The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-24

the ts1ie and logicaa Representatives Of VII
Mates whence they are accredited; p6gaHlst
j they believe to seat them wsNld wipe Ua
ttsscor and close thebooks OF tslong Hccoua'
lofturinUii, strife and outrage; and beeaAlst
they themselves represent oanEtitueneie'
| which almost unanimously demand that tht
claimants shall DO seated lhey hre re-
strained from acting ii the absence Of at
their action would subject them 10 persee,i-
ton ut tho hands Of the Republicans. which
| they are unwilling TO incur Without assut-
anees az eolnpefpsatlhg protection OF The handf
of the Democrats. y, They say they do, moi
kicked by the Republicans and ignored by
tho Democrats. These considerations are
cleafl yYyalid.
Now, 1t may be said THAI If these men think
I that HAT HE claimants shn,ld he asated thew
ought to vote for the accomplishment Of TINT
end and put their trust In that virtue which
Is said to be Its own reward. Men heys done
that In tho Senate In times past II will be
said. Alb, yes; but they were such men as
william an. Fit = Fessenden, Lyman Ttumb,ugll
and JohE ID. Henderson. men who were able
to take care Of themselves In any emergency
and fight their own bnttlae against any foe
that ever leyeled q controversial lance hi any
forensic field. The men who now offer aid
and ask only protection are not gifted with
the roasting invectiue of
FEssENDtBN.
the Icy satire Of 1rumbull, OF the calm irony
Of Henderson. with which TO repe assault
and defy persecution When Fesseaden
johnson, old Zach Chandler accused him Of
''harboring faith In President who was not
fit to be clerk In country storsl"
Fessenden retprted that he was moved not
so much BY faith In Andrew johnson us by q
want Of faith In drunken blaekguards who
degraded the Senate to a level for beneath the
humble but honorable occupation Of clerklng
Ia 9 country store
Fessenden used TO walk the Senate floor, It's
intellectual master; Its controversial king,
thBrs were few who disputed his title; aud
those who essayed II once never repeated the
rash attempt. But, as / said before. these
men ore not Esssendens, and what might
have been safe tor him to do would be mad
ness for them to attempt,
However the Democratic side of the Senate
is full Of pinks Of senatorial ptupfiety who
would walt for the fruit 10 fall from The tree
and starve rather than reach out their dainty
hands to pluck Iii. Perhaps they are wise
but fear TINT their wisdom is not OF this
Thus stand the interests Of Louisiana trans
fixed between d system OF low party politics
on the one hand, aud
HtaH PATTY POLITICS
on the other. with the low type master OF the
situation, and the high aisdaining to accept
success and power unless 1t Is offered on sill
yer fork.
1must not be understood to question the
motives Of Senators Bayard. Cockrell, Thur
man and those who think with them on this
subject. | shall not venture even to dissent
from their views of expectancy: for | honor
aud revere them all and esteem Il rare
privilege to be on such terms with them as
enable me to personally ascertain their pri- |
vate views upon topics Of this sort. But, MS
the correspondent Of the DEMOCRAT, | have |
felt bound to lay the whole situation before |
the people Of Louisiana. / leave them to |
Judge whether the future reward Of such |
austerity Is likely to compensate the States |
)f Louisiana and South Carolina for the in
letinite suspension of their representation in |
The Senate, which Is morally certain TO be It's
present consequence.
THE NECESSARY VOTES CAN he HAD.
They wait TO be asked into the synagogue.
Up TO this time they have been quietly but
irmly invited to stay out. And as a result
Iessrs. Spofford. Eusts and Butler have.
With equal quietness and trmness, been In,
'ited to stay out of the Senate for period
he duration Of which ean be best estimated
" those who are most conversant with the
Ways OF Radicalism. A. G. BUELL..