal jealousies, their
private diosynciacies, their old grudges or
4 their new ambitions. Forgetting the gloll
Gus history, the high aims and the hall-accom
pished work of the party TO which they be-
long, they have fallen to blows among them
selves over matters OF secondary importance
magnifed little things into great matters OF
national concern and made trifes of para
mount importance. The New Hampshire
by similar phenomena in other States
will no doubt bring these gentlemen to
their senses. We confidently anticipate that
the approach of a Presidential canvass with
Its great issues, and the weighty responsible
tics it imposes on all patriots will heal all these
lamentabe feuds in the Republican ranks
and insure Republican victory. Ii there arr
any men in the party, no matter what theil
position or influence, who suppose that thea
ale the party, that devotion to them is the
test OF political orthodoxy, and that their pros.
perity and that OF the country are identical
and il this egotism is found to be chronic
they will certainly be dsregarded, and lett to
perish politically by the wayside. And i
there are other men, in any position, who
think it expedienu to make a serious attemp
to impose upon the party at all hazards doe
mas OF their own, concerning which the Re
publican masses are either Indifferent or en-
terrain grave differences of opinion-if Their.
are any men who have determined to Dragon
their associates into an unwilling support O
measures they do not approve they, too, will
be as remorselessly disregarded and passed by
as II they were the humblest citizens in pri-
vate life. We do not believe there are mer
who will persist in taFing either of the posi-
lions we have described. Everybody ought
by this time to 1--we learned that the Repub
llcan party is greater and stronger than any
man. A party that lost President with his
whole cabinet. several prominent Senators
like Doolitte, many Representatives, the
blalrs, the Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court, and hundreds of newspapers, and i'm
m"diately thereafter, in 1868, swept the coun.
try from the Lakes to the Gulf, and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, is not likely to submit
to usurpation or to suffer from the detection
OF any particular man or set OF men,
We believe that the President on his part
will not exhibit an undue degree of obstinacy
in the San Domingo matter, if the report of
the commissian, acknowledged to be an i'm
partial one, is adverse to the scheme. 1t is
very easy to blame him for the result in New
Hampshire, but TO us it appears at least as
reasonable to blame some OF his opponents
Sc nator Patterson for instance, who took the
stump in the late canvass making the irree
want San Domingo question and opposition to
the President the main issue. The mischief
done in this way must have been incuIcula-
BILE, as any one can see who will imagine
Hamlin or Morrill, taking the same course
here.
The New Hampshire election is warning,
and very necessary and timely one. De-
ferred till next year it might have been fatal
Coming now it will promote union among
Republicans, stimulate their vigilance and ac-
tivity, and pave the way for a sure triumph
next year.
The Downfall of Another Despot.
Tne Waldoboro election is more surprising
than that in New Hampshire, after all. The