Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-13
FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR
LADY.

Adams letter TO the st. Louis Republican
endorsing tie passive Policy" the New
York World expressed the opinion that it
win not do, in such discussions as are Just
now current, to lose sight Of the compare
tive strength Of the great political parties,
and added:
desperate as the fortunes Of the Demo
cratic party seem to Mr.. Adams and
many others, it is only one hundred and
sixty thousand votes that stand between it
and victory. In 1868, when our campaign
was as badly managed as possible, and Gen.
Grant was in the full flush Of his military
prestige, the popular vote stood as follows:
Popular vote for Grant. .........2,978,55l
For Seymour. ........... .Z,O43,oIz
Grants majority. ............... 334,939
"a change. of 10000 votes "a bagatelle
compared with the vote of the whole
country would have given Seymour a ma
ioritv. Now Grant is not more pOpu-
lar, but great deal less popular than he
was in 1868, before he had been tried; and
there is no longer any danger that the De
mocratic party will repeat the egregious
DluHtlGIS NdllIIu ITO tC-NAb III NA@S A1.'e
Presidential election. II therefore il be
true, as nobody doubts it is, that Grant has
alienated large numbers Of his supporters,
the prospect Of Democratic triumph is
really better in 1872 than it was in 1868"
The St. Louis Republican replies to the
Worlds argument as follows:
"The above assertion would be more to
the point if it did not ignore the negro vote;
which, if it should be thrown solid for Grant,
would suffice (as between Democratic and
Republican party nominations) TO increase
Grants majority in 1872 by at least half
million, even supposing him to lose 10000
tDbite voters from his supporters in 1868
alt will be found necessary, therefore, to
ALLEVIATE vastly more than the number indi-
Gated by the World, in order to assure sue
c,ss to the anti-administration organization:
hence the wisdom of the Missouri policy,
even from merely strategic point Of view,
for no one will dispute that more Republi-
cans are likely TO assist in the election of a
candidate selected bythenSelUeS than would
be found ready TO sustain an individual
designated by the Democracy.
"Horace Greeley has expressed the opin-
ion that not less than seven millions of votes
VIII De kLliOMH Al tflt ANoAAtlAAAHA NDAANSaSe
of next year. while considerably less than
six millions decided the election in 1868.
"The .tsef)rm party therefore, which
viii oppose the reelection Of Grant, and Is
to consist of Liberal Democrats, and Con-
servatiye Republicans, would be unable to
place their nominee in the White House
unless they could poll very nearly a million
more voters than HOratio Seymour received
il 1868!
Snow these voters must come from three
different classes, for the most part; first,
from that comparatively large proportion OF
the community who have been in habit, oil
late years, Of abstaining from voting, but
are now expected TO do their duty in view
Of the exigency; second, from the young
men Of the country who have become
voters since 1865, and who VIII generally
OPPOSE Grant because the ardor Of youth IS
swift TO resent any system OF government
smackng Of tyranny; and third, from the
opposition to Grant within the Republican
ranks.
~Tbe number Ct Democratic votes that
will be thrown in the Southern States III ex'
ress of the aggregate deposited there fol
Seymour in 1868 will hardly more than
Offset the increased coIOred vote in those
States, which,it now appears,will be thrown
with great unanimity for Grant. From th'
three classes mentioned above and residing
within the Northern States must CONF
the assistance to enable the electoral votes
OF the Southern States to be counte1"
The Republican appears 10 forget thai
the negroes voted in all the Southern
States that were allowed to vote in 1868
and that the negro vote could not be cas-
more solidly fer Grant in 1872 than in tia
Year. Their 8 therefore not the slightes
reason to believe flat Grants vote in ISL
vii be increased by the negro vote to az