The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-21
PUBLIC OPINION.

the Democratic candidate would u
least insure thorough change. Il Gin
cinnati Commercial und.)
We are sorry for Schurz. He has pu
himself In u position where he will tDt
that his situation Is like that Of gene
raj without an army. The Liberal Ger
mans throughout the country are al
That is the inevitable drift OF the Ger
man vote. and Schurz cannot stop it.
dubuque Herald Dem.)
To our mind, Coy. Hayes letter oI
acceptance is deficient in but one thing
We must fight this campaign squareiy
upon the issue OF protection against free
trade. II is to be regretted that our
candidate could not have added to an
already admirable letter some declara-
| ton that he was in sympathy with his
party in this vital matter. Phiadel-
phia North American Rep)
Neither the Republican party nor any
| man or party OF good sense Is nowadays
responsible for President Grants ac-
tions. We doubt very much whether
he himself Is responsible for his acts.
The hot weather has apparently turned
his brains into sour milk Chicago
Journal Bepl
The coming campaign will be short.
sharp and decisive, and the result
doubtful. To elect their candidates, we
believe, will require extraordinary exer-
tions on the part OF those who wish to
maintain Republican supremacy Quite
as likely as not, before another year
rolls round, the ins will be out and the
outs In, and the land will be torn with
the walls Of disappointed office seekers.
Denver tCol) Mirror Rep)
The President is not giving his atten-
tion to helping the Republican party
just now, or II he il, his work, though
possibly well intended, Is i'll advised
Worcester Spy tRep.)
It is not TO be denied that there Is a
good deal of doubt about the great
struggle in November. The Republi-
calls have majority in the city OF Phil
adeiphia, which insures them the State
If all goes we'll But il there is consid-
erable disaiioction In the city the State
Is uncertain; in point OF fact, 1t Is nearly
sure to go for the Democrats. There is
great deal Of trouble in the Republi-
can ranks Philadelphia Item und.J
For two or three months passed the
President has been pursuing n strange
policy in reference to several matters,
which his best friends are at loss to
explain. Ii there is anything hidden
inside workings of the Administration,
the quicker the revelation is made the
better. New Haven Journal (Rep.)
Mr.. Jewell has administered the Postal
Department with rare efficiency and
purity, and he is the last man in the
Cabinet whose removal would have been
suggested by the public. President
Grant may suppose himself strong
enough To continue this unaoCountable
method OF dealing with capable Off
cials; but II he is we altogether mistake
the facts OF the situation. Il Newark
Courier (Rep.)
The only possible explanation that
can be offered for this great loss to the
country of the services of SO useful an
official is that Mr.. JEWELS friends had
the temerity to urge his nomination be-
fore the Cincinnati Convention as can
didate for the Presidency. Gen. Bris-
tow was forced from the Treasury, and
for the same offcnso Mr.. Jewell Ii turned
out. Two better men were never so
struck down than Bristow and JEWELL
| philadelphia Inquirer Rep.)
The change In the Cabinet yesterday
indicates desire on the part of the
President to have the postal service
under the supervision and control Of u
terest In the success Of Republican
principles in Indiana next October
| National Republican Grant Organ.)
To explain the motives which in
influence President Grant In his poll
tical appointments is not an easy task
to excuse his manner Of making them |
Is impossible. Ii he wanted to replace |
one OF his grooms by new one the |
shortest way would be to tell the OBJ |
structive one to seek q new place And |
Ii a groom, why not Cabinet Minister? |
Mr. Pratt, Commissioner Of Internal |
Revenue, has also resigned. He very
foolishly wanted to have some say in the |
OF the men for whose Off !
cial acts he Is responsible. .-I Philadel- |
phia North American (Rep)
Secretary Cameron is now planning
his campaign In the reconstructed States |
liance Of the ballot, by bayonets and |
Gatlin guns. Nor does Secretary Came
ron rush to the overthrow of the ballot,
and probably to the studied breach OF |
the peace OF the whole section, without |
knowing his reward. He is to wrest
victory from the people at the cost OF |
aw and OF blood IL need be. and Mr..
Hayes is to crown the chieftain with the
highest honors OF his administration.
Phlladelphla Times tlnd.)
Since the retirement Of Secretary
Bristow and Bluford Wilson. President
Grant has broke loose and proposes to
slect Hayes and Wheeler in the old Re-
publican way. He is turning out all the
honest and trusty revenue officials
which Mr.. Bristow had put In office,
md is using the Whisky Ring and its
hieves 0 carry on the Republican
One Of the movements in
his direction was continuing the
Whisky Ring trials in the United States
Jourt in this city, Illinois State Reg
ster Dem.)
The appointment Of J. D. Cameron as
secretary of War, Of Zach Chandler as
OF the Interior-the pressure
which made Bristow's life In the Cabi
let intolerable-th decapitation of all
ubordinate officials who were Jealous
n prosecuting the plunderers OF thes
evenue, and. finally, the discharge Of
postmaster General Jewell for no known
ffense except that he had shown his
for reform and his aversion !
DR. the corruption about him, all go to J