New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-17


IN the Senate. These things, however,
are either overlooked entirely or considcred Oh
triAinq account in comparison with the neces-
s;tv of bringing UP the Republican party III
tho State To the Administration standard upon
national issues. So it happens that Gen.
UawIcv and tho other speakers who already
orc ar are shortly expected to be, upon the
stpmn in the State have marked out as the
limo Of their argument to the people in favor
IF tho Administration the old, old story of the
hatred of Southern whites for the Unlon' the
outroces pcrpetrated by them upon the negroes
and the dangers to be feared from allowing
the Democrats to return to power
The State Convention of the Republicans
| followed very closely the news of Federal in
reference in Louisiana and the publication
of Sheridan's "bandtti" dispatch. 1t adopted
n platform which thoroughly and unrescrvedly
approved the Presidents action, and three
members Of the Committee on Resolutions,
who desired to qualify the thoroughness OF
the Endorsement and save their own reputa-
ton for intelligence, were voted down with
out ceremony. In order that there might be
no doubt as to the meaning of the Conven
| ton and tie earnestness with which it held
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General Government over the States, gen.
tleman was nominated for Governor who had
not been mentioned in connection with
that Office until after he had ordered
the firing of a salute of one hundred guns i'll
honor of President Grants Louisiana procla-
nation. The position of the party therefore
upon this most important question of national
politics-the powers Of the General Govern
ment in its relations with the States-is une-
Guiyocal. 1t goes to the people with the dis
tinct understanding that it fayOrs Govern
ment supervision Of the States, approving
most enphaticaily Grants treatment of Lou
| isiapa and the policy of interference which he
| desired to pursue in Arkansas, but was pre-
vented by tho action of Congress The tone
of the Administration organs too is unmistak
able They are running the campaign upon
the keynote Of the COnventlOn-the idea that
the Southern States, after ten years of recon.
structiop, are not fit for self-gOyernment.
"Look at the South' says one of these
organs in q blood-curdling leader. "Can
"Unon man there to-day speak his sentiments
freely and safely7 If the National Govern
"ment to-day WAS in the hands of the Demo-
"cratic party, would man in the South dare
whisper that he was a Republican, Look
at Louisiana. 1t is covered with lawless-
"'ness, turbulence, and boodshed' Can you
trust the National Government in such
Glands ~ This is very bad stuff, of course,
even in the confusion Of tongues which i'm
mediatey prccedes election day, but it shows
how the fight is making, and upon what argu-
ment the Connecticut Republicans are seeking
an Endorsement for the Administration.
A great many people who admire Gen. Eaw-
ley personally and who applaudcd his action
upon the Force bill will regret to learn that
| he has been driven by the criticisms OF an
| Administration newspaper i'll his own city to
| apologize for his course in that regard. lie
did not vote for the bill, he said, simply be-
cause he believed the President had, under
| laws already passed, all the powers sought to
| be given him by the Force bill except the
| power Of suspcndiGg the habeas corpus act,
and this latter he did not think was warranted
by the gravity of the situation. The organ
accented his apology on behalf of the Admin
| istration, and all things now are moving har-
moniously. 1t is a pity that voters who are
satisfied upon the whole with Gen. IIawley's
integrity of purpose and who believe that he can
be useful in Congress, cannot vote for him with
| out indOTslng the VIII anu outrageous S0h'hio'
of the mischief making and self-seeking dcma-
gogues who arc striving to keep their party
in power by perpetuating sectional hatred and
overriding the plainest provisions OF the
Constitution. But tao issue is presented 50
souarely that it cannot and ought not to be
avoided. The Connecticut Republicans have
announced distinctly their belief in and sup
port of the Southern policy of the Admins
tration. 1t makes really little difference who
is elected to Congress or to be Governor; the
thing voted on will be confidence or lack of
confidence in the policy of the Adminstra-
ton. The Convention so put 1t; the organs
present it so day after day; ard the party
representatives on the stump dwell and enlarge
upon it. And that is the question.
| SETTLING