Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1869 — The Conservative Puzzle. [ARTICLE]

The Conservative Puzzle.

As democratic and republican newspapers are equally happy over the results of the Virginia and Tennessee elections, it Is presumable that the political contests lately decided in those States were not of a partisan character. It is not usual for one jxfiitieal party in this or any other country to rejoice over its own defeat aud the success of its opi>onc;its. We never have had State elections in the United (States before, which were fiercely contested, that resulted satisfactorily to both of the two great political parties outside of the (States in which the elections were held. In this ease, the satisfaction, though central, is not universal. liourhoii democrats luid Jacobin republicans are not pleased with the result. The former are shocked because the n, gro fists been granted civil aud political equality, and the Jacobius ary sadly exercised because tlui ex-rebels are about to regain jxissessiou of the (Southern (State governments. Kay the Bourbons: “Walker and SSentcr are republicans, and declare themselves to be so, and will sustain Grant and act with the majority in Congress, and with the republican parly of the nation.” Bay the Jacobins: “Walker and Benter are democrats. The former was always a democrat, and (Sentei lias betrayed the republieau party in Tennessee into the hands of its enemies. The conservative movement in the Boutli, although professedly a republieau one, is a uiove of the democratic party U> regain ixnver, aud the men controlling it are bitter enemies of the republican'party.” Tiiis is the opinion of the majority of the cabinet, or of the men exmtrolling the cabinet and the I'resident.--They indorsed Wells in Virginia and Btokosdu Tennessee. They proclaim their iiitenlion to make War on the conservatives in Mississippi and Texas. They say they will crush Dent and defeat Hamilton- It is not probable that tlic extremists in the cabinet would regret a radical triumph by fraud . The President, while permitting the patronage and influence of the admintrutiou to be employed in favor of

tho rwllMlt, Im Inclined khr ronwrvativu. In a convermtUoii with a dele* Ration from Mi**iiwi|iiii, tlio-c or four day* ago, he Mild, In fact, that be was simpletous that the conservative*, iu accepting the ueiiruea, had hidden a huge one under the fence. He wanted, to know whether the sudden and recent conversion of the c*r rebel* to “loyalty** whs Rcnulnr. '1 Ills Is tile question which occur* lo 1 u>tlt parties in the north, notwithstanding their apparent Jollity over I the-triumphs of Wnlk»-r mid Center; but it eallseaetiiore uneasiness niin.iijx I republicans limn democrats. Not Tar ! ,lul " a iiiiUimi of men who havelieietufore been na ml.iers »i tlie Oeiiioerilt? 1 ic isirty, lioWib eUivtbfnHL-lye* to I e ! reptiblll'ans, find place tlionise!ves on wqwilriiewn platforms, nnd 'flotntrmte and elect repulilieaii eaiolidates. That tlie democracy tire rightly nninod“tlic unterritied,” is proved l»y the fact that they arc not frightened by this huge divert ion. The -republicans profess to he pleased with it, but there is a ghastly smile attending their rejoicings over this sudden recruiting of their forces, such as Is frequently forced oil the attention of’mi unwelcome visitor, or such ns a man wears when lie attempts lo greet pleasantly what is repulsive to him. It is difficult to understand why. democrats, with whom, generally, tho social virtues are assiduously cultivated, should lie pleased in losing old friends, or why republicans should assume the. countenance of mi underlaker in welcoming new ones. Hy-and-by, we shall all understand the conservative movement. —(Chicago Times.