New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-04


ton, the reputation of the one has been
injured or the commercial confidence in
the other at all impaired.
HOW THE AMENDMENTS WERE CARRIED.
The Times attempts to explain how the
amendments, Republican measure, were
carried by conceded majority of ten thou
sand, while Dubuclet, Republican can
didate, was defeated by two thousand.
We give our authority for these e1traor-
binary and conflicting statements, as We
happen to know that neither is true.
What possible difference can there be
between majority and conceded ma
jority2 If MIR. Dubuclet had majority
of two thousand against lin, would it be
either weakened or strengthened by being
conceded majority? But as we began
by saying all the amendments did not re-
ceive quite ten thousand majority, and Mr..
Dubuclet was elected and installed into
Office, which shows that there could not
have been two thousand against him.
The wild and extraordinary course of
the Times is reconcilcd in this ingenious
manner:
The Times, it will be remembered. vigor.
ously advocated the amendments. notwith-
standing their unfortunate associations,
and some twelve thousand Conservatives
so far conquered their antipathy to bad
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Our impression is that they owed their solid
Republican support to the fact that the
faithful did not know their full meaning
and effect; that is, did not suspect them to
be salutary and economical measures.
This is complimentary to the Demo-
Gratis who opposed the amendments. Be-
ing shrewder than the faithful, they I'M
der stood their full meaning and effect;
suspected them of being salutary and
economical measures and, therefore,
voted against them. This is Just what
Mr.. Packard said. The small number of
Conservatives who were induced by the
vigorous advocacy of the Times to vote
on the right side, notwithstanding the
unfortunate association" involved is in
appreciate in the official figures.
The vote in the parish of Orleans for
Dubuclet was about the same as that cast
for the amendments, being about eight
hundred less. This was probably occa-
stoned by the vigorous advocacy" of the
one and the determined opposition to the
other which was manifested by the Times.
Eight hundred votes in total of forty
thousand might be regarded as valuable
political asset in a close contest, provided
there was no dispute about the title. But
such as it is, in the case of Mr.. Dubuclet
it measures the weight of the opposition
to him in this city as against the salutary
and-economical measures, which the Re-
publicans blindly supported, not knowing
what they were, and the Democrats voted
against for the same reason.
We are at some loss to apply the re-
mark about the unfortunate association"
1t either means the vigorous advocacy of
the Times, or being detected in the sup
port of "salutary and economical meas
ures" which were proposed by the ad-
verse party. The only thing which is
quite clear in the vigorous advocates"
explanation is that the Democratic party
fully understood the nature of the amend
ments, and voted against them. As this
is a well known fact we leave it as the
Times has stated it. That the Repub-
hcans did not understand the meaning Of
the amendments, and would have voted
against them if they had, is proposition
that must forever depend upon the ex-
tremely doubtful authority of the witness
from whom we quote. No better testi-
mony in support of it is available, and
hence its chances for a place in history
are decidedly shaky.
Now, in regard to these same amend
mends, we happen to know that select
few Of both parties--a small ring of pro-
fessed Conservatives, the Judases of their
respective parties-have turned an honest
penny or two by means of these very
measures. Perhaps the possibility of such
coalition had nothing to do with the
vigorous support" which we now learn
for the first time was given; perhaps this
support took the form of silent, secret, but
earnest prayers for the success of salutary
and economical measures which have most
assuredly resulted in profit to the public
as well as to certain private parties How
ever this may be, the amendments were
adopted by the Republican party, and
some Of those who were actute enough to
understand their meaning before they were
adopted have been no less ready to profit
by them since. The amendments are none
the worse for that. They would have been
the sooner made satisfactory under better
management.
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