The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-26
wALroLE AND HEWITT.

upon o bold and aggressive une Oh Up
position to the fraudulent inauguration
OF Mr.. Hayes have failed. The utmost
that the most resoIute and dauntless Oh
the leaders have been able to commit
all elements of the party TO. ID q bill Tor
a new election, which will BIO defeated,
and q bill authorizing quo ndrrdnto
proceedings Ia the Supreme Court.
which will be little else than the adver.
tisement OF roaring farce" In which
Uncle Sammy will be tho leading
buffoon.
Mr.. Blackburn, Of Kentucky. pro.
posed d line Of action which
meant business. He proposed, that the
House should declare that the Tribunal
had violated the spirit Of tho electoral
bill, and that, therefore, It's decisions
were not binding; and further, that the
House should decline to join the Ben.
ate In proelaiming Hayes President; ;
refrain from participating In his inaugu-
ration, and finally, refuse TO recognize
hts authority.
The plainest man can understand
such programme as this. It Ia the
proper programme for party which
assumes that the opposition has vio-
lated tho constitution and the laws. aud,
through fraud and perjury, usurpod
the highest offices and powers OF
the Republic. The scheme OF Cameron,
Morton and Chandler, was n conspira.
cy TO establish usurpation. The line OF
action proposed by Mr.. Blackburn
meant revolution to resist usurpation
and preserve the supremacy Of law and
Justice. Tho Eepu blicans are united
upon the scheme Of Cameron, Morton
and Chandler; but, unfortunately, the
ealkneed Democracy had not the
spirit TO rally to Mr.. Blaokburn's vigor-
Gus and only practicable plan Of resist
anoe, and have adopted policy which,
even II IL shall be successful, can
only serve to prolong political ag.
itation and excitement. without
atfording any guarantee that the
result will give victory to the friends OF
The constitution. peace to the country,
Or stability TO thegovernment.
This unfortunstp situation--a situa-
ton out OF which may arise usurpation,
civil strife, disastrous change and COM
mercial prostration, and which fur
nishes little hope Of permanent peace
has been brought about by the eonspic-
uous imbecility and cowardlee OF Demo.
cratic leaders, and notably the imbecil-
ity and cowardice Of Hon. Abram
3. Hewitt. chairman OF the National
Democratic Committee.
Never more than In the recent man.
agement of the parties ut Washington,
has the Importance Of boldness and de-
In political leadership, In
and critical times, been exhib-
tied. Ignorant jewellers, with q certain
amount OF cunning, ambition and per-
tinacity, have. In ordinary eras some-
times successfully conducted the affairs
Of State and directed the settled policies
of political parties. Maeaulay cites the
Duke Of Newcastle--a Ounce and driv-
eller-as a remarkable illustration OF
this fact. But there are occasions when
the highest courage Ia required In a
leader, and when, X he Ia deficient In
that quality, the best and strongest
cause 10 paralyzed by his. management,
and he himself becomes justly an object
OF supreme derision and contempt. II
with more than the intellect. Mr. Hewitt
had possessed half the sturdy manhood
of old Sir Robert Walpole, tho country
had not been disgraced by the Electoral
nor the Democratic party,
and broken, become an OBJ
ject of ridicule and disgust. There
we're before his time, and there have
been since, many wiser statesmen and
greater ministers than Sir Robert Wal
pole; but there have been few In any
time who 80 conspicuously displayed
that high quality OF courage, OF which
Mr.. Hewitt in, the last canvass and In
recent events displayed so conspic-
uous deficiency, and which was SO alb
necessary to the man who held
his position and pretensions In the
Democratic party.
No one, now, can read the story
OF old Sir Roberts administration
without glow OF admiration, or with
out feeling that what the Democratic
party most needed was man like him.
Or many things he was grossly igno-
rant; to q degree he was narrow In his
views; he was arbitrary, ambitious and
but he was man Of daunt-
less courage and resolute purpose.
All parties and factions in the kingdom
we're combined against his administra-
ton; all the great men of his time were
leagued to overthrow and ruin him the
populace even clamored for his head.
But he held his own against them all,
and only surrendered at the solicitation
of his dispirited followers. Never"