The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-06
PUBLIC OPINION1

ton place the Democratic party OF New
York In position Of union. harmony
and strength such az 1t has not enjoyed
before for decades. IT they shall be
Convention at st. Louis. and we are
given the leader and the watchword
"Tilden and Reform" the ides t,f No.
veniber will count us brilliant and
glorious victory which will restore to
the Federal Government, and by exam
pie and consequence to al lesser gov
ernments. the purity. efficiency and
economy Of good old Democratic days.
tRochester Union Dem.
Look at the Senatorial gerrymander
Of this city-as planned Nv Davenport
and then say whether the President
of the United States was Justified in
peryerting the Secret Service Fund to
preparation for such fraud. IN. Y.
World DEM
| The Republican leaders perceive that
IT the exposures continue to he made ms
they have begun. defeat at the Pres-
Dental election is certain. They know
how much Is yet concealed. and they
dread the consequences that must fol-
low new proofs OF an organized system
Of robbery and rascality, such as has
already been found in almost every
branch Of the public serviee.-tN. y
Sun Inll
IT Is Of some interest to the people Of
the United States to know what views
are entertained by the Senate I'm rppa,d
to the inoralities involved in the pend
ing npeachment This interest Is IN
tensiied 10y the apprehension that Mr..
Belknap may have company for as all
roads lead to Rome, so every trail of
official putridity points to the heart If
those ooneentric rings which are known
as Administration circles. N. Y.
Tribune Ind)
Whether the leader he Bayard Thur
man. Iilden. Hendricks. or any other
good Democrat, all honest and earnest
men In the party will eheerfully do the
work assigned them. With true and
worthy candidates, and 40 let-up on
Democratic principles. the field can he
readily won.- New Haven Register
DEM
The admission is beginning to be hint
ed more generally in the Republican
papers OF the State that Mr.. Conklinp,
even II nominated. could not carry New
York. The Johnstown journal SAYS go
quite positively, and while praising
Oonkling places Coy. Morgan far ahead
of him IN point Of availability, and sug-
gests also as much better candidates
Mr.. Bristow and Vim. A. Wheeler. IN.
Y. Tribune Und)
II Morton has as much reason to be-
lieve Conkling mixed up with the mis-
deeds OF Gen Schenck's Little Emma
as Blaine has to question the purity OF
Bristow's dealings with the Oanado
Kentuckian Mary Merritt. or as Bristow
has to suspect an Illicit connection Of
Blaine with the Union Pacific, or az
Conkling himself has to charge Morton
with illegally laying hands upon $780,
900 of the public moneys, by all means
let Morton empty his mind. IN. Y.
World Dem)
Some time ago we urged with con
siderable vehemence the propriety of
repeating the two thirds rule in the
National Democratic Convention. No
body seemed to second the motion One
or two Tilden organs have dropped re
marks recently that seemed to suuint In
the direction Of our proposition -TCip |
cinnati Enquirer fDemD
No Republican candidate for the
Presidency has been found outside Of
fthe force bill school, who can carry |
the strength Of his party. That school |
controls the camp followers. and the |
camp followers are the numerical SOW
ereigns' OF the party. Then who is to |
purge the organization OF its rotten
ness? Knoxville Tenn.) Tribune
Dem
have pretty effectually killed off Blaine.
may consider himself the fore
most man at Cincinnati. for the worst
crime that has yet been urged against
him is that he parts his hair In the
middle, and even the responsibility for
that. his partisans maintain belongs
rather TO the head than to the heart =
Louisville CourierJournal Dem)
The manner in which the Republican
press treat the action Of the late Demo
cratic State Convention is strong attes.
lation OF the great moral power welded
by Governor Tilden. He is left upas
sailed, because unassailable. Conflict
ing and shallow criticisms are made.
not upon the essential attitude Of the
Democracy. but upon details which are
distorted to suit the purposes of the
critics. Albany Argus DEM
The Democratic party enters into the
canvass not for the purpose
lf showing which political party is the
most ignoble, not merely for the pur-
pose Of bringing discredit upon Repub-
leans. and with the view Of gaining a
Tictory. because Republicans have gone
wrong. but because the Democrats mean
o show that they are more fit than the
to hold power. RI Charles
on News and Courier Dem.
Mr.. Blaine is seriously damaged by
he knowledge that he left Washington
Q consult with Rollins before his unsat-
sfactory letter was procured. and that
he inquiry addressed to Morton.
Bliss u Go. was adroitly framed to meet
particular condition OF facts. which
Ictually shut out the whole truth Of the /
'64 600 bond business, without compro-
nising their veracity.-[N. Y. Sun Ind
What is the use of Mr.. Jones and
ther gentlemen IN Congress trying to
heat In making our silver coins2 Let ,
hose coins be worth their face. and have
20 fraud about them otherwise green
acks are better. N. Y. Sun nnd.)
Every respectable man in q civilized
oeiety belongs TO n permanent "citi-
ems association " bound to punish dis
raceful conduct with disgrace. bound
0 defend honest men against slander. !
oupd to bring the slanderers OF honest
1en first to contempt and then to chas-
iscment. A society which loses its sen