New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-13
Especial Correspondence Of the Republican,
NORTHERN POLITICS.
Confederate Democratic Political Sharp.
shootiug-Its Final Breakdown.

The New York World opens the bAsiness |
of the week with the following bit of edito- |
rial comment upon Republican things and
Republican men:
The charges against Senator Conkling in |
the lock case ere not yet disposed of. The
Rochester Express, which promised card |
in explanation from Mr.. Sargent of that |
city has failed, the Associated Press tells |
US, to produce it, while the Union, in an |
article alluded to in our dispatches yester-
day and to-day sent to qs in full, reitera.es rs
the matter publicity as current news,
which, as it affected the character Of . |
presidential candidate, We thought IL
ought to be explained by his friends.
Like most of the scandals against prom.
pent Republicans, it doubtless had ITO
origin within Senator Conklings own camp
We have no special enmity to senator
Conkling in the matter; far from 1t. He is
simply paying the penalty OF running 1oI
office h9ainst few of his dear friends and
associates. We look on the quarrels OF these
disunited brethren with simple desire to
see fair play. If We have any other feeling
on the only dm 3hn sors 81 cSps
are making of the weak points in their
leading candidates may result in convincing
ReDublican journalists that it will be safer.
% it aiuly will be more respectable, for
them to leave their mud throwing artillery
at home " hen they 60 into the presidential
contest.
Tho World makes three important state
ments in this short paragraph, eachof which
deserves special and separate treatment
First. we are told that the national organ
of the Confederate Democratic party had
NO other interest in circulating reports cal
culated to injure q distinguished Repub-
Gcaa statesman than the interest which any
enterprislng newspaper takes in publishing
ners. Very clever and very neat, this But,
unfortunately for itself, the World did not
rest, like prudent or really disinterested
witness, with this disclaimer, The writer
proceeds to attack the Republican party,
and seeks to SOW the seeds of personal riv-
airy in its ranks by charging that this at
tack on Cenkling, like that upon Morton,
the Psesidens and others, originates in the
Republican camp. This insinuation will be
noticed when We come to the consideration
of the last clause of this adroit editorial
paragraph. The World is kind enough to
declare that it looks on ''the quarDels OF
these disunited brethren with q simple
desire to see fair play" Fortunately for the
country the national Republican party is
composed of materials which are not easily
"disunited." There was never time when
the party was more united in principle or
purpose. Men of all shades of opinion are
surrendering personal convictions and
wishes in order to make sure Of the election
of Republican Pre4ldent next fall. 1t is
admitted that there are men of strong con-
victions and of strong personal individuality
of character inside of the Republican party,
but these men are not going to destroy the
party itself to please the Confederate-Dem-
ocratic leaders. The Republican organiza-
ton is strong enough to do all the work OF
reform which lies before it, the most impor-
tsnt of which consists in Americanizing the
Confederate South, the schemes Of such
papers as the World to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The fine point of the editorial from the
World quoted as above will be found in the
closing paragraph This paragraph is 80
carefully worded and embraces withall so
much. within small compass, that it will
bear the repetition which l nov give it:
If we have any other feeling on the sub
iect. fthe Quarrel Of "disunited" Repub-
lican brer hren) says the World, it is (bad
grammer. by the way). only dim sort OF
hope that these exposures which the Repub-
licans are making Of the weak points IN
their leading candidates may result m con-
yincing Republican journalists that it will
he safer, as it certainly will be more
respectable, for them to leave their mud
throwing artillery at home when they 60
into the presidential contest.
Now submit to any candid reader If he
or she ever met with finer sample OF po-
liticar "stop-thiet" diplomacy than is
developed in this paragraph from
the. New York World. Why this
same paper teemed last fall with edi-
torial and other appeals to the Con-
federated House of Representa-
tiyes at Washington to concentrate all the
opposition fire on the corruption Pf the ad-
ministration and the Republican party
The whole campaign of scandal is not only
of Democratic origin, but of the New York
CITY Democratic origin per Sc, and OF the
New York World circle of particularly
and of fact And now when this whole
schems of defamation has come to grief,
and when the reaction of popular disgust
hasset in against it, we have the World, the
foremost hog in the herd OF politl'
cal mud-digging swine, rushing madly
before the people, with tail in double
knotted twist of excitement, and with
snout smeared to the very eyes with politl
cal miro, enorting forth the sounds OF
"Down with political sharpshooting,'
"Down with defamation of private charac
ter,""Down with Paul Pryism in politics.
"Let us have decency," LET US have fail
dealing" .'Let the Republican party come
forth and stand for principle, for issues, fo'
ANYTHING worthy the name OF American
s.atesmansh,p" There are some exhibitions
of affrontery which literally overwhelm US
The sudden sOmersault of the New YorA
World in this mud artillery business
furn;snes one of these exhibitions Ol
oyerpo wering impudence. We calmly stand
before this exhibition of political "cheek
and exclaim with Falstaff, "Lord, hear the
World" etc.
The attack on Mr.. Conkling, like the re-
cent attack on Mr.. Morton's war record
is only adding to the tide of reaction which
has now set IN against the Paul 'Pry dlplo
macy of the Conteders 5e-Democratic party
as manifested in it's proceedings at Wash
iugton. l presume you have already PUB