New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-25

Capital, enterprise and muscle-each are
as necessary in the march Of Improvement
as the other--have been, persistently
driven from our borders by the fell spirit
OF political intolerance, whose power
and malignity spreading beyond
the limits of politics, have con
trolled business, tyrannized over the
social circle, and even invaded the temples
of the Most High That this should have
been the case in the height Of the conflict
between the two sections, is not to be won
dered at; but that it should have so long
survived the causes which gave it birth, is
as deplorable. as it is censurable; and has
undoubtedly, been very detrimental to the
South. For that which our section most
needs is precisely that which it has scorn-
fully repealed, refusing the aid of North
ern capital, enterprise and labor, except
upon terms which manliness could not ac-
cept. Northerners might indeed come
here and invest their money, and enrich
us with their energy and their labor, but
it must be on condition Of accepting the
views Of the ruling caste in our
midst on all the political questions
at issue in the late war Even a
decent reticenee would not do. They
must take the Southern view of things or
be regarded. as intruders To come out
boldly as a Republican was to bid for the
support or patronage of Republicans alone,
and to be cut off fom business or
social intercourse with the rest of the com
munity. Thin-skinned people could not
stand this; Eigh-spirited people would not;
neither would enterprising men with broad
views and large plans. The injury sus-
tanned from ostracising such is incalculable.
Fortunately, however, this is all past.
Men cannot stay angry forever, especially
when every motive for anger is daily be-
coming DINNER, as it recedes into the
shadows Of the past, and every incentive
to progress and improvement invites to
fOrgetfulness Of old causes Of quarrel, and
determination for the future II
The Liberal Republican movement, Of
fering, as it does, new starting point,
from which all may have fair chance, a
new goal which ali desire to reach, has
commended itself to all classes in the
country, as just the opportunity they were
waiting and longing for. It has been
especially welcome here in the South
where men, fitted by talent, education and
experience to serve their fellow-citizens in
public capacities, have been self-exiled
from political life by the ostracism above
alluded to. Politics have been in the
hands of Republicans, and to affiliate
with such would have been to incur odium
among those whose favor was the breath
of life; therefore politics must be avoided.
The call alluded to above, signed by men
of such opposing political antecedents,
gives the death blow to such state of pub
lie opinion as we have described. Hence
forth to be Republican, or to have voted |
a Republican ticket, can no longer be
thrown in mans face as a reproach. |
The era of determination has begun, and |
it may be confidently regarded as an era
of returning prosperity to our section of
the country. There will be nothing now
to prevent that influx ofnew life, energy and |
capital which we so much need. Not car
pet-baggers, with tickets bearing their
names already printed for fat political |
offices as their principal luggage, but solid |
men of business, industrious mechanics, |
hardy laborers, all coming to make this
their home, and become truly identified |
with the interests of the South, not by |
classifying their political sentiments, but !
by honestly devoting themselves to the |
best interests of their adopted home, ac-
cording to the best of their judgment. All |
this, and much more, is implied in the |
mixed meeting called for tonight, in |
which General Beauregard will stand side |
by side with prominent Republicans, both |
pledged to support the man who has done !
rs much as any other, and more than |
most, to spread the doctrines of true Re |
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