The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-02-20

and that nothing is palmer than tho.
must Il, be a radical change, or the 20
suit is fatally sure. IT,
Is, then, the cause of Justice and =.
equal nights, the dominance Of w.
Intelligence and conscience Of t tIe
country in the government, not wo,.s s
saving! Shall no efforts be mad. lazy. u.
1t is objected to the Vice Presidsn,:
late letter that he suggests no me,h.s
OF accomplishing what no state, ~
ce desirable results. He pronouncs "
Tor change. but he does not sn.c;es
changes. But if We see what H.!
alieuated the confidence and cL;ll.ss
the enthusiasm of the party, We csu
also see how the. are to 10 restored I
What, then, can be done.
The President can emphaticallv d.
claim all thought of a third tern
The suggestion Of such a purnos.
may have been a joke, but the con
sequences wele not com;caI. A wo,,
we'll spoken aud in season woulS
have been most serviceabIe, but !.
was withheld. If made, it would H.
late, indeed, but the subject is nos
merely personal to him it affect, II.
party, and it would relieve the nnb I'
lie jealousy Of office holding intes.
ference in elections, which Is no,.
positive than ever. If it is suppos.S
at the White House that there il ~
feeling upon this subject, and th. t
nobody really cares, there is an is'
neraecs Of public opinion in ths.
quarter which is an il! augury "a,
Republicans. The President .l.s
could purge the civil service in sncS
way as TO show that political sct; 4
witty is not tho tenure of office. n.
action could be such as to ind;c.ts
his consciousness that he had hlths,
to failed t" satisfy in this matter n.
just expectations which he had A..
cited, and that he had now overcor.
the adverse influences which han
t!iwalted his declared purpose. Hen
are two very simple and very praeti.
cable measures which, would instant,
tend to revive the confidence Of II.
party and renew its energy.
Again, the President and Cenpr~
together can adopt a policy in Il.
Louisiana question which shall sati..
fy the best opinion of. the couptr
They cannot constitutionally remand
the State to a Territorial condition
They cannot order new election in
Louisiana more than in any Other
State. And they cannot reeoepi,e
and snstain fraudulent government
anywhere. The Republican Com.
mit:ee Of Privileges and Elections in
the Senate, reported two years aso
that if the election Of 1872 was not
void tor fraud, McEnery and his u.
sociates must be recognized.
The Republican Sub Committee 4
Investigation in the House have jut
reported that a clear Consarvatim
majority WAS elected to the Lovm
House of the Legislature last Noyen.
Der. If Mr.. Hoar and his associaln
make substantially the same report
the Kellogg government in I.ouisian,
must be cosidered what it is now IN.
orally believe to be, fraudulent md
illegal. To persist in sustaining j,
after that would be suicidal folly, and
a party which justified its Admins
tration in maintaining State eov.
eminent which its own investigator
had shown to be not the choice Of
the people would lie in danger Of ~.
utilization at the polls.
Is there any thing in these surees.
tons discordant with Republican prin.
ciples: Il it not the first and met
cardinal principle of the party that
equal rights are to be every whep
and firmly maintained in the Unioe
under and by the law, and in no oa.
or way! And is it not precisely Be.
cause their defense has been attempt.
cd by stretching and straining and
wrerciins the law, that the Republ.
can party is SO shaken and rivep y
We see it to-day? Had there been,
prompt declaration By the President
that he would not accept u third M.
ination, had he shown a lesolute %.
position to office holding interference
in politics, had Congress removed ID
obvious objects to its financial bin,
had the performances of Durell al
Casey and Kellogg in Louisiana bssa
severely rebuked, would the Repub-
lican party have been weaker Ard
is there no way to deal with political
errors but to persist in them I We
confess that we ask with some o.
prehensiOn, az We read tho Senss
discussion of tho Louisiana question.
If it be determined there that y
change shall he made, We trust TIT
the Republican press of the csuDtg
will fail to warn tho Presidential
Congress that the c0nsenuoncea m