New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-08
PARAMOUNT DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
Ir tho +booIoo;cal oninions of the Morn.

If the theological opinions OF the Morn
ia; star are as utterly void Of truth and
sense as its political notions. those read
e-s who depend upon it as "a guide are truly
in a periIous condition. But we hope
that such is not the case. We confess our
inability to comprehend its heavy religious
articles. and. therefore. charitab!y sup
pose them too deep fox OF. limited capa-
c:t-. IN ssecrlar matters. however. we
profess to be something Of az expert, and
can de:ec. politica! fraud and hypocrite
as readily as we can tell whether or not
or barber indulge, in garlic. Leaving,
therefore. the theological. side OF the
NorHing .>:gr to the obscuc1y its own
deficiency il pe,spicac;ty has clothed
It with. we have q re,4arl. OK two to make
about it, poli,lca! hecesie>
1: is no: very long ago since Cen
! erai Eeauregard ana a very large num-
be- Of Intelligent. rejecting gentlemen
announced the conclusion that po-
Utica! policy tina. arrayed one-half the
population Of this State against the other
was not only wrong, but ruinous. They
! therefore met together and wisely re-
solved to avoid the recognized fault, and
square their politica! action in the future
BY different rule. The principle in
volved, we need not tell our readers. is
simply the acknowledgment Of the rights
Of the black man to the ordinary privi-
leges Of humanity. Bu. the itinerant
priest who now writes for the Morning
stu. assumes this to he wrong. And SO
far as the principle is recognized by our
laws, lie calls it legalized wrong. Now.
the fuer. Hibernian who last week
boosted that he was Southern to the
hearts core" did not blunder more as to
the section of the world that is honored
By his nativity than he Las 10y declaring
tina. the action OF the people Of this State.
in enacting laws for the protection of our
colored citizens. is wrong. There are
two maxims which we often hear dogmati-
cally affirmed and strenuously disputed:
l. The King can do no wrong.
2. The Pope is infallible.
Both propositions are undoubtedly true
in the sense used by the respective adj
herents. IS there is no power to set aside
the acts of the king or to declare them
wrong and enforce the decree. they must
stand. There can be no right that is dis
puted so effectually that it can not be en-
forced The DEGREES. aliocutions, etc, Of
the Pope are undoubtedly infallibie and
fina! as to those who dare not dispute
them. In like manner the laws and ordi-
nances Of a free people can not be wrong.
Whatever regulation the majority OF the
people Of this country may decide to estab-
lish must necessarily be right. for there is
no superior power here to dispute it.
There may be respectable minority that
are dissatisfied with it. bu: the majority
alone determines what is right and wrong.
JUS: as the king and the Pope do within
their respective Jurisdictions.
The majority OF the people OF the
United States. therefore. having Or
dained tie establishment Of 4 principle.
and addressed the State, and the indiyid-
uai citizens and residents Of States in
terms of adnonit;ou and command, it
behooves all WHO dwell within the lUris-
dicton Of Uncle Sam. whether lie be ma
tive or foreign, to yield obedience. He
who is too obstinate OK too wicked to
obey will find himself il difficulty at
once. The highes. authority OH earth. 50
far as the American citizen is concerned,
has decl red tina: the principles which
General Beauregard and Messrs. Marks
and other gentlemen have accepted are
the supreme law OF the land. And yet
We are gcayeiy admocishe.-
So Genera: Beauregard and his new
found associate. accept al. the accom-
plished facts which pretend TO be cOnsttu-
tionaI and legal. and indorses these facts
by conforming ~ them. AS Catholic.
Genera. Beaucega,d can not do that with
OFT DENYING a.. article in the syllabus OF
Plus TX. As Southern gentleman he eau
not Go that save a: tae cost OF principle.
We are not informed Of the nature of
the syllabus which is thus pleaded as q
bar to an American citizen who declares
his intention Of hereafter obeying the con-
stitutioH Of his native State. nor caa we
tina: the obligations Of
Southern gentleman to what he senti-
regard, a principle are superior
to his duties as an American citizen.
Fo: the Information Q: the editor OF
the .S!ar, who appears to be profoundly
ignorant o: American institutions. we
vii. take occasion here to say that
the majority OF tie people are the
source of sovereign power: that the consti-
tutions of the nation and the State infinitely
dominate owe. papal syllabuses and the
notions of Southern gentlemen" and if
there is anything inconsistent or antagon-
site between our secular laws and the
rules prescribed in Rome, the weaker will
necessarily give way. The case would be
,uite different i: tie majority Of our
people were OF tie other side. But they
IRE not. aud wise men are beginning to
inc: out tina. if they wish to be OK the
strong side they must seek and join it.
STAND By THE FA.TE.
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