Year: 1868

How a Democratic success at the


election would occasion civil war is


easily seen. General BLAIR does not


hesitate to avOw it. Congress must


be wholly disregarded. The Supreme


Court must not be invoked. The


President must usurp all powers of


the Government and act alone. He


must be a CESAR. Because" saws
General BLAIR in his letter. i'if the


President elected by the Democracy
enfOrces, or permits, others to enforce,
these Reconstruction acts the Radicals,


by the assessiOn OF twenty spurious
Senators and fifty representatives.,
viii control both branches Of Congress
and his administration will be as pow
erless IS the present one of Mr.. JOHN
SON" Force is, therefore, the only
alternative.


If Mr.. SEYMOUR be elected, after
this loud and reiterated declaration by


his party then his election win mean


forcible overthrow ofthe present State
governments Ga the Southern States


the result is evident. He would Off
icia1ly declare those Governments
void. He wonld then be impeaehed


and probably convicted. But the


Democratic party, victorious at the


polls, with the whole rebel force iub-


liant and ready, would dispute the
sentence, and rise against its execut-


ion. Meanwhile in the Southern


States, the new Democratic State or


ganizatiOns summoned by the Presi-


dent would be formed. They would


dispute the State authority with the


present incumbents. The President


would recognize the new claimants
and order the army to their support.
and to ''trample in the dult' the 9TH
ers. They in turn would appeal to
Congress, already engaged in conflict
with the President. Meanwhile Rep-
resentatives and Senators sent by the
new State organizations would arrive
in Washington, and in concert with
the other Democratic members would
be recognized as Congress by the Pres
ident. But, indeed, long before this
event civil war would be ravaging the
country and Wade Hampton, and
Robert ToOmbs, and Howell Cobb,
and the old rebel chiefs who say with
Albert Pike, "We do not love and
will not pretend to love that Union,
though we have agreed to obey the
laws of the cOnquerOF,n would gladly
behold in a desOlating war and ruin
ed republic the fullness of their re-
venge.


This is the real issue. It can not be
denied, for the Democratic party eX-
ultingly declares it. 1t can not be
evaded, for the experience of the last
few years has taught US that we have
as desperate and dangerous elements
as any country at any time. It is the
relapse of the rebellion, and a relapse
Ofdisease is often fiercer than its origin
al attack. There was never a moment
when the utmost effort of every faith
full citizen was more indispensable
than now to the salvation of the cOun-
try. On the one hand is General
Grant, with his moderation, his firm
ness, his tried patriotism, his singular
sagacity, his signal illustration Of the
finest qualities of the intelligent
American: and with him Schuyler
COlfax, who has never said a word or
done an act that can inspire the least
distrust, and who is in full accord
with the best and most peaceful and
progressive tendencies Ofthe country.
They are the candidates Of those who
would do the best that the circumstan-
ces allow; who would reconstruct the
Union upon equal rights, who would
neither Ostracize nor revenge, who
would not exasperate the jealOusies of
race, but who would neither betray
the tried friends nor the pledged faith
of the country. They are the candi-
dates of the great body of citizens Of
proved patriotism, intelligence in
dustry, and of a peaceful mind obedi-
ent to law. On the other hand is
Mr.. Seymour, a plausible politician,
for whose success the rebels in arms
prayed four years ago; who preferred
that the Union should perish rather
than slavery, and who declared the
success of the Government to be as
revolutionary as that of the rebellion.
With him is General Blair, whose
remedy for the situation is the naked
sword. They are the candidates Ofall
who hate the Union and who sought
and seek its dishOnOr; of those who
thought the wara crime, and demand
ed that the Government should yield
to the rebellion of those who would
break the public word to the public
Of those who would put
the late slave, always loyal, under the
feet of his always rebel master; the
of the ignorant and lawless
every where in the land.


Let every man be alert. There is
no doubt of the issue or of the eandi-
dates. And when once they are un-
derstoOd there is no doUbt of the coun-
try and ofthe resuIt.-HaTPeT's Week
ty.