The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-11-25

: ID Aft2 t4titz2= rA-ttS 70 WHICH fle,le-
iione we're held. ha~ caused tie
prominent nsen Of tl1e country. and
the press generally, to dlsenss ilse
7 matter Of The next presidency and
= ID connection fberewiih the claims
& which some Of the public men have
v upon tie different parties to which
Z tllsy belong The Democrats
: themselves aere surprised Al the
I sweeping victory gained on the
7fh Of this month bat their oppo-
Rent were much mere so. Up to-
! thai time the Democrats felt dis
coUraged and there was little or uo
enthusiasm to be found inside of
the lines of thai party. They had
elected Tilden and then allowed
him, or he allowed himself. TO be
connted ont Hancock Eas nom
mated amid the widest eDthusi-
asm and the Democrats Thought to
sweep The country but met with
defeat at tie polls, and il seemed
as if victory wonld never again I
perch npon the Democratic ban |
ner. The Republicans had been /
successful 80 often that they con /
sidered defeat IN impossIbiiity, /
a great majority of them became
hstless, dissensions spraug mp in
heir own party, corruption. open
and above board, was to be found 4
even IN the highest places. and
they determined to administer a
rebuke to their party leaders and
consequently thousands of them
went to the polls on the 7th Of No
vember. in New York, PeDnsylva
MIA, and many of the other states, {
and voted the Democratic ticket. {
The result is, the Democrats are s
inspired with renewed hope all I
over the land and they see that by {
wise and patriotic conrse victory a
is sure to be with them in 1884 t
The remarks made by Gov. Cleve- L
land, in regard to the next prssi- q
-
dental election, is an outline of q
the policy that should be pursued, Il
and Mr.. Van II. Manning, in an o
interview, published on the first b
page of this paper, echoes the a
same sentiment. ImpractieabIe Il
Democrats throughout the country b
should take warning b. the lessons u
of the past and henceforth should o
be allowed to occupy back-seat &c
in the tabernacle. Their day has "
passed. No man 10 the ranks of 81
the Democracy with extreme views &
can become our next president, d
bnt with a moderate, conservative Al
man as our standard bearer we can W
win the eight at the next election, Of
and again obtain control Of this CO
great government, which was p
founded by Democrats and the d
control Of which we would never v
have lost but for the action Of hot te
beaded and impracticable men, al
and retain it for the next half CEN nt
Jury. Senator Vest, one of the 81
ablest men of the country, in a re- d
cent interview, after naming seve tn
raj Democrats of the kind here spo- WI
zen of, said the election of such b
nan would be the dawn of another al
md a new Democracy-a Democ- M
-acy in full accord with the age &c
md day in which we live, and OF
progressive and road-gauged pol o.
CIV. Let each and every Demo nj
rat, from the highest to the low OF
,st, be on his good behavior. Our &c
'anks are being recruited rapidly te
rom the enemy and then remain %
ng forces are wagering, having lie
ost confidence 10 their leaders. Il ?.
leeds no wise man to decipher the a
handwriting npon the wall which 10
ellis them that the control of this vi
government must soon pass from NJ
heir hands into those Of pnrsr and ci
better men and wiser statesmen. us
~ th
CAPT. Cole, Republican barbor II
Master Of New York city, from a
2lmira. county in the iDte rior of fh