New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-13
A Plain Duty or Congress to the South.

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in the least avail to shift the burden of any
obnoxious measures or to excuse the non
performance of any possible duty. With a
majority in both Houses, the Republican,
in Congress have such an opportunity al
brave men would rejoice in. 1t is per
mitted to them to make q record to be read
of all men, a record which shall stand as q
grand vindication of glorious party and
in witness Of the personal courage and
wisdom OF it's statesmen, whatever may be
the vicissitudes of fortune or the future
verdict of ballots.
Three months remain to the Republicans
to close up, SO far rs they can be sure Of
it's control Of this portion Of the history OF
the Republican party. Whether that party
is to continue to control the legislation 81
the country, is an unsOlved problem toward
the wished for solution Of which they can
give no certain aid, and nothing is surer
than that If they attempt to shape their &C
ton SO as to placate some factions, or "a
recover some fancied waning popularity,
they will but insure their own defeat.
They occupy these seats, not to secure
future elections, bnt to carry out the will OF
those who sent them there. and to enact
! laws dor the welfare Of the whole country.
Now the Republican party sprang out OF
| an idea, and has positive policy. That
! idea and that policy it is its present duty to
protect. so far as may be possible. EN-
bodied in the later amendments to the con-
stiturion. it's ideas and policy are known
| and read Of all men.
| 1t is made the duty of Congress 20 pass
| all necessary laws, to put in practice, in
| active operation, the great supreme law Of
| the constitution. Too long has this plain
| duty been neglected-the RECEIPT elections
are notes Os warning that what tho Repub-
lioans have to do must be- done at once
There ia ne time tor recrminatiOn or blame
now. Let :hefe be 90 delays toy jnvestiga.
| ton or fault finding. One thing is certain.
tho result of such reconstruction as has
gone On has been 70 close up. hermeticaliy
seal, several OF the Southern States against
the influence Of the Republicans. Unless
some action il taken ab once. the same re.
suit will be true Of all the Southern States.
The name, the fact, Of chattsl slavery has
been abolished, but the White Leagues hOi0
possessio Of the Southern Statee: che
whole force of local wealth. station, all the
power that ia known as - society" is thrown
sol;dlr against Republicans. The white
Republican is made obnoxious, the black
man il deprived of all political freedom,
and the 10y al North is etfectually prohibited
from exerting any influence.
IL does not need a prophet 90 see that the
Southern States will be- Welded solidly
politically by the White INeaguers. and that
as in she old days OF slavery the divided
North will find itself ON all questions Of
national politics confronted BY = united
South voting as one man.
Tina. this must happen has been appar.
ent ever since the days OF Andrew John.
son. There was but one alternative left.
one hope. and that was that thera would be
found wisdom enough in the dominant
party t" secure general education throush'
out the South.
How well this has been done let the fol.
lowing paragraph. taken from recent
copy of the New Orleans Picayune testify.
Speaking of the present state OF popular
education in Louisiana. it says:
''In st. Landry it is discoV cred That F15
white voters. Or one-half the white voters
Of the parish, were unable to sign their
negroes were likewise unable 10 write: the
tota! amounting 90 three ffths OF the voting
population of.he parish"
This fact needs no comment. Il Is felas. !
lively true Of all the planting States large
proportion Of whites as well as blacks being !
unable to read or write. Schools for whites |
before the war were few, during the war |
none. since the war wholly insufficient.
To meet this evil the Committee on Edu. |
cation and Labor perfected a bill last |
winter distributing the income from sales
of public lands to aid TIE school system in |
States and Territories. A Republican Con. l
srass failed to paas the measure!
Republicans in Congress gan do nothing |
more statesnanllke, pothing more benef
cent than to see tina. this bill is passed at
once.
The lass Of trade will adjust themselves
il let alone. Panics. like honeycombs, ex.
baust themselves. or are but occasional. 1
No law OF this session can at OEce set in |
motion the wheels Of labor and restore
but ignorance can be cOmbated,
and by making possible intelligent citizens
tho Republic can be strengthened.
This bill was fully explained in our col.
umns last winter; it is familiar to Congress;
we commend it to the Republican leaders.
Let them, while they have the power, exert
their power. Let them be true to their old
IDEAS. Let them not fear to aid education
wisely and literally. They created bureau
If education; let them give it means to
nsnre its efficiency.
In word, the Republicans in Congress 1
nave only to he true t. their convictions;
heir only policy is to 60 on and strengthen
the institutions they have created, complete !
he work they have undertaken. Let them
how that they have faith in the ideas. the
policies and the means they have professed
md invigorated; SO they will best honor
heir cause and serve their country.-.Vs;v
York Nail
Suet Butter.
We have had occasion repeatedly to allude
o the various limitations Of butter. mainly
of suet, which have found
heir way into our markets, sometimes
lnder fanciful names v hich indicate their
ompOsitlOn, and in some cases marked as
md purporIing to be the genuine article.
living to the determined opposition of the
utter and cheese trade of this city, but |
title, We believe, is here consumed; bat il
3 credibly stated that gu antilles are shipped
o the South and to other sections of
he country, where a less careful super-
isiOn is exercised over the quality of the
taple or the condition of the markets. We
.lsO learn that, of late. various disagreeab!e |
ompounds, known in Eogland as French"
nd Australian" butter. have been i'm
'Orred into this country by British dealers
esirous of avoiding penalties under the
dui.eration acts of their own nation: so
hat altogether it would appear that there
J sufficient OF the artificial mateli Il in the
Jnited States to render the following
METHOD for its detection valuable to ner
hants or consumers who desire to avoid
nvestInents in it.
Mr.. John Horeley, +. C. s.. furnishes to
be Chemical Necs record Of the reeults Of
scent exper1meots. which were directed
,ward the detection Of meat fats mixed
nth butter, and therefore the process indi. ,
lted will prove useful both to those cue /
Getting such adulterstiOn in genuine butter,
3 well as to others who are not sufficiently q