Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-03-13
A Sensible View Of the Situation

the way is one Of our most valued /
exchanges, takes very sensible view .
Of the situation and designs Of the
Republican party leaders. their as
sumption of power, prohiSacy ard
corruption; and may We hope that
its predictions a. to the determination
oe the people TO get rid Of such rulers
will prove true. These leaders and
rulers Of the country rs we'll as the
party have bliudlv refused 10 recc%-
nizc tie demands Of the masses aud
ignored the rcbuke administered last
fall, by continuing in the very course
for which they were rebukcd. Hence
the people cannot hope for any reform
in civil service, any decrease in taxa
ton, any re ura TO wise lc.iS alton
or tranquility, or any other good IN
fact 10 the country, without complete
change by supplanting these arrogant
officials, who set themselves mp for
the masters Of the people, with men
who will recognize the fact that they
are the servants, and not the masters,
of a free people that the people have
not wholly surrendered their sovc-
reirn,v into the hands of set Of
prohgatc officials Here is what the
Free Press says Of an appeal of the
Executive Committee Of these officials
in Michigan:
\ REPUBLICAN, APPEAL.
The chairman Of the Republican
State Committee has issued Il circular
letter 10 the leaders of the faithful
appealing To them TO stay the tide of
reaction which has set in. This, it is
2 tbougnt, can be done by grand rally
, at the spring election, and those to
whom the circular is addressed are
appealed to use their Influence to bring
: out full Republican vote. "a
victory in the spring of 1879" says
0 the circular, ENSURES a victory in the
fall of 1866 a full and fair vote,
!, it is added, twill prove another Re
publican tin nph. To bring about
> this result we rely upon your persona
t aid to effect union and harmony, I,
o overcome existing apathy, and thus
secure IA full vote. Let the work bC
:. entered upon at once with settle,
determination to keep Michigan where
5 she has ever s;ood--in the front ranl
o of Repub ian States
# We have given the above synopsis
II of the appeal in order that the docu
ment may receive wider circulation
e than it would in the hands of thu
t.. office hAlders to whom, in the main
s we suppose it is addressed. The ad
d mission it contains that reaction
!. has set in against the Republican
: party was ono that could not we
Is have been omitted. As one Of th
L. numerous causes of the reaction aros
from the attempt Of Repubiica
r. leaders to dictate to the people an
. to assume . position of sovereignty
20 instead oe one of subordination, it
ie doubtful if the people" will stay tn
I'd tide simply because those leader
&C may profess willingness to get dow
T. on their marrow bones and promise t
3. do better in future. We judge tina
III this is what is meant when the chai
n. man invites the recipients of his circ'
he lar to do their best ''tO effect unio
Sc aud harmony and overcome existin
apathy" Unfortunately for the Il
publican Committee the best whic
W can be done for the party is yer
rd insignificant There is nothing in i
or action of the soon to be defunct X
al publican majority in the nation whic
81 has had a tendency to fill the poop
with admiration for the recent worl
81 of that party, or to cause them
We regret the rebuke they administers
by to it at the last election. But the
al has been much to show that the X
publican party is controlled by set
men whose only ambition apparent
lie is to rule or ruin. The same inlOle
ny ent spirit with which the caucus
or this State sought to force Chandl
he upon the people for six years to con
p, is exhibited in the nation. 1t is n
no alone, however. Of the intolere
he spirit of which the people can just
nd complain, nor is this all which caus
nd Republicans to be distrustful al
h;s apathetic. When they see the a
:, minis,ration demanding millions
''a' additional revenue at u time when {
rot country can ill-afiord to bear al
uld greater burdens than those now i
posed upon it; when they see that t
~ ordinary expenditures of the natl
VS. are much larger than they were TO
to'' years ago when gold was higher, a
is when the administration leader in t
raj House confesses his inability to dew
.,, any measure of retrenchment-it
, not strange that they should f
~ inclined to let the Republican lead'
LAT save themselves and the party.
y of -..e..--
90. DIED at Atlanta, Ga, on the q
nlt.. Mrs. GooDE, wife of f. Cool
ave Artist of this place Mrs. 6. W.