The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-18


THE 1nPUDL1CAN TICKET. -
| The ticket put in the neld By th,
Cincinnati Convention e, II some re
spects, probably the strongest that tn
Republicans could have selected, while
ia others II II certainly the weakest
Gov. Hayes has not, We believe, sharply
antagonised any Of the great leaders ol
the party, and I'll the defeated aspiranta
for the nomination will find It easy to
cordially unite in his support. He is
hard money man Of the strictest sect
and IL may therefore be presumed that
he will please the East. But the equivo.
cal utterances Of the platform upon
which he stands; his Western pro-
clivities, and the we'll known unsound-
ness OF many OF tho ablest and
most eminent Republican chiefs OF
his section, are facts we'll calculated
to alarm the great money section Of the
Union, and weaken it, confidence even
In the man who wrested tho rag baby
from Uncle william Aliens arms and
spanked Il soundly, II he did not
strangle It In Ohio.
In the last gubernatorial election In
Ohio the anti Catholic sentiment played
an active part and contributed largely
to the election Of Hayes. It may be
safely assumed, therefore, that he will
now receive the cordial support Of that
narrow and fAnatical element Of the
country.
It ID affirmed that the personal char
acter Of Gov. Hayes b impregnsble, and
we are not prepared to question the
assumption; but the personal qualities,
alone. Of no man, however pure, are In
. time like this . guarantee that, II
elected to the Presidency, his Admins
tration will be national. just and wise.
The strongest intellect and most reso-
lutte character would be scarcely able
now to change the course Of the admin
istration OF the Government and steer It
out of the furious current Of prohigacy
and extravaganza into which It has
drifted. The administration OF Re-
publican President, however wise and
pure he may be, will be under the irre-
sistihle influences OF the leaders OF his
party, who have shaped the policy Of
the Government for 30 many disastrous
and shameful years. Gov. Hayes may
be a most worthy man, but II he is
elected to the Presidency his Admins
tration will be largely controlled by
Morton, Conkling, Logan, Blaine and
the other leaders Of the party who have
created In our politics what is now
known as Grantism. As the New York
Herald said last week, whoever bears
the standard Of the Republican party in
this fight carries Grant perched upon It.
We doubt II the nomination OF Gov.
Hayes will evoke any very wild enthu-
siasm throughout the North and West
at this time. His name 10 not 40 identi-
fed with the reconstruction infamy as
that Of Conkling and Morton, and there
IL not that smell Of blood upon his gar
ments which arouses the fiendish pas
sions Of his party. But as the canvass
advances and the sectional character Of
the platform 10 more fully understood,
we will find the nominee rsllying .
mighty strength; and when It becomes
clearly manifest that all the influence,
legitimate and illegitimate, Of the Ad-
ministration are being exerted In his
behalf, and tits plainly seen TINT Hayes,
like Grant, or Morton. or Blaine, Is rep
resenting all the bitterness Of Northern
sectionalism, all the profligate meas
ures of the past eight years, and all the
rings and political plunderers who in
fest the service. the full and enthusias-
tic strength Of his party will be drawn
out in his favor.
In the nomination Of Gov. Hayes we
confess that we see none OF those hope
ful signs which have impressed our con-
temporaries. The Republican party is
hopelessly corrupt; it has subordinated
all public interests to its partisan ends
It has desolated some OF the finest
States in the Union; 1t has paralyzed
trade and industry; it has kept alive
the bitter spirit Of sectionalism, and pre-
vented the restoration Of that good will
between the North and South essential
to the peace and prosperity OF the
country; and, finally, In place Of the
just and constitutional government Of
our fathers, 1t has given us gigantic,
corrupt and shameless despotism. The
one way to reform that party and reme-
dy the evils It has wrought, is to de-
stroy it. Gov. Hayes IS now the repre-
sentative OF the principles and policies
OF the Republican party. and the best
interests OF the country-the reform OF
the civil service, the overthrow OF Sec
tionalism, and the restoration OF the Con-
stitution- that he shall be de
feated.
An effort has been made to identify
the Eame Of Lieutenant Governor Penn
with the third party movement, and to
represent him as opposing the Demo-