The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-03
HOWE'S SPEECH.
s.nrurr. CLAIMS" TO BE MADE A LEAD
ING ISSUE IN THE COMING
CAMPAIGN.


rhe rmportancc Of the Fall Elections-The
presidency In 1880 Hanging on Them -
The House Elected In November to
Count the Votes For President.
TspeciaI Correspondence N. O. Democrat
RIGGS HOUSE,,
Washington, D. G., March 26. 1873 :
i The week, Notwithstanding that 1t was
tshered In with prodigious howl from Old
+ Howe does not show any unusual signs of
impending phenomena. Perhaps
HowEs SPEECH,
like the circus which bears the same name
had been unduly advertised, SO that TOO great
expectations had been formed Of H. Be this
as it may, there was nothing startling in the
speech OF the Wisconsin Senator OF feeble
mind. except the omission of the customary
TRADE against the South The custom with
Radical Senator's when they get mad at
Hayes on account OF the failure OF some con-
stituent to be appointed whisky gauger, Is to
rear up on their hind legs, paw the cir with
their front hoofs, and bray forth tndigestibie
masses of bad temper in indifferent English
upon the subject of the late rebellion. and the
prpsent condition of the Southern States.
This custom was dsused by Howe. who sub
atituted the word Schurz where the words
s.the SOUTH are employed in the usual for
mrla. Otherwise the speech was Of the regu-
lation order. But leaving this part Of the
subject it Ia worth while to note that at last
Republican Senator opposed to Mr. Hayes
has had sense enough to strike the Admins
tration In It's weak spot. VIGOROUSLY this
week spot is
SCHURZ.
think we may assure ourselves that the
Southern policy per sc, that Is to say, the re-
lations between the administration of Mr..
4 Hayes and the actual condition Of the South,
q ID being dropped from the schedule OF debata-
BILE subjects, even by the most stalwart of the
Radicals. It Is a lot of old straw that has
been threshed SO clean that tkere isn't another
grain OF political capital to be CLEANED from IL
and most Of the stalwarts have begun to rec
ognze the inevitable, against which the in
cIination to buck heads that are already suffi-
ciently sore is waning. 1t Is probable that some
faint attempts to revamp ancient speeches of
the Ku Klux era will be made sporadically to-
wards the end Of the session, but there Is to be
no organized system of hostility TO local adj
ministration in the South any more In the
strategy of the Republican party. But great
cry will be made about
"REBEL CLAIMS"
and the intention of the Democratic party to
pension the veterans of the late Confederate
army will be tiercely alleged on every stump
north Of Mason and Dixon's line next fall.
This purpose has beeu already foreshadowed
with distinctness by q recent act Of John Sher-
man and by incidental remarks of Charles
Foster In the House. 1t would not seem to
be worth while for the Democrats to adopt
their usual defensive strategy In these prem
ises i remember that In the campaign of
1876 Mr.. Tilden got ratified, as the boys say,
and promulgated a letter to the public, In
which, with awful solemnity, il was assever-
ated that he, the aforesaid Samuel j. Tilden,
would resolutely veto any and oil measures
relating to rebel claims $50 called. also re-.
member that this performance struck nest
people who were not excited aS a piece Of
altogether unnecessary nervousness, 80 to
speak, inasinuch ns 1t was deemed rather a
fOrcstallment of destiny for q man who had
veto power to declare his Intention Of
vetoing claims which had no existence except
In the mendacity OF his enemies. The Demo-
cratic party, not being, at this time under the
leadership Of Mr.. Tilden, and moreover, not
being responsible to No 81 Liberty street
A New York city, for its details OF Encouragement,
will not be likely to renew the errors OF 1876.
A declaration OF the Democratic party In ad-
vance against the payment Of rebel claims
(so-calledD amounts simply to confederation
of what under other circumstances would be
Radical lie out OF the whole cloth. and the
Il only earthly purpose that could be subserved
by 1t would be to please the imaginations Of
fifteen or twenty Northern Democratic candi-
dates for Cosgress, whose success at best Is Of
only problematicai advantage to the National
Democracy.
The real meaning Of this howl about rebel
claims (so-called) Is that of vigorous cry of
stop thief" designed to divert public atten-
tien from new grab meditated by the North
east in the matter of certain millions Of
THE GENEVA AWARD.
which the representatives of New England
are trying to get hold of by some hocus pocus
about the cod fisheries and Inackerel catcheries
on the bleak coasts of Newfoundland and
Labrador.
These facts should be borne in mind by the
representatives of the South. There is no
good reason why a section containing two
fifths OF the popnlation OF the country, and
sending twenty-four Senators and 100 Repre-
sentatives to Congress- should be kept on per-
petual suspended animation for the sake of
fifteen or twenty so-called Democrats residing
IN districts OF the extreme North-a fact
which Is beginning to command a great deal
Of serious attention among the Southern rep
resentatives 1t is proper to dwell upon this
subject, because certain
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS
are preparing to run in q resolution embody-
ing the great central thought of Mr. Tilden's
letter on the subject of claims, to which al
fusion has been made above. 1t Is to be
hoped that no such stampede resolution will
be suffered to pass. But when it is presented,
some Southern Democrat ought to move
substitute declaring that the whole business
lis the outgrowth of a Radical campaign lie, |
and hence unworthy the serious attention OF |
deliberative body like the House of Repre-
sentatives.
These dscursive reflections form wide de-
parture from the original text Of this dis
course, which was tn howl of Howe. They
came in naturally enough, however, for the
reason that Howe howled with an eye single
TO the Impending canvass for the election of
first OF a series of Radical yawps which are
designed to snatch the next House from the
control OF the Democratic party, by way Of
compensation for the loss of the Senate, which |
is irretrevablc. The important fact must be
kept In view, that