New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-18
MORE CHEERFUL PROSPECT.

ment in public feeling manifested yester
day. The election Of Mr.. Estilette b
the combined Liberal and Republican
vote showed that the representatives of
majority Of the people the voters ar
ready to harmonic for the public good
In this connection it is but just to remarl
that the rejoicing was not confined to tn,
Republican side. The Conservatives, es
pecially those known as Liberals, wer,
quite as much elated. and justly so
They rejoice that they have at last
emancipated themselves from the tyra nm,
Of that political Old Man Of the Sea. thu
Bourbon States Democracy, which has sc
long ruled them, and stood IN the way O.
practical business
There aye many worthy gentlemen o.
both parties who are justly entitled to the
credit Of having aided to bring about this
happy adjustment, but the chief glory
undoubtedly belongs TO Governor hel-
logg. He went into the work with his
whole heart and gave has personal atten-
| ton to the minu!est details. In all the
negotiations and explanations which pre-
coded the final corsTnmation he appear
ed the tireless, patient director, at times
assuring the timid, again convincing the
doubtful and obstinate. The Clay Statue
| meeting and the vi,lent speeches, the sub
| sequent ''outpouring" at ST. Patrick S
| Hall, and the various other means resorted
to to check the grand movement proved
impotent to turn him from his settled
purpose to have his administration recog-
nized and his authority respected by the
whole world. The President had stood
by him with his powerful support; the
House Of Representatives followed On the
same side, as the debaters ru: it, and the
Senate finally departed from the usual
custom Ct an extra session, and ratified
the decision of the other branches Of the
government.
The result has thus fa. been as crafty
ing as the most sanguine could have ex-
pected, and far beyond what some Of the
more cautious dared to hope for. The
people Of Louisiana are Tor the time, and
for the first time, really on good terms
with each other. There is not sufficient
power OF aggression in the minority to
persecute the large and peaceable class
which constitutes the majority, and there
is no disposition OF the part Of the Re-
publicans and their new political asso-
clates to harm and Cypress anybody.
By his success in concentrating his
grand scheme Of adjustment, Governor
Kellogg has paved the way for perfect
amity IN the future intercourse between
the employer and the .aborer, the mer-
chant ana the consumer, the mechanic
and his fellow artisan. All these worthy
classes can now release themselves finally !
from the domination Of the politi cal hacks |
who have SO long led them by the nose.
1t is the GROWING triumph of Governor |
kellogg's admi nistratioD, and well worth |
the heIculean labor it has cost him. Freed |
from the necessity Of fighting for his off
cial existence, he can now find time to de- |
vote the remainder Of his term 10 consid-
erations Of the public good. The finances
Of the State still heed a steady hand,
clear head and an honest heart. The
,ity is much worse of than the State.
But with peace in politics and true fra
ernal feeling among all classes, even that
Iery difficult and perpleSing question
nay be settled to the public satisfaction
# the Legislature will apply itself to
ne discharge of its legitimate duties, we
hall not only not regret the extra session.
,ut will, if such O. step be neees-
airy, respectfully ask the Governor to
,rolong the time. A grea. deal OF good
an be done in week, however, and with
cams doubled up, they may pull through
he necessary business before Saturday.
Iaving by skillful plotting weathered the
olitical gale which has prevailed during
be frs. half of his adraini stration, the
Governor IS entitled to a calm and pros
erous voyage the rest Of the way. lie .
eseryes It, and should haveit. The rise in
tate bonds which has set in steadily since {
has appeared probable, is an |
,rnest Of the light in which the people i
gard il,
We begin to feel at last a. though the
tate is really reconstructed, and on
Isis stronger than any statute-that of
! agreement among the people, and
9tter understanding between them and
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