The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
PUBLIC OPINION.
Press Remarks Upon the Country.s
General situation.

Il
General situation.
tAlbany Argus, DEM,
1t is now perfectly clear that the
character given to Wells by Gen. Sheri.
dan In 1867, was entirely correct.
tspringfield Republican, Ind
Judas Iseariot" is around again in
the Republican organs. Sometimes he
spells bis other name Littlefleld, some
times Pickett and again Maddox.
[Pistsburg Chroniele.1
:. No other State could compete with
Louisiana IN the matter OF mixed and
contradictory testimony, or to put 1t
palmer, in the business of lying. For
unadulterated lying, unblushing fraud
ana wholesale seheming, commend us
to the Pelican State.
buffalo Express. Rep.1
The only hopeful feature about the
| evidences against the Louisiana Return
| ing Board is that it is likely to be fol.
lowed up till the bottom facts about it
| gre known. That will be great salts
faction, at least.
boston Post, Dem.1
Sinoe this Louisiana Returning Board
has been in Washington the country
has had an opportunity TO view 1t in its
real character, stripped of oil its poor
disguise and put 10 plead against the
unswerving claims OF truth. Never
was d collapse so complete.
f[PhiladeIphia Times, tndJ
President Grant is quite right in tie
declaration that the resumption Of
specie payments will soon be both pos
slble and e8pedient All that need be-
done by the President and Congress Ia
to let the question alone nnd allow nat
ural causes to work out natural results.
[5t. Taul Pioneer Press, Ind.l
We belieye that the judicial branch Of
the commission will with one voice de-
eide that Congress must accept as final
the decision or the State, and that it will
do this very speedily and promptly
after having given q full hearing to the
arguments on both sides.
TPittsburg Post, Dem.l
IF the Republicans are satisfied with
Wells, and think him the good and
pure man John Sherman lauded in the
Senate, we don't know that Democrats
need object. The closer they stand by |
him the deeper and more damning will |
be the faint on their record.
ATLANTA Constitution, Dem.l
II both Florida and Louisiana are not
declared for Tilden, we shall no longer
believe in the justice Of Supreme Court
tribunals, nor the impartiality of Con-
Tressional commissions. The question
has reached point where it is impossi-
BILE for two honest men, whatever their
politics. to differ.
buffalo Courier. Dem
We venture to predict that the an
nouncement Of Tilden's success will be
greeted with the liveliest satisfaction
by o large majority OF the people, in
,luding many OF those who opposed his
lis election, simply because they love
air play and feel that equity, II not the
Of law, demand that the
be awarded to him.
IChioago Times, Ind.l
If the arbitrators decide that the vote
II Florida shall not be counted, the
lecision will mean that in the Judgment
II the tribunal and of Congress none of
he persons claiming to be electors for
hat State were appointed" That de-
'ision will reduce the whole numb Der
II electors appointed to 3e5, instead of
69, and the number necessary to choose
! President will be 1873. instead of 1885,
Council Bluffs Nonparei, Bep.l
The impression Is quite general that
he Republican party let go the rope to
pit on its hands when it agreed to the
juggle of counting the cleo
oral vote. 1t may come out all right in
he end, but there is no getting around
he fact that Tilden has gained an Inn
nense MISUNDERSTANDING to the over
covering generosity and extensive mag !
lanimity of the Senate Republicans.
[Boston Advertiser Dem.l
It Is easy to say that clerk who
would do what Lttlefield acknowledges
0 have done would not hesitate to per
ure himself, but that Is not an answer
0 the apparent fact that the return was
TERED without reason, and that the Y
hange that appears to have been made
counts exactly for the difference be- .
ween the return compiled and that =
'hich was made up by the supervisors.
tCincnuati Commercial, Rsp1 a
When we see two great parties, strug- I
ling with each other for the executive
ranch of the Government, bowling in y
to the ruling principles Of +
merican institutions-liberty regula-
1d by law, and creating q legal and r
tribunal, fairly composed d
'om both parties and out OF the high 9
st legislative and judicial talent in / q
ne public service, to determine by
eaceful and legal arbitration dis n
recession to the highest elective t,
flee in the republic, we see Ia it not b
surrender of principles we see rather a
4 exhibition of the broadcast patriotism
nd the highest dedication to the public :,
elfare OF which human nature is u
lpable. q
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