New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-06
NOT MUCH FRIGHTENED.

having been sold out by the Central Com
mittee, and received in exchange an I'M
piled promise of one colored vote, there il
an evident desire on the part Of the party
fuglemen to make as much of the bargain
as possible. To this end they publish as
truth that the Republicans are in ter
rible state of trepidation, and about to fall
to pieces from pure fright 1t is so aston
ishing to the Democrats to find one col
ored man that is willing to trust them thai
they very natural maryelly greatly thereat
The "grand traditions of the 'white
mans party" are not of nature to
beget many proselytes among intel.
ligent colored people. In fact ii
requires the holding out Of promise OF
sure rewards to Prevail upon the most
mercenary to take any stock in MIR.
Hatch's committee Even Brown, the
mysterious, required pledge in advance
that he should be permitted to sit in the
high places among the party magnates
| before he would commit himself to the
gentle embraces Of the Democracy. As
| no collaterals were put up, however, We
fear that his investment will prove bad
one. He will have left only the poor sat-
isfaction of protesting Hatch's note in
case of default of payment. And, posi-
bly,, the plea of want of a valid consid-
Grafton will prevail against him, and
he will be without any remedy. So
far at any rate, the Republicans
have seen nothing terrifying in the
coquetting between Brown and Hatch.
1t is merely fraternal interchange of
views between two Democrats. One pro-
poses to give offices in exchange for votes,
and the other undertakes to accept the
contract. 1t is, therefore, fair bargain
between two men i'll exactly similar posi-
tons. There. is no collateral security on
either side. No bonds for faithful per-
Torrance are given or required. And as
both have 'sold short" as the brokers
say, or, in plain English, as Brown has no
votes to bring, and Hatch no offices to be-
stow, the transaction is likely to come to
nothing. There is nothing i'll it to create
even ripple on the surface. For at the
best, even suppose Mr.. Hatch had the
power and the disposition to fulfill
his obligations to Mr.. E. Brown, he has
not and can not offer to the colored
race any greater advantages or privileges
than the Republicans have won for them
in protracted contest with their lifelong
oppressors. The colored people have had
placed in their hands the means of taking
what Mr.. Hatch offers to sell them. And
the mere fact that the Democracy is now
willing, for the sake of a few loaves and
fishes, to stand on the outer edge of the
platform erected by the Republicans, at
so much personal risk and expense, does
not entitle them to be received into the
full confidence of the race they have OPP
pressed until they were forced to respect
them, and with whom they low propose
to make bargain of political coalition
and utilization. The New York Herald
truly says ''the white mans party is num-
bered among the things that were in
Louisiana" But this good work has
not been the spontaneous effort of the
Democracy. They have been starved
into their acceptance of the situation.
They find that their intense and bitter
hostility to the people they have ground
down into the dust for centuries is no
longer available. The Republicans, under
the lead of the wise men of the party,
have become such power in the land that
they are able to protect all who follow their
banners. Having led the people to victory,
then are the leaders to be set aside be-
cause their enemies want their places:
Will the colored people change Governor
Warmoth, whom they have tried and
found true, for man like Governor
Moore, for instance, who was trusted by
the people, but betrayed the State? Shall
We prefer a Democrat, who still longs for
The good old days of the slave whip, to
General Sheldon, who has risked his life
On The battlefelds of his country that the
slave might become man? Shall we
turn Graham, who is as true in his politi-
cal principles as be is honest as man
and an officer, and unsurpassed in either,
out of the Auditors Office, merely to give
place to some disciple of Hatch, whose
highest recommendation is that he is
willing to concede, for the sake Of getting
the Office, that colored men may hold pub
lie places-if they can get them? Shall
we displace the Republican city govern
ernment, whose administration has ex-
cited the admiration of every honest man
in New Orleans, for another such a mis-
cradle Sc tot piunderers as shared the
honors and profits together under Mon
roe and Conway?
These are the questions the people will
be called upon to decide. And when we
become satisfied that they have lost their
senses and become obilyious of the his
tory OF the past, with All Its anXetleS and
fearful tragedies, we shall then, indeed,
begin to feel alarm not so much for the
welfare of the Republican party, as for a
people that can so blirdiy offer themselves
as sacrifice to their thinly disguised enc
mics.
But we have no fears. The Republican
party is not only well organized, but de-
termined to achieve a victory at the polls