The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-25

n6lEnb OF 4OttE ia ItlC 0em0eEat1C
party to lose sight of the main is-
sue before the American people,
the corruplions Of the radical
party, and to expend its energies
on side issues, raised by it's ene-
mics, as has Just been followed BY
such disastrous consequences in
Ohio and Pennsylvania. The eur-
tencY question should never be
made prominent issue ID 3 po-
liticaI contest, until IL is definitely
settled whether the radical party
shall continue the tyrannieal and
reckless course it has hitherto pur-
sned in reference to the govern
ment Of the Southern States. The
democrats can well afford to let
the currency question rest until re-
form in every department Of the
government, both State and Ma
tional, shall have been secured, by
the dethronement Of those who
have been guilty of the maladmin-
istration under which the country
has suffered for more than ten
years. And even if the currency
question should be touched, II Is
the height of absurdity in the rad
icat party, the father of two thou
sand National banks and q paper
currency, of q system which has
drawn every gold and silver dollar
out of the country, to be setting
itself up as par ercelieace, the hard
money party. Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania can learn wisdom from their
defeat. No other State needs any
such instruction. New York and
Wisconsin, on the ancient demo
cratic currency platform, have
been carried for the democratic
candidates.
Again, the recent elections show that
the democratic party IL not strong
enough to cast off these liberal repub-
lioans who have acted with il the LAST
two years. In New York and Wisoon-
sin, tile only two State chat went dem
ocratic at the recent elections, liberal
republican headed the tickets that we're
successful
But the most cheering result Of the
recent elections was the success Of the
democratic and white line ticket III the
State of Mississippi. We would rather
have lost every Northern State than not
10 have witnessed the redemption of
our down n-trOdden sister State MisTis-
sippi was carried Us Louisiana was car.
riad last wear, and thus the way is
pointed ont by which both Louisiana
and South Carolina can be carried next
year With the South released from the
despotisrn she has suffered ever since
reconstruction was inaugurated, we can
bear with equanimity the success Of
almost any ticket Mt the North with
the South III chains tue success of even
the strictest demociatlc ticket would be
victory barren Of results for us. All
we ask Ia that the South be let alone
and be permitted To work out her own
future III her own way. The recent
elections affords every indication that
she will bo let alone, and that the
Iouisiana outrage of sT5 viii never be
attempted again ia apother State. For,
it III obvious t0 ail that, whatever party
was the most successful at the recent
elections, Grant and Grantism ara
buried forever. The advocates of Grant
and third term have heretofore con-
tended that he was d necessity t0 the
republican party that no other eandi-
date was I'd certain of an election. Now,
since tile party las shown its strength
hy casting him off, and by taking
ground against his third term, the am
bilious radical candidates for the Pres
ideney viii see to ii that some other
candidate IL brought forward il his
stead. His straw delegates from the
Southern States, which east no repub-
hean votes, viii have but little influ-
ence against the delegates from the
crest Northern States, from which tha
bulk of tile republican strength III ~ be-
drawn. A new man, and cue much
more conservative than any Of the
bloody-shirt aspiranta, il likely tn re-
eeive tile republican nomination for tho
Presidency iii 1876. Whether biz should
t,e elected. OF good democrat, "A is
much more probable, the South sean
haye the satisfaction t0 know that she
vile he relieved from Tue diEgTaeefuR
legislation under which she has been
robbed and plnndered Within the past
six years.