The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-12
PUBLIC OPINION.

The class which give power with rs IS ,he
people who do not know Their leaderS,
who are governed by clamor, passion
State pride, sectional aspirations. 10
thom Blaine. Morton. Conkling are en-
signs, pcnnants, and after they nave
been blown and tattercd in few storms
new lag with new name, IS relicl,
and they cheer it. as heartily as the ola
one. England selects positive, Whlic we
are apt to be content with negative lead-
crs. This Is what gives the Unknown
Man an Importance which we Wouia
much rather he did not possess an I'M
portanco which nc will always nave, SO
long as conventions throw ASIDE 'al-
houn. Douglas, n Webster, u Chaso
and - Seward, who can lead, and take
uu Harrison, Scott, a Polk, a Plefce,
n breckenridge and Grant, who can
run.-N ftr YORK. Herdld (Id.J
Although tho Nashville Convention oi
Colorcd Men adopted resolutions lndorS-
ING and rcafiirming devotion and al
florence to the Republican party, 1t may
be considered sure thing that III the
Southern States, ut lpast, there VIII nnt
be that unanmity Of devotion and ad-
| hcrcncc in the future that mas bech
manifest in the past.
The white people Of these States have
only to adopt policy Of Cancellation,
and give TO the negroes assurances thitt
their civil and political rights shall be
rcspected, to break the color line Tor
! ever. and, upon political issues, DIVIDE
! the colored vote as the white is divided.
cincinnati commercial tind. RcpJ
Though slow in discovering this truth,
the moro Intelligent blacks have now
como to u realizing sense of it, and pro
pose to part company with those VINO
| have not only failed to fulfill the prom
Uses made to them, but have been the
chief agents in the misgoyernment OF
the States. and for whose conduct the
blacks arc themselves held partly re
sponsiblc II the negroes Should SET
! the wholesome example Of independent
voting in the South we might roaSona-
bly, expect to find it in practice among
the whites, and in that case all appre-
tensions OF serious dissen5ionS ana pos
sible bloody tumult, growing out OF pc,
liticai division on the line OF color, mlgh'
be dismissed. CUciandH CommeTctd
| ina. Rep.J
In refusing to seat PinChback as Sen
ator. the Republicans evidently have
gained but little. He has considerable
influence with people Of his color, and
at the national convention OF colored
men at Nashville he minated, while
another eminent speaker advised, tha'
the negroes of the South should volt
for honest and competent men. lgnor
ing party lines 1bdnv 1,guS tDem.l
When the obtaining Of an office undel
Government or otherwise, costs as much
and in many cases five or ten times a.
much as the office lcgitimately amounts
to, who wonders at corruption, filth
pollution, and national degradation il
high places, from President to pount
keeper? The sooner we initiate the long
experienced workings OF 'effete Govern
mcnt" in some respects, at least, tn
better for us as a people and nation
AuItStn COnSfitutiOndiiSt (Dem.)
Decidedly the most startling eXpOsur
I of the hour is that contained in COlone
, Whtley'5 testimony before portion 0
gagged in unraveling the mysteries O
the Safe Burglary case. Col White
l goes back to its starting points, and dc
! clares that the original orders emanate
from Gen. Babcock. That vile con
spiracy, in which burglars were hire
to assist in making an honest citize
gs s3Gfc9 y $1oh2* q9Yfg hh beer w tF32f STAT
enough during the trial that high AT
thority had sanctioned tn \. T'
buue (H,d.)
Congress is again engaged in discuss
3 ing what policy shall be adopted in re
!, gard to the control Of "the wards Of tn
nation" The opinion seems to be gel
eral that some new policy shall be pul
sued in the future. The Times venture
to suggest to the Great Father and to a
the chief palefaces at Washington tha
honesty is the best policy" in trea
ing red men, white men, and black mer
, Every other policy has been tried; tn
, war policy, the peace policy, and miN
! ture Of both, and each has been abar
!, doned. The policy Of honesty has neve
been tried, but there is every reason t
believe that it would prove eminentl
: successful Chjcago Times (btd)
, Schenck's explanation, any bushes
man or lawyer can see. is a confession
, Of facts which would in civil proceed
!, ings render him liable TO the share
holders, and which would make
necessary for grand jury to indict hin
for q conspiracy to defraud if he wa
within reach Of process The NatioY
(LtdJ.
There is evidence of an attempt to &c
up political debate in the Senate, il
; which the Southern Senators will los
their heads and say vicious and foolisl
,, things. But with Boutwell, to wave tn
bloody shirt, the Southerners can vel
afford to sit back and laugh. 1t is no
ticeable that none Of them were be
trayed into violent language by Bout
We'll Is Snect-lrOn thunder ABOUT lnOtle
.. civil war Boston Herdid Ind.
Gen Babcock was before the Hous
Committee on judiciary yesterday, AM
denied all knowledge Of the safe bur
glary affair. Whitley testified, on Fri
day, that be set up the job under in
structious from Babcock. The issue o
veracity is a flat one. But why wa
Whitley discharged the Secret Service
Cincinnati Commercial IND. Rep
Hon. John M. Franeis-editor of th,
Troy Times, and the leading Republican
journalist of the State outside of New
rk-prOnounce5 in the heartiest man
ner for Roscoe Conkling Mr.. Francis
believes in New York and New Yorl
statesmen. He will not follow Curt.
and the Yankee ring which controls the
Union League. He stands by his State
all the time, and by the representative
Republican OF the State. Mr. Francis
could not write as fascinating an essay
as Mr. Curtis on the 'way to behave }
and on fashions. When it comes to pol
itics he has the sense and the foresight
which distinguished Mr.. Greeley.-N
Y. Herald Hnd)
There is no longer any talk Of an old
fashioned Democratic ticket. 1t was
plentiful and noisy enough at the be-
ginning Of the session, but it has all
died away, little by little. The Hen
bricks enthusiasm has evaporated
Bayard is only fascinating dream i'm
possible Of realization, OF Thurman
there is some solid residuum remaining,