The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-14
OUR POLITICAL DILEMMA.

There are good reasons to be anxious abou
the course which the Conservatives may tax,
during the extra session. OF all the achieve
ments in physics, the easiest is to fall; of al
actions in politics and legislation, the easies
is to blunder. Our friends need the help o
all their faculties in full and healthy action,
of all their experience and knowledge, Of
all their talents in argument, management
and persuasion, Of all the information and ad.
vice they can get, and especially of the strict
est control over themselves. Their actions
will be watched by the public with lynx-eyed
scrutiny; every word they utter will be crit
cised; every declaration will be industnously
distorted by the enemies Of the State; every
questionable vote will be seized upon by the
adversaries of the Democratic party here and
abroad. The case Of Louisiana, her struggle
against misrule and usurpation, her noble
efforts to shake off the letters of tyranny, and
the conspicuous place her troubles have been
made to assume in the discussions Of Con-
gress, will all direct upon her and her legis-
lators Q flood of light which will expose all
that is done to the full view Of the politicians,
journalists and people Of the entire republic.
Any serious biunder will put new argument
into the mouths of the Radical party, and help
them to prolong our affections At best,
the people will recover by the adjustment
only the House of Representatives, the half
Of one Of the three principal divisions Of
ruling power. What can Democratic House
do with an adverse Senate, Executive and
Judiciary? Plainly nothing beyond the
wishes and interests Of their opponents. Are
reforms sought? None are attainable but
such as may suit the purposes and accord
with the interests Of those who have the
power to defeat them. Are impeachments
deserved by high officials? Any one of them
can command influence enough in the Senate
to obtain speedy trial and acquittal. Are in
vestigations desired of the affairs and &C.
counts of public officers? The House alone
may appoint committees of inquiry but it re-
quires both Houses to raise q committee
which will have the power requisite to en-
force disclosures. Is it desirable to repeal
bad laws with which the statute books of the
past seven years are disfgured and defled
Those who are components Of rings Of specu-
Ia :ors will withhold the consent of the Radi-
cal Senate from such repeats The dmputating
knife of retrenchment can be inserted no ,chere
,cdhoM touching some keenly sensitive Radical
interest. Every movement for reform will be
q blow against some pet scheme Of emolu-
ment as dear to r .dical officials and opera
tors as their eyeballs. Nothing can be done
oy the House without the consent of the body |
which represents Radical pockets.
Being without the ability to command and
ENFORCE the House must rely upon petition and
persuasion, which is merely humiliating, or
else its members must enter into coalitions
and combinations, which are sssuredly dan
gerous and can scarcely fail to result in Con.
sentative loss and Radical gain. The public
men OF party now holding usurped power
over US will use infinite cunning to lure Con- |,