Year: 1868

Grant by nearly two thirds majority
Of the electoral vote. II We take into
consideration the fact that New York
was carried against him by enormous
frauds, and that in most of the Southern
States q reign of rebel violence aud ter.
ror prevented q vote of the whole peo-
pie, we shall see by free and fair bal
lot he would have carried nearly all of
the electoral college. And when we
fur ther contemplate the broken state of
the Democratic party in the canvass,
their attempt to throw off their own
identity, and their mutual recrimina-
tions, we shall see that there was really
no hopeful or wholesome opposition to
the election Of Grant. It is not, how
ever, for the purpose Of taunting the
Democracy with their disgrace that We
mention this, but to show that all the
conditions are now favorable for the
coming in Of an era Of political good
feeling.


The country wants political settlement
and repose. A fixed policy, that the
people can rely upon, is better to every
one than that he should continue the
contention, to shape all the details to
suit his own notion. There Was no
promise of this settlement and repose,
save through the election of the Repub
lican candidates. The Democratic par.
ty admitted their infirmity in this rs-
spect, and they ran q party candidate in
the face of the conviction of their wisest
leaders, their candidate included. We
have elected man to be President who
is not partisan in his character, but who
is fully committed to the policy of plac-
ing the government of the Southern
States in loyal hands, to the equal pro
lection of all citizens, and to the execu
tion of the laws enacted By Congress to
these ends


This is the basis of the confidence of the
Republican party in Gen. Grant This
was the governing principle of the Pres
idantial nomination and canvass; for it
is true as Frank Blair said in his suici-





this question overshadows oil others.
The election is the settlement of the re.
construction policy. That is now fixed,
and to adhere to that is conservatism.
Democracy will accept the situation and
will now conform their manners to it,
And we suppose that when they come
in good faith to exercise their political
privileges under the laws, they will find
that most Of the hardships of the recon
struction policy were of their own crea
ton. Finding that there is no longer
any hope for q new revolution, they will
see that it is for their interest to estab-
lish friendly relations with Gen. Grant;
and there are no people in the world
who can adapt their manners 10 their
interests with more facility than the
Southern.


And as for the Northern Confederate
Democracy, they have before now pro-
fessed much confidence in Gen. Grant.
and are now to some extent renewing
those professions. They are predicting
conservative administration, and are
protesting to assuage their souls with
the fattering JUNCTION that Grant, poll
cy will be more acceptable to them than
the party that elected him. Why, there
fore should not the era Of good feeling
not now come in2 What is there to
prevent The great measures of the
principal issue are settled. All that is
now needed is a just administration of
them, and friendly support Of such
an administration by the people. If the
Democratic managers have the conf
dence in Gen. Grant that they pretend,
let them order their party to give his
administration this support. Then the
era of political good feeling will have
arrived.


Let not the Democratic party with
hold their support from Gen. Grants
administration because of any fear that
the Republicans will be jealous, or will
turn against him if the Democrats sup
port him. The Republican party will
welcome the Democratic to this friendly
Their only object is the es-
tablishment of such principles and meas
ures as will settle the peace Of the coun-
try and promote the prosperity of the
people, and they will rejoice if all oppo-
sition to these shall cease. The CON-
pletion Of the political reconstruction Of
the South is only the settlement of the
war. That being now fixed, the ques
tions of finance, taxes and currency will
take more prominence. On these there
is much difference of opinion in the Re-
publican party, and definite ideas are
not prevalent anywhere. The Republi