New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-04
ADECISIVE DEFEAT.

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ical status of eighty-two congressiona
and electoral constituencies. This, w
should suppose will cause the Democrat.
to take down the name which has hereto
fore occupied the political signboard, and
even to strike off the "Co.' which ha'
represented the Wings and malconten
Republicans. We apprehend that thu
title Of Democrat will be sunk and th'
unterrifed will endeavor to carry on bust
ness under some alias or agency, as il
done in most fraudulent failures. Tha
Democracy has made most fraudulent
failure is evident from the opposite pre-
lenses under which it has done business
| in distant States. We need not agair
enumerate them. Ohio and Pennsylvania
explain the consequence of running two
establishments upon wind drafts upon
each other. The additional reason to
maintain our theory is that the telegraph
has destroyed the Democratic party by the
instantaneous and simultaneous exposure
of their confidence system.
We shall expect a proceeding in the
nature of involuntary banruptcy, in which,
while the heads Of the insolvent concern
insist upon being allowed to continue and
conduct the struggle the junior partners,
employees or creditors will demand that it
be put in liquidation. 4,.
Such conclusive and unexpected de-
feat can not be fully explained on the in
slant, but we may be allowed the express
sion of theory on the subject: l. The
Republicans had become overweening in
their confidence and careless of the men
who represented the party officially.
Hence, there were a great many in the
army Of oficeholders and representatives
who abused their trust and bartered the
good name Of their party for the advance
ment of their own personal interests.
This incensed the American mind, and
led to the investigation of the Credit
Mobilier in Congress and the prosecu-
ton Of frauds in the customhouse and
Interior Department The Democracy
led the lobbies in all these schemes, but
they incurred no responsibility and really
rendered their friends service by furnish
ing evidence of Republican dishonesty.
Fortunately for the Republican reform
that knife which cuts both ways-called
for like morality in the Democratic
party. The charnel doors of Tammany
were flung open, and there was exposed
to the American mind such spectacle of
moral decomposition as spread its fra
GRANGE throughout the Union. Tweed, a
Democratic Senator by Demo-
cratic constituents after the exposure of
the grossest frauds ever known on this
continent-was made manifest to the pub
lie olfactories. Tweed, who signed him
self statesman" was transferred from
the Senate to cell. His curgle chair of
ivory was replaced by wooden bench,
and his flaming senatorial toga substituted
with zebraic suit. Democracy used all
its influence to liberate him. They would
have padded the wooden bench, and OBJ
liberated the stripes with which justice
had listed his paunch and posterior. He
was an honorary convict. A suffering
saint martyred for the Democracy. The
ablest counsel we're and are at work to Sc
cure to Tweed and his posterity the fruits
Of his enormous frauds.
Democracy fell into the course of re-
form which had been demanded of the
They went square back on
Tweed! After having accepted his ser
vices and obeyed his commands for years;
after having run their city elections on
the public. money which he had swindled
from the people themselves, the Democ-
racy went square back on their pal, con-
and benefactor. They exhgmed
and galvanized respectable politician,
Who had never been regarded during the /
regime Of Tweed, and set him after
Tweedsu He pursued this great robber as
! terrier would q rat, and treated hinas
above. .s,..5n.assI .
All would not do. The reputation of
Jackson and hard money in Ohio, the
affectation of integrity in New York
nothing-eould deceive the American
sagacity. The people meant to chastise
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