New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-10
Especial Correspondence of the Republican,
NORTHERN POLITICS.

The Presidential Contest of 1876 Begun
Effect of the Recent Elections on Par.
tles-The Tammany Democracy No
Longer a Force in American Politics.
Tho Southern Wings and their ODpor.
tunity-Duty of the Republican Lead.
ers-Fight Transferred to the National
Capital Contest between Liberal lie.
publicans and Tammany over the
speakership Of the next Congress.
NEW YORK, November g. 1875.
The preliminary skirmish along the line
from Minnesota to Maine between the Con
federate Democracy and the National Re-
publican patty is over. and the pitched bat.
tie of 1876 begins. In this State the over.
throw of the Democratic party is complete.
1t is possible that Bigelow may run ahead
of his Democratic associations. But this
fact does not alter the result. 1t will only
prove that this Republican standard bearer
of the declining Democracy has been able
to attract to himself large number of Re.
publican voters on q question involving
purely State issue. This is ALL As between
him and Seward there can be no choice
with Republicans. Seward is trimmer
and represents that so-called conservative
element in the Republican organization at
the North, which has SO nearly wrecked the
party by it's want of moral courage and
faith in Republican principles. Between
him and Bigelow there is nothing, there
fore, to gain or lose by the election or de-
feat of the one or the other. The Repub-
licans occupy ''tbe tield'' of the late con-
flict in all the Northern States, and New
York is no exception.
The lesson taught by these elections is
important, though simple and plain, 20 be
read by all men. First, it testifes to the
discipline, power and courage of the ma
tional Republican party. 1t is to be re-
gretted that this exhibition of popular
strength was not made manifest last win.
ter, when the Louisiana and Arkansas
policy OF the President was before Congress-
Secondly, the recent elections destroy for
ever the 'old line Democratic leaders OF
the North, like John Kelly, Fernando Wood,
"Sunset" Coz, Hendricks ct al. With the
destruction of these old fashioned Bourbon
Democrats and the overthrow of Tammany
Hall, the party itself goes to pieces, and the
fragments must now be reunited on some
new basis of principle and policy and under
new leaders. Thirdly the result of the
recent elections brings the Liberal Re-
publicans of the North again to the
front, and under circunst tances which
will prevent the possibility of any
alliance with the Democracy in the
future. For instance, Bigelow, if elected
Secretary Of State, will unite his influence
with the Liberal Republicans. The protest
of New York against the Tammany Democ
racy is vote of instructions to Bigelow,
and he will not be reluctant to avail him
self of it. Fourthly, these Northern cleo
tions open the way once more by which the
real statesmanship OF the South can inau-
gurate the era of peace between the two
great races inhabiting the late slave States
of the Union, and the reconciliation OF the
long estranged section of the Union This
can now be done by an organized up
rising of the Southern Wings against the
further leadership of the revolutionary
"fre-eating" Confederate Democrats of the
South. In other words, the culture and
conservatism of the South must now do by
these reactionary leaders what the conser-
vtism OF the city or New York has done by
TamDany.
While the Northern Democrats are thus
reforming" the Northern "Liberals' are
thus mastering their forces; while the fire
eating Democratic Conservative leaders
OF the South are waiting to hear from Jeffer-
son Davis; Houston, of Alabama, and
Reagan, Of Texas; and while the Southern
Wings are waiting to learn if they have any
rights which Democrat is bound to re-
spect, the Republicans will do we'll to close
up ranks, and if they sleep at all, sleep on
their arms, having first stationed trusted
sentinels at every point of danger.
There will now be pause in the great con.
tiict. But it will be only pause. The struggle
will be Immediately renewed at the national
capital. How the fight will be opened there
NO one can tell until he is on the ground.
incline to the opinion that the fight will
commence on the election of Speaker, and
that Liberal Republican will be elected
pOeblDly Dduks, Vi Mdesd5uuSobte. 1 nave
strong reasons for believing that the Liberal
Republicans will open "rooms" in Washing
ton between this and the assembling of Con-
gress, and that hand.to- hand contest will
take place betwetn them and the Tammany
Democracy. In this contest between the
Liberals and Tsmmany the Southern Con
federates will be held to the faith plighted
at Baltimore during the Greeley campaign.
If they repudiate that pledge then the
Liberal Republicans will join the national
Republican party, and We shall in such ease
have clean clear fight between the same
parties which contested for the mastery in
1864 under Lincoln on the one hand and
cClellan on the other. B.
Resumed Practice.
Charles Case, Esq, long favorably known
in New Orleans as an eminent practitioner