The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-12
The Political Horizon.

TEG P0E1tRCaA EAOEIAOEO
The intelligent Washington CORES
pendent of the New York Graphic
furnishes the following political pee
dictions:
The statement of Charles FraIcis
Adams, given in a letter to the Nation,
that the Republican majority, In CON
gress is now q "Rump; ;" that it does pot
Tepresenteitherthe country or thepaT$y;
that it is certain to do what it should hot
do, and leave undOne what should be
done and, that the election OF a Demo-
crat in 1876 is morally certain, has ct
tracted a good deal of attention uere,
and brought to light the fact that there
is a number of presidential schemes in
hand in the Republican party based
upon very curious and contradictory
theories. Practical politicians see That
it is Congress which has got into trouble
with the country. The Presidents late
message shows that he realized the 1if-
ficulty in the Louisiana case wheB it
first came up that he then warned Con
gress to take some action that would
be wise and prevent a great scandal to
the Republican party. But Congress
would not act, and has not acted until
this day. The President has had to
deal with a state of affairs which he
did his best to prevent. So in the
financial question, the President in. all
his messages, in all his acts, has Teen
on the side of good currency, of the
restoration of specie payments, anu tOf q
financial system which would insure us
a chance of taking partin the commerce
of the world. But Congress in the past
has been remarkably stupid, and has
always done the wrongthingatthe wrong
time. In the Credit Mobilier SCANDAL
and the Pacific Mail subsidy sc4gdal,
again, it is Congress which has achieved
all the unpopularity and brought shame
upon the administration of the party.
Curiously enough, the corrupt and stupid
fellows who have got the party into
trouble are disposed to blame the ad-
ministration for their own shortcomings
and the disfavor in which they are held
by the country: Although two-thir1s Of
the present House have been lett at
home 10y the recent elections, still the
Authorizations they suffer under are not
cured. 1t is understood that the IIresi-
Dental candidate of the congress- onal
faction is Speaker Blaine of the " rpmp''
of the Republican party, which has
dition. A plot is now afoOt to put him
forward as the candidate to rope lin the
so-called Liberal Republicans, and it is
understood that the New York Tribune
is to be the organ of this new congress
siOnal combination. Foster and Phelps,
having done all they could for the Dem
ocratic party in their late report on the
Louisiana troubles, are to be the high
priests of this new congressional party.
Indeed, the Louisiana committee was
packed, it is said, by Blaine, in order to
give all the aid and comfort possible,
not only to the anti -administration, but
also to the Democratic party. these
people have some wild notion that a
certain set of Democrats and Liberal
Republicans can be brought to break
away from the Democratic party and
unite with the Blaine Republican,, and
SO elect a President. 1t is 0bviOuss how
ever, to practical politicians here that
to-day President Grant is the strongest
MAI in the party. There is nothing yet
people. What Congress has done is no
fault of his. He has been in accord
with public sentiment on all the; great
questions of the day. The rejection,
such as there is, will inure to the benefit
of the Democratic party ; not at all to
the congressional faction which has
injured the administration. 1t lis the
Democratic party which has been made
strong by the recent elections, aid not
the congressional rump or the Liberal
Republican party. And it is we'll under-
stood here that Speaker Blaine, if he
should secure the nomination, wonld be
compelled to run on the congressional
platform, and would be visited with the
condemnation that the country has pass
ed upon Congress. 1t is doubted here
If he could carry a solitary State-not
even his own Maine. 1t would seem
there ought to be brain enough in the
Republican party to save it. It sill has
a vast organization, unlimited means, a
large experience, and habits of dealing
with public affairs; but there is no dis
putting that the present organization of
Congress is exercising a deadly effect
on the fortunes of the party, THE lead
ers a not "rise to the height Of this
great argument" But from present APP
pearances there will be an active can
yass for Speaker Blaine, with the
Tribune as his Organ-or rather a sort
OF dispute between the T5ibaSae and
World as to which shall have the organ
ship Of the incoming administration,