New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-11

counterfeit. The story is false In every
particular. There is not an iota of truth il
it from beginning to end-nOthing, abso
| lately nothing, 20 give it's semblance o
verify. A gentleman of Hartford
Connecticut, who has business
relations with Mr.. Grant, the moment be
saw the allegation wrote to him to ascer
tair whether or not there was any founda-
ton for it. He received prompt answer
in the negative, from which the following
vertatim extract is given in the Hartford
Post:
am as sound as a nut on Grant and Col
fax-am strong in the Republican faith,
always have been, and hope to be, and have
no idea how any person could get an i'm
preston TO the contrary. If you hear any
one say that o l.. Grant will vote the Dem
ocratic ticket you Can use my name in con
tradicting it.
This comes, says the Post, to Hartford over
the signature of Orville L. Grant. Is il
sufficient Will the Democratic papers
publish it? Will they let their readers
know that the report they published in
Regsrl to Orville L. Grant is entirely I'm
true? We shall see.
We copy from the New York hldepend-
ent the following article, and publish it in
our editorial columns.
We commend it to the careful perusal
and consideration of the people of the
South:
CARPET-BAGGERs.
/ fgIl 0s0D HasIftt 60 g.
warning and to experience" The retired
Shareholders Of the South have so con-
Quoted matters since the war as to suggest
at least that amount of similtude between
themselves and royalty. As they have
| always confessed to an admiration for
kings, perhaps they are proud Of the like
| ness.
All tourists in the Southern States during
the past three years have brought back the
same story. Vast areas of opulent soil,
eager for the woodworking touch Of hus-
bandry, still abandoned to the weeds and
the wilderness; immense reaches of water
power foaming and tumbling in idleness;
houndless mineral resources sleeping the
sleep that has been unbroken since crea-
tion;. magnificent sites for villages and
cities, occupied by dingy and tumble-down
houses. and by crowds of unhappy gentle
men, destitute of money and of both will
and skill to make it. In addition to all this,
we areinformed that the scenery is of match
less beauty, and that in many of the States,
and for many months of the year, the Gil
mate is the most delicious in the world.
But why does not Southern society re-
vive Why this universal stagnation
Why this torpidity in the recuperative
powers of that portion of our country
which has been the most highly -favored
by nature Archbishop Whately, in a
memorable passage, has said thai it is one
OF the perpetual wonders of history that
countries desolated by war rally 80 swiftly,
and cover over so soon the awful tracks
left by the chariot of Mars. Why does the
South present an exception to this rule d?
The cry comes to us from every part of |
the South that they need energy, skill, |
above all, money.
But why do not the men with energy, |
with skill, with money, go there? Ever |
since the surrender of Lee, thousands of |
the most substantial Northern men have
stood ready to go to the South, and to
carry thither exactly what the South wants
We are acquainted with extensive agricul- |
tural districts where the farmers, at the
close of the war, got ready to sell out
their farms, and to take their muscle, their
money, and their brains to the. South. We
know of hundreds of men in our large
cities, with ample means, weary of COM
mercial life, tired of our rugged climate,
anxious to settle, with all their wealth,
their tact, their civilizing experience, upon
estates already for sale in the genial and
ertile regions of Virginia, North Carolina,
tennessee, and Missouri. Why have they
mt rrnpa9 What 6, |
They are waiting for peace They have
remained on the hither side of the Potomac
and Ohio simply because these very white
gentlemen of the South who stand wiring
ng their hands over the want of energy,
kill, and capital in their communities, II
lave chosen to act like maniacs or idiots,
lad have kept their country in such con
lihon Of anarchy as to frighten away the
very immigrants who would have brought
to them.
Where Is all the Wanted sagacity of |.
men? We used to hear that |!
very one of them was trained statesman | !
craftsmanship means anything, 1t means ,
hiss the ability to comprehend new situa-
Ions as they ocellr. Except in the case Of
ueh rare men as Governor Brown, of
teorgia, has there been any exhibition of
hs sort of craftsmanship On the coz
rary has there been, aneng the so-called,
eaders OF Southern society, the exhibition J
4 anything since the war but sour, OBJ :
innate, blind, Bourbon.like faulty, either
learning or In forgetting gfoNiGs
Had these men comprehended the situa- :
ion, they would have said: Eve appealed
0 ballots you beat US. We appealed to
gllets you beat US. The contest is ended.
bur idea goes down. Your idea goes up.
therefore, we turn and admit the new order =
{ things. Come and help US. We need
our farmers, your artisans, your teachers, !
our capitalists. Show US how to build up 4
civilization of free labor. WELCOMED 70 |
'ut they have done nothing at all of this.
Pretending to submit to the national will,
hey have done SO Just as the ancients
lanted basil--with ,cursing and swearing | l.
'rofessing to have consented to genuine !
eaee, they have compelled our loyal cIti- !
ems who went among them to breathe
hat Froude says Henry VII. breathed on y
Is return from Bosworth Field" An at
losphere Of suspended insurrectionn Pro
aiming On eager welcome to good settlers
ON the North, tkey have received these
'ttlers with a sullen inhospitality they !
ave tnsulted them with the nickname Of =
.rpetbaggers they have mensced them !
Ian, .r n
The Father Of Poets put ipto the mouth r
Agamemncn this verdict /" JoVe will '
ot prosper traitoTsp That legend Is as :
ue In New Orleans and In Richmond as
was under the walls Of Troy. FL s17
A great and 3 beheflcent Idea landed on d
lynontn Rock IN the seventeenth century y