New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-17
PARTY DISCIPLINE.

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fatal politically as boiling from the plat
form Of car is physically. The discipline
of which we speak is that which demands
of every representative of party that he
takes care the representation Of the party
does not suffer in his hands. 1t is to see
that an incumbent does not subordinate
the interest of the party to his OWE. Par
ties are organized, not to rob the people,
but to conduct the government on GER
tain line Of principles and public policy.
In the United States people do not readily
see how good can come out Of evil Il
band Of men calling themselves Demo
Gratis robs the people Of New York of nil
lions, or another band under Cakes Ames
embarrasses the Republican party with a
] vindication. what gain is there to the one
or the ether Of the great parties 'mph-
ca$eds The chief culprits in each case
have obviously ;akes che nanae and
political fellowship to secure access % the
public treasury. The princely gains &C.
crue to themselves The obloGuy and
damage result to the great parties which
such men have disgraced. We may
readily imagine Q debate between two
eminent orators of the two parties. In
the midst of splendid apostrophe to the
shades Of jefferson and jackson, the
Democratic speaker is interrupted with
How about Boss Tweed?" Il is followed
by shouts of derisive laughter from the
Republican side The orator grows angry
or attempts to vindicate the Democratic
party from charge of dishonesty against
one of its members. When his Republi-
can antagonist comes to reply, he paints
glowing picture of the Union preserved
and millions emancipated. In the midst
of this impassioned defamation, while the
audience is warming with thoughts Of ma
tional glory, some Democrat retorts:
Chow about Cakes Ames and the salary
grab The effect upon the orator and
audience is the same as in the other case.
Both parties are impure in the estimation
of the honest and disinterested men pres
ent. The devotion of these honest men
to their respective parties is weakened by
fear that neither is entitled to conf
dence. The discipline Of a party
should be like that of an army; the
bummers and maraud ers should be
punished in the most summary manner.
Tn oil r,n1ar,, <ho nj, of
enemy's country is forbidden. 1t demon
alizes the men, and it exasperates the PEG.
pie invaded. Modern armies entering the
cities of Mexico, or Paris or New Orleans,
have maintained the strictest discipline
over their own soldiers. The military
police Of cities so occupied has been even
better than their own The compensation
of conquering army consists in the com.
prehensive success of one nationality over
another. It consists in the substitution Of
laws and institutions, not in petty plumber |
of bummers and marauders. The analogy !
of party conquest is plain. The moral !
of this doctrine may be compressed in
very few words. If man wearing the |
badge, and bearing the commission OF a
party, employs his position to enrich him.
self, his uniform must be stripped off, his !
recalled, and he must be
drummed from the political camp limits !
with this placard on his person: ''He dis
graced his party to enrich himself" For
there is no party which will consent for
men to steal money for themselves, and
leave the offense to be defended by the
party to which the miscreant belongs. No
army would consent that the officers
should monopolize the spoils Of victory
while the unpaid soldiers would be called
On to defend them from an exasperated
enemy. 1t is much better there should
be no spoils acquired by robbery by either
officer or private.
The resolutions of the Boston Republi-
,ans are based on this sensible doctrine,
md we think it indicates new departure
N moral politics. If a partisan steals for
himself, let him defend himself; let his
money perish with him." This is the
doctrine. Mr.. Butler was
IN applicant for nomination on two
admitted by himself, the
other alleged by his opponents. He
ooasted that he had introduced the in
creased salary bill. His opponents charged
hat he was sustained by the official in
luence of the Federal government. He
vas, however, tried on the first count of
he indictment, with the plea of justifca-
ion. This act, and the doctrine by which
IS attorneys undertake to defend it, were
'emphatically disapproved" by the Mas
achusetts Republicans. The deeds and
doctrines Of the party are thus affirmed:
Resolred, That every great achievement
or personal liberty, for the pre- reservation of
he Union, TOR education, for the elevation
# labor. for the elevation of women, for
he extension of the suffrage which has
,een accomplished in this country for a
has been due to the Republican
,arty.
1t claims a mission Of exclusive and
progressive reformation:
That none of these great causes has
pything to hope for in the future from any
ther source, while every new truth, every
lain founded on justice, will, in the future
8 in the past, find its earliest converts, its
most generous recognition, its strongest ad
COATES and its first victories among the
republicans of Massachusetts.
The resolutions conclude with a new
departure in American politics, which
ught to be copied into every State plat
orm. The following paragraph teaches
o1p this GREAT object may be best ACCOM- |