Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-07

The political condition OF sfairs in
this State ia perhaps more anomalous
than ever before in its history. There
are nowhere that we ian perceive con
cert OF action and harmony ofopiniou.
Both Republicans and Democrats, like
the mythical adventuren MO went to
sea upon shattered plank. are trust
ing TO miracles for safety. The princi-
pies and precepts of the respective Or
ganizationsa are put aside, and political
expediency is making vain but ahor-
tive efforts to ,1surp the long recog
nized policy of parties. Men whose
! sympathies are aSerse to fusion, Of
antagonistic views and widely sunder-
ed principles, are attempting the
danger6ks axi,tAaieht of acting in con
cert TO pay IN DID revei'ges, or accomp-
lish sohicprrsonal Or questionable poll
teal sNcttaSSss. The barriers Of party are
! broken down, and Republican and
Democrat, Liberal and RetUrmer are
whir,ing together in the boiling politi-
cal cauldron in indiscriminate con-
. fusion.
To stranger viewing the singular
spectacle ii wotild appear inexpinabIe.
1t Is 10 iess astonishing to those who
have watched the developments THAT
have Bf6ught it about IRON the be
ginning. Heretofore the most virulent
or partisan contests have been dis
tingnished by clearly defined opinions
Louisiana, to-day, No man can define
his principles, since all ara advocating
those which have most recently Meu
the subject of his fercest objurgn
This truth is illustrated in the recent
fusion. Who were more antagonistit
u week ago than the Times and the
Picaynne-than McEnery aud renm-4
than Sheridan and Eustis-tuan
SlOanaker anu Zachariei But rht
wand of pxpefiency waves over them
and their political "feb-ts breathe.
out the sweetest harfhOnits 81 lite
Nor is tile 0thSf side less illustrative
of that strange political enchantmen'
that is sweeping over the land. The
Customhouse aud the Regular Rppdb
, licans were at dagger's points. Pinch
backs became the Hairy Percy" d
q Rtw fes6ldtion, and like Henry O
Navarro, his white plume carried dis
may to the bosom Of his whilom friends
but recent enemies. Even Antoine'
sable crest turned shade paIer a
. his fierce, impetuOus charges; ant
, Kellogg's anxious eyes appealed il
. vain to the stolid Packard for assist
. ance. But just when the war clot;
, hung thickest aud the chilling Good
, Of dis,nay rose highest, b6& Of prom
\ Use beamed in the sky. Peace settle
/; on the troubled waters, aud the cl0u d
/ broke and fed away. Doubt wa
dispelIed and the bonds Of brotherl
J. love again united separated factions.
4 Such is nov the situstion--th
strange, insxplicable spectacle O
those agreeing who were most bitt~l
y ly opposed. Old enemies are mo-
e friends, and the sundered spliiiters
i: vari3us fragments Of parties are Cd
it lected and Knitted together by ths
II magical gIug called political expediel
IS cy. 1t is more wdti'ier6us than ii
Z, Chinese grip" Or Spaiildihgs eel
ir DRAFTED cohesive plaster.
But, in the face of ali these polite.
reconciliatiOns, the question natural
'e arises; what will it do for the Stat,
The policy We are most in need of
'' that defined by vel understood prin,
. pies. Nothing sentient Or etiitient e;
:. he expected from thOst tGh fficring M
>" abortive elements. They bring |
VI assurance OF good, aud apply no sal
81 to the numerous evils that beset Il
!. State government. There is iieith
20 policy nor principle in this straD
" whirlpool; of discordant political e
- ments.-fN. o. Republican.
To PROPERTY OwNERS.-Atlm
-. tlfst Mr.. McEnery has done N mu