The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-12-12
Vice President Wilson.
His Opinion Regarding the Recent Eleo.

Otnt wilson, ana obtained from hin
some expression OF opinion upon tie
results of the late elections. Among
other things the Vice President said
1.-The result of the election shows the
necessity of liberal and magpani-
nous policy. 1t shows that Republi.
can leaders must be statesmen. The
need Of the time is statesmanship
With proper policy and with The
best men OF tho party at the front,
think, said Mr.. Wilson, that the Re
publicans can in twoyears carry every
one OF the old free States and some o
the old; slave States. 1t is probable
that the Republican party will bt
Strengthened and helped by the poll
cy which the Democrats will pursue
after their accession to power. The
history of the Democratic party fol
the last twenty Years has been series
Of blunders. He said that he did not
consider that the result OF the elections
indicated q t orough OF permanent
revolution in public opinion, or that
this result toreshadowed the conclu-
sion OF the next Presidential campaign
But the Republican party, to regain
what it has lost, he said, must adop,
a wise, liberal and high toned policy ;
must crowd its ranks with all the
worthy elements it can secure, and
must be careful not to alienate any
good men from the party. Above ali
it must put the best men forward.
That is the only policy for a party to
pursue; III that way alone can it be
kept at high standard, and gain and
retain success. Earnest efforts should
be made to win back to the party the
good men who had left it,"
The Vice President then, with deep
feeling and most decided emphasis.
asserted his own position upon the
third term qeestion. La the following
words: = For my part, Iwould oppose
with all my strength the election of
any man to a third term, were he the
best who ever lived i'll this country.
except in the face OF Il peril to the
country 50 great and tlr, .tening that
| | would be willing to advocate to avert
! it a plain aud direct violation of the
CONSTITUTIONAL violation thatssilould
if there were no other means to save
the country Should any man be chosen
a third term"
Another reason for the opposition
to the third term ploposition,. said
Mr.. Wilson, is the marked dlssati,-
faction with men who have come to
power or been appointed to office in
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advocacy of a third tenn cane from
the bosoms OF the men of whom the
people complain with the intention Of
perpetuating their power. The idea
was opposed to the prejudices-and
the just convictions, too-the wishes,
feelings and interests OF the great
mass of the people, and it is no WON
der that they have thoroughly put it
down. These elections have settled
the third term question for the next
hundred years.
Another cause for the desire of
change which found vent on the Bird
of November. was the opposition Of
the people to certain men who have
been prominent i'll the party, and to
certain office-holders. | hope that
last Tuesdays work will have the ef-
feet Of purifying and Strengthening the
party, and lead it to put its best men
in the place of some who have been
conspicuous in it.
The state Of things in the South,
also, has borne hard upon tie party,
and has Influenced the election, but
7 \ h,t -
publican party towards the Southern
States generally has been based on
correct principles. The men who
came into power i'll the South at the
time of Andy Johnson made Il system
Of laws to Cypress the blacks and de-
prive them of their rights, which
made their condition worse then
slavery itself. These laws were ter
rible in the their coldblooded bru-
tality, and when laid fully before the
people, as l shall show them in a
chapter of my book, they will shock
the world. The Republican party
established equal rights in the South,
and any men who attempts to grind
down the blacks and take away their
rights, must learn that they will be
crushed and buried out Of sight.
Equa rights must be maintained in the
South, but | believe IN as generous IL
policy as possible, and favor the res
to,ation Of the privileges Of the small
number Of Southerners who are still
There are probably
not more than one hundred and fifty
in all now. The Republican party
las been stigmatized for the misdeeds
of office holders and legislators in the
Southern States. l do not see why
this party, because 1t established
equal rights, should be held respon-
sible for the crimes Of every negro,
or of every carpet-bagger and scala
wag in the South, any more than the
National Democratic party should be
held responsible for the way in which
the city government of New York
was carried on in the time of Tweed.
The New York Herald in two
column article. insists upon the COR