New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-14
"HOW TO VIM

mlnlstratlon proposes to inquire "How TO
Win" The ''cards" have certainly "broke
against" the Ditchers during the recent
political deal, and the Picaytne having
declared OUT Of the game under heavy
maledictions for SO doing, now comes for
ward with advice which will be listened
to with much respect by those who have
heretofore denounced its conservatism as
cowardice and its discretion as treachery.
Here, then, is the programme which it
coolly submits to the consideration of
Messrs. Booth and Mari, the key keepers
of admission into the Democratic mys-
teries. The first item in this poker manual
corresponds with the idea of General
Schenck. 1t is to estimate the force of
your antagonists hand from the expression
of his countenance or any other incident.
The hand assigned the Republican party
by the Pioayme is this;
Let it be arrsigned upon it's record during
the two terms OF General Grants admins
tratiOn; the oppression of the Southern
whites, the fostering of incendiarism among
the negroes, the starvation and swindliug
of the Indians, nepOtism, gift taking, cor
ruption and general extravaganza.
l. The expectation that the American
party will canvass the whole republic
upon the past administration of General
Grant or Mr. Van Buren, is not, we think,
reasonable. 1t might be as well made to
involve the general am nesty and assign
ment of representation in right OF four
millions Of people not allowed practi-
cally to vote.
2. We have had Jealous effort by our
most uncompromising Democrats to
''nationalize the oppression Of the South
ern whites" If that question entered at
all into the late elections, then the people
have SO far decided that there was no
such oppression. II, however. that de-
fusion had possessed any portion OF the
Northern or Western electors, we should
suppose that the artillery canvass of Mis-
sissippi, with the dispersion of thirty
thousand Republican majority into the
cotton wood, would satisfy any rational
mind that the white was amply able to
protect himself against oppression. This
drops issue No. 2.
3. What is the meaning of fostering
incendiarism among the negroes" we can
not understand, nor do we suppose it can
be charged against the nominated sue
cessor of General Grant. Should it be SUBJ
mitted to the American people there would
be undoubtedly filed herewith the muir
der and ostraclsm of Republicans and the
fusilade of negroes who decline to take
out that policy Of life insurance, Demo-
cratic ticket
a. The starvation of Indians" would be
a high crime, as would also be the Modoc
assassination of the commissioners at the
lava beds. But we think that neither
Captain Jack nor the ring swindlers, whom,
with the whisky ring, the government
has prosecuted with such pertinacity, will
enterany more into the next campaign than
will the question whether the Wheeler
compromise embraced the expulsion of
Governor Kellogg and the installation of
his competitor. Nepotism and gift
taking" are supposed to apply to the
President whose term will expire with the
presidential election. The common con-
cl1sion of corruption and general ex-
travagance" will undoubtedly figure in
the next election, but it will not be linz
tied to the Republican administration. 1t
will involve en- inquiry into the frauds of
the Democratic Tweeds and the extrava-
gance of Democratic city corporations
which have aided to create debt of mil
lions, and have only been arrested in rro-
gressive waste and Indebtedness by the
interposition of Republican Legislature.
Having pumped the supposed hand of
the Republicans, the Pic proceeds to show
the papers upon which its own bluff is
founded.
l. The more perfect union of Conserva-
tives. Questions Of minor importance
must be dropped. = 'The disaffected must
be won back to our ranks by an attractive
platform, and ticket which shall chal-
lenge the admiration of all parties"
"One thing says this experienced po-
litical gamester, sis certain. Imitation
is not winning card. There is no longer
any question as to the superior popularity
Of the hard money policy. Recent events
have settled that"
Beware of that card, or if they play on
it, play it with copper-to lose. s
To relieve any Democratic qualms about
deserving hard money, it is added: "After
all, it is not question strictly proper to q
presidential election; it belongs more to
the legislative than the executive branch
of the government"
This reasoning will not go down with
Tilden and others, who know that it was
question which has decided presidential
elections, and that neutrality on such q
question is Democratic crime.
"Toleration with all. religious alliance
with nome" We apprehend that it will
be impossible to carry out such an alb
negation Of piety as is involved in this
dogma. The American people state the
question differently. They affirm the al
legiance to the State and federal govern
ments paramount to any foreign author
ity, civil or ecclesiastical. They assert