New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-29
For the Republican,
4 PRKNECIOUs sCMEME.

The only way to do is to treat the Rad
ieals (Republicans) as public enemies, and
give no employment to those who support
them.
Such is the language OF the Ignorant up
start who figures as 'Town Talk in the
New Orleans Times.
No pbilosophic mind could ever give ut
terance to such an absurd idea. Iii is, how
ever. significant from the fact that the oP-
ponents of the Republican party are at
tempting to adopt the plan as a political
weapon to defeat the faction which is so
insignificant in numbers as to be able to
command almost three-fourths vote in the
National Congress and elect nearly every
important officer throughout the length and
breadth Of the nation
At a casual glance many might suppose
there was really something in this threat,
and that Republicans were in imminent
danger of having their ration7 reduced so
low by their rich political opponents as to
bring them to actual famine; but little
scrutiny into the facts of the case will dis
mel all such fears. In fact if such thing
was practicable il would have been carried
into effect long since, and carpet baggers
"niggers," and other Republicans would
not bear on their physique such evidences
of wholesome food. Does any Republican,
Radical or otherwise, suppose that he owes
his exemption from starvation up to the
present time to any good will of his po-
lIucal opponents in this State?
The freedom with which they have here
tofore applied lead and steel to rid them
selves of these fancied public enemies"
is an earnest of what they would do in the
bread line if there was anything feasible
in the undertaking. The threat is sham
and bugbear to scare timid and unthink-
ing Republicans, and to make them desert
the great party that alone can resuscitate
the paralyzed energies of this country.
Almost ninety-nine out Of every hundred
of the men who threaten 70 withhold their
patronage from their fellow-ctizens, simply
because they choose to differ with them on
political questions, are to-day on the brink
of financial ruin, and many would gladly
accept the loan of little market money
from their sturdy Republican neighbOrs,
even though they be as ebony in color.
Our Republican friends should bear in
mind the fact that our political opponents
are almost wholly dependent on the men
of our party for labor, and without it they
would as a class, sink so low beneath the
surface of society that they could never be
resurrected again. They are alive to their
own financial interests, and will not refuse
to make terms with that which strikes at
the very root of their existence, even
though such refusal should be to elevate
their political friends to power.
Have no fears about this matter for to
carry out such threat would be to violate
one of the fundamental laws on which civil
society is based, which wonld bring greater
confusion to their own ranks than it would
to ours. The laboring class is always more
seli-sustaining than any other portion OF
the community, and wherever their labor is
in demand they will find employment, re-
gardess of their political views.
The present hard times are unavoidable,
and aillct Democrats as well as Republic
ans. The former can not make them bet
ter or worse by their ignOminious threats
or uuchristian conduct. The Republican
party has the work before ii to bring this
State from a lamentable degree of pow
erty, ignorance, and prejudice to con-
dition OF prosperity, enlightenment, and
liberality.
Those who array themselves in opposi-
ton to this great work, simply because the
party which takes the lead in the matter
does not pander to their wornout dogmas,
may be sincere in what they do, but they
ca1 not expect to have the sympathy of
the better part of mankind.
PABULUM.