The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05

atives Except b. r. CAN'T who, like
Anderson, went ut once intothe Kellogg
legislature) as well as Senator Daigle'
had finally to go where Anderson went
ut first! To-day the question with all
thinking menis would it not have been
better for Louisiana had every Senator
and Representative returned elected,
like Anderson and Can't, gone into the
Kellogg legislature at once? Had they.
done so we wonld have had, in 1872, II
majority of conservative Republicans
and Democrats on joint BALLOT, and
could have commenced ut once.
GRANT AMI A. THIRD TERM.-The
Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, seems to
think President Giant is a greater man,
has more Of that peculiar mental power
to plan. combine and execute, than
some. Of our Southern talkists have
given him credit for, He says Z there
has been a singular method in his
operation, both, political and military
and that 1t is now believed in WASH
ington, soberly and by the co0lest-head-
ga men, that Grant means a third term,
and that he does not reckon without
his host This correspondent thinks
he has more in view; that if he gets in
q third time, he will aspire to personal
government like Louis Napoleon after
he was elected President of the French
Republic. He thus disposes OF Grants
rivals, and opposing parties:
There are in the Republican party
but two considerable men remaining on
the scene as Presidential possibilities,
Blaine and Washburne. The veto
killed Morton as dead as a d%oor-nail.
1t set Logan back III thousand years.
Conklihg ID not in Grants way. He
and Grant have made a league, often
siYe and defensive. lie Washburne
comes home and goes into the Cabinet.
that will lie the end OF him. Blaine is
y man Of extraordinary energy and
BDring-bg odds the brightest man in
G0ngTess-but, with d divided party,
what show viii he hareg Cross over
to the Democratic party. It is not only
divided, but it has not one single leader
of genius and nerye Thurman is1a
solemn responsibility, cold and viTtuous.
Hendricks IL an arliable commonplace.
The out-and-out Liberals are scattered.
The South is a cipher. 1T is in q condi-
ton To sell ont or be crushed ont. The
Democrats are just strOng enough to.
lose. The Changers are Just weak
enough To hold their 0wn The Liberals
are neither strong enough nor weak
enough to count except as ldeallsts. f
If Grant should fail to get the nonni-
nation for. q third term, that will be an
end of the matter.
Bur ONE HONEST Man AT WASH
ING1oN! 1.-The Louisville Courier-Jour-
nalis 4 Democratic paper, and opposed
to Grant personally and Republicans
geneFally. It has il special correspon-
dent at Washington, one of it's editors
We believe, who writing to that paper
on the 9Th ult., says OF the members
of tile Federal congress
Take i III It'll be them-take such
lmMgTishing idiots as HOar and such
protesting harlots as HaWley-tWin
representatives OF the prevailing hy-
p0crisy-aId then jump 10 the rank
and-file 0f AdVenturers, Democratic
and Republican, and one is tempted to
exclaim, " There is but one honest maj
Ut Washington, and that man il Ben
Butlerfs II is cruel but it Ii at least
half true, for they are for the most part
humbugg or imbeciles, and it can not be
said, whateveFshis def0rlnities ma be,
that Butler is either.
The second and third volumes Of Mr.
Froudeas skHIst0ry Of IreIand'' have
5ast appeared i'm London. The aatllorl
believes the Irish to be an interior race,
united for seff-government, and who
0ughtSB be governed by force, which il
Just what be said in his lectures hi New
York!
VIZ cliI The above from an exchange.
The Iri may be an inferior race.
but they have certainly turned ont
some very extraordinary mon. AT any
rate, Mferiortty ii ne reason why they
should not enjoy the same political and
eisiipTiyiges gsanted to lie { inferior'
members af Il superior race.
The political issue lit white and black
is net 4 new one ii this State gauca
SIAN.
" Il ~ nDta neW one FOR u has beeI9
Fied and failads Down here we have
not been n THE habit Of failing, and We
10 lsotaf0 "a something That has
failure Written y i it
al bilI passed by Tie lasI legislature.
y ALLOW each PARISH Surveyor bo en-
ploy d deputy surveyor las become i