New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-06
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For twelve days. from IL N. to 6 P. NJ,
has the Senate of the United States deliber-
ated with closed doors. Great debates,
6erce discussions upon stirring events,
have failed to draw the close attention of
Senators when sitting with open doors and
in view of an admiring throng in the gal
leries. Yet. upon , dry point Of law, like
the question of jurisdiction of the Senate
to impeach . government ruler for high
crimes and misdemeanors, Senators sit for
hours day after day, in chamber within .
chamber, double rows of formidable stone
walls, and double rows Of doors be
tween Senators and those walking in
the corridors of the Capitol. Here
they sit and listen to one another's
speeches, which will never sec the light Of
day and of which no record 10 taken. With
the thermometer at $50 and 800 above zero
Senators swelter and bluster, and occa-
sionally the familiar voice Of the thunder
toned orator, General Logan, 10 recognized
through this senatorial prison for the
nonce. Every Senator has had chance
to freely vent his constitutional views and
his views from party standpoint. 70 that
the Senate - body does not appear to
need further enlightenment upon the quee-
ton OF jurisdiction.
The assertion is beginning to be quite
often made in Republican circles here that
this IL going to be the easiest political cam
paign for the Republicans to fight that has
been known since the party came into ex-
istencs. The ex-rebel House Of Represent
atives has "cut its own throat" by its un-
timely defense of secession, its clinging to
old fossllised principles whipped into de-
cadence by the late civil war - it was
thought. Its failure to produce pure men
and its own household stained with dis.
honesty and corruption and disgraced by
ignorance, the Democratic party split
In twain ON the currency question,
and the hopele ssnees of its leaders
to reunite this element-these are
but few of the reasons which lead many Re-
publicans to look for an easy victory next
fall. Nevertheless, every preparation is
being made here by the leaders of both
parties for . vigorous campaign. Conkling
stock is certainly in the ascendant, and in
that kind of ascendency where the halos
around his political horizon reflect the
brightness of all that is refined and power
full in politics. Statesmanship and
great executive knowledge seem to
be associated with . President like
Mr.. Conkling. In these times OF
scandal, when public men are being
Justly aud urjustly accused of wrong doing
not even the bitterest enemy of Senator
Conkling, if he has any brings, nor can he
find to bring, the least iots of charge
upon which an investigation would be
ordered by men in their right minds. Sena-
tor Conkling, - every man of prominence
freely asserts, has powerful friends, and
standing well with the great States of New
York and Pennsylvania it is said his friends
rely upon coup dStat at Cincinnati which
will show the country how q presi-
Dental nomination can be gained without
resorting to the petty tricks and flusterings
of the huetings.
There is charming ignorance which the
friends of DR.. Nichcls, superintendent of
the government asylum for the insane, dis
play when they attempt to gloss over the
horrible abuses of the superinte ndent. who
is to all unprejudiced minds what some
Christian statesmen have turned out to be
to politics. hypocritical, corrupt fraud.
A Western newspaper correspondent, who
is also to journalism what the above states
men are to politics, seems TO have been car
ried away with the gush of some unin-
formed newspapers by their reiteration
of his "relia bility" and "vigilance az
an investigator" and he has therefore
undertaken to overthrow presidents,
dictate to the country their nominee fol
President, and rule congressional commit
tees as to what conclusions they should en-
body in their reports. This correspondent,
talke of his visit to the institution ID com
pany with others on q like mission; how
their visit was totally unexpected by the
superintendent and associates Charming
innocence and simplicity; how admirably
arranged the visitors found everything, and
how kindly the patients were treated, etc
To attempt to gail sensible people with sucf
outrageous assertions in times when honest
decent people are taking their solemn oaths
before their Maker that the Black Hole o.
Calcutta vas paradise to this hot hole O
the internal regions, is simply infamous
Religion and hypocrisy have served MANI
q rascsl's purpose, but it is sin and cry
ing shame that this superintendent and his
newspaper defender should use that cloak
although accustomed to wear it ordinarily
when such outrages upon unfortunate hu
msnity are perpetrated as come to ligh
through Nichols management of the govern
ment insane asylum" ~ God forgive thos'
who allowed the word above quoted tt
stand as part of the title to an institution
which was practicing the horrors of the in
QUESTION, endsngering the people with th'