West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-05-05
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY DLS5OL "
ED.
[Mcmphis appeal.


which could be classed with either,
lowered alternately over both
standards. but it was always dis
covered fitting around the victori-
Gus banner. There are many pol-
iticans who initiate the example Of
the bat, ever strong upon the strong
-ide. When. the day after tho
Presidential election; it was con-
ceded that Tiden had been elected
President, he vas pronounced d
political divinity. He was he'd
up as a modest statesman, patriot,
ard gentleman. l: was predicted
that his administration would give
prosperity and happiness to the
conntry. Men of dubious politics
rushed forward with swivels under
their arms, anxious to fire a salute
in honor Of the election Of Tilden:
They crawled out like snakes upon
al iChs,o vi tCSh~, utd " IL IO'lu oy
the first warm rays of the spring
sun; Or like camp followers who
suddenly appeared upon the battles
field after the fight is over, for the
purpose Of riffing the pockets Of the
slain. But when Tilden's prospects
began to wane, they began to grow
lnkewarm in his praise. They
hung around the bulletin boards,
and changed, from night to night,
just "a the prospects of Tilden and
Hayes changed. For two months
hey were kept on the ragged edge
Of suspense. Bu: it was evident
that the star Of Hayes would cul-
inmate. and he was transformed
into good man. Men approach
vice 10y degrees. What was once
to them a fhideous monster" as
Pope described vice, is pitied
for awhile, then eadured, and next
embraced. But these political bats
embraced the ''hideous monster"
Hayes without taking time to pity
Or endure. And these political
kummcrs and camp-ioIlowcrs will
in the end learn that honesty and
! fidelity to men aud to principles
will! win more surely than duplici-
,y. The dissolution Of the Repub.
Iican party is inevitable, and the
men who desert The Democratic
party at this crisis will in a few
months feel like the mutineers who
proposed to murder Christopher
| Colurbus a few nights before he
! discovered America. At the next
session of congress the Democrats,
inspired by the tribute which Hayes
has paid to them oy embracing the
principles for which they have so
long contonded, and by the fact
that he occupies q seat secured by
thet'l--stoIen from Tilden will be
cemented into an impreg nabIe plal.
| AK. On the other hand the Rep
ub;ican party will be divided into
two hostile factions. The leading
| Rcpub icans--lot the extreme Re-
pab icans-bus the fathers, the
! leaders, Of tue old, the only and the
legitimate Republican party, which
voted Cor Hayes, and with which
lie CO -opes eslted. are preparing hem!
selves for contest with the trauo-
ulent PI esident at the next session
OF congress, the issue being made
up on the southern policy of the
administration. just as in the case
ot Andrew johnson. Ben Wade,
Blaine and Butler and Phillips, the
founders and leaders of the Rep
uhllcan party, have already sounds
ed the bugIe, and with their oppo-
sition Hayes will be as powerless
in congress as Tilden would be
with the opposition Of Thurman,
| Bayard, Lamar and Randall. The
opposition to Hayes will be fierce