New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-27
1T EAT, AND Exc, / SWEAR"

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| Such was the pretext Of the ancient
Pistol when compelled by the resolute
Welshman to devour the vegetable Which
| he had SO much ridiculed. Such seems
to be the temper in which the BnAefia
swallows the Wheeler compromise:
1t is now highly probable that large
number of these (Conservatlves) Will accept
the terms of adjustment, unless they nnd
them to be outrageously unfair and lnvOlv-
ing new and very serious concessions.
Now for the Democrats:
If so accepted and acted upon by even a
| bare majority of the members OF the late
| caucus, there is reason to believe that many
| Of the remainder 1.-THE DemOcrats) Will deem
| it proper to take their seats, however dis
| gushing the surrender may have been to
| them.
| The terms OF compromise submitted by
| the Conservative members have been
accepted. They We're the Wheeler pro-
positions. The two conditions added by
some one or other, and rejected by the
Wheeler committee, have been in effect
complied with. There can be, then, no
doubt the Conservative members Of the
caucus will accept their own proposal.
This done, the Democrats will accept,
'.however disgusting the terms may have
been to them" A question arises: If the
Democracy accept these terms now, why
did they reject and denounce them when
twice adopted by ga bare majority OF the
caucus? The Democracy did not merely
reject them, but the "bare majority"
which accepted was denounced as ''trait-
ors" and unworthy to be entrusted with
the representation OF those who have
proved themselves the intractable enemies
of order. The Democracy did not merely
reject the Wheeler propositions, but their
protest was presented and fled with the
Wheeler committee against that which
they now propose to accept So much |
for protests.
Will there be no apology to these advo-
Gates who withstood such storm Of
Democratic obloquy during SO many days?
Quite the contrary. The Dem ocracy will |
eat their leek with many grimaces and in
festival contortions, but they swear that
the compromise shall come tp no good.
They will enter the Legislature under it,
but they will not be bound by it. They
swear
The limit of ten days. as fixed by KEEL
ogg, should not be allowed to stand in the
way Of any bona tide efforts at reform.
and economy. Neither should
he General Assembly refrain from the
consideration of important matters no.
in Governor Kellogg's call.
They swear that there shall be no peace
between parties:
Some oratorical tits may be expected, in
which good temper and moderate terms
will not be the dominant features.
The precise conflict is shade wed thus:
Twenty days will be likely to develop the
act that the Radical Senate and Kellogg
want nothing that is right, and the Con
ervative House should accept nothing that
) wrong.
And upon the finale glarfs the lurid
ght of a political conhagrat ion. 1t will
Illuminate Legislative de adlock,' in
,hich the Senate and lowet house Will
ppear engaged in deadly struggle,
lille General Augur may be seen enter
1g the hall, with the Senate resolution in
and, and the "Fourth Of ] anuary" will
ave come again. Such is or reading Of
lis phrase:
When the legislative deadioc tx will prob
bly, end in a disagreement as to the time Of
ijournment, and necessitate Propagation /.
y Kellogg.
We are aware these threats of renewed | =
citation are but the angry ebuhtions of a :
brit which has been defeated and de-
lroned, but we ask the att ention Of ali i
conservatives to the justice Of keeping the t
uce as it has been signed. The Demo- e
acy may revoke their protest against Il
e compromise. They may attempt to Il
,eak it up, but whenever they do SO there "
i'll appear q cooperative vote between I
e Republicans and Conservatives which \
Ill exclude the Democracy from the camp 4
either, and send them back to the for r
IN and desperate condition to- which Il
ey were reduced before the celebrated =,
sion Of 1872. 9,
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