New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-17

rected by bon Uiodrt travelling in France
as Mr. Eustis proposes to be nor have
they yet elected the volatile Mr.. Wagga-
man, nor the eloquent halter, Mr.. Booth,
Q champion them through the ensuing
struggle. This is not time for platitudes
and Junketings, but for work and men
who propose to canvass the people for sup
port in favor of practical measures of re-
form, can not afford to go into the contest
with no other platform than Mr.. Eustis
snake stories and Mr.. Booths tax mistakes.
This was evidently the feeling of the young
Democrats at the National Theatre on
Wednesday night. They are after some
thing practical and possible. They have
had enough Of the last ditch eloquence,
and now they propose to take up position
that will render the last ditch defense IN
necessary:
An ally has appeared in the field that
proposes to lend the Democrats help if
they will only consent to be helped. The
Liberal Republicans present themselves
to the country as men who are dissatisfied
with those whom they have been acting
with, and as willing to coalesce with any
other party that is afflicted with the same
dissatisfaction. They are willing to sur
render some of their long cherished asso-
Citations and convictions for the common
good, and they ask of the Democrats to be
equally liberal and temperate for the good
Of the country at large. The young Demo
Gratis apparently appreciate the patriotism
Of this offer, for common sense teaches
them that nothing but desire to reform
abuses could have tempted such men as
Senator Trumbull, Governor Brown and
Mr.. Greeley to depart from their old
friends.
Messrs. Eustis, Waggaman and Booth
are oblivious to the advantages which this
alliance offers; or rather they are beset
with desire to take advantage of the
friendly hand that offers to help them by
striking for victory for themselves, while
its old and strongest foe is weak from the
detection of its strongest supporters. With
that same blindness which has led them to
numberless defeats and into a hopeless
minority, they ask that what good men
have done in the interest of the entire peo-
pie shall now be turned to their exclusive
advantage, forgetful that selfish spirit
oftener loses than it wins by attempting to
grasp too much; and still further for
getting that in the peril and necessities of
the present emergency the country is not
prepared to gamble for petty advantages
to men at the prospect Of losing all to her
self
And the young Democrats refused to be
seduced into the last ditch. That will be
well enough when the necessity arises,
but in the present position of affairs they
can get along without it. Nov they have
an opportunity Of securing partial sue
cess, at least, and they prefer to take
step ahead to falling back still further
from the main prize A disastrous over
throw this year would leave them without
hope for the future, whereas a successful
advance, if only part of the way, would
give them help and courage to prosecute
their march hereafter. And if by making
this success they can secure a large and
influential body Of allies, the prospect of
helping the country will unfold to them
with such an assurance of the ultimate
triumph of good government that it would
be madness to contend single-handed and
alone, with the certainty Of defeat staring
them in the face
When Mr.. Eustis returns from France;
when Mr.. Waggaman learns that we'll
rounded sentences are not necessarily |
fraught with good sense, and when Mr..
Booth forgets that an exceptional tax bill |
can not be made party platform, the re-
suits of the wisdom that prevailed in the |
meeting of the young Democrats will then
be revealed. Until that happy time ar
rives, as it surely will, we take the liberty
Of wishing to the bon UiUaYlt happy voy-
age, to the sophomore a better education
in the school of political economy, and to
The halter an exemption from extravagant