Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1877 — Will The Party Divide. [ARTICLE]

Will The Party Divide.

It is not without earnest, serious and'sober thought that 1 ask the question that is so momentous to all republicans. And, republicans, yon will sustain and uphold the president, those who watch and wait for the result with fear and trembling, and those who utterly condemn the policy—l ask you all, where will we be if the various feelings continue to grow? Just as . the darkness gradually eqmes on in the evening, hardly -preceptible, yet it surely comes, and with it comes the night; so is the policy of the president working on the republican party. At first it was speculation, then a surprise, next fear, and now there is a calm which precedes the storm. The breach is widening, the line ia drawn, and republicans are rapidly marshaling on opposite sides. Caesar spared Brutus; mark you the rest. Clemency bears bitter fruit, and those who foster it often die by its poison. We must not let that gay deceiver, the double-faced, promisebreaking democratic party, estrange or divide our party. We must all stand unitedly by the president till his policy bears fruit, which will not be long. Aud, if it is not good, it must be hewn down and cast into the fire.— Cor. Inter-Oce-m. Now, bow In the name of justice, is President Hayes to te made responsible for the action of tbe Packard legislature ? If be bad no right to make a proposition to leave the question of tbe contested seats and claims to the governorship to a body about whose election, as the republicans of Louisiana claimed, there was no dispute, where would be get the right to interfere in the matter iu any other way? He has certainly acted in strict conformity to the principles enunciated by the platform ou which he was elected, and baa been consistent in his adherence to tbe party throughout. Before raising a hue and cry against him of having betrayed the party it would look belter for tbe republican press and politicians to wait and see what the final result will be. But if it is necessary to bring charges against him at the present time, let them \ specify that be ia true to himself and his convictions of right, and will not become the tool of designing politicians and allow them to lend him by tbe nose. The triumph of the Nicholls party and tbe downfall of Packard Is a disgrace upon tbe state of Louisiana, but will tbe wise ones please Eolnt out how tbe president could ave lawfully prevented it ? Wartaw Republican.