Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-19
Our Washington Letter.

Special Correspondence Of he0rsrnvrn
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. Is, '78
Sufficient news has come
from Maine to make it sure that
Hale aud Powers, two Of the
Radical candidates for re-elec-
zion to the House of Represen-
Ia les, arc defeated; that there
is ITO election or Governor by
The people and that the Legis-
lalmc is in doubt. Unreheci-
ing people rush to a conclusion
because ali lhis Was not done
under the Democratic namc.that
fhe Democratic party OF The
St;rtc is to he '.abSorbed" by
those Who laborcd wilh ii.
-Snch Is So far from the fact, as
/ know from long acquaintance
with tie politics of The State,
and from an extended trip
through several counties during
the campaign. that the best and
most reliable Democrats are the
ones who assisted in the late
victory. They have long been
Democrats, they arc now Dem
ocrats, and tbey viii remain
Democrats. The whole signifi-
canoe Of the election is the dis
aster to the Republican party
and corresponding gain to the
Democratic patty. 1t is, IN
deed, the obstruction Of Rcpub-
licanism in Maine, and the pre-
lnmmary move on the part of
the people Of the State to re-
tprn to the Democratic party.
No man familiar with The pco-
ple and the politics Of the Pine
Tree State processes TO see less
han This in it.
The effect in other States will
generally be excellent. The
effect upon he coming House
OF Representatives is TO destroy
any hope the Radicals may have
had Of carrying il. The Speak
crSliip, which Mr.. Garfield bar
gained for with Mr.. Hayes, is
farther from the control Of eth
cr than any Of us thought, a
Year ago, was possible. House
and Senate will be controlled
hy men who hate the narrow
ecciionalism which, whenever
party success seems doubtful,
raised the bloody shirt and COM
mcherd an attack upon the
South. 1t is much TO know
this. 1t will vastly assist in
settling financial or other ques-
ions if every section knows
that its rights are the common
case of every other section.
Thoroughly united, as the coun-
try now promises 10 be, we can
look with complaccncy upon
other troubles. They may be
hard to bear but we -know that
they will be short lived.
In the later nominations for
the House Of Representatives
both parties have shown more
good sense than in the earlier
ones, by renominating those
who had served faithfully one
or more terms This is special
~ notable among Democrats,
as the opposite course had been
in the summer. With the re-
nomination of Hunton, one Of
the ablest and purest Represen-
tatiyes from Virginia, against
whom a noisy opposition had
been made, the tide seems to
have turned. That conservative
old Commonwealth has often in
our history, been the barrier a.
gainst which theories, over
whelmingly strong in other
SECTIONS, have beaten in vain.
Among those justre-nominated
is Speaker Randall, against
whom there is always OPPOSE
ton, but who seems to thrive
upon it.
The people of Washington
are now thoroughly organized
for tie relief Of The suffering
people of the South, and their
contributions, liberal even un-
der he hel,er SHELTER manage
meat of the past two weeks,
viii be greatly increased. The
CITY Is alive with charitable de-
termination. AUSTIN.