New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-02
AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM
HIS VIEWS ON POLITICS

and sound thinker. DR.. Loring is the sup
rior of the two. Both were delegates I
the Democratic National Convention {
1860, though DR.. Loring, in consequence c
family bereavements, was not present unit
the adjourned session at Baltimore.
Both OF these gentlemen supporte
Breckenridge for President both subse
quently became Republicans, and while Dr
Loring's friends were contemplating hi
nomination for Congress on the Republican
ticket, General Butler procured the nomi
nation, having chosen to claim a home il
the same district where his seashore resi-
-dence was.
Both are now ramed in connection will
the Republican nomination for Governor o
Massachusetts, nomination that is equiva
lent TO an election.
A New York Herald correspondent re
Gently interviewed DR.. Loring at his farm
near Salem. 1t may be proper to mention
that DR.. Loring is president of the New
England Agricultural Society, and chair,
man of the Republican State Central Com
mittee of Massachusetts.
We extract the following from the report
of the interview:
After inquiring into the best modes of
cultivating the crops and feeding and man.
aging the animals | asked:
rs the cultivation of large farms by
agents part of a profitable system of agri-
culture in Massachusetts ~
Certainly not" said the doctor. at is
small farms cultivated for specific purposes,
near market, and conducted with skill and
intelligence by the owner, which are profit
able here. Every man his own farmer is
the rule for this country"
Il see 1t stated" said l. ''by certain
writers, that the farming interest of.Massa-
chusetts is on the decline, and its farming
population going to decay"
This is not true" said the doctor: ''the
landholders of Massachusetts, never enioyed
greater prosperity than now. / suppose
there was never a time when the cultivators
of our soil, moreover exercised so much in
telligence in their work: and the multipli-
cation of markets throughout the State has
developed the most careful cultivation,
aroused the agricultural mind to great ac-
tivity, improved the appearance of farm
steads everywhere, and given a ditfused and
substantial wealth to our people. You
know that believe in the system of Amer
lean landholding, with all the rights and
privileges which go with it, as especially the
tinguishes him from every other citizen on
the earth"
do you think this is true of our whole
country 81 | asked.
Yes, and as our population increases"
said he, "it will become more and
more manifest that on this foundation
rests our best social and civil system and
soundest financial prosperity. In an ad-
dress which made before the post of the
GRAND army in in 1857 .,o
dicted that the encouragement of free farm
ing at the South and the development of
agriculture on the American basis through
out the whole country would do more to
enlarge our resources and give us a sound
financial basis than all other modes devised
Now, how is it! Not only have we great
domestic prosperity, but in eight months,
ending February %, 1871. we exported more
than Sl5S, 600, 900 worth of cotton, $l6000,000
worth of tobacco, $50, 200 worth of
wheat, Sl5, 81 900 worth of -four. S4,643,000
worth of bacon and hams 81. 267 900 worth
of beef. 81 ,0l2.O00 worth of cheese, s.. 92S 900
worth of lard, S2,7jl 900 worth of pork
making in all nearly S250,000,000 in these
commodities alone of all our exports of
$325, 900, 000-the balance being mainly
manufactured goods and petroleum 1t
seems to me it is not difficult to see why our
paper medium is nearly equivalent to coin
and our financial condition good"
II suppose, then, you attribute this pros
perity to the political condition of the coun-
try, do you no"
"Oh yes" replied the doctor, General
Grant was nominated and elected on the
old Jeffersonian platform of the honest pay
ment of our debts, and to this his admins
tration has firmly adhered-to this the Re
publican party has adhered. Confident
that as our wealth increased our taxation
could be reduced without material reduc-
ton of our national income, the Republican
party has devoted itself to the development
of our resources in every form, and sound
credit and reduced taxation have followed
in the wake. There has been nothing of the
kind in history equal to our financial sue |
cess. You know well how it has attracted |
the attention of the best statesmen in Eng !
land. We ought all to be proud of it. For |
national honesty and the right of freemen. |
without regard to race or color; for the pro-
lection of our citizens, whether of native or
foreign birth las General Grant said. \ was
the political campaign of 1868 fought out by
the Republican party.
Il remember well Judge Hoars account.
at the New England dinner in New York,
in 1869, of his conversation with General
Grant a day or two before that event. /
hope TO see the time said the President
when every man in this country can trans
act his lawful business and express his
opinions and vote as he likes without being
or insuted for it. Then, with our
credit firmly established, all other political
differences will be of little account |
always thought this one of the finest declar-
atiUIs ever made in our country. | think
so still, and this is what the Republican
party has done in two years, taking up the
in the confusion left by Mr.. John
son, and going steadily on, patiently apply
ng the constitutional amendments giving
every man the assurance that his rights
shall be protected, extending a sympathiz-
ng hand to freemen everywhere, and set
ting an example of national integrity which
will not soon be forgotten. If the Repub-
ican party should stop here and be wiped
put Of existence as political organization
the honorable work it has accomplished
through the present administration will
always be held in grateful remembrance,
aud more than that, this work can not be
destroyed
1.-The American people have really made
new Departure and there is no step
backward. We have not forgotten how,
through victory and defeat, the policy laid
down by jefferson, Madison and jackson
was sustained by the American people and
how great party, based on that policy.
triumphed until 1t was misled. The same
career is to be repeated in another form,
and so long as the Republican party is true
to the principles of government and society
upsn which it started forth, and which it
sastains, it can not be overthrow. 1t may
suffer temporary defeat, but its very defeats
will be ultimate triumphs for its cause. You
can not go back 10 the old paths-not to a
theory even OF secession or notification for
any cause; not to personal bondage in any
form not to Reputation of any descrip-
ton; not to a disjointed 'eonfederacy. nor
flag; and, whenever the present
patriot in our country warns with enthusi
asm he will remeMber tie repnhlinan nann,,