New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-16

Those who comprehend the foreign Ian
guage in which the disaffection OF L Abei0'
is concealed, have called our attention te
the significant proposal Of that journal te
invoke the interposition of the French
government as a mode of changing the
tenure of Office in Louisiana. This pro
posal has been sustained by incessan
complaint of republican government
| One of the last assaults of this character
| is contained in an article of caution tG
Spain and France not to be precipitate il
adopting republican institutions on the
mere example of the United States
! L.4beilie admits that the fac: Of a fedora
government having subsisted here fol-
a century 'to be something It init
mates, however, that ''what is good fol
one country may not be good for another,
and by no means encourages either the
French or Spanish people to suppose thai
our form of government good for either
of them. Taking its further expressions
in regard to republican government here,
! we infer that L'AbeiNe attributes its con-
! .inued existence here to an exceptional cir
cumstance. and logically does not an
ticipate its duration beyond the existence
of that exceptional circumstance. These
Two Latin nations not being prepared for
the adoption oirepublcan institutions
! and the continuance of these institutions
here being problematical. it is fair cor
rollary to the reasoning Of L'AjeiNs that
free form of government is doomed.
This extract contains the invidious doc
trine.
If the Republicans Of France and Spain
manifest go much love for a precedent
which has already the respectable sanction
OF century, and certainly the precedent
merits attention thew should at least study
all that has arisen from II. al. that 1t has
produced, aud pause moment to examine
the uncertain avenue tFimPassc, which 1t
has now entered. They vii! very soon see
that il the constitutional system which they
80 much admire has thus far assured pOliri.
cal liberty, it has not created integrity OF
administration, and that if this country
had been less richly endowed hv nature. it
woald long ago hare demanded from, Othe"
PRINCIPLES 0f 1Orernme;,! a protection against
disorder and chaos.
So, in the opinion Of LAbsil1s. Europe
had better be careful about adopting a
Republican constitution. The fertility
and cheapness, perhaps. of our soil has
enabled a republic to exis: here century;
but for that the people would have long
since adopted An aristocracy, monarchy.
or perhaps, acknowledged the temporal
authority of his infallible holiness. The
example chosen by LAjei'e to warn its
Latin friends abroad is. the canvassed
candidacy of General Butler. as Governor
of Massachusetts,. In denouncing Cen
eral Butler. L'AbeiNe does not. of course,
omit to revive the prejudice against his
orders in relation "to the ladies Of New
Orleans" and the execution Of Mumford.
It would, perhaps. have been more
modest in journal which is said to
have been the quasi organ Of Butler
in disavowing certain opinions obnoxi-
Gus to him. to have abstained from
this. The recantation. or disavowal,
was understood at the time 70 be
the price of existence to L Ajei.',. because
other papers. not so judicious. refused the
same terms and were. in consequence.
ruined. But we submit. should L'AbeiNe
thus go back Oh its benefac:ov: If il
took the bread Of its mouth and the
breath OF its nostrils from this Ahuman
and oppressive ruler at the very moment
Of this order about the ladies Of New Or.
leans and this hanging Of Mumford. it is
certainly bbund to silence about him now.
If LAbeMe did not attack Genera, Butler
hen. il is assuredly estopped from abusing
him now. But if this denuuc;ation Of
Butler be true. what does it prove ag,ins.
a republican form of government? If a
ruler as base as King Louis XIV. or as
quarrelsome and oppressive as Napoleon
l. obtains throne, there is no means Of
escape save by revolution. Here we have
the choice of voting for man Or against
him. His term of office has a constitu- |
tionai end, and if he be Objectionable We !
can get rid of him.
The intent of such articles is. how
ever. plain-to publish Throughout: the
world imputations upon the duration and
integrity Of our republican government.
We had at one time hoped the immig,a- |
ton of Alsace and Lorraine. The repre- |
sentations q our government and social
condition, which have been spread abroad
in the language Of those provinces, and
upon the authority of journal printed
here. may tend to account for the avoid
ance Of Louisiana by the armies Of Eu-
ropean immigration. One Of two things |
must be obvious. Either the government |
of the kings and priests must be very bad
or ira. Of the republic mus: be very good,
for more than three hundred thousand
subjects will this year cross the
ocean from the kingdoms 70 the
States of the Union. The ;nsidious
advocates OF kings and covert foes Of uni
versal freedom seem to have effected little
to the prejudice Of republican ard repre-
government. Had they no: bet
ter 60 back to more congenia! scenes and
sentiments, The ocean is as open to i'm
one way Is the other. Il We
can exchange the n,aicontents who do no:
like our government fox republicans who
do. it will be. in our opinion, the best
thing that can happen to Louisiana.