The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-06

THE INTELLIGENT goMPosIToH.
Ordinarily, my method touching typographI-
cal errors In my correspondence Is to greet
them with d modicum OF choice, II not cfassi-
cal, profanity and Let them slide. But this is
an exceptional case; since whatever other
thing might pardon to the genius OF the In
teliiQent Gompositor, / can hardly be- expect
ed to acquiesce when he makes me say alb
surdIy iil-natured things about O man who, il
NOT the most steadfast and most ssrvfeeable
of all my friends, fs at least equal in these
particulars to any friend ever had.
What / actually. did write was that Gen.
GfbsOn'S propositions we're not Uukgerabte
enough to make an attempt at refutation
worth while. presume that even the Intel
igent Com positpr will pause somewhere jim
the diapason Of his genius long enough to
give ear to the suggestion that between prop
os1tfons which are not valuable and those
which are not vulnerable there Is at least diff
ferenes enough to warrant the SUBSTITUTION OF
an IA" for an "a" and s'neTo for an ssu."
As matter OF fact,
THE PROPOSITIONS or GEN. GIBSON
are always valuable to me, no matter whether
they coincide with my views or not. There
are few men In Congress or out OF 1t, 90 far as
my acquaintance goes. whose propositions
are better worth attention than bis, for he ID
one Of the most earefu. takers and one Of the
most accurate students now In public He.
1t has been my fortune TO watch Gibsosn'
career and comment upon his acts closely
and often for nearly four years. It has also
happened that bis views and mine have fre-
qusntly elashed; for he is q cool, wary dip1o-
matist in politics, and am pretty much any
has never been time when his propositions
were not sufficiently valuable to make an at
tempt at refutation worth while; and / de-
ddedly object to being placed before the
readers OF the DEMOCRAT in the attitude Of
super1atlye egotism which such eayaIierIike
brushing aside of 30 sagaeious q man and 80
skiilful d politician would involve.
Having devoted 90 much Of otherwise valu-
able--not Vulnerable this time space TO the
uses Of personal explanation, Z
sense OF the value OF Gen. Gibson's proposf-
tions by enlarging upon them per sc.
1t is none too early fer the people OF the
South TO begin making up their minds az to
which horn OF the dilemma suggested by Glib
son, In our passing conversation, they will ac~
cept. That's to say, to requote the General
The question whether the South Ia the next
PRESIDENT tial canvass should adopt
THE So CALLED WESTERN ALLIANCE
and leave New York. Connecticut and New
jersey out Of the calculation altoxsther."
That question ID certainly one OF great Inn
prtanee, and men who realize the magnitude
Of the stake involved Id its decision not only
now but for ali time TO come, may well be-
pardoned II they display come hesitation or
BIT least some caution In approaching 1t. In
order TO fully comprehend the significance
OF this question, we must look up our arith-
ives Western % Alliance as IL Il is ss eaIed % means ans
the setroff OF a tolerable certainty of
carrying Ohio, a fair chance OF carrying
Illinois, and a bare possibility OF win
ming Pennsylvania, against the dead sure
thing Of New York and New jersey. With
three chances to one In our favor ON Con-
nectieut. Now, in the last presidential can
vass New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
cast $4,000 Democratic votes to $4,000 Re
publican votes In round numbers, and elected
Mr.. Tilden. Whereas Ohio, Illinois and Penn
sylyania cast $4,000 Democratic votes to
191 900 Republican votes, and Mr.. Hayes was
counted in--8 to 7.
In other figures the aggregate Democratic
majority In the States which may be termed
.he basis OF
THE EASTERN ALLIANCE"
vas $4,000, while the aggregate Democratic
In the States which are named as
,et-off In the proposed Western alliance
vas simultaneously 1900.
or course 1t is, as remarked In this CORE
,pondence some time ago, q mere question OF
Under which King?n for the South. The
economic questions to be considered are qnes-
body than are the questions OF constitutional
government and the permanent peace Of con-
servative ascendency. But 1t happens, un-
fortunately as It seems to me, that the
economic questions are OF far greater interest
a the Northern States mentioned than the
constitutional questions are; and as the
Northern States, to wit: hold the balance of
power, the South must humor their idiosyn-
srasies with trust In Providence and the
yenius OF her representative men for the ulti-
nate and greater desideratum
Men OF less caution than Randall Gibson
night well hesitate upon the point of tra-
ling OF a majority OF 81, 600 for mino ority of
800 votes for the sake OF "a sen