The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-06
FAITH In TIE GOVERNMENT.

In my opinion the most fatal virus that oan enter
the veins of a people disbelief j. the worth and
,e, m ,nence of their form of government 1t il
perpetual ia the hanis Of the uhscfhpuious ps
Nh I'll to ra doHbt nj di-trust. aud produce sense
If ii curly paralyZug all cnierp Use ana chec lug
every scheme o Advancement because OF the INST
curtv which hauHts every 1eriaE!ng which depends
upon the able Existence Of a government for ~
protection. Property the creation Of labor under
The protection of law. without law no man could :
tain more of the fruits of his labor than mere malia
possession ana his physical woId secure him.
lIf the people Lose Their faith in tn permanence OF
their government, they viii be unsettled III all 'heir
relations and Indifferent 10 every act 'eh'ithS
to revolution, aud demo alzation VIII lhfuse
itself i'll every department Of affairs. me pubic
credit viii be first suffer- and the influence o. Gem
agogues and jacobins will be instantly and fearfully
increased. Men Will not trust gov rlneut whose
pernnalence is so doubtful and whose d solution
would leave every public creditor wlthout r'spol
sibl- source Of payment. TO be OF value, all laws
ally those touching property, shouid DE staoie
and certain Senator Bdynrd.
Our attention has been repeatedly led to the hos
tlity Republican government as man Tested III GER
tain disconnected quarters and by certain organs Vi
this cont nent.-N. Q. Reou5iicnn
The foregoing extracts from the great
speech of Senator Bayard and from the col
umns OF the Radical organ here are III SIN
gular accord. The evil deprecated by the
statesman is acknowledged to exist by the
partisan journal.
The ''hostiity TO Republican Government
and the disbelief in the worth and perma-
ncnce of its existing form are the natural
outgrowths Of its corrupt and imbecile adj
mnistIation by President Grant and his
doclle and submissive Congress.
That this hostility exists, Of which the
Repnbiican complains, is not strange. 1t Is
natural for a free people to turn against a
government that uses its power to oppress
and destroy a section of the country over
which it holds sway, because the people
thereof are not willing and submissive serf'
to the imperial dictates Of partisan chiefs
and bold but fragrant usurpers. 1t is natu-
raj, too, that a government countenanclng
fraud and corruption, aiding tyranny and
usurpation. and upholding fools and knaves,
should be held in. utter contempt by decent
people and ridiculcd as cheat and an i'm
position upon Americans who had learned
their first principles of free government
from the Jctfcrsonian teachers of republ:-
canism.
Finally it is natural that there should
exist no faith in a government that affords
no protection to its subjects from wrong !;
no redress for grievances and no security for
life or property. Such, to-day, is the atti-
tude of the Federal Government towards
the Southern States ana if our people are
not as vehement in their demonstrations of
love and fidelity to the stars and stripes and
the American Eagle, the cause can be traced
to the long continued, paIpably unjust and
cruelty unrelenting crusade waged against a
peacably disposed, periodically inclined and
long suffering people.