The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-19

~. the Democrats il Congress Have
Already Accomplished.
u.sciaf Correspondence OF the Democrat
WASHINGTON, D. c., May15, 1879.
81. all-absorbing question now seems TO
|su.r WILL THE DEMOCRATS DO ABOUT Ir
IN tho reply is not quite 80 5tereotyped as
EEsss rapstion. On the contrary there are about
DIFFERENT THEORIES
q. mere are wtseacres, and all the
k,.o,ss seem to be advocated with
.tggA equal vehemence. It Is well
.rdarateod that Hayes will veto every
ssnv that Robson and Zach Chandler
81 bin TO veto, and 1t is well known that
~ will tell him to veto everything that this
Ersrcreys Is likely TO enact. Hayes imagines,
= rssher be has been fattered by Robson
st ChandIer into the belief, that he can veto
EffnseH into
a RENOMINATfoN;
] III uktIe the remnants OF the whisky ring
~ hoWlinR for Grant, on the one hand, and
pxvndcate Is intriguing for John Sherman
ss ether, he Hayes can commend him
ft0 the Radical masses as the savior OF his
nrty By obstructing legislation. 1t is not
xuxtk while to inquire into the absurdity Of
xk belief on the part OF Hayes. Suffice 1t to
NV that it III firmly implanted In his mind,
+ III that bio Ii too thoroughly blinded by his
IN vanity and too besotted with his own self
lnpgtanee to be capable Of perceiving the
haDesritr oil the adulatlon that is being
,Ebhmed upon him, or the contempt which
Nks behind 1t In the souls Of his deceivers.
III position would be pitiable did not the
tnxsuenees OF it make the sight and the
kWrhtof him hateful to all honest men.
Bathe Is what he Is, and the representatives
Nile people have only to consider what is to
kaoDe with him. 1t would be impossible to
ltnsaeh him.
Hsmust therefore be viewed as an unabate-
sknnisance for the time being, and the rep
Iamtatives ef the people must get along with
fhmtiI the fourth Of March, 1881, as best
1w can, trusting to history for their re-
kxe Ii is of course 8 humiliatIng situation
Hf0ne not calculated to impress the rising
Szxation with confidence in the Institutions
1der which such things are possible but for
That AS DE GOiyer Garfield said, we have
fk ID grin and bear tt.
The only question to be decided Is,
GfEL CONGRESS STAY HERE ALL SUMNER,
nrdng bills to the White House to be vetoed,
IN irving the Radical shystars in the House
nasenate unlimited opportunity for political
EtM0ggery; or shall some steps De taken 10
fds tbs machinery Of the government over to
as regular session without the downright
Nfrsnder which would be embodied
u d passage Of the regular appropriation
( als without restriction or qualification. 1t
Y y 70 be- assumed that no sane member OF the
II majority counsels, or ever will counsel, out
& and out surrender to the autocracy OF the
4 creature who degradeS the White House, no
INs By the impudence of his behavior than
a 6y the iraHdniency of his title. Such a course
wonld present to the American people the
eaosee between an irnbecle and cowardly
yemoTaey and az inpudent and criminal
hadicaisn, ant. 1t Is possible that In SUCH
Nj event The popular disgust with the imbe-
aMy and eeWardice OF the one might prove
sl0lgT than the popular antipathy to the
lgulence and crime OF the other.
lne issue then resolves itself into the alter
Mage of sitting it out indefinitely. perhaps
~ March y, 1881, CT oil continuing current
N1Hriatlpns by resolution until the next
lxalar session, and then renewing the strug-
The former course II one Of extreme he
sM and the result ef its adoption would ba
Hsdace d partisan antagonism through
NE country amounting to d state Of
CIVIL WARFARE.
I'D to this time the people Of the country.
~ the exception Of the professional politf-
~ and office holders, have not displayed
5aigns OF unusuaiinteresti Iii Or excitement
" the situation. But there is no d6ut4
prolonged contest between the legis-
safe and executive would gradually absorb
u attention OF the people, and
III the Radical party, through the superior
s@asnea Of misrepresentation which 1t pos
- In its vast prepondergnce CT newspaper
alelIasion, would have the advantage, for
1aap0fary purposes at all events, whatever
@sM De the subsequent sober thought OF the
Epee when 1t would be too late to mend the
iR hrst and greatest
oBIE1T OF THE EXTRA SESSION
IN been accomplished. The extra session
~ - I'D ~ origin Id a necessity farced upon TIE
4 LILY BY the desperate designs OF the mi
w, WI, and these were completely and perma.
nsaeif Illustrated by the organization OF the
go which put it Itbeyond the power OF Dew
$3.50 ssad his District Attorney TO destroy the
# sass.s @oeratic majority by the issuance and
ssaaa1on Of lettres d. cachet against a certain
auis1 .sass of members-eIect, ss / pointed out
ssss srss correspondence last February. The
80 sssion was to seize the organization OF the
III so that the Radical party might con-
IN snMs !. branch Of Congress In the electoral
~ " lsao, as it had done in 1876, and for
II nhe W. purpose. The Imprisonment 81
Il "A anefaocrats would have given the Rad
3 Issaass plurality. and for the rest they de-
Esssa sTa upon the votes Of certain Of the
A. assse asssaeaers, so-ealled. to give them a
san ass ~ sufficient for the purposes Of organ
essa j nen, having organized, they in
s iii seat carpet -baggers and negroes
"a MI place u the imprisoned Demo-
~ a4a ~. the ! House would have been
- lhls programme was frustrated by
krss and courage of few Demo-
nIsas ssaders, including Thurman, Beck,
Iz lln, ioss ~ others IL the Senate, and Black
E saasIpl il = q New Hampshire Ewing, Sam
S ethsr 49, others In the House. This,
I'M ss asoNed or not at the time, was feal-
IN -,