New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04

itical wisdom worth having. Both are
supposed to be unequaled in the business
of working up gossip into hash and palm
ing it off upon defenseless public for
news. Like most superlativeIy clever
people, they fail to agree on the very
foundation of the matter they are sent to
investigate. The PicdynSs intelligent
correspondent informs us that the Presi-
dent has expressed the opinion that
the last election was drawn battle,
and new one would have to be
held. He is also reported to have
expressed very strange opinion for the
President to entertain, viz: "That the
whole Louisiana business was rotten, and
that the electoral vote of the State ought
to be thrown out" Furthermore, that in
his opinion either House of Congress
would have the right to object to the
counting of a vote of State. This view,
if correct one, and finally adopted,
would enable the Senate to object to the
electoral vote of Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, and perhaps New York, in all of
which it is notorious the Republicans had
no chance to win on account of violence
or fraud. In game of this sort the
Senate could beat the House two to one.
But we are obliged to doubt that the
President has expressed himself one way
or the other in such delicate matter. 1t
is entirely out of his Jurisdiction, and he
is not much given to meddling with the
business of others.
The Times has found out totally diff
ferent condition of the presidential mind.
According to this source of information,
equally entitled to credit, the President is
responsible for the following declaration,
which is reliably reported" to have been
written in the White House. It appeared
in the Washington National Republican.
This article indicates that-'if any OBJ
lection is made by members OF the House
to the counting of Florida for the Repub-
licans, it will not be permitted by Ferry,
and the objector will be promptly ar
rested, and if Randall attempts to
enforce any authority, measures will be
taken to arrest this officer" ''If they
(Democrats) attempt to create disturb
ance they will find the strong hand OF
law and power fastened upon them with a
Vice-like grasp"
Plainly, both these statements can not
be true. The President would hardly re-
commend the arrest of member for OBJ
jecting to the vote of Florida, while him
self Directing to that of Louisiana, and
going in for a new election.
There is no excuse whatever for misun-
derstanding the position of President
Grant. No President we ever had was
more scrupulous in his adherence to law.
1t will be difficult for his most reckless
enemies to point out, in the long course
of his public life, including nearly eight
years in the chief executive chair, one act
not authorized by law or required by su.
perior orders He has carefully abstained
from intruding his opinions upon Con.
gress, and has been as true as the needle to
the pole to the South from first to last. He
is man incapable of the weathervane
changes which characterize journalists
and politicians who merely deal in news
gossip and politics as profession, and dc
not require such thing as fixed prin
ciple. Those who know Grant best fee
the utmost confidence that he will take
the law for his guide, and be ready at al
times to ''move Immediately upon the
works" of those who array themselves
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