Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-21
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Opinions Of tbs Press upon the
Grand Democratic Victory.
Il is Regarded as the Breaking Up
of the Radical PsTty-POltiCal
Statistics.

This vote means mainly, if not
wholly. Republican apathy, born Of
Oyer-c0ufidence on the continuous tri-
umDhs Of sixteen years, and Republi-
can disafection, engendered by local
uusrrels. liquor and the unwise and
untimeiy Summer trouble. 1t is not
hv the continuance Of such causes that
parties are saved, and If the lesson is
To be learned in time for 1872, it has
not been given US a month too soon.
Let as take it for warning and incite-
ment, and close up the ranks.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, RRdi-
cslI:
The people Of New Hampshire, in
common with the citizens of our own
aud all the other States, are heartily
tired of the OuOrOus income tax,
They know, as do the people at large,
that this OnerOus burden on the indus
tries of the nation, at once inquisito-
rial and eXacting in character, should
have ceased with the suppression of
the rebellion. 1t was strictly q war
measure, and should have ceased in
Nav. 1865. It was the duty Of the
Republican majOrities in the Senate
and House ta have removed this tax,
instead Of which they persistently re-
tained il in the face Of the popular de-
maud for its abrOgatOn. In New
Hampshire the Republicans actually
went to the length of fsvOriDg the
retention of this tax, and, as result,
we have for the first time since
1853, a Democratic majority in the
Granite State. 1t is for the Presi-
dent and the Republican majority in
Congress to say whether the expressed
wish Of the people shall longer be
disregarded. The lesson taught by
the New Hampshire election Is a
bitter. but, let US hOpe,a salutOry one.
The best way 10 close up the ranks
is for Congress to abolish the income
tax and for the Senate, mindful Of its
own dignity and jealous Of dictatiOn
from the Executive, to reinst2te Mr.
Sumner in his old position. Beside
this. the unsavOry San Domingo Job
should be buried out Of sight and
sound. It may help the matter, too,
ii President Grant will adhere in
practice to the declaration he made in
bis inaugural, to the effect that he
would have no policy to which the
sense OF the people was opposed.
From the Evansville Nd Courier, Dem.
Amidst the general rejoicing which
mas followed the election of a Demo-
cratic Governor and three members
OF Congress in New Hampshire, it be-
comes a matter Of public interest to
know who the Governor elect is, as
he Will unquesliOuabiy be looked
up0n as one OF the men who has
broken the Radical sway in New
England. Except Connecticut, at in |
tarVals. the whole Of New England /
has been intensely Radical for the last /
seventeen years. 1t was Know |
Nothing In 1854, Fremont and Free |
dom in 1906 auu-LecOmptOn in 1858, /
Republican in 1860, Loyal during the |
war. and Radical since peace has been /
proclaimed.
The people Of New Hampshire fol- |
lowed In the Radical pathway with |
out a shadow of turning until 1871. |
Now when they find the great advO- /
cate Of emancipation degraded in the |
United States Senate, Ii Is but natural /
that they should abandon the lead of I,
the men who have attempted TO sac
rinCe the great apostle Of freedom. /
They have naturally, we say, rebuked 4
the public disgrace Of Senator Sumner.
We do not blame our Radical
friends for "whistling TO keep their |
courage up" They may account for /
this defeat as best they can, bat the 1
true solution is 70 be found in the /
words Ot Scripture, "UeJle meme tekel /
tlDhdrSiu." la plain English you have |
outraged public sentiment, and have |
lost public favor.
From the Little Rock Gazette, Democrat J |
But the victory has a still more i'm |
pOrtant and significant import. 1t /
shows that the spirit Of radicalisn-|
the spirit of sectional hatred and 1
iutOlerant bigOtTy, is dying out and /
fading away even in the very cradle i
in which DC had its birth and was nur-
tured in its infancy. Ii shows that
there is a returning sense OF Justice, a
yearniug after the old landmarks, and 1
a desire 70 restore the harmony OF the
Constitution and friendly relations /
among all the sections, coming back /
upon the popular heart of that people,
and promising a speedy return to the
wise and patriotic cOunsels Of the 1
fathers Of the republic, and to the just,
pacific and cOnsideraIe government /
that they instituted for themselves |
and their pO5terIty.
When we see such encouraging
evidences Of radical change Of senti-
ment in the popular heart of New 1
England, We no longer fear the arbi-
trary and despOtic measures that are
now being cOnCOcted in Congress to
enslave the people and crush out the
last vestiges Of constitutional freedom
and liberty. We no longer fear the
o.. b. a.H : N.a.r5- b g. u
aud "bayOnet election laws" when /
we hear the OmnipOtsnt voice of the
people breaking out from the UneX-
pecysd quarters Of New England, and |
prOclaiming, in the language Of this
New Hampshire election, ''thus far
shalt thou 60 and no farther"
From the Louisville Ledger, Democrat
"# The election in New
Hampshire means that the people (
are tired of Radical rOguery and Rad
zeal prescription and reconstruction /
laws; that they are disgusted with
the ku-kluX shams and the story Of
pretended Southern Outrages, and that
they are restive under an Admins
tratiOn noted for nothing but its We
nality and stupidsObstinacy Our Co
temporary, the Commercial, saws that
"the election ia New Hampshire
means something more than sdisap-
prOval Of q faucied slight to Mr.. SUM
ner." The Commercial is correct. 1t
Is partially correct, too, when il warns
it's party, as il does in the same article
from which we have quoted, that un-
less il desists from further legislation
on the reconstruction question and
passes a general amnesty bill, mot
even the blunders which the Demo
Gratis are certain TO make Will save
it," The Commercial is wrong only
in so far as it predicates the success Of
its party on any sort Of contingency.
No act, OF acts, Of omission or COM
mission of that party can cover the
multitude Of sins which have irrevO-
cably damned ii in the eyes of the
American people. We repeat the in
junction Of the Commercial to Radical
pIacemen, to put their traps in order
for a.YOyage up the faT-famed Salt
t9se bO1tle goyGge.
From the Nashville Union and American,
Democrat
In New Hampshire, and indeed all
Of the New England States, We be-
lieve, an absolute majority of all vOte5
cast is required to make an election
for Governor. Such being the case,
we presume that Weston, the Demo /
cratic candidate, is defeated. There /
were four candidates running, the / ,
Democratic, the Radical, the Labor | T,
Reform and the Temperance. The :
Democratic candidate (West0n) re- I
caivad the highest vote. but his Dlu-