The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-11
PUBLIC OPINION.

PUBLIC OPINION.
| The Virginia Republicans-p fell
| lowS-are In quandary about this
matter of sending delegates to Gin
cinnati, and hero we are within week
Of the day 9th Lynchburg Convention.
! They were all for Grant until Grant was
shelved by Belknap. Then they leaned
| towards Morton when word came from
tho North that Blaine was the coming
man But now little bird from
Washington whispers Conkling in their
| gigantic ear, and they prepare with one
voice to shout for the favorite son OF
the Empire State" 1t is to be hoped
that this latest order from Washington
will not be revoked. Why not rest on
Conkling? He can carry Virginia as
easily as any other Republican. But
that is not saying much FOR him, we
admit. Rjchm0nd Euq,trer (DeptJ
The unexpected increase OF the Dem
Ocratic malorities in Connecticut has
not added to the comfort of tho Repub
lcan Presidential candidates. Now
Hampshire has never been looked upon
as otherwise but pretty sure Republi-
can State, but Connecticut is always
considered us battle ground. Connecti-
cut, New Jersey and Now York generally
vote together, and the result is scored
one for the Democracy. The municipal
election in Cincinnati, and the town
elections generally in Ohio, are re-
garded ut Washington as very favorable
to the Democrats Mobile RegiSter
| (Dem.J
II tho President and Robson could
take ambition Of money ut time from
the public treasury to prop up the
| bankrupt concern OF Jay Cooke a. Co.,
| Iot h.,r ti,,I,y,I No, 81 h n
public money to help other parties-and
to make the treasury q jobbing agent
for stock iobber5?-W0btte Adrerttser
| (Dent).
The result in Connecticut forecasts tho
| Presidential result. 1t shows that old
time Republican States which have
thrown off the Republican yoke are not
going to resume it again. 1t shows that
the Democratic Republican majority OF
! the country has cryStalized into solid
and effective power. This party Is not
a loose cong!omcration Of opponents to
! the Administration; it is u thoroughly
compact or united organization, moving
| irresistably forward to the control Of the
Republic dDapy ArJuS (DenD.
Last week we hoisted the name Of
Gov. Samuel j. Tilden, of New York, as
our first choice for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. With his
hard money principles he can control
all the great financial centres, and car
rying the thirty-five electoral votes Of
his own great State, together with those
Of New England and the South, his
election will be assured beyond pread-
venture. He is q good man, was sound
Union man, thorough reformer, and
his record unimpeachable- T0Hey Sen
tUei, GrecnT00d, Miss, (Dem)
Tho Vicksburg Hcrald, speaking of
MOrtOn'9 yeXatiOn at not securing a
united delegation from Mississippi, init
mates that the Mississippi boys have
two much political acumen to throw
| themselves awaJ on any candidate
through sentimentality; that they are
open to substantial reasoning, and will
vote for the candidate who is the most
convincing. - CO,uicr-Jo,u7tat (Dcm.)
| The Republicans continue to make
outcry against Bell. He is in their eyes
not merely villain, but, as Curran
once put it, "nayfrangeous villain"
Yet he has been doing Republican duty
for several years, and was but u little
while ago the trusted friend Of the Pres
ident. During the war the fate OF armies
depended on his word. Since the war
he has help run the outrage mill. After
all this, We are told that he is q dead
beat detective, an impudent impostor
a lying knavc who must not be taken
on oath. Is it hot rather late in the day
for the Republicans to go back on Bell?
They accepted him as d witness against
the South and must accept him as a
witness against themselves; he is their
witness and they cannot escape him.
Rascal that he is, there are too many
corrOboratiye circumstances sustaining
his testimony in the present Instance.
courier JOuTndl fDenO.
The New York Times sets an example
in honesty to those Republican journals
which are trying to extract consolation
from the Connecticut election It saws
that ''the relative strength of the two
parties stands pretty much where it did
III April last" This is the exact truth. |
And as it is in Connecticut, so it is else
where; the two parties stand in each |
State where they stood on their last |
largest vote. There being no reaction |
IN favor of the Republicans, the triumph |
or the Democracy is assured, unless |
they throw away their opportunities. =
albany Argus (Dem.l
Mr.. DANA AND THE SENATE.-Mr. Dana
is not confirmed because he wrote a let
ter that any gentleman would have
written in the same circumstances. His
defeat Will tend to remove from the
shoulders Of the President some portion
OF the responsibility for many very bad
appointments, for people will now rea-
son that the President knew the Senate
better than others did all the time, and
that he appointed to vacancies as good
men as he could get confirmed N Y.
Herald (Lnd)
The Senate, after refusing to confirm
the nomination OF Mr. Dana, has con-
firmed that Of Joseph G. Bennett, who
was nominated police commissioner,
and who is charged with receiving
$4,000 Of the Pacific Mail corruption
But we mustn't be too hard on
the conscript fathers. They have a
limited field to select from, and it
wouldn't do to let in a Confederate.
Courier Journ0l (Den1.)
Within the past few days there has
been wonderful falling off in the Re
publican press of the talk about the
country being willing to put up with
from the Republican party
rather than trust the Democracy. Con
necticut has broken on New Hampshire
like a Massachusetts DAM Courier
Journal DEM !