New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-18

sands and enrolling among the friends OF
Grant and peace" With hardly an ex-
ception Republicans who have gone into
the democratic party for the past three
years, owing to the extreme action of some
of their own leaders, will now return and
be found right at the polls. The Times
observes on this point:
| The Conservative Republicans strug-
| gled couple of years to moderate the
course of the dominant party, but were
uniformly frustrated by the uuprincipled
| craftsmanship of the Democratic members.
They contributed their full share to what
ever is extreme in reconstruction legisla-
ton. And when they and their party
raised the flag of resistance to law in Tam
many Hall, incorporated Wade Hampton's
doctrine in their platform, and otherwise
afforded proof that Copperheadism is still
in the ascendant in their councils, the last
plea for Conservatism, as disintegratiug
element in the Republican ranks, vanished.
The nomination of Grant at Chicago on a
| platform at once conciliatory and just, laid
the foundation for the reunion of all shades
OF Republican opinion. The New York
nominations, on platform of reputation
and revolution, removed all lingering
doubts as to the course of duty, and rem
dered the Republican strength more COM
pact than ever
In view of these and other indications,
the Springfield Republican and other sheets
are not far out of the way in predicting
that Grant will carry all the States which
voted for Mr.. Lincoln two years ago, with
majOrities even more decisive.
From the New York journal of Commerce, hide
| PENDENT
1t was the teaching of an old philosophy
| chat one extreme in human conduct always
| begot another, which followed it inevitably
| like the alternate swing Of the pendulum.
If this is the law of action it should teach
a lesson TO politicians.
The mistake which has been made is too
| serious TO be overlooked. The reaction
was not from the Republican party in its
| elements, SO much as from radicalism. 1t
was movement in which conservative Re-
| publicans would have joined as heartily as
conservative Democrats. To have secured
the alliance of the whole body, there was
needed a conservative platform and con-
sentative ticket. The change desired was
not from the radicals of one party to the
radicals of another, but from radicalism IT,
self toward that safer conservative policy
so essential to the national Union and
| prosperity. Radical Democracy, repre-
sented by men of the Blair school, is al
most as distasteful even to conservative
Democrats as the Stevens and Sumner
radicalism is to the conservative Repub-
ljcans.
| Instead therefore, of fair issue between
| the two parties representing the radical
and conservative policy, we are likely to
have only fight between the two radical
factions.
From the New York Evening Postl
There was time when tie Democratic
| party was the party OF progress, the'party
of sound ideas, of generous instincts, the
party OF justice Of human brotherhood, of
| equal rights, of freedom. Then its leaders
had courage, they were aggressive, they
were not afraid TO attack wrong wherever
they found it, or to maintain the right
wherever it led them. If it were that now;
if it had in it even any of the old leayen of
righteousness, it might be we'll to support
it, and keep it from destruction. But it
| has not single good Democratic quality
remaining; it is the party of hate of inhu-
man prejudice it has planted itself on in
| Justice and dishouor. During the war it
was ready to surrender the Union since
| the war it is ready TO disgrace the nation
by repudiating the debt. 1t denies justice,
and boastfully appeals to the baser passions
of the multitude.
Is that a party with which the young
men of the nation, generous, full of ardor,
loving liberty, having faith In mankind,
believing also in the irresistible progress
of this great Union in intelligence, virtue,
end veal b, can Join?
There is hope of the Republican party; |
it seems to have future before it: it can
be welded and formed by the young men
of the nation. But even if it could not, It |
should, in this election, receive the sup
port of all young men, of all voters who |
wish to get done with the negro in politics, |
| of all who desire to recognize accomplished |
facts, and who see that the country impera-
lively needs that other questions than |
those relating to the rights of negroes |
shall be discussed and settled without |
loss of time. These questions can not
come up until the present issue is de- |
cided; until by repetition of the defeat
of 1864 the Democrats are forced to &C.
cept reconstruction as an accomplish ed
fact, and turn to other questions.
From the New York TribuneJ
The World is explaining "more precisely"
what it meant by predicting Waterloo
defeat of the Republicans next November.
This must be satisfactory to those interest
ed. Will it now oblige us by stating that
the Democratic blacklegs have all become |
SO virtuous and moral that none of them |
have called at the st. Nicholas to take the |
bet of $4,000 on Grants election which |
has there been publicly offered since the |
day of SeymoHr's nomination? and that |
George Wflkes's offer to accommodate |
them in sums of $4,000 and upward on |
Grant are likewise unaccepted2 Consid- |
ering that they have been fully assured by |
the World that Grant is to be defeated, we |
pronounce this the greatest moral reforma- |
ton ever heard Of
From the Providence journal. |
The OH SToRY.-How the speeches and |
resolutions and newspaper articles of the |
South have the ring Of the old secession |
time. The Democratic ratification meeting
in Virginia resolved that il the Radicals al. |
tempted to carry out their schemes there
would be another civil war. Their |
schemes" are the laws of Congress; and
the offense Of tho Radicals is the carrying
out of these laws. 1t is the old story over
again. The Democrats Ia the South enter
upon the Presidential election with the de-
termination to enjoy its fruits if they win
TO repudiate the authority If they fail. They
mean to treat Grant as they treated Lin
coin. Not satisfied with the fogging which |
they have received they court snolher. OIL
course, if there is any civil war they will
make it. 1t must arise from resistance 10
the law; and that it will be put down no
man this side of Mason and Dixons line
doubts.