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

NEW ORLEANS WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1874
The South and the ElectiOns.

J. ls perhaps too soo2 to make even an
approximate estimate Of the result OF the
recent elections in the South. bu: we have
sufficient Information 70 warrant the asser.
ton that with the exceptions n q few scat.
te1ing con ngressional districts. iS Alabama.
for example, the Republicans O. that sec.
ton have proved themselves 20 oe more
active. to be truer to principle and more
earnest IL their opposition to the DemOc.
:acv than their Northern political a.so
ciates. They have done this under most
adverse circumstances. ard under discour
aging Influences. While the Northern peo.
pie were absorbed with Thoughts which
pertain TO loca. issues, and with feelings
which in many regards are IN no way coz
Nectsd with :he cardina: principles upon
which the party rests. the Republicans OF
the South have fought: equare national
battle face TO face with an lnplacaOlo en-
envy. whose hordes OF infamous. a.sa.sins
and bloody prosecutors have no: hesitated
70 resort to means TO Cotain success which
would mantle the cheek Of :Ie mos: wicked
savage with bushes Of shame. In the
North to be Republican is . comparatively
pleasant thing: buc to avow and support
Republican principles aod to vote for Re.
publican candidates il the South is to sub.
ject oneself to contumeiy. to ost:acism in
society, TO persecution ia business, and 70
test ls over, and 40 ''oolit.cal capital Can
be made out Of the tales OF Southern out.
RACES. these facts may be stated in plain
terms without incuryjng the certainty Of
contradiction q, the hands Of the Demo.
cratic pres.: bat they remain seli.ev idect
to-day as they we're last week. and as they
have been ever since the close oi the war.
In short. the record o; the Republican
party n chs South has been from its vel =
io<: nf TIL,
devotion OF Southern Republicans to their
party tinds no parable. il political history.
The sacrifice OF life and property. the
patriotic submission Of the peopis to ex.
,rao.dinarv taxation. and the pr;vations
endured by citizens Of both section. during
the wa:. were not mora real or more cruel
than the suderings to which they are now
subjected il supporting these principles in
these eOcalled times OF peace. When the
blood OF the nation was hot: when civil
strife vaze1 with relentless cOnteS. for Sec
t:onal supremacy. and when brothers bat.
tied againse brothers. the same principles
were involved ~ now: but in cne heat of
patriotic excitement, in the ierv:d rush 1vr
glory. and under the inspiration Of national
pride or sectional ambition, it was natural
that life and property should be offered
upon :ha altar OF principle. Since the war
closed. however. and the passions which
il aroused have to some extent eubsided, il
has required something closely allied to
the heroic courage Of mactcrdOn 10 boldly
face the terrible opposition which at all
times has confronted tae true friends OF tbs
government n the ex-rebei States. All
this they did, not only Oh Tuesday last,
but whenever Al election has been held In.
vo.viny questions OF national import. And
they have done it. too. knowing tha: the
grea: national Republican party of the
North has forgotten and ignored their very
existence. or has snubbed and fiippantiv
treated their appeals fcc aid. In fact, they
have preserved the principles OF the party.
pure and simple as they we're c.ystalizsd
by the legislation Of Congress during the
period OF reconstruction and in the plat.
.oyms of the party during and since the
war, and they to-day embrace within their
organization the true impulse Of freedom
and loyalty TO Repub,icanism. around which
the party will rally in the impending move.
ment for its ceor yanization. This is no idle
boast in their behalf. bu: is the eternal
truth evolved from the avalanche Of Sian
and ''niggera." and stands forth to-day as An
incontrovertible fact. We repeat that
while the Northern people have wasted
their strength and thrown away their
power upon issues which have no peril
neace to the real differences involved ia the
late contests. the Republicans Of the South
have kept intact the organization which will
ye. save the government from tha disgraca
of repudiating the public debt, of assuming
the payment Of the Confederate debt. ot re-
muneratin2 the slave aristocracy for the
loss Of their slaves. and of failing to main
tain invio.ate all tine grand results Of the
war for the Union. While they have de-
mande1 in.srua! Improvements tor the
development Of the country a: large, and
have sustained President Grant IN his rec.
ommendat!ons OF schemes for that object.
the Republicans Of the North have beIittled
themselves and their party by uuseemly
strife over cus.omho1se spo:ls. or have
allowed personal chickering's and private
prejudices TO absorb their attention, while
the matera! interests Of the country have
been neglected. if not absolutely destroyed.
Eusni1at1.i .tutianaL Reunllical.