The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-03-02
The Situation.

AT The FISK OF Dorlng some OF
DIR readers, we shall write n few
lines on that thread bare subject,
"1he Situation,' as the Presidential
10 approaching. In New
Hampshire, OH The 18th of March, and
in Connecticut,on the Sd of April, State
elections will be held which will cx-
ert n large influence on the coming
Presidential campaign, and on its
final result in November. OF this
the Republican party Ia we'll aware.
We are reliably informed that Judge
Edmunds, Postmaster OF Washington
and Secretary Of The. Republican
Congressional Committee, has been
for some time scattering broadcast
over those two States effective politi-
cal documents prepared by writer's OF
ability /; and he is still at the same
work, aided by well disciplined
corps of clerks and other employees.
And Edmunds will keep at work,
too, steadily, until the evening pre-
ceding the November election. lie
is working with a quictness that
amounts TO stealthiness; his Repub-
lican c%o-laborers Of both Houses, in
the meantime, ar:fully and precon-
certedly diverting the attention OF
opposition Senators and Representa-
tive. from the main issuc-the com
ing Presidential elcction-by irritat-
ing them into squabbles on abstrac-
tons, dead issues, or matters Of com
p%aratively minor importance, and by
aggravating Southern men into hasty
utterances, which are carefully col
lated and put in type to he used as
Republican campaign documents. The
National Republican Committee is
also "working" New Hampshire and
Connecticut, and every effort will be
made to carry those States for the
Republican party.
But the question is asked, "what is
the Democratic House doing?' The
answer is, nothing"
1t is not pleasant to be compelled
to record the fact that that body has,
as vet, fallen short of the anticipa-
tions. or, better perhaps, the people OF
the United States. The Democratic
Congressional Committee is doing
absolutely nothing. 1t has not even
held a meeting yet; and If the
Democratic National Committee
is making any effort to secure
the votes Of New Hampshire and
Connecticut, the fact has not been
made known.
The Democratic press must com.
mence, unitedly, and at once. to stil
up the National Committee, aud Con
gressmen generally. and to remind
them that only by judicious manage
ment, strict discipline, and the hard
est kind of work which cannot be
commenced 10 soon, can a Democratic
President be elected. There is toe
much of a disposition among Demo
cratic Congressman to rely for sue
cess in tie Presidential campaign
upon discussions in the Republican
ranks. and upon the general disgust
with Republicanism and the desire
for "a new DEAL" that exists through
out the county. But it should be re,
memberod that it i, not 90 much with
Republicanism that the people of the
North are Disguised as with Grantism
and that if the Republican Conyen-
ton nominatcs a man of pure private
character, with a good public record
who has never been connected will
Grants administration, OF has beer
his friend, associate, defender OF
admirer-if the Republican Conven'
ton nominatcs such n man as that,
as it is possible it may, we shall have
a tough job in beating him.