New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-26
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| power of 1.-THE most intelligent and b;ntTTe
| respectable. AT first we thOurht SIy
were really sincere in their promiseo lucy
| honest in their eHdeavors to better RI @' auu
dtion of affairs. But it seems We ,U ooa
| doomed to disappointment, and thanh ere ere
| the disappointment has resulted in san Uou
us from destruction. For as we all Inns
now, the asseverations of ''the most ;n nnUw
| gent and highly respectable" were NIL
only to deceive. They thought by mn %iee
| tudes Of promises to darken the Egbt ~ ' d
| position, and thus ride rough shod ore. tp
alien Yankee and unsuspecting negro NV o
| see those moral people shake hands r;1e
wIckedness, and bow before immoraTtI4
fraud and corruption. for the purpose Of "
curing the key to power that they mioSt
"'when the right time comes, drive tha SUI
pet-baggers to their Northern eens as for %.,
are driven away by the morniTsS
SUM- The highly intelligent and truly "rVs
spectacle" preached reform and the advaeo
tageS OF a government representing ~.
whole people, but for reasons OF Their owu
they forgot 10 reform. and attemntpd "a
give us ID government representing IN
oldest and best. and highly intelIigenra,SS
only. Their idea of representing us ws,
in striking out or disreg arding the law
that protected Us, and they intended to So
with us as they would have us done nnto
'seize upon us by the throat and hurl ms ~
destruction" They loved reform mmcS
but they loved So, 600 muchly. This nso'
pie" desire to be heard i'll the goyern,npn,
OF their country, but they refuse to hear
the voice of 10000 of their conptrvman
equally interested in its welfare. Does 'tbi,
people forget that this country belongs IN
the whole American people, especially IN
that people who saved it from destruction
Can't this people" realize the fact that
f1,n lnyu
ly respectable as such We would
advise this people" to either submit to the
laws or migrate. We suggest Honduras AZ
a country likely to put up with the pre-.
lenses Of 1.-THE oldest and best" Our lava
know no rich or poor; our laws know M
oldest and best and highly respectable,
Rich and poor, old and young, best and
worst, respectable and disrespectable, in.
telligent and ignorant, white and black are
ali amenable.
The idea of our government is the su
premacy Of man, not of property. Weloye
man for his humanity, not for his WORLDLY
trappings, and if this people" desire a gov
eminent founded on the supremacy of
property, they will have to seek home out
of the reach of true and enlightened prO
gress, or wht re carpet-baggers can not fol
low them. The Democratic party of TO-
day is composed mainly of aristocrats
whose idea is the supremacy Of property
not the elevation of humanity; whose whole
aim is to secure the supremacy of
moneyed aristocracy, not to preserve the
purity of the ballot box and the equality Of
man before the law. No man can have the
presumption to say that liberty is the idea
of the Democrats of the South, " hen they
refuse to others the lawful rights and liber.
ties they claim for themselves.
After having been restored tie thu citizen.
snip they so rashly Ito cali il by 40 harder
namei forfeited by chat portion Ell their
teilowsitizens and countrymen sronb whom
they could least expect forgiveness, they
would to day, was 1t in thsir power, dis.
franchise every man of theme ga, more,
they would Lurl them Go destruction, be-
cause they dare differ with tho ln III opinion.
This 10 not che American ides of liberty o.
conscience, neither Is i: the idea of Chris.
tianity. Christianity is . revelation Of
Gods mercy 'o iuaR. g. is always OF ahe
side 81; freedom and humaait@s Che Re-
publican p.ityo like Chlissianityo addresses
man as endowed Wish eha capacity 80 judge
at himself Wia' Is 81. is 2os righto .u6 it is
based on the fact shas 9nsp docs ssally pos,
scss this capacity. christianity Walucssnan
for lie simple humanity, a0t for his prop
ertv. she accidents OF birth. eeelos OF DO.
sition: sod, ss uu' RepubicaDisno
Christianity. aside from at. design 70 10
the individual :os communion with fhs
blessed after death, seeks Go introduce .
new or.le, q; things on the eart'.-So sxals
the humble. 10 humble the proud, Soestab,
lisls she reign OF justice and good will
among men ana enable every man to sic
undeE his own Sine or Il srCeo with acne to
modest Ss ku- klus 81 Suaise sfraiaS And
this is what the Republican party OF this
Stale Is ondsaveripg "a. SO, and this is what
they had iGS Sie~ SbeH SIgo &el!0gg fleS
that biz. Y.gGs