The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-12-08
THE CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
The Desire of the MepablICan Senators
to Prevent Cancellation.
tAugtlsta Chroniels and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Augusta Chronicle and Constitutfonalistsj
Enough of the curtain bus been lifted from
confirmation Of Col. o. r Fizsimons, to Show
that party bitterness RACES there with d feroeity
aatts IT, fsH. Heeted f h and unokea fer & viii not
party in that body II the era OF coneiliaton shall
be indefinitely postponfd.. And yet what Is this
1t is the impotent ,viudiitiyeness Of the bafba.
rian. who hurls his dirk at an enemy with his
last e2ut?srrttion rt rather tran tha philosorhteal
and talls at | asst with something like subllmity.
The Republicans know full we'll that their power
M can Las Last but fourteen months h. longer. barring
all accidents, and that in 1879 tho Senate will
have Democratic majority OF from four to
twelve. Their sole hope is to arouse sectional
prejudioes. to turn back the clock Of time, 10
con .use the Union with false alarms, to revive
the Man on Horseback, and TO throttle liberty.
soaeiliatiWon ion and traffie with one Inonstrous en-
lhal the solid South IS doing aIl their business
for them and that tn sr eoag Dc grace from
had so sedulously and. diabolieally endeavored
t9 stamp out They, forget that the South IS
Rsded one % of their own psTts aae mebers sbe
but nm exceedingly Just and wsll-Doised man
rpsmia1ds r. 1 them Of this In these words; The
their own immediate. ruin. For Instance, there
tng 9oarol ssa M before sS I thgy ths aEegab
ginia into q separate State and ven 1t two
Senator'S. So far as the Southern states we're
concerned there was no pr speet that they will
send up other than Democratic Senators for
many years. to come. Now that power is
so near, their grasp no sensifle man can
expect them to split uU or revive the old
Whg party. or anything of that sort. After
March, 1879, there will b but one Republican
sissippi He goes out iu 1881 and OF course will
be- succeeded by Il Democrat. The one hundred
thousand majority which the Democrats have
IN mississippi more or less. and likely more
than less, points strongly to Democrat in place
Of Bruce MS soon as Bfuea ts out Of the way
The Congressional delegation from that State
is already solid After March. 1879 the Der1oa
erats will have thirty Senators from the Southern
States and ths Republicans barely two. How
does that strike you2 Somewhat solid. no
doubt. What the lats slave Sta es have lost In
slaves they have gained in nofttiUaf power. ttIIf
being welded In comp ct mass, will ultimately
dictate the ma innal policy
Confronted with these tremendous facts. the
Republicans raee like heatben; but the Demo-
Gratis can afford to preserve their equanimity
and show, by superior maninsss. that they de-
serve their wonderful luck. They hold the cor
ner OF advantage and should not imperil It.
The evil genius Of the present Senate Is a car
pct bagger He represents Nemesis and shows
how providentially the schemes of bad men are
brought to destf fuetion by their own fnstru-
menta, The Democi ats already possess the
substance of power without responsibility.
They can employ themselves most worthily BY
adding as little fuel as possible to the flame Of
the Senate shall actually como few months
hence, it will bs but prelude to the control OF
the whole country by an overwhelming popular