The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1876-09-30
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,


that the legitimate fruits of years ot
human slavery with its bestializing
influences, and of eleven years of ter
rorism, prescription, violence and
bloodshed that have been the rule OF
Democratic action towards every dis
senter from the abhorrent practices OF
that political party since the close OF
the war, are being gathered terri
BILE harvest-in many Southern COM
munities. The situation must be
regarded as in every sense deplorahle
and the verdict of the citizens of this
country next November, will decide
whether republican form of govern
ment is to obtain in the lately rebel
lious States and bring that section in
to accord with the government, or
whether it is to be indefinitely turned
over to the tender mercies of the COM
paratively Insignificant number of
men who ruled it with rod of iron
for the quarter of a century immedi-
ately preceding the war, and who
haveno more fellowship and sympathy
with the political principle underly-
ing the reconstructed Union-equality
before the law-than the Jesuit for re-
ligious freedom and tolerance. They
do not profess to have; and the tone
of the Southern Democratic press is
practically unit in it's advocacy of
auti-republican dogmas and practices
which pervades the governments OF
| the slave States anterior to their re-
volt against the elections in Vermont
and Maine, as we'll as the reports re-
ceived at Republican headquarters in
this city from Ohio, Indiana, the Pa
cific coast and other sections where
the campaign is being vigorously
pushed, are all encouraging to the
friends of the Republic and cores
pondingly depressing to its enc
niles. There is no question bnt that
the retirement of Tilden, since his ex-
posure by the New York Times, has
been, and still is, seriously entertained.
A week or ten days ago it appeared
probable that he would attempt some
sort of a defense of his admitted per
jury and swindling against the gov
ernment. 1t WAS said that he had
leen moved thereto by the very men
who at first advised silence. But
they discovered that with the charges
of disloyalty, swindling OF laborers in
Michigan, wreckirg railroads, his and
Tweed's partnership in their
management of the Empire State De-
mocraey, il there We're added proven
perjury the combined load would
crush the most vigorous " reformer"
that ever disgraced American politics;
hence their change of tactics, hoping
that tue marvellous resources of their
candidate might enable him to hood
wink a sufficient number of votes to
pull him through. But no explanation
has been offered and his managers are
dumb as oysters in the premises.
From careful scrutiny of his most
influential organs, the despair they feel
is very apparent. The wholly absurd
and asinine expe6ients resorted for
the purpose of concealing their fears,
only render them more obvious; and
the most they now dare hope for is to
save the party organization from the
wreck. Their canvass is in stage of
collapse all over the North and West,
save in Indiana, where the former
knights of the Golden Circle, under
their alleged leader Hendricks, are
Inf1hIiSs - ACSpCtobV SVeshA7 a. bilSG TIC
party of progress and equality which
is arranging for final charge in Oc-
tober, reinforced by allies from the
East, flushed with the complete tri-
umpli that crowned their efforts in
Maine and Vermont.
The late letter of Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Conant has dem
onstrated the false character of Demo-
cratic charges of waste, extravaganza,
improvidence and corruption by
which it was hoped TO divert atten-
tion from the odoriferous character of
their own candidate and to bring for
getfulnes as to their party record.
1t answers conclusively every charge
made in that direction during the
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