The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-11-21
The Presidents Views.
The following is from the Wash

| ington Repubtic OF November Q:
The President, since the results o
| Tuesdays elections have become
known, has conversed freely with
number OF his intimate friends as t,
the causes which have produced sucl
revolution in the popular verdict
SoEle of the views expressed by til,
President may be given without an,
violation of confidence He is of tn,
opinion that the Democrats were a.
much surprised by the overwhelming
success OF their party as were tho
Republicans, and he unreservedl,
admits that although he fully expcc.
ted Republican losses, he was not
prepared for the crushing detea,
which came upon the party. He
does not for one instance sanction
the idea that his policy or personal
acts have contributed in any way to
the party's defeat. SO far as Loui>i-
ana is concerned, he says that he took
the course that he believed it was his
duty to take, but that he twice spec
tally called the attention of Congress
to the affairs of the State, and re-
qucsted that body to Indicate its
opinion as to the proper course to
pursue. Congress failed to express
any opinion, and there was no alter
native but for him to adhere to the
line Of action he had Initiated.
The President thinks that at the
door of the Republican party alone
can be laid the defeat of the Republi-
can party. He does not lay much
stress upon the neglect of Conyre at
the last session to Iresent financial
measures which would restore conf
dsnce and revive the declining trade,
for, In the natule, of things, this was
next to an, impossibifity. 4 proper
adjustment of the finances Was not a
matter suspectible OF party control,
as the dlHeHenS sections Of the ceun-
try had diverse interests and diverse
views superior to and overpoweriJls
all mere party claims and all mere
party considerations. Tie President
thinks that the great element of dis
cord in the Republican party was
rather the unwise attempt to force
upon the American people the i'm
practicable aud UtopiaE theories of
SenaI1r,sSumner as embodied in the
civil rights bill. 1t can now be said
that his views in opposition to it have
been much strengthened by recent
elections. He is firmly convinced
that the civil rights bill had more to
do with the defeat of his party than
all other causes combined. and he has
himself in such manner
as to leave no doubt upon the minds
OF those with whom he has conversed
that if the bill should be passed at
the next session he will interpose his
veto.
The President gives his friends to
that he is not by any
means utterly cast down by the re-
cent reverses. He believes that the
Republican party has yet before it a
glorious future, and that it may re-
trieve the errors OF the past in time
TO march to the music OF Il triumph in
1876 as significant and as decisive as
that OF 1872. He believes that the
Republican Congress which comes
together in four weeks from this time
;ln i'll three months OF life which is
eft to it SO act as to heal all dissen-
slons i'll the party and win back the
OF the people at large. 1t
IS not improbable that in the message
ID December the President will set
torth some views herein given. He
las :lot so far, i'll amy conversations
III the elections, indicated that he
the third term agitation
lad any thing to do with the result.
After the Cabinet meeting yester-
lay the elections were discussed and
u the course OF the conversation the
President expressed himself more at
ength on the third term than he has
,ver condescended.. to do heretofore
Without renouncing any such idea on
lis part. He said that Il careful cx-
OF the returns in the differ
mt States showed conclusively that
he people, in rendering their YER
licts, were not influenced by the
Wild and senSless cries in this sub
ect which had filed the air for
months past. He pointed to what he
considered two notable instances in
proof of his assertion. The South
carolina Republican convention had
'mphatically pronounced for him !,
bird term, and its candidate for Gov
'snor had been trlumphantly elected
Il the face Of all the odds against
lim. On the other hand, in the Utica
district Of New York, where the Re
'ublicans had always had an over
preponderance, Mr.. Ellis
Roberts insisted upon the Con
,ressional convention which notlina
ed him pronouncing against the third
erm, and he was defeated.