The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-11-23

lIGalweston News

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Our New York special reports There
Ms great fejjoiring in the republican
camp, and demecEais confess q Water
lopsiefsat. ? neutrality-suspicious. whether
aavorable on unfaverafjls, lprsducrd by
partial Developments pfithe result at
the,end of a campaign. are apt to lbe
exaggerated. I'm tlfe course Of time,
the elati0ni1r depression is likely to
sIndergo a sronsiderable discount. as
fuller iniarmafioil, ana ysis and refiac-
tiun do their Work. In the
present case There can lie no qRestiDn,
however. thattthe November e'ecfisqfs In
the north hsve serioItsly disappointed
the frplr6v NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 7wiio had $50
l+eoni.larentiy tqplsereds ont progressive.
democratic gains, destined To give the
party a largely increased majority In
the lhonse oflrepresentitives, the com
,,lete control Jf,cengress. and AN invin.
.cible position for sise next presidential
contest. Itwoaln be at tilismoment7pre-'
nlasnre to attempt an exhaustive state
inerit Of the causes which have led to a
measurable refrigeration IN the decin-F
ing fortunes of the republicaa PARTY
Tet there ane sonleselements of Fe1, tisn-
stien that lie CD the surface. and may
ie prnfitiiely weighed in cDnnectIOn
with the autie0k for the contest of 1850.
which HAS Its prelude in the efforts Of
She ftwe parties to intrench themselves
In congress ssezer,il circumstances
hnpe nHtgfiily combined to deprive the
democrats, s;ss a national party. of the
advantage of compactlfese of formation,
iistinetiveness and -eahereacy of spirit,
and united impetuosity Of onset. Many
sof the leaders of fhe party dallied too
long with seGslrd to the financial ones
ton, upon the assumption that this
question wsutd he permanently keptip
-1he background and that the presiden-
s1ial fraud of 1876 would ne the foremost
3sshe which, unrfmaittedly agltated.
E0giad rouse tire ceslntrv to overwhelm
the political dgnrsty that devised the
fraud and appropriated It's fruits. the
financial question forced itself 20 the
front nevertheless. This produced an
.exigsncy whichithe democratic leaders
were not prepared to meet4with uiihesi-
rsnting, nnqnniitied and enthusiastic
unanimity Gf views. In this relation
Tillen could not shake hands with
Hendricks, or Bayard with Thurman, \
or Eaton with Voorhees,. Sneh q spec
tacle WAS not rsleIilatea to charm. Eek
lhilarate aud firmly consolidate tiserank \
and lille If the party, and In fact il fur
nished abn,,ttiie only plausible argrt-
ment which has iseen assigned by the
sgreeilback seceders from tue party. On
the,other hand, tile republican leaders,
after brief hutser at the signs of a
popular lu,heaving againstfhe financial
policy of their party, locked hands for
undetermined maintenance OF the policy
and boldly charged the demacratic
party with furtively mefiitating unlinl-
ated initiation, Reputation of the con
trriet wfthtthe public creditors, and Hi
manner,of financial iishonor. The au.
stiacfty which had SO often served them
np sother emergencies seems to~shave
served them ia this case They snc-
ceedeii in alarming the conservatism Of
capital and they succeeded in securing
Ttiie potent. though somewhat covert
compensation ofstaae organized national
banking interest, whose special pr,
leges they undertook to defend. Not
only this, these leaders. while awar
that fllelela 4sa5leody shirt" could scarce
nv iinfiame again fiie old fanaticisna, app
lpealed nut wholly without effect tossec-.
slonal Jealousy and ambition in the
north on the subject of the progress of
"a solid south, allied with Che northern
democracy, in the acquisition of impor-
aanee and power in the province of ma 4
flonai affairs. Tits to be unprecedented
that they will beencouraged, by repub- 1
iican. gains in recent elections, to lay
ll'lans for resisting this progress with as
high a hand as they meAitated lifting
at the last presidential crisis, had sue /
cessf,ll fraud not superseded a1esort to
xlolence. Already hints have appeared, 1
Suggesting the ,expedient of ruling ont
OF the next coiiEtess every southern de- 4
m0criit elected from a presumably REL
publican district. Arepuhlican organ
vt Washington states the theory under
which the expedient wonld lie tried. \
when III SAYS. Southern republicans
chm never he converted to rebel demo
sorafs or We made 10 support q rebel der
slnocrat except by farce. Sneh talk is
rife with mischief. Tle republican
leaders will mot give npsthe government
without ii desperate struggle, and they
are quite capable uf undertaking to for-i
'tify themselves fofsnnsther presidential
crisis by capturing congress.
TrsIInSgp sToMAs, - * s. = said o
well known, chemiststD 4 NKorIdreporter
lasteaening, ttpeqple viii lhavetin-iined
stomachs before long =" iTlieuthe chem
ist weutjto a closet sand took therefrom