New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-25
STILL footing on THE CONSTITUTION.

STILL footing on THE CONSTITUTIONS
Andy johnson INDUCED in one OF bus
Characteristic scolds on Thursday from
the balcony of the Metropolitan Hotel IN
Washington. Although the time has gone
by forever when the utterances of this
rather eccentric ex-tailof, Ex-Governor,
ex-senator, ex-President, ex-alderman,
and we know not how many other exes,
are of any great importance, yet the re-
porters of the Associated Press errone-
ously thought them worth reporting. The
people in this latitude feel very little an
terest in A. 1.-THE Democrats because he
did not succeed and the Republicans be-
cause they do not wish him to succeed.
He has, on several occasions, raised hopes
in the minds Of various parties which
we're destined never to be realized, and
the belief is very general and wide spread
throughout the United States that Andy
thought he had done his whole duty when
he simply made his rash promises. How
ever that may be, the colored people long
ago supposed their bogus Moses, who
volunteered to lead them out of the will
derness, and set about it as though he ex-
pected to make another forty years job of
it, had found some sort Of hill up in
Tennessee to answer for a Mount Nebo.
The Democrats are not remarkable for
their tenacious adherence to politicians
who have first betrayed and then failed.
For these are both cardinal sins in the
Democratic chu,ch-the last deadly one.
But little heed does Andy pay to the
captious critics. He is very fond Of that
speech of his, which he once spoke all
over the United States while swinging
around the circle and never loses an op-
poItunity to repeat it whenever he can
get half dozen listeners Occasionally,
as was the case at the MetroF olitan Hotel,
he doubts for o brief moment his ability
to 60 through with the performance, but
never fails to begin, knowing full well
that if he breaks down in The middle it
will make no great difference as everybody
knows the whole thing by heart. Then
he begins. Our fathers made constitu-
ton which he regards as sacramento.
The Almighty has made, since then, sew
eral millions Of people with the design to
preserve and defend that constitution. In
fact, the great aim and end of the Ameri-
can nation is to preserve this great docu.
ment as holy thing, from beginning to
end, slavery and all, from the vandal
hands of those who hold the instrument
was created for the people, not the people
for the constitution. But it seems that
Andy has been sleeping at his post, and
. line OF two, and precept or so of this
sacred constitution has been changed.
The blessed right TO pursue niggers has
been taken away, and the would-be Moses
is so angry that he wants to break up the
whole of the twelve tables, resign his
commission in the very face Of the Lord,
md let the people all 60 to perdition in
heir own way. In this he has never been
lble to succeed, and as consequence,
every time he mounts the stump he vexes
our ears with his threadbare history of |
he constitution, embellished with his
egend of a wonderful tail or who finally |
became alderman, and rose to such dizzy
height of greatness that he came within
me Of falling over great precipice which |
would undoubtedly have broken his neck. |
However, he omits that dangerous cpl
ode, and goes on with monotonous
colding Of the people because they have
hanged things more TO suit them since |
lie was boy. IN abolishing slavery, the
,eople have abolished the constitution, !
nd now, since there is nothing more worth
wing for, the country is necessarily going
o ruin.
Now, all this is the merest drivel and |
lonsense. The statesmen OF the sixth
nd seventh decades are quite as wise as
rere those Of the latter end Of the last /
entury, more truly patriotic, and know
uny as we'll wha: they want. At all |
vents. while men Of Republican princi-
les are in the majority in this country
hey certainly must shape things TO suit
hemseles. When they pass away, OF com.
nit such errors as shall consign them 70
eserved obscurity, then Andy and his
rowd can come forward again and run
he machine their way for while. There
very little use in one so hopelessly in
he minority vexing the ear with his
,oney croakings. OF in telling those who
ave changed the constitution that they
ave done so. For it was done on well
onsidered grounds, was Intentionally
one, and it is expected that the authors
f this political revolution that SO alarms
he ex-President are quite well pleased
18th their work.
LOUISIANA"
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