New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21

| Inc Democratic candidate for Governor
OF Ohio has been recently batting his hook
70 catch the soldier vote Of his State. In q
late speech he took occasion to depounce
| the President for his appointment of Cen
eral LonRstreet to = lucrative office in tbe
south, or in his own language, sspassinr
over merlt0r1ous soldiers, and appointing q
man whose hands are stained by the blood of
Union men" These Democratic gentlemen
are very hard 70 please. In one breath they
pitch into the President for not appointing
ex-rebels to Office, and in the next they de-.
nounce him because he selected the heat
representative of that class for q LEADING
federal position. Since the close OF the war
the democratic press and orators have beer.
round!y abusing the President for NOT giv-
ing larger snare OF patronage to Southern
men, especially to those who held iutuen-
tlal positions under the Confederacv. Bv
thls benevolent policy We were told the
masses OF the South would be won to The
support Of the government.
Du, t1e administration saw fit to encour-
sge the loyal element instead of the dis
loyal. Whenever an ex.rebeI was fonnd
who have evidence of an intention to accent
me situation, and do all he could toward
bringing about peace, good will and pros
Rerlty, encouragement was extended in the.
shape OF federal patronage; but the policy
OF wholesale appointments from among
tnose who tried to break up the Union, has
dent or the party he represents. some mis-
taxes may have been committed in appoint
nS men to office, before any evidence had
petn gwen OF their desire to blot out the
past, but as rule the selections made from
me tI.a South have been wise and iudiciOus.
nenever 1t Is deemed safe to intrust pat
rona&e to those who were formerly arraved
against the government, public sentiment
Will regulate the character and extent IF
the patronage to be bestowed.
but no arguments based on expediencv
wltnout assurance Of safety can induce tho
government, 90 long % it is under Repub,
llcsn control, to arm it's syowed ens,n;a.
with q weapon that at any time might he
turned against its life. Security. inst;cs
common gratitude toward those Who war.
friendly when friends were sorelv needed
must precede the dawn of the hapDy ner;od
when federal Office can be given to man
\ % ~ nan qaes5ioni1g his antecedents. This
The policy of the Republican nartV " It oi
not Proseriptive, but q restrictive noiicr
Accept,ng men for the power they can wieTS
coward the restoration of a thoronah
: mon sentiment in those localities wbara
J, y as most needed: To carry out this policy
e49res SOUND Judgment, discretion. mac
'animity and patriotism iudgman-
wedding mistaken appointments. d;scr ~
lon N the exercise OF a power SO Iiahie W
louise; magnanimity in Overlooking tbe
,s.to when the present gives assurance of
'etter future, and patriotism in purs,,ing q
;ohcy that will tend to promote trana6ii.
ily, secure happiness and advance, without
1 .be ~ any section, the general welfare
we believe that in the appointment. of
senerai Longstreet the President was
by the purest and most patriot;c
aotlves, and we know of nothing in INC
u '..;e uent career OF General Longstreet to
astify censure or to show that he CONF.
ence ct the President was misplaced We.
ir. Allen, the representative OF the nartv
nat; encouraged rebellion, denounces the,
resident for the appointment of General
.ongstreet. He has NO words Of censnrs
or ogn Davis and his treasonable speecb at
40 Wnlte sulphur Springs, but for the en-
ont Of a loyal sentiment in the
JUL, on the part Of the President, he ia.
3roed TO hold up his hands in virtuous in
'gn ma. The bait is too evident to catch
voIe. The loyal people of Ohio know
, ,a. democracy, if it had the power, would
store nnrepentant rebels to place and
'wer. Ihey know that it would be not
=. exception but the rule of Democratic
'ilcy.-The Republican. =