The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-10
AN HONORABLE FOE.

Republican journal in the country. Its edl-
toria!s are never sla,sgy, its Southern CORE
spondents have scorned to enter into the
wholesale lying and outrage manufacturing
business in which their cOn.treres OF the Radl-
cal press. both North and South, are so prof
Gent. and its defense of the peculiar doctrines
it advocates has ever been argumentatlve and
manly.
While differing toto colo therefore, from
the able editors, whose always well-wrtten
and not uafreqnently powerful contributions
give such weight and interest to the columns
of the New York Times, We recognize it as
foeman worthy of the keenest Democratic
steel, and invariably receive it in our sonctun'
as welcome visitor, against whom it is an
honor to enter the list Of journalistic fitting.
Wehaye been led to make the above remarks
by the perusal of a very fair and well-written
editorial which appeared in the Times on the
I'd inst, on the subject of immigration in the
South, and in which we find the following
candid and truthful Acknowledgements. But
for the limited space at our disposal, we would
cheerfully republish the whole article, Of
whose scope and merit the extracts we are
about to make will give a very accurate idea:
While there is by no means the great food
of immigration into the States of the South
which the people of that section desire, there
is vet a considerable movement which, in
time, will result in modifying, and, in some
respects, changing the character of the popu-
lation there The presence of one hun
bred and fifty thousand Germans in
Texas cannot fail, in due time, to work
great influence in the Southwest. This
small army of hardy and frugal Teutons has
entered the Lone Star State SO silently, in
such unc Easing currents, and has scattered so
widely up and down over the broad acres,
that the Texans themselves were amazed,
when a few months since, the number OF
Germans in the State was announced A
dense stream of immigration has also been
poured into Texas from the Northwest, from
the States OF Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.
These various elements are, one and all, aiding
in the upbuilding Of a giant commonwealth.
1t is not little singular that two Of the re-
hottest of the States south of Mason and
/ ixon's line should be among the very first to
secure large numbers Of immigrants. Florida
and Texas are each shining examples of what
good advertising and proper representation OF
resources can do for Safe. The character of
Florida as cane and orange and tropical fruit
bearing country having been carefully ex-
PLANE to the people OF Italy, three hundred
Italian families recently migrated to the winter
paradise, and will, doubtless, be followed by
many more. A judicious crusade in Italy and
Sicily in favor of the Florida peninsula would
probably result in the beginning Of food Of
immigration which might attain the same pro-
portions as that from Germany into Texas.
attention to this subject Of an influx of popu-
lation from the outer world. In some Of the
States the presence. or rather the omnipres-
ence of the negro is bar to any very nulner-
GUS entries of immigrants. But there is no
Southern State where the native people feel
anything save the most earnest desire to Sc
cure as many new citizens as possible by i'm
port alton. Strong tides OF immigration set
ting to South Carolina and Alabama would do
much to solve the political problem of the
political situation there. The carpet-bag
governments never did much to encourage
the coming of white Europeans to those
States, because they felt that if they did so
they would be destroying the principal source
of their own perverted and shameless power
The late Democratic victory in Pennsyl-
vania was celebrated by banquet in Philadel-
phia on the Sd inst, where speeches were
made by number of distinguished guests.
The speech which had the most national
political significance was that of Congress-
man Sam. j. Randall, whose name has been
mentioned for the Speakership of the next
House of Representatives, of which speech
the conclusion was as follows:
The first fruits of this triumph have been
realized in the perfect order since maintained
in every Southern State, and the bringing up
of better feeling between the two races than
white man begins to feel secure in his liberty
of person and conscience, while the colored
man realizes the fact that honesty and intelli-
gence in their rulers best secure to them, per-
manently. the results Of their labor.
am not insensible Of the aid rendered to
the Democratic party by the large body of
Republicans who assisted SO materially in
producing tie result we are here tonight to
celebra te; and let me add that 1 do not be-
ieve the confidence reposed will be in any
way abused. 1t would be wrong in Inc to an
ticipate what will be the policy OF the House
of Representatives of the Forty-fourth Con-
gress, and yet of one thing l feel certain, and
that is, that moderation will be its purpose
and its rule OF action.
We shall, when the triumph is made COM
plete, with Democratic Senate and a Demo-
cratic President, take up the Government as
we may find it, permitting all the results OF
the war to remain undisturbed, seeking only
to administer with honesty and fidelity, ac-
corling to the Constitution and the laws en-
acted Hereunder. By such course believe
Pennsylvania will remain firm in the column
Of Democratic States.
The people have grown weary Of misgov-
eminent and maladministration, and they
have sought, with full hope, the agency OF
the Democratic organization to remedy the
gross abuses under which they have so long
and SO patiently suffered. At last they refnse
longer submission. I believe the party will
prove fully equal to the duty assigned, and
that the advent of Democratic administra-
ton will bring with it full measure of pros
perity and fraternal relations between all the
citizens Of all the States
Mary E. Tillotson thus addresses the people