The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-01-30
DONALDsONVIL.LE LA, SATURDAY,
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The Rslittcal 0utassk.
1 Via Hnaidsut Wilsaks Viswa
The ft,ihwirg letterftom Wee Pres
1dent Wilson to the editor Of the
Springfield (lll.) Republican, We cen
saE.nd to the careful pcrusl of sur
senalers:
4 And in yaae ton1aa1a !alak6.eut
ti,at l agree with you that the Re,,ub-
icap party Is dGxd- I bt1 leave ta
cay that l do not atsree with the Re-
i pe6ioan, erywfh my mao or set At
nsen, in the etiniou that it IL dead or
hse,eleasly defeat4,d- On the cx,ntr~ry,
I believe that TIE Republican, party
has it in its poasar to recover What it
has lOst, aud t., elect the next Presi-
dent. In rayis3 dis I an, sse uf-
mindful Of the grave questions at is-
sue, and which are l,seseing fsr solu-
tion, Of the disasters that have fallen
upon it, lAr of the l.Opee, expecta-
tiOus and strength Of the Dessacratic
party-a party whose strength and
power l have never anderfsted.
believe it can recover sll il has lt,st,
win back its fa,maer prestig md still
retain it's power in the gou1nment,
aud believe this because l believe it
to I've Il necessity Of the country. The
grand work Of liberty and patriotism,
It has performed, iH,4~radvely de-
n,nnds that it should culptinse to guide
the policy Of the nation Liberty,
law, order, protection and ciCilizati"n
can not afford to have It pennaa04ntly
defeated. l saw quite rs eaa1y ~ any
aAale the perils Of the Republican party,
aud more than thirteen ,Donfl,s since
/ warned my political friends of the
danger Of losing the next House If
Representatives.
The party has made nistlkes, and
IL n4aav paying the penalty Of th.,st.
mistakes; but its ideas, principles aud
general policies have not been con-
.deaaalkab 1t Aas been taught by re-
cent disasters that it il mortal, and If
it is wise it will heed these lessons.
1t would seem that neither seltishness
nor stupidity could fail t" understand
them, ar could mikinterpret their i'm
port. If the Republican party now
dies it will die b. the hand If tlse A,,i-
eide, for there is no arm other than
its own potent to strike it dowa. It
can not, tlink, hope t. ressvee it'll
lost presti ige zol power by . policy of
rewards aud a,anisii ments, OF by party
discipline.
There arc hundreds of thousa uds In
the Republican party to-day who
spurBod the bribe~ aud fruwns of
power and left the 1Whig md Deno-
cratic parties for the sake Of pripci-
l1ea deesned hy them is1e Enst aud
sacred. i1scsc hpca cai5 cot t6o soduoe1i |
BY tho Establishments Of power nos
greatly moved By threats Of discip-
line. Mere politicians who think the1 1
can govern by the El,ip If party dis
eipline will find that they can not
thus reach or contzd the tl.oaGhtful
and Independent men who struck the
lash fr0m the hand Of the slave mas
terra Nor can we recover Whist ID lost
in Massachusetts or in the country by
the iaDpertinent interanetl,lling of Of
tice-holders in nominations and elec
tions. lHce-liOlders should Learn
from tho zrent election that they eau
serve tAe 4nt,ablican party best BY
performing their official duties with
scrupnl0s fidelity. The paaple should
te lett f,eo to a,ai'age il their own
way .asd without official Interference
their primary meetings and elections,
far ,ixhtiully or wroa3(ally they have
hben compelled to heaieve that there
are tlloas holding afRce II Nassachu-
setts, inthe coantry and especially at
the South, some vt them il important
whe d not fitly represent
the desires and wishes of their locali-
ties aud who haze not the public con-
fidencc. The party hnrdene4l by such
10 not likely t. be led t. victory .by1s
their Obfusive interfereace either in
Massao oAlssttsW In the cssantry North d
or South Il
The Aaastrosas division Of the Ro-a1
puhlicaapar in 1872 WAS to me al
event. IL seemed to me
to l2. tn unnecessary Aepe12tioa Of
COM mnad.. who had tOilod together for
10 many years for nohae parposes and
D glorious caase. did all l could hy
and appeal to preveat (
it, 1nd hive since sOuGht to reunite
what wa then 90 disastrOuAy and I
broken; aud l would
pow throw the doors wide open f,r !
the retnn Of those who voted for Nj.
1872, and l. earnestly iu-
vite then to reunite again witl, their !
old assocotes. Indeed, at any molneat t
since tho.lection would have l,ur- t
sued q generous aud magnanimaus q
policy torard the men who tlen left