New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-14
LESSONS OF THE ELECTION.


stands victorious in the field. AS Rcpub-
licans of the great union of States, we
may be pardoned little rejoicing over
the triumph. As Republicans living in
Louisiana, carrying the banner of reform,
peace on earth, good will to all men, and
championing good government, We are
especially pleased. The dethronemert Of
the William Allen dynasty, on which has
been grated the pernicious initiation
scheme, with its Interior designs of repu.
diation, the unsettling of commerce, and
the hazarding of the free school system
through Catholic interference, works not
only benefit to the grand old State Of
Ohio, but TO Us, and to the country al
large. The national Republican party
has received such Endorsement and
strength as to insure future victories in
other State elections where doubts of tri.
umph existed; and more, the voice Of
Ohio, to be echoed in Pennsylvania, a
State whose Democrats are numbered also
with initiation letters, insures Repub-
ican victory in the Presidential campaign
of 1876.
The lesson is not without its sig
nifcance here. For the first time in our
experience we see to-day men calling
themselves Democrats in Louisiana re-
joicing with US in the defeat of Demo-
Gratis in another State. Before the Ohio
election there was the semblance of a
national Democratic party. To-day there
is nothing of the sort. The Republican
patty has been true to its traditions and
purposes. The Democratic party had no
fixed principles or policy. 1t shouted for
good government, and the Ohio branch of
the party declared against the only basis
upon which such government can stand
"a sound financial foundation. Instead
of statesmen, it put forward demagogues.
1t appealed to the prejudice Of the people
instead of to the reason of voters. The
renegade Carey, and the hoary Allen,
galvanized into life by presidential
aspirations, told the ignorant and
poor men from the stump that
the election of Allen and Carey would fill
all empty pockets with greenbacks; but
they did not tell their hearers that such
plenty, by cheapening the currency, would
bring only poverty. William Allen was
master of the situation; he sat in the ex.
ecutive chair and played upon the keys
manipulating the machinery of State
located near the heart of the Union. He
ran away with the Democratic party of the
State and drove it to destruction. That
is why our Democrats, while chagrined at
defeat, are pleased to see the old man
smashed to pieces beyond the possibility
of rising up. Monday William Allen was
king; to-day he is very weak old nan, to
whom even Edward Booth will not do
reverence.
To the Republicans of Ohio we extend
our congratulations, to the Democrats
our sympathy. Among the latter are yet
good men, and We invite them to join our
party, where there is room enough for ALL
The Republican party stands to-day as it
stood at the beginning and at the close of
the war, with its cardinal points fixed.
1t fought and put down terrible rebel
lion, then fostered by leading Democrats;
it wiped out American slavery, and made
our Union respected among the free ma
tons of the earth. War, in its train,
brought many eYils. To correct them
has been the steady work of the Repub-
lican party. Greenbacks were among the
necessary evils arising from the war.
How to withdraw them without plos-
trating commerce by sudden shock,
has been the problem of the age.
A wise plan of gradual withdrawal,
and substitution of par value notes,
that should meet the approval of gov
eminent creditors at home and abroad,
has been devised by our ablest men. To
gradual resumption of specie exchange,
and to the establishment of good cur
rency on specie basis, sufficient for the
wants of trade, the Republican party is
committed. Good faith and common
honesty demands this, and this the DEM
ocrats of Ohio opposed. In fact they had
no distinctive plan Of operation, except
opposition to Republicanism. They
sought office and power without warrant
ing good. They pursued their campaign
in opposition to the warnings of the more
intelligent Democracy of New York, and
have lost in the race. Triumph upon
such platform would have been a re-
proach to the country.
While the currency question affected
the election in Ohio, there are other
reasons to account for the large Repub-
lican gains in Iowa and the new crop of
seen in New Jersey, and
they are found in the fatal policy of the
Southern Democrats. The bloody shirt
carries only its own weight in Northern
or Western campaign; but it tells when it
covers the body of bleeding human
being and Republican. The Northern
Democrat is as anxious to hold Office as
his Southern brother, but he has not been
trained to go to such extremes. He
recognizes the right his political
opponent has to life and liberty. The
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