Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1875 — The Republican Position Unshaken. [ARTICLE]

The Republican Position Unshaken.

)¥ho defines the ; position of the-Re publican party? Who speaks for it upon thereat commanding questions of the timet Thio makes its policy and declares its principle! Clearly it is no weak Kellogg in Louisiana. Clearly it is no obscureßeturning Board. Clearly It is no miserable set of politicians New Orleans. These characters do not speak for the Republican party of determine its attitude or action. The position of the party is declared by its recognized and authorized representatives—by the ' controlling voice of its press, and by the deliberate utterances of its chosen and accepted exponents. One of these, and the chief among them, is the President of the United States. Now, we direct, attention to. the significant and suggestive fact that the message of the President on the Louisians question has nowhere been successfully impeached or shaken. No assailant or critic has been able to point out a position in ( that document which was not well considered and fortified, and which tfte country does not sustain. Of course, the Democratic newspapers have, in their usual fashion, filing coarse, genertf epithets at the message; but no one has taken it up in a candid, reasoning' way and been able to show that ft enunciates any principle which is not essentially sound or asserts any position which is not substantially correct. And for the truth of this Mate-' ment we appeal to the intelligence of all wfe»have watched the course of the discussion. Gn the question of military action, on the question of unusual methods of dealing with the White League disturbers of the peace, on the question oLestablishiug tegitimate government in Louisiana —in short, on the whole question Raised hy the proceedings at the organization ot the Legislature, by SherL dan’s-dispatches, and by the allegations of fraud, where does the President toke n false position? We assert that no critic has befin able to show Ohe. Amid all the reckless tfamor, isn’t ft well to remember that fact? And, in spite of all the violent. assaults, doesn’t it follow that the real position ot the Republican party stands unshaken? Of course, something remains to be done—if the message is regarded, something will be done v . But baking the President as the chief exponent of the party attitude and policy, the treatment of the Louisiapajquestion in his message has nowhere been successfully assailed. —J.?b<iny Evening Jmjurnal. -