The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-14
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

The Camp street Kellogg organ grinder, who
had commenced vigorously to work the Yam
kee Doodle and Hail Columbia barrels Of his
machine, has received a refrigerating shower
OF kilograms from the scene Of the supposed
Radical triumph. A plurality Of two or three
hundred IN vote OF nearly seventy thousand,
and the loss Of two Congressman in three is
not what might be called a Sadowa or an
Austerlitz victory for the party of moral
ideas and thieving practices, nor is it likely
to be looked upon Waterloo defeat by
the Democrats, who polled larger vote by
many thousands than they ever did before.
| 1t is well aScertainnd that the Prohibitionists,
who had voted last year with the opposition,
gave their almost undivided support in this
election to the Republican ticket, although
enough votes were cast tor the an.i-liquor
candidates to prevent an election by the peo- |
pie As a Conservative Journal well observes |
the Democratic victory in New Hampshire /
last year could scarcely be regarded as any
thing more than an accident, and it has not
been as wisely made use of as it might and
should have been. The New Hampshire
Democrats committed the mistake of ignoring
the Liberal Republican element which, never
theless, had materially contributed to their
success The Republicans. on the contrary,
gathered lessons Of wisdom from their late
defeat, and made strong efforts to win back
into the ranks their seeding brethren. In
their convention they openly denounced the
Ir1 fary do, l. |
stained from abiding to Grants revolution
airy policy. This good strategy brought back
a large number of dissatisfied Republicans,
and prevented repetition 0. the Democratic
victory of last spring.
In other respects, we are inclined to believe r
With the journal above quoted that this result
conveys valuable lesson to the Democratic
party who are Just now in danger Of defeat in
$40 through over confidence in their
trength 1t is the worst kind OF generalship
Q depreciate the proves of an enemy, and l
he Radical snake, though badly scotched, is
lot by any means powerless tor mischief =
OUR party cannot hope to succeed in the
Residential election unless they retain the
ympathies and secure the cooperation
that large and influential class
Liberal Republicans Of whom such men
; Adams, Fenton, Evarts, Bryant and Carl RI
churz are the most distinguished exem- f,
lars 1t was a grave mistake Of the Missouri IL
emocrats not to have sent back to the Senate "
lie last-named statesman. It would be the : !,
eight Of folly not to give to the Liberal ele- ii
ent adequate representation IN the councils PIX
our party, or to refuse to them tar pro- In
)rtlon OF the Conservative nominations The
ntest will be a much closer one than many T 4;
our friends seem to believe and the PIl
rty in power have bold and INSCRIPTIONS
.ders, who will use all the machinery .
the Federal Government to defend their dow
ongly entrenched position. In this des- ear
rate struggle for pelf and power they will
backed by the railroad and the manutac- m
ring interests, whose enormous patronage
almost unlimited financial resources will
freely used on the side of the monopolists
1 corruptionists; and although we firmly
ieve that the American people will triumph
n these combined forces the friends of
orm and good government must not lose
ht of the fact that they cannot afford to .
ow away a single ally or single
apon, whether offensive or defensive in
er to conquer a still defiant enemy. At