New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-14


or otherwise, has much reason to com
plain of the result of the late election i
the gallant Hoosier State. It is true, tn
people have preferred the kindly oil
man Blue Jeans Williams to Republican
for their Governor, but they have places
a legislative guard over him. composed o
a Republican majority in both branches
with q probable majority on joint ballot 0
at least ten. And better than this, nin'
of the thirteen members of Congress ar
straight out Republicans, which is wortf
more to our party in this State than al
the other prizes which were SO stoutly
commended for on Tuesday. We find il
this simple statement of the result thu
most complete reasons for encouragement
1t shows that the people of Indiana arr
sound upon national questions, no matter
how they stand upon purely local affairs,
and that while the great popularity of such
man as Williams has wrung hard.
earned victory, such an alien to the hearts
and sentiments of the people as Tilden
has no reasonable prospect of carrying the
State next month.
Indiana may be regarded as sure for
Hayes as Ohio itself, and it will be 50 re-
garded by sagacious politicians through
out all the Northern States. The cred
ulous Democracy of Louisiana have, it is
true, burned little powder in guns bor-
rowed from a Republican State admins
tration to celebrate the success Of the Blue
Jeans Pantaloons; but it will be remem-
bered they did the same last fall when
J. G. Thompson made them believe Allen
was elected in Ohio. 1t is difficult to see
what the Democrats find to rejoice over
in this Indiana election matter. They
have lost both branches of the Legisla-
ture, and more than two-thirds of the
members of Congress. These are SUBJ
stantial Republican fruits, and worth
more than all the blue jeans in the State.
Moreover, the Republicans have gained
such prestige as will assuredly give them
the electoral vote, and what is better still,
this will carry New York, Connecticut,
California, and, perhaps, the "solid
North, to say nothing OF Louisiana and
North Carolina. According to the closest
calculation of the States likely to vote for
Tilden, we can not make out more than
about 119 electoral votes for him, and if
be loses North Carolina, there will be left
or him only 109.
The Southern Democratic politicians
ire, no doubt, deceived altogether by this
close vote in the West upon local ques-
ions. They should take into account the
complete overthrow of such men as Hol-
nan. Hurd, New, Vance, Poppleton. Saw
'ge, Landers and Payne, all members of |
he present House. All last winter they
we're conspiring with the Confederate |
'rigadiers against the interests Of the |
'outh. By their votes committees were
aised to assassinate the private character
+ Republicans, and squander the public
honey upon as villainous swarm of
pies and informers as ever made living
y cumming at the tail end Of political
arty. All these lip servants of the
outh-men who prated of the constitu-
on, State rights, the right Of local gov
rnment and other bosh, while they re-
lsed to vote dollar for our levees or
ny adequate sum for our Mint denied
S relief from the expressions of tur-
ulent and hostile element, and made it
cssible for such men as Fitzhugh,
thompson and other men of their ilk to
,me to disgraceful prominence. All
lese men herded with Sunset Cox, Sam
andall, Ben Hill, Tucker, Lamar and
rector Knott, and while cutting down
lie necessary appropriations for the ad-
Illustration Of the government, gave q
lady assent to every job and scheme to
luander the public money in the inter-
It's of the Democratic party. They have
cen retired into disgraceful obscurity,
Their by their own party or the people,
I'd their noble State, whose name they
ave disgraced all winter, rise again to
e horizon, one Of the bright stars in the
epublican galaxy.
These considerations outweigh all the
oral influences possibly derivable from
e success of the Democratic candidate
r Governor upon purely local issues.
nd they will be felt in the uext election
It'll tenfold force. Mr.. Tilden has but
70 ties with which to attach himself to
e Democrats Of Indiana, and both are
the frailest character. One is the
lpty pretense that he is Democrat;
e other that the most popular Democrat
that State, who was tricked out of the
at st. Louis, by means of
w York strategy, has been put on
e ticket with him as his lieutenant.
trough the whole State the Democrats
sist that the St. Louis convention put
e bottom rail on top, and they feel that /.
e total defeat of the whole ticket in No
mber will be at once rebuke to perfidy
d cunning and a vindication of that
estern political sagacity which advised !.
G selection Of Hendricks to be the ma
nal standard bearer of the party. =
We are thankful, therefore, for the sub :.
antial advantages already derived from
e contest, and confident that at the
xt trial, which will occur within a few
eks, there will be clean sweep made
the last vestiges of Copperhead De-