New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-11

the otoe1 u0uAtuIaI, one durable and tn
IoGAer incusable. The natural cause j
the Legitimate indifference that has grow,
up in the minds Of the colored people +
the use Of the ballot, and the Legitimate
drifting away from the Republica,
party Of large body Of the same class o
voters. In the very order of things tn
/ political processes Of the South mus
undergo change. Parties can not con
tinus - they are, separated by single
| prejudice a. to color. It is inevitabl,
that in the course of time the two parties
win b composed Of composite mass O
voters. including negroes and white mel
on both sides. The colored people hav,
only adhered to the Republican party
beconse they felt that that was the only
party that really intended to protect and
Iuphold their rights. White people chung
to the Democncy because that was the
party Which astaa1ly promised to preserve
them nom contact with the .'niggers. u
The Rspublicanskept their promise, and
the Dsmocrsts failed, rs usual. Capacity
and honesty always win the fight against
weakpes and kuavezy. 5gs.e-s
The colored people have been persuaded
IN TexaA or they persuaded themselves,
that the time had come when they could
unite With the Democracy, orabstain from
voans. without danger to their rights.
Many q. them voted wrong under this
conviction, and many Of them failed to
vote at al, and thus the State was lost to
their friends. They performed the same
sort Of political hazi-ksri in Tennessee,
in North Carolina, in Virginia, in Mis-
souzi, and the result has been just what
they might have expected that they have
been left out in the cold ever since.
There are very few '.niggers" in position
in any Of the above States; there are very
few Of their children at school. There
are thousands Of ':niggers" at work,
which is . good thing when it is done
voluntarily, but which is a very bad
thing when it is forced condition. And
besides, the whipping post is being estab-
hshed to punish offenders in Virginia,
and We all know who the offenders are.
It is even said that the negroes in vir-
GINA prefer whipping to Imprisonment,
which is singular fact, and liable to
some uncertainty, if it was not vouched
for BY the Democratic officials who do the
finishing. Perhaps the negroes in Texas
win initiate their brethren in Virginia and
not only retire from public life, but VOL
unteef to accept the lash. We shall see.
There is no doubt but what the Demo-
crats will say so at least. If they do.
they must accept their reward as the re-
suit OF following prematurely that natu-
ral law which We referred to as inevitable
IN the due course of political prog
ress. They may conclude, too, that
if they had not attempted to fly before
they were dedged this fall would not
have happened to them. Our word for
It. they win regret their departure" be-
fore they recover their losses.
The unnatural and the durable cause of
his declension Of Republican strength in
II the States, and especially in Texes,
'riginates in the contention which dis
uIbs the party. The leaders have lost
heir hold upon the confidence of their
blowers BY quareling with each other
nd b originating personal factions.
We know how it is in Louisiana. There
) wide departure from party fidelity in
his State in the interest Of partisans.
here are the Warmoth men, the Lowell
nen, the Dunn men, the Carter men, this
mans men and that mans men, just as
he Democracy Of New York is split up
nto Tweeds men, Sweeney's men, Hoff-
aap's men, OBrien's men, the ring men,
be anti-ring men, Tammany men and
ae young Democracy men. In all of
aese factions there are but few Repub-
cans or Democrats to be counted, for
ne men never forget principles in the
ursuit Of individuals. II
Governor Warmoth has never en-.
outraged this want Of fidelity to the
Arty, as was plainly evidenced at the
- election. when he wrought out the Z
access Of the Republican ticket, al q
1ough that result returned to the Leeis- 3
'ture many members who were violently +
opposed to himself on individual grounds.
q has his friends. n il +r,,a 90 ava-