New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-02
DCTIE, OF THE HOUR.
BAYOU SARA, May IS, 1867.

Il BAYOU SARA, May %, 1867.
XflroR REPUBLICAN
Every day and every hour is laying upon
BE shoulders of thePeople of the South
have responsibilities. To shrink from
lem is arrant political cowardice or stolid
Indifference. The first is disgraceful. and
u last criminal. To refuse to bear even q
&rton Of the burden which their own
bnds in an unfortunate moment made up
= them is sheer obstnacy. and will prove
! the end the height of folly.
The Republican party offer to assist in
|Rasing their shoulder from these opprcs
be burthens of decayed agriculture, pow.
M, and distress, and to restore the pros
Rrly of the South, build up your levees,
Stpeople your desolated cities, and cause
1cur deserted fields to spring into new life
|nder the hand of a thriving and indus.
Nous population, TO revive your lost com
merciAl interests and build up manufactures
Il over your God.forsaken land. All they
~ Of the South is TO lend helping hand in
bod faith to restore the government and
Ne Union to its pristine state Of unity and
cnf1ence, without which no country can
~ prosperous, no government stable
"a enduring. The Republican party
balm that they can do this
lNth greater certainty than any other
\ Dirty organization in these United States.
4 4ey have the power in Congress to do so;
/ Be voice of the people is with them, as they
fOudly showed you by the elections, with
! kre and there small exception, and they
\ Aye solemnly assured you that If you join
= Dem in building up this fabric Of Union on
"a Republican basis, they will stand by you
+ Gd aid you in all the essentials which lead
continued peace and State and national
fosperitY, and they have the ability so to
". None other can come to your rescue.
J rely upon any other (the Democratic, for
stance) is to rely upon a broken reed.
etore that day comes your sunny South
3ill be bowling wilderness, and from poor
pu will become poorer; and, instead OF
3pidly advancing 10 wealth and greatness,
bu will descend TO still greater poverty and
pcial degradation.
Then, on the score of policy alone, it is
p your interests to lend hearty support
that party which can render you such
important services.
The principles of the Union Republican
erty Of the United States are sound and
atural, and commend themselves to the
pund sense and advancing ideas OF the age
2 which We live. There is nothing old
Pgy' about them. Read them, as announced
The REPUBLIC IF this city on the sth OF
lay last, and ii you can't stand on that
PLATFORM, then are you indeed behind the
"a and you had better hurry up or you
l be left high and dry on the beach OF
4. dead past
II your heart approves the principles
pere enunciated, come out and give your
pqort and your counsels TO that party;
feaghten by your example of action, by
{ofd and deed, and let the pen and the
fess echo your sentiments, and let the
pnmunity know that you are in earnest In
IMPORT OF the great party which can and
m bring relief to the suffering South. II
tefe are homogeneous aud mischieyous
ements hanging around the party inc
arty ever existed but what had some OF
PEN clinging around the outskirts)
slst the patriotic and genuine supporters
lhe national party TO modify these ex
emes, or if that cannot be done, to shake
ZEN OIL altogether. 1t is better that an
leldlng limb be cut off than that the
faole body should be destroyed.
he that is not for us is against us, Is
ooa political maxim, especially in thu
leat crisis, and will be so accounted in thu
IN Of reckoning. Choose ye which party
M you serve, the Union Republican party
nroad and national principles, or tn,
suonal Reconstruction party, ofno princi
~ at all. Reflect and decide. "As yoI
Plaoe your bed, so shall you lie."