New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-11
THE CAUSE AND CURE

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OVERT lyTs The levces. We address ourselves
20 restrain X. II may BE remarked now
ever, tha. for quarter OF eentur! L"-
rome has precipitated itself upon America
and We have had TO absorb . gfea' oe"'
~ ;,nror.ej wicLedncss, besides COM
| hating orr own. IU: le: as Srap9le
! .. once with tie question. 40" sAaA
popular and representative w!ckeGneSS oe
! co,trol,al, One Of our contemporaries
! ,,onoses two measures: First reStr!c'
! tiou O: tho r;gh: Of suffrage, by imposing
nroperty or other qualification upon It's
| exercise. Second. abo!ishipg rotation III
Office. We VIII nos employ the obvious
! repIy tha. the first OF these remedies is
impossible. 50 far :s the eN!i OF ignorance
| NAV he preGicated Of tie e.-slaTc. Inc
rioht o. suffrage would rot be surrendered
! because il il deemed by himself ana
| friends indispensable TO the security OF
other rights. TIE white man Is equally
uncompromising. he has thrown OH all
| restrictions after long struggle IA almost
| all Of the old States. This struggle Is stlll
| going on H. Europe. and many immigrants
| regard free suffrage aS among the !hdoce-
! ,rents 70 eros, .he ocean. Permanence III
| office is more probable. as ;he surrender
! Of the nigh. 20 participate in the public
| salaries would inyolva less individual
scruple among so many millions fpeo-
ple. But what y wretched subtertuge tor
popular reforms would either or both be:
One person out OF five votes. 1hlS vote
may be cas-. biennially, or Iuadrennially.
Our friends are OF opinion that Ii
this sufragan can be excluded from
the polls society viii be purified.
Pitiable abnegation from duty! The
philosophe, contents himself with erasinG
the yo.. OF one willie he leaves four others
in ignorance and vice. These five may
violate all laws during the two or four
years lnterva! which separates electlons
No moral or intellectual instruction IS re-
commended or provided tor these people.
No measures are taken to develop for
them employment. The whole remedial
| system is comprehended in this amended
| decalogue, Thou >hait not vote. Now,
| we thinl. tha. the cause and cure OF this
evil in good part hes just here. Those
| who undertake 10 guide and govern the
people 20 not instruct the people nor en-
r'ov the people. They perform this high
and Aoly duty il much more simple
! manner. They leave the voter to poverty
and AL its temptations until few weeks
before the election. They send out strikers
to buy him up or cLea. him. and i they
| fail, denounce him as ignorant and corrupt.
! and try to take his vote away. We would
| warn those whc. III the name Of Dem
! ocracv. propose 20 take away the right to
vote, .ha. they may lose something OF
more consequence 20 them than vote IL
| th. ATTEMPT. No lGan can. at thi. day
| and IN this country, "rroga:e the
power 20 deprive another OF TigL;
h, deems liu.scl: capable to Use and
whicl. LIE may consider essentia! 10 his
po!itica! or even personal safety. NO; the
right of equal >',t:!age is an American
ricl, which will never be surrendered.
! Suppose, then. these theoretical Ve!ormer,
undertake TO ed,.cat. these people up to
this right: Some o: these gentlemen who
dwell IN the attic OF distractions had bet
ter establish !. workshop or Sunday
school. They Nigh, seek soine poor family
and tender It's ignorant, starring members
education and wases. There is no such
danger 90 society rs 30 eXasperate the
poor by avoiding them As wild and dam
gerous animals. People poured from the
cellars OF Paris in the first revolution that
the well fed and clad thousands had never
seen. Three-fourths Of q century was re-
uui!ei 70 modify these sarages into the
Commune Of 1871. Let Us cherish the
people. educate tie people. employ the
people. and they vi! vote with US. Tor us,
and fight fogus.
We al! abnesatc Ills great duty. The
press really heads this clar.oI :or office.
The politicians demo'".ils the popul"ti'h'
The man is valued a; q CERTAIN season ior
his vote. as the shee! for his wool. lsthe
man thought so stupid as no. to sec 'Lat
he may staIve or de AZ any o'h'r pefiod
without attracting Thought IRON 'hose
who have la:osSed him "b""s his vote :
Il. then. the gentlemen who wish to 'a,'-
der citizen harmless by the .mas@llI-