New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-31
REPUBLICAN, PROSPECTS.

the Republican party been more harmonic
GUS in action than now, working, as it is,
on well defined principles for the country s
common good. This party took charge
of the ship of State when the Democratic
wreckers were about to break up the
Union on the rocks of secession. That
we have an American Union to-day, about
to celebrate its centennial anniversary in
sight of all nations, is due to the defeat OF
Democrats and the success of Repub'
licans. As Americans such fact is our ma.
tional shame, in that men so REASONABLY
base as to attempt destruction of the good
government builded by our fathers should
have been reared on our soil; as Repub-
licans, it is our pride and glory, in thai
we triumphed over our enemies in our
war against secessionists. While the Re-
publicans were defending the Union they
freed from Democratic masters race Of
men who must always be Republicans, il
they would follow up and secure the ad.
vantages of their freedom.
A Washington correspondent, 'De
Vaux," has been distributing Democratic
handbills through the columns of the
New Orleans Times. He says: cit may
be set down as generally conceded that
the Republican party will never again, in
any part of the Union, achieve decisive
victory on its record as party" The
handful of Democrats now shivering
about the shadows of the national capital
may generally concede such thing. We
do not. little thief is severely whipped
by an honest farmer whose fences he has
broken down and whose fruit he has
stolen. The little thief runs away and
says to the old man, ''You can't do that
again" Perhaps not; but we are the
honest farmer, and we can try. Repub-
hcan prospects never looked brighter than
now. We are not prophets, but if honest
men get their dues when thieves fall out,
the split in the corrupt Tammany party
of New York will secure a Republican
victory in that State, and we predict as
much. The corpse of the Ohio rag baby
has been taken to Pennsylvania, and it
will only increase the size of the Demo-
cratic funeral in the Keystone State Al
lens foghorn will swamp all of the life
boats to which the Democrats are now
clinging. On the second of November
we shall see what we shall see in Virginia,
in Kansas, in Massachusetts,, in Missis-
sippi, in Minnesota, in New York, in New
Jersey, in Pennsylvania, and in Wisconsin,
and we shall see Republican gains and
victories on the Republican record as a
party.
Mr.. ''De vaux" says the Republicans
steadily ignore new issues" Right there
he makes one mistake. The Republican
party is the party of progress. 1t keeps
apace with new ideas, while it holds fast
all that is good of the old. 1t grapples
with new foes as they appear, and clearly
defines its line of action. At the risk of
being called inconsistent with his old
ideas ON the currency question, Mr.. Nor
ton planted himself firmly against the in
tiationists. The Republicans of Ohio did
not ignore that new issue, and they were
victorious in the most important State
ever carried on in the Union.
The Republicans of Ohio moved against
the st. Geghan ring and the attempted
interference with popular education, and
little Jersey seconds the motion. Our
President and Secretary Bristow have
both committed themselves to reform
measures and risked personal popularity
in prosecuting whisky rings. What latter
day Democrat or Democrats have ever
used any efforts to correct the abuses
which will creep into all parties Is Mr..
Tilden Democrat and also reformer
In 80 far as he has done well in his State,
he has received better support from
than from Democrats.
He is q railroad lawyer, specially
by railroad corporations. He is
a shrewd one; but while he gets praised
by reformers, he gets damned by Demo-
Gratis, and those favoring the canal inter-
ests, who see him working for national
and for the interest of his rail
road clients. While the Republican party
still holds to its old principles of an undi-
vlded Union without human slavery, it is
ready to meet all new issues, and direct
them for the best interests of the country.
The Democratic party is party of oppo-
sition. Its principal tenets are opposition
to the Republican party; its arguments
are abuse; its aims are to Cypress the
newly enfranchised race, and by sitting
their voice at the ballot-box to make their
condition Of freedom akin to serfdom.
Its present struggles are for Office.
, The Times correspondent INDUCES in
little speculation on presidential candi-
dates. He accuses Republicans of reviv-
ing old issues in their policy. and he hints
at possible third term, thus digging up
ideas which the Republicans have buried.
In the Democratic ranks be finds
no one candidate sqdarely before
the people and the party favor, saying
wisely that there is time enough between
this and the meeting of the Democratic
convention, next year, ''for great many
things to happen to alter the projects of