New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
Bullying the West.


that the New York Herald had rendered it.
self famous, or infamous, year ago by
charging upon President Grant the criminal
purpose of OverthrOwing the liberties of the
country. 1t gave temporary currency to
the word "CBsarism," as applicable to the
Presidents purpose. But now that same
paper is engaged in the earnest endeavOr to
persuade the President to become a Cesar
and set the popular will at defiance by We.
TONG bills that have some prospect of being
enacted by Congress. After having csjoled
and 1attered the President in number of
articles, complimenting his courage, his wis
dom, his patriotism, and told him how he
could save the nation from ruin and win for
himself immortal renown, by simply veto
denly dropped the softsoaping" style
of approach, and is now appealing
to "arms'-that last arbitrament between
Sta:es-for n settlement of this currency
question. The Herald seemingly thinks
President Grant Is afraid of the smell of
gunpowder. and will veto the will Of the
West and South in order to keep peace in
the family. 1t will be seen that war, pure
and finp!e-war by the New England and
Middle States, Virginia and the Caroinas-
Is threatened against the West and South
west, unless the men of the West and South
west LEARN wisdom from the danger of the
hour" That is to say, unless the West and
ooutuWesL kcb scared III Litn8 ana Udck
down from their demand for an increase of
the national currency The Herald talks
hippantly about it's predictions of civil war
and bloodshed in 1861, and by reference to
their yerlficatioD seeks to mako its present
words the more alarming.
Unfortunately for the Herald there are
too many yet living who read its boosted
predictions of 1861, and who know that
they were all made in the interest Of !
treason. The Herald had always been the |
servile tool of the slavebolding Democracy. |
1t denounced Lincoln and his supporters as |
Aboliti0nists, and predicted civil war if the |
tree North dared elect the Republican |
ticket. After the election it predicted civil
war if Lincoln. as President, should attempt
to "coerce' back into the Union the South
ern States that were attempting secession. |
The Herald did all it could by predicting
war and bl0Odshed to trighten the Free
States ont Of the victory they had won in
the Presidential election. But with no
marked success. On the contrary, so trea-
sonabie became its utterances, its predic-
lions of civil war, that a popular demand
sprung up in New York city for it to show
what cOlors it meant to be found under in the
impending conflict. On its refusing to de-
clare which side it would espouse, a very
large committee of citizens, numbering in
1act several thousands, marching in m reg
ular order, started one day directly to the
Herald Office, with the purpose of inter
viewing the editor, though j. should be neo-
essary to pull down the walls of the office
to reach him A parley ensued, and in a
brief time a national flag was mt for and ! !
set flying over the Herald, and thereafter {
the paper contained no more predictions" )
Of war and blood. Surely the present |
writers for the Herald can not remember !
the shame OF that day. 1t seems absolutely S
incredible that any paper in the United {
States, published outside of an asy-
lum tor idiots or luuatics, could indulge .
from the Herald. "The West shall not rule p
70 in this thing ave demand j!
hat the West shalt NOT legislate TO the dis. ?
credit of the nation" This thine ! :;
ian not go on forever, and it is o
BEST to understand the issue before it is too V
ate to avert it. Initiation means war, lust =
IS slavery meant war, all the time from isfO {.
o 1860" And SO on continues the ribald p
owling of the Herald from day to day; and Z
is sent to Washington, says a correspond =,
Mt of the Louisville Courier Journal with | "
he expectation that it will alarm the Presi | IL
ent and lead him, for the sake Of the conn al
RVS peace, to interpose his influence, and. "
necessary, bis veto. 10 check the legisla- b.
on OF Congress on the currency question. to
When the President was a citizen Of the bt
Vest, he failed to discover that Western
nd the South showed it's ability to make az
very desperate struggle in defense of its X
ghts, as its citizens held those rights to l,t
Q. When, therefore. the South and West =.
,mbined, determine to have their rights in de
a equalization Of the national currency. st!
nd their rights in saying what and how NJ
uch the national currency shall be, it will al,
} an unlucky day tor the man, or men, or Fl
ate or States, that shall undertake to say ba
his thing shall not be done" The poo ~ is
Q of the United States have never vet
I'd boss" powerful enough to defeat Br
cir will. The people OF the South aui IS,
est comprise about two-thirds of the as
itlon. They consider their votes worth IS:
st about as much at the ballot box, las
In Congress, as the votes of any other 7
nstituent parts of the Union. One thing ha
ay also be added, that they are as able s sn,
"a resolved to vindicate their rights as az
y conceited minority may be to outraged I
EN-. Ihey heve no favors to ask, and 90
rtalnly no fear of the foolish threats ~, hrs
,anating in New York from the utterer of | 800
threats in 1861 If bluff ia ter
present game of the contrac.ionists to | Sol
'Oercep the President and frighten South ;aa
] and Western members of Congress from ! nh,
,ir duty in regard to the currency. il cal, ord
] will be met as it deserves 1t the ma T
ity of the States and voting population eui
this country can not rule it and make its
70, they would like to see wha, smaller
81 is going to boss the job-ISl. Louis sto
nocrat. Arr