New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-12
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NEW ORLEANS, June 10, 1872
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:
The great Democratic and Reform con-
yentlOns have at last closed their turbulent
sessions. The various selfish interests man
Tested by few old fogies who, apparently,
considered themselves 'lOng- time" leaders
of the "unterrifed," made Rome howl, and
did, by so doing, avenge those long pent up
hatreds and maledictiOns which time had
nearly Obliterated Southern 'unterrihed'
Democratic honor had nearly slept its last
sleep-its lingering day of resurrection
came nigh unto the eleventh hour" But,
10 and behold it cOmeth, 'for there is hope
of tree, if it be cut down, that it viii
sprOut again, and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease"
The able, sound, solid men of that con-
ventiOn told the truth when they asserted
that those obnoxious laws" administered
by obnoxious color" and WarmOth's
'feudal ofice-holders" must be endured for
at least four years longer. Yes, you had
far better burned your ships at sea than
to have made shore with them, and finally
allowed their destruction to have taken
place by severing the only remaining haw-
ser that held your frail crafts together. o.!
why should our beloved Louisiana" be
the last of the last to partake of the sacra-
ment, and then from the hands of those
that came from 'afar OF" and "but few
days TO dwell !"
Louisiana, groaning under the heavy bur
den of taxtiOn, of laws prejudicial TO free
government, driving from her midst energy,
capital and foreign emigration, all find &
cause in that same selfish, bigOted utter
ance of speech which manifested itself
during the entire session, from a few old
"hOnOrs," whose brains, drenched in a solu-
ton or mixture found north of Mason and
Dickson's line, would relieve the South Of
its vacant acres, its poverty, its oppression,
its decentralization, and restore it once more
to a sound, amicable and honest element,
prescribed and entered into after the strug-
giles of the recent rebellion.
There are many men from the North who
have made Louisiana their adopted home.
They are identified with the prosperity Of
the State; their rights are as sacred in Lou
isiana as the manor-bOrn; they obey the
laws of Louisiana; they have become part
Of Louisiana as much so as he who immi-
grated to the State before the war, notwith-
standing the appellation Of ''earpet-bag-
ger" etc. They come to the State as law
abiding citizens. They are not to be driven
from the State because they were settlers
subsequent to the emancipation of slavery.
There is no doubt that large proportion
of THIS population are eOgnizant of the fact
that their present interest is better served
in retaining the present administration in
power. A portion of the ''old line are still
bitter opponents of recognition, in any man
ner, Of honest, upright men, for the reason
alone that they are but few years. from
the North. There are honorable, just and
honest Northern men holding position under
the present administration: their interest is
the same as any other citizen in Louisiana;
they are firm in condemnation Of all dishOn-
orable acts-free from all prejudices arising
from color, race, nationality or past differ
ences. They wish to see the laws Of the
State administered with equal justice 10 all.
There is still hope. The old lines are
passing among the things that were ;" ex-
tinct. The hull Of the old ship has carried
its aged barnacles too long to be seaworthy.
Let the frolicsOme waves of Young America
scrape the baFnacles from her bottom,
launch her once more into the broad waters
Of reconciliation, of equal rights and free
dom to all, regardless Of the past. Extend
the hand of Fellowship to immigration, TO
capital, to labor and the renovated ship
will move smoothly along with her welcome
cargo of wealth and prosperity. W.