New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-15
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position on the part Of thersbel- Democratic J
press to place personal aud
sectional interests above those great ptin-
ciples which are demanded for the con-
tinued happiness and prosperity of the
nation, And latterly the Exchange alley
concern, having no very clear conception
Of anything approaching craftsmanship has
Joined hands with the ancieut enemies
Of the African race, and reiterates the
same malignant taunts that have been the
sole capital stock Of the rebels for years.
The copperheads, represented by the Times,
and the professional Office seekers hereto
fsre claiming TO be Republicans, who for
want of a respectable organ have been
compelled to find one in the Tribune. stand
together on this platform. Although nOmi-
nally protesting separate political faiths,
they belong in fact to one party, actuated
by common desire for sectional
and personal interest. Both lay much
stress upon the oft-repeated formulas
Of sour old citizens" "the people of Louis
iAna,p the heresy of infusing new ideas into
the effete and now discarded system that
has prevailed here for years, and kept the
state far in the back ground Of progress.
1t is, of course, an object to be desired that
the people of Louisiana should be as nearly
unanimous as possible for the principles
which are hereafter to mold her laws. Yet
there are ideas which will prepondsrate
here, and form the rule of gevernment, even
though every man in the state opposed
them. These ideas are national, and have
received the authority of law by the acts
passed by congress since the beginning Of
the war. u 1t is not permitted Louisiana to
set up her will against that of the great ma
ton to which she belongs, and it matters
little to the opponents of national ideas
whether the men appointed to promulgate
the great truths for which nation fought
be personally known to or liked by peo-
pie who have used every means in their
power to defeat them.
When Generals Butler, Banks, and Shefi-
dan ruled here, they were the ministers Of
the sublime faith thai declares all men
equal, as we'll as the mailed soldiers of a
detied and insulted government. They had
to conquer by physical force, and also TO
subdue BY moral measures all the opposi-
ton to the principles they were sent here to
uphold. In doing their work they found
it necessary to call to their assistance in the
administration Of the government men who
could be depended upon to prove faithful
to their new duties. In making selections
they were obliged to choose from the hand
full Of loyal men whom rebel hate had
spared from banishment, CONSUMPTION, or the
halter, and frequently from the few who
had but just come TO Louisiana from the
loyal North. But good Republican is
the sans everywhere. Men differ in de-
grees Of abilities, dignity, honesty, educa-
ton, and social excellence, but principles
are eternal. And the fact that there are found
here and there cases ofrecreant Republicans
initiates no more against that great party
than does the fact that hypoerites are fire.
quently found protesting religion prove
that theology is not Of divine origin.
That the Republican party in Louisiana,
before the enfranchisement of the oolored
people, was small, reflects rather upon the
honesty, capacity, justice, and intelligence
Of The people than upon the sublime prin-
cipies Of that party. Ideas entertained by
twenty milliens of Che best pesple thatever
lived upon the face of Che earth are net to
be put down BY the puny contempt OF
twenty OF thirty thousand deIuded rebels
in ons small state. And it ID no argument
against these great principles to say,
and prove, too, that this man, that,
or the other, who belongs to that
party, has not much wealth that
hia education has been neglected /;
that be does not enjoy high social posi-
tisn among rebels that he has not lived
here very long, and hence adoes not under.
stand our people, AS for want Of
wealth, that may be bis misfertune, but
Ipesaiiy il5s fault no siiii5s.sssi isS
be deficient from The same cause. His social
position Is entirely matter Of taste, and
theFeisne true honest man Who Is not en-
timely aatisaed with ne one be occupies.
Although be may not have been always
4 resident a Louisiana, that fact atone viii
saake him nelIher better nor verse, But
be will Be the more likely to hold fast to
bis iaith, IL spite Of ne wishes aud battery
Of rebels, or The taeii promises 81 social
position which may hA held out to him.
II he be true to himself, his couatly, ana
bis party, 1t does not make ths least differ.
enes where be comes fen, how old he il,
or whether be Is white or black. tisnot fol
bis benedtthas be placed ID position, but
for the good Of the ssals, that demands
lnas laws, and their equitable execution.
Tue Rspnhlieaa party IS eonseaaing fot
4 mighly principle, and Il must STAND Of
fAll " that. and not b. The character,
vsalshinoiorlsly, q even honesty Of abiI-
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