The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-07-10
from our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHfSsTOy. ID. C., June 28, 1856

from our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINsToE, d. c., June 70, 1850
The nomination of Hancock and
English was received with great
approval by the few Democrats
who live in Washington, but the
best proof of the strength Of the
1 ticket is the serious CONSERVATION
lit has produced in the Republican
camp. There is such a Republican
camp here in Washington as can
be found nowhere else in the Union.
For political intelligence and sa-
gacity no one can excel the twenty
thousand government employees
who are paid from the public treas
ury for what they have done and
what they can do for the Republi-
can party. These men study every
movement on the political chess
board with the insight of expert
enee, and with peculiar interest
that can only be felt by those
whose bread and butter depend on
the result. Many Of them are
writers of no mean ability, and
some of the best editorials of the
radical press are paid for by the
general government as salaries to
those who do not do six hours OF
legitimate clerical work per week.
Such gloom and dependency has
not been shown by them since the
days now nearly four years ago,
VIXEN they knew that Tilden was
elected President Of the United
States, and before it was dreamed
that the Republican party would
crown its long list Of crimes by
stealing the presidency.
Your correspondent is better ae-
auainted with Mr.. Garfield than
with the Democratic nominee. The
only time he ever saw the latter
was as he sat in full uniform in the
Senate Chamber on the occasion of
the inauguration Of the only Tlsur
per of the presidency.
1t is conceded on all sides that
the Democrats have been eminent
ly wise in their choice. They have
nominated the man, whom, of all
others, the enemy would have not
had them nominated. AT least one
million cut and dried Republican
campaign speeches are made
worthless by the choice of Gen.
Hancock. On the morning Of the
battle the enemy have not only to
reorganize their plans, but are &C
tIlally without ammunition. Conk |
ling, Blaine, Logan, and all that
innumerable host of small orators
and political lay-teachers who get
their ideas and rhetoric from them,
will have to revise, yes, revolution
ize, their little blood -curdling reel
tatiOns. Does anyone doubt this
will be easy to do? Think of the
accumulation of campaign thunder
metaphors, tropes, anecdotes,
ies-that have been their stock in
trade. Does anyone doubt, when
these are gone, the Republican
party will be helpless, bankruptF
The party that erueified Greedy |
and Sumner and made a emi.God
of Grant, that has lived through
two presidential terms on dead
issues, and through one by assas-
sination of popular government
and theft of the executive Office,
has existed at least twelve years
too long.
If anything can be judged from
appearances the radical workers
are demoralized in the start, and
that solid assistance from twenty
Thousand government clerks, that
has been given so fully in the past,
will, i think, be wanting in the
present campaign. John Sherman
is prominently selfish; he will not
do for Garfield what he would for
himself, or what he did for Hayes,
who was peculiarly his bantling.
The clerks here were strong for
Blaine and Grant, with a majority
in favor of the former. They seem
ed pretty well pleased with Gar
field until after Hancock was nom
mated. Now their dependency
cannot beconcealed. 4