New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-09
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nFFICIsL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL or NEW ORLEANS
The Opposition Press.

The Opposition EEEsS'
The NJ. Louis Republican, Of Wednesday
6as b long editorial on the result and tAe
cause DE- it, from which we quote:
Wa have said that the result would have
sv I;HArent but for one fatal mistake.
THAT mistake was the denomination OF df.
,t,rao1au at Baltimore. That denomination
,{n,IId never have been made. We argued
AGAINST it at the time, because we fofeSa"
IN evil effect. 1t did not BRING Mr. gree
lev d thousand Democratic votes thaI r.
would not 8ave received WITHOUT ~ 51l" ~
rcnplled half million Republican FotGa
-Th;nb he would certainly have received,
I'M 4nr IT, That Democratic denomination
IN o,ly made him Democrat, but II made
L;n-,ising the partisan language OF bno
+,anvaea-a traitor. From the Republican
yrartlaan noint Of view, he had not only sud
Icriy heG0rne q traitor, but he had done SO
I'd secure Democratic ren0mnatio4. 1haU
was the price Of his treason, ana Ten
ing the Republican masses TINS Was
the ipnnble and sole task that the az
1ninisfration leaders had to do' IJ
WAS thiR iIl-advised inGOrbcmGRt that eNtln-
oli;shcd the Liberal movement before
Il had become O revOlt-that made II an n
surracti0n Of leaders without iOlOWefS-
thatlaft Srhurz. Sumner, Trumbull, Gree
jev. Fenton. Mcclure, Palmer ana Jullah,
az notable a cluster Of chiefs as ever raised
a standard, unsupported anu nhshG"uf-
aged, to fall under the attacks OF Such III
fariors as Cameron. Morton, Butler and
Conkling. Before the Baltimore event, a
vide and formidable revolt in the kepub-
Iican party seemed inevitable; alter bait
more, il became impossible. Before Dalu-
more, il was an Independent rebellion sup
ported by the Democratic masses; alter
Baltimore it seemed to be pre-aTrauged
desertiOn to the Democracy, and Tor thaI
reason it was permitted TO dWlndIe 10 the
insignificant proportions Whlch u eNhloi!ed
in tie canvass The Baltimore convention
did not intend to kill the movement, but 1t
did effectually kill it. 1t imagined that Its
own powerful pr0tectOrato would strength
en- tie rebelliOn but it was the death OF II.
The Democratic shout over Greeley, the
hosting of his name by Democratic Jour
nails and the assumption OF championship
of his cause by Democratic leaders over
Swallowed and obscured the Repu0ilcah
ORIGIN and character Of it, gave 1T q Demo
cratic aspect, and repealed the masses OF
Republicans who were ready to espouse II.
The Louisville Lcdger, in an article on
what it means, says:
There can be no doubt as to the meaning
of the result Of yesterday 3 election. 1t 10
that the people Of the United States Will
tolerate no shams; that the masses are not
carried about in the breeches OF lew
trading, time serving, nOtoriety seeking,
second class politicians, to be bargalned,
aOId and delivered at their pleasure; that
the iciune syndicate, when they thought
thev made a "corner' at Cincinnati lmag-
ined o vain thing; that the people OF the
country do not propose to be led by the
nose by few iippant tiatterers, who by
81. l,y+E OlAf inn sn
troll of the small men, who by the distem-
pered ebullitiOnB Of the times were unfor-
tunateiy thrown to the political surface
1t means the base attempt to dIslnantle,
throttle, disband and sell out the Demo
cratic sarty, and transfer its individuals
members to the support OF men and meas
qtres they have always and do yet heartly
condemn, lacked one essential clement Oh
suceess-the consent Of the men who com
pose that party 1t means that there are
not and never were any appreciate
elements of liberalism aud reform III the
Radical party; that the Radical war upon
Grant was bv q bakers dozen OF sOreheads
men with grievanoes-whO had no follow
ing. and deserved none; that Trumbnll and
Sumner and Julian and Banks and Fenton
and Curtin and Cox and Burbrldge and
Rankin and Greeley hated Grant, not be-
cause he oppressed the South and threat
cause he ignored them az his counsolors,
henchmen and sp0il5men, and preferred
Morton, Butler, Conkfng, Cameron, CleWs,
Murphy, Leet d Co. And that the people
understood this.
1t means that the Liberal movement, so
called, was d sham, q fraud, weak device
eff small men, and has collapsed utterly.
II means that now is the time tor the
Democracy to cry ''rediyIYus.
The Louisville Courier JoW,tof has one
article from which we extract as follows:
Not a single Northern State is known to
Slaye gone for Greeley. We are routed.
whipped-"gone UP" in the fullest sense of
that term-bo8ten, horse, foot and Dragons
The dispatches are so arranged that by run
ninc The eve down the column the result in
each State can be determined. 1t will be
seen that no majority for Greeley is discern
able until Maryland and Missouri are
reached, and even Missouri is doubtful.
Kentucky only gives HIM the siokly and
languid majority Of 10000, when she ought
to lave given him 100000 The devil is in
the air and the dog OF R&dicalism is having
his day. after as may c01ae 1.-The deiuge,'
but if the deluge don't come soon we must
gather our slouched and scattered forces
and ''at them again" Days OF adversely
prove the worth Of men. Instead OF elect
ing Mr. Greeley, as was anticipated few
months since by his friends. he Is left with
out majority, 30 far as known, except in
the South.
In another article the same paper closes
thus:
In the midst OF the Encouragement pro
duced by these things we declare that we are
not dismayed. On the contrary, we regret
only that our blows have not been stronger
and more incessant They shall surely not
lack tor vigOr a. the fight goes on. Instead
OF victory we have before us siege, and
from this moment we must equip ourselves
and prepare for the new duties winch are
brought to brave and true men by defeats
and delays. There will be much dissensl0n,
dependency and sh0rtcOming. we must
expect all OF it; and we must provide Tor a
weary winter Of discomfort. But our road
is still plain and open. 1t lies through the
ceaseless assertion OF those liberal pun-
ciples to which we have devoted the present
campaign. We know now what we have to
contend against. The result OF which we
record to-day shows us the strength OF the
Radical enginery, aud we must measure
our strength by the standard there arrayed.
There are lessons in defeat; and the present
situation Of affairs is not one of unmitigated
hopelessness. Bad it is beyond dispute;
;albeit " shall not make it better by repln-
ng. So, with these observations, we say:
Rally round the tlag boys, rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry OF freedom"
The Mobile Tribune says: