New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-28

q distinguished ccuft--, "hG iho 4 "'Ieo
may be quoted % show that taxpayer
NAV withhold his taxes rom those he
chooses to say are bent on 1nstinted
plunder, and pay TO gentlemen Of high
standing, personal character and past re-
cord" These thoughtiess counsels are
dangerous. and Ill vino have the welfare
of orr State or city q: hear: should either
discard or examine them more closely.
POLITICS VERSUS LAW.
When politics passes into that state that
it encourages a defeated party to demand
Office by force, and refuse contribution to
the support o: government, it takes on
new phase and becomes III the one case
insurrection, in the other a conspiracy
to defeat the execution Of the law. Some
Of the residents Of our city did not seem
aware Of the point at which politics ceased
to be but one Of he sports Of the season,
and became 4 penal otense. The first
specimen OF this ignorance consisted in
charging certain !Udicia! officers whose
decisions were unpalatable, with down
right perjury, and with having committed
the Baconian crime Of taking bribes. A
second. was the open summons Of the
people to install by force certain candi-
dates for office. with an exhortation 10
resist the paymen: Of such taxes rs
would not il newspaper opinion be
properly applied. I is gratifying to know
that all intelligent people. nurtured in
obedience to Law, whethe, its DEGREES were
for or against them. could not be misled
by such insane and selfish counsels. Sad
denly the appeals to violence and evasion
have ceased, nor have we for some weeks
seen person denounced as a :hiet Or per-
iurer for the otfense of having voted the
Republican ticket. It Is be feared. how
ever, that this improved tone arises more
from some unexpected .emonstrance by
those who would haze 70 :..eet any judg.
ment for defamation Of character. or any
business suspension Tor conspiring TO de-
feat the law. :han tror: conviction
o: having done injustice. While 20
home appeals ":e made to Tes!s:
the laws, foreign editorial and other
communications upon Louisiana Affairs
are conspicuously copied. The uIi;e
space given ly distaI. papers TO ons q,ies-
ton Of the many sSitatlng .he nat:onal
mind would lead suspicious person 20
infer that those publications which would
not be approved by any bushes. :2an
here. have been manufactured in this city
and sent abroad for publication. such
essays would have :wo-to!d torce first.
as specioUs argument on the pending
question. and mex. IS 81 evidence that
distant and impartia! minds sympath.Zad
with this people under their alleged
oppression. 1t somewha: abates Tie value
Of these foreign testimonials tia: they
are copied FROM journals prominent
in their opposition 20 the i:epub-
!ican party II the last election. and
especially in the Greeley and Brown
fusion between old !Abolitionists and
fre-eaters. The New York Ir;tinc,
the World ana the 'ol.isr-.IornGi al. :Le
most conspicuous publishers Of tllesa IL
cendiary articles. Il IS trle. these pro-
iectiles fall in O. field where their e-plo-
sion is harmless. bat their employ. Il
shows the usual resource Of defeated :on-
spirators foreign Intervention. 70 III,
effort to enlist public opinion elsewhere
upon domestic issue we do no: ob.e:..
# the people Of the United States :A;nl.
proper to make this case their own. they
have the undoub:ed right to do 81. i
would be indeed a co.rOllary froi4 tie IL
tervention Of the nation in don.es::a IN
stitution Of State. This intervention
vas upon the ground that this inst;t ,tiC a
might be carried upon common territory.
ana so injure the 'oilmon ri--t t.
inhabit this territory. This right o. -
tioual intervention vas questioned; - :he
time. and was very fal from receiving the
unanimous support 4. -" North. IN :;
il separated Douglas from. Chase. Tie
same doctrine is. however. now advocated
by those who appeal 70 the whole nat;"-
to prevent practice IN one State which
may by that precedent become H. p-a--
tice il another. f this doctrine ."stiIr
the military preocc~pa:ion Of Kcn-:., .
prevent the spread OF slavery oTe: :he
whole national domain. the suIra,.6a- .:
the principle would be a troph. : -
That is al. E,: so:
We consider the character .: -"
allies whom suppressed >:lr.: y:
disorder ras Gale! to its sid, :.
ieei little apprehension that the. -.
1ationalize the Louisiana question. lie
influence of the Tibnns and The '.,y.
by other papers. "i..c-- -
. .litteren; view. Ii. ,c.rj.r-.'u y.f' =
no means r.,Tes.I:s 4 commuLI.~ -.
IL favor Of lis extreme COU; ~. !
q people violent :a>.>:. 2. !
Il al hazards and 70 III" las: extremity. |
They are not to be thus mIsieG. Nh.:. |
people involve tn riHse.vts il :. crD..... !:
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