New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-25

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safety of the South, an6 wko SkoS{ lna1d
tts safety but Southern mon II thu 4afL
may not others prove hftbfuls 19Is hath
has no questicn Of personal 1SYueitehN but
its choice will fall on biHMho y most jSholy
to carry the banner n triumph. n tho
South fails to send her prudent and wise
men. it viii be claimed tobe refusal to 70
the new denartu-e; and becau4e the spirit Of
rebellion stJt burns vude- smSldering asbes.
He was TO friend Of the new departnre, but
believed in the pat -i0i;sn and puvity Of: tina
motives of tho se who had chosen that nath
While he would never 1ield bis own .conyic-
lions a. to the c0nst.tutiOnality Of the nsur-
Pations Of the radical party, he was willing
to fight TIE radicals many shape the Dem
Ocra.ic p..i " may deter mine.
He believed the new departure policy
failed of being success in the elections
this summer and automn, for the rnason
that it was confession of inability to GARRY
the e's cttons upon cur own principles. In
that cOaiessiol the party failed to. place
candidates before the people in harmony
with the platform. Thus. while Southern
Democ AIS were dssgusted with, the con-
cesslOu. 20 Republicans were c0nciliated.
The 4lt.'re does not look good under the
losses OF the SUMMER and autumn; but the
Republican party contains in itself the seeds
of disconteat, bitterness, rivalry and disaf
fectiOn. The denomination of Grant could
not, in his opinion. be defeated. He is now
dictator in the Republican party, and he
asDires to be in the country 1t large. He
will dictate his Owl nomination. Some Of
the most conscientious, able and courageous
men, Standing highest in the Radical party,
will leave il when Grant is nominated.
They will bum their ships when they fail
10 defeat his nomination. and take good
pains to defeat his reelection.
Instead OF going for the new departure,
Blair prefelr 70 we q guarantee to dis
affected Republicans by the nomination Of
q Republican who would draw to us, by
much stronger guarantee than the mere
words OF a platform, the support Of those
disaffectad with Grant and the radical
patty. We would all vote for Republican
who favors universal amnesty and is
AGAINST Ku-E'ux biAs and military laws.
Virginia has adopted this policy. Shall the
Democracy OF the South hesitate to follow
her example! We have taken hold Of it in
Missouri. aud Ni--ouri would in the Presi-
Dental election, he believed, give larger
majority than any other State for the can.
didate Of the Democratic party.
The men o. foreign birth are men to
whom we are to look in the coming strug-
gle. 1ney cone from countries where des-
Dotism is prac,ics', and they know its
badges and signs and ere already recogniz.
ing them. Their leading man and ablest
repre- sentative is now proclaiming opposi-
ton to Grant and his admi aistIation. That
man has taken bis deDarture and burned
his ships. 1t VIZ Carr Schurz who led the
entire Germau element of Missouri 70
break down the disfranchisiug clause of her
cOnst tu, on, and arrayed his fellow-coun-
trymea as one man against the administra-
ton aud TO despise ITS officers, patronage
and power. They stand fairly and sauareiy
to-day, selidly, to the last man, against all
and for universal am
nesty. They are opposed to Ku-Klux leg is
lation. against the suspension Of the habeas
corpus, and, if the Democrats put forward
a man. or accept one who may be put for
ward by others. who is sound upon those
principles, he will receive the entire Ger.
man vote in the United States, numbering
from five hundred to eight hundred thou
s3ud men.