New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-02
From the New Orleans Advocate.
New Corners.

The New Orleans Tribune and the
New Orleans Times for several weeks
past have been trying 10 play politi-
cal tune on New eomers," that
white and black conservatives might
dance thereto. But their instruments
are cracked, the tune is bad and the
dance worse. Although the editor
and proprietor of the Times is Penn
sylvania Dutchman, by birth, eduea-
ton, and whatever respectable bring
ing up he has had, yet knowing him
to be such consummate adept in all
michief. we were not surprised at his
attack on Newcomers" But that
the New Orleans Tribune should at
tack its friends, is adding assault to
treachery. And the attack comes
with bad grace from a paper edited
by Frenchmen and Spaniards, who are
not Americans in that higher and
nobler sense in which the majority of
our Newcomer" are. The very
nomenclature of the Tribune is for
eign, and its illustrations, even in its
English editorials, are from French
history and not American.
But the above journals have forgot
ten the great fact of history and of
philosophy, that new era, whether
of religion, or philosophy, or politics,
demands NEW PEOPLE. The old
Philistines of Canaan were not fit to
receive and advance the Jewish
religion, and hence Abraham was
called, and new nation raised up.
In turn, the Jews were unfit to pro-
mulgate the new faith of the Messiah,
hence the apostles turned to the bar
barians of the west, who gave univer-
sal dominion to Christianity, adding
to the CROSS as many soldiers as
believers. And Islamism was con
fined to the banks of the Tigris and
Euphrates, till the Turks evoked
it, by the freshness Of their en-
thusiasm and the heroism of their
arms. And going forth with
scimetar and bow they planted
its banners amid the eternal SHOWS of
the Bythenian Olympus on the green
banks of the Pontic and PropOntio
and waved them over the seven hills of
ancient Byzantium. Learned Greece
was indebted to the "new comer,"
Cadmus, for the foundation of her
literature imperial Rome was founded
by the "new conner" Romulus; Eng
land owes her glory to such "new
corners" as Julius Cesar and William
the C0nqueror; America aseribes her
greatness to the "neW Corners" known
as the pilgrims and the new South
viii owe her future and greater glory
to the new comers' from the North.
Neither the English nor the French
portion Of the population Of the South
is qualified to promulgate the new
principles evolved by the war. Their
tastes and prejudices, their theories
and customs, their education and ira
ditions are against such a supposition.
The change demanded by such new
ideas is too radical and universal to
even suggest the possibility thereof.
line only nope tsi s.s tss 'ssyjr ec;;iiaa ever
become taeit supporters of ihe great
principles of tho Proclamation Of
Emancipation is that said principles
shall be so modified as to wear the SEM
blance Of the slave power Of the past.
But this can not be. Those great
principles mast be supported in the
South by a new and fresh race, whose
education aud natures qualify them for
their recognition and PRONUNCIATION.
Every other will fail. Only this is
sanctioned by history and is eqnal to
the demands Of the present. The his
tory Of human greatness is the history
Of "new eomers," and those in the
South should toll on patiently in the
path Of reform and Of business, and
the near and farther future will witness
tho eonsummation Of their wishes and
the reward Of their noble doinga.