The New York herald., 1877-11-14
GENERAL POLITICS.

In two or three counties OF Mississippi the indc.
pendent local candidates were triumphant.
Augusta gal Chrontcie :-"Wc have projects of ma.
tional i'm porancc la tho South and they must have
recognition"
The Jackson tAss) Times says that In Its opinion the
Irregular ticketcrs" 4. tho democrats) have had
"thor own way" at the polls for tho last time
vicksburg (Mss.) Herald :-'Somc people imagine it
Ia very easy to organize tho negroes and them
solidy againstthe whites. but when they undertake
the job they IND It is very difficult "
OF Conkling the sprinlncld (Mass.) Republican
says-"He is reducing his place politics from tho
representation oY an or principle or even OF
party, to nero presentation OF overweening per.
sonalty."
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Gazette reviews
tho probabilities regarding the next Indiana Lcgsla-
ture In light which would indicate that the repubi
may regain tho United States Sonatorship alter
Voorhees, has stepped down and out
Buffalo IN. VI Adcertser:-"Hands can easily be
caspcd the line between republicans who
hold different OPINIONS concerning special issucs but
the chasm that separates true republicanism from
modern democracy Is wide, deep ana dangerous"
Memphis Avalanche e:-"Mr. Voorhees, not the best
selection tho Governor OF Indiana could have made.
Perhaps It be said tina, he is not the But
he Is a statesman only In the eyes OF those who
take heated partisan defamation for staicsmnnship
Mr.. Voorhees, is howler who can mako spread cagIo
speeches and always be relied TO 60 any length
In partisan But beyond this hts claims to
exalted position in the United States Senate
are vague and shadowy.'
Tho indianapolis Journal recalls Dan Voorhees,
speech In July, 1850, before the students OF the Uni
versity Of Virginia, In which 1T chargcs) he advised
the assassination OF President Lincoln He sad:-
"But II the evil hour must come, II patriotism Is to
be Inundated and treason exalted, II tho schemes Of
tho scdtious citizens (republicans) arc to triumph
and civil strife and commoon TO cumber this far
land, then may Bru,us avenge the Of lib.
erty IN tho CAPITOL and may tho authors OF ruin
be tho first 10 sup full OF It's horrors.n
This is the .panegyric OF the Indianapolis Sentinel
tho "party oil moral ideas .n-.sA few years since
the radical party wac in the supremacy In nearly all
OF the States and In Congress It's majorites
overwhelmingly largo that its ideas autocratic.
IL mapped out It's policy regardless OF constitutions.
II had supreme contempt Tor minorities Ii crushed
opposition ny that evidenced its disregard Of
the rights OF States and the rights OF citizens. It
struck down sovereign states II they were OF no
more consequence than tho iuar dignitaries OF the
chcssboard.' 1t dispersed Legislatures with bayoncts
and honored thieves with the highest Offices in its
gifL 1t dcbauchcd every department. OF tho govern.
mont until according TO republican authority, tho
stcalings from the public revenues reached tho
enormous sum OF oo,0OO 600 IL used victory
to continue strife. and antagonized reconstruction to
perpctuate It's power The symbol orits politics was
the bloody Shirt and the trophies OF Its trumphs were
dtscord anarchy aud violence. It's leaders were
venaI, corrupt aud dcspoiic Its record IL success
sion Of vianlcs, for tho description Of which ncs
words must be coined. II lived It Is dying, and whei
dead there will be mournersn
In the HERALD OF Yesterday the lass speech written
by the atc Senator Norton quoted, by u slip o
the pen, as having been hrst published the Indian
apc,s Sentinel We should have sali the lndinnape-
4 lis Journal