New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-16

convention, and the House of Represen-
tatives responded by electing to the Sen
ate the very man who led the friends Of
that measure. Mr.. Mari, who initiated
this last movement against adjustment, re-
ceived but one vote in the legislative eau
Gus. The grateful Booth voted for his
kindred spirit, and thus did all in his
power to ratify the action of "Governor"
McEnery, who had conferred upon him
the high honor and distinction of sue
| ceeding ex-senator elect" DR.. McAillen.
While, therefore, the Democrats have
Numbered and lost, the Conservatives have
gained an advantage. They have COM
mitted the whole Democratic party to the
adjustment and the validity of the kel-
logg government. McEnery, Mari and
the revolutionary movement have been re-
pudiated, one OF the most liberal minded
gentlemen in the State, one who has
never been genuine Democrat, though
not Republican, has been preferred to
the whole brood Of small fry politicians
who impudently pretended to speak in the
name of the ''people of Louisiana" only
week before.
The Democrats in Congress fully un-
derstand the weak points in the Bourbon
position. They know that so far from
its being the voice of Louisiana which
late EN- anated from st. Patrick Hall, it
Was not even that Of the Democratic party
itself. Take the chief mover in that meet
ing, himself at the time the appointee of
the moot Governor of the Bourbon faction
for the United States Senate, and an
urgent applicant for election by the Leg
islature. Where is he? Dished. Booth
merely called attention to the calamity by
bringing his name before the caucus. It
would have been friends part to remain
silent, and let the world, such Of it as
could do so presume he was not a candi-
date, Mr.. Mari is personally an amiabie,
strictly honest man. He is not brilliant,
nor very practical, but he is sincere, and
believes the great importance which he
attaches to little things strikes the world
as it does him. But his defeat was
simply and solely due to the disap-
prevail Of the policy be had urged
upon his party Following his lead, they
came to the jumping-off place, and went
over. The party-his wing Of it-had
come to such point that it was necessary,
and at the same time fatal to go into the
election Of United States Senator. DR..
SIcMillen did more harm than he sup
posed when he threw the Senatorial man
lie in McEnery's face. 1t put in motion
he whole theory of political duty, and
made it necessary to elect his successor or
Ibandon the claim. In appealing to the
as reconstructed, and i'm
'loring Governor Kellogg to sign Mr.. Eus-
is credentials, the Bourbons have quite
,iven themselves away. They have finally
nd detinitively acquiesced in the compro-
Mise: surrendered the trifiing advantage
which they boosted at the late-convention,
nd received the satisfaction of seeing
very actorin it completely ignored. The
if. which We detected week ago las
rown yawning chasm. The Conserva-
ives are already talking of making terms
18th the Republicans, on the basis of an
quail division of State offices, and what
lay seem still more strange, the latter
stem with attention. Perhaps the Demo-
rat will see, in few days, what we did
hen we announced that its party acting
nder its advice, had blundered.