Year: 1870

Still In the Ascendant.


Returns received up to the hour Of going to
press indicate that at the election in New
Hampshire yesterday the republicans sue
ceeded In retaining their ascendancy In the
State, electing their candidate for Governor
and securing majority in the Legislature.


This win send Mr.. Cragin back to the United
States Senate, and as he Is an ardent friend of
the administration OF General Grant his return
to the Senate chamber may be regarded as
among the most important results Of the
election.


The vote was large, but the republican
majority was considerably reduced, being
only about fifteen hundred against between
three and four thousand last year. The heavy
vote may be accounted for from the fact that
the sleighing was good 'from the sea to the
Coos, above the Upper Coos," giving all par
ties fair chance to test their relative
strength at the polls. Why did not the
democracy carry the State ? Let US see.


But few days ago the democracy Of New
Hampshire never had brighter prospect to
redeem the State from radical thraldom. The
eruptions among the radicals-the throwing
up Of such segments as the labor reform
faction under Sam Flint, and the temperance
faction under the Rev. Mr.. Barrows, afforded
them opportunities of conciliating respect
able portion Of the radical party and
winning them permanently to the democratic
side. Some Of the prominent democratic
papers in the State and the most prominent
democratic organ nearest home favored
recognition Of the radical malcontents. On
the other hand old line democrats spurned the
idea of afalistion in any manner with their
ancient foes. come in what garb they might.
What followed? A regular plug muss between
the Democratic State Central Committee and
the State central organ, in which words com
mon to the New York radical press, such as
''unmitigated liars" 'syou lie, you villain"
and other elegant phrases were banded
between them. Thus was little private
arrangement between the democratic leaders
and few leading radical seceders
knocked into q cooked hat, not absolutely





themselves, but by the squabbles and wran-
giles and jobbing railroad collisions and job
bing railroad collisions among the democrats
themselves.


Taking advantage Of this democratic disoord
the radicals threw their whole strength into
the canvass. From every section radical
orators poured into the hills and valleys Of the
Granite State. The departments and the
halls OF Congress in Washington sent their
orators to arouse their quailing and quivering
clans. The grandeur of General Grants mill
tary achievements was again depicted. The
opposition to his statecraft was shown to be
q weak invention of the enemy. The financial
measures of his administration were pre-
sented in strong light. The reduction of
the national debt, the reduction in the price
of gold, the gradual approach to the granite
foundation OF all trade, commerce and
nationality ity-specie payments-were portrayed
in light that first dazzled the eyes and then
won the hearts of those radicals who were
wavering in fidelity to the administration of
their choice. Patriotic as the sons Of New
Hampshire are, and warmly sympathizing as
they do with people struggling for freedom,
the lukewarmness of the administration in
regard to the non-recognition Of the inde-
pendence of Cuba was offset by the notorious
and pregnant fact that well known New
Hampshire democrat, once occupying high
position in the affections of the New Hamp-
shire people, and in the confidence of New
Hampshire ex-President, was and is now o
paid advocate in the service Of Spain to
crush out republican liberty on the island Of
Cuba.


Our copious dispatches render further COM
ment upon the results of this first gun Of the
political campaign unnecessary. We must say,
however, that in our opinion 1t was only the
personal popularity of General Grant and the
abominable dissensions and atrocious and in
conceivably stupid conduct of the democratic
managers that plucked from the democracy OF
New Hampshire the plume of leading the
democracy of the nation to certain success in
1872. Let the discordaDt democracy in other
States take warning.


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