New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-22
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Thomas jefferson was the founder c
republicanism. He was the author o
the declaration of independence; of tn
act Of religious freedom which abolishe
An established church; Of the law givin
the eldest son all the fathers real estate
He was the founder Of the Universit
of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson advocates
universal suffrage, universal education
universal emancipation. Is there one
these measures which has not been en-
acted into the constitutional law OF tn
United States? Take them in detail Their
is not one.
Thomas Jefferson was a republl can
was he not? Will any one gainsay it
1t was upon the credit of his name tina
the Democracy long subsisted, until il
has been discovered that his name was il
the mouths of the people, but that thei'
hearts were far from every principle he
ever advocated. Thomas jefferson was
denounced in his day as an atheist, be-
cause he believed that every man had a
right to worship and believe according to
the dictates of his own conscience. He
was called an eremy of order, for that he
believed in the equal partition Of property
among mans children, and in the facil-
ity of title transfer under republican in
situations. He was denounced as dema-
gogue and leveler because he wished to
elevate the poor to independence and the
ignorant to usefulness.
Thomas Jefferson was reviled as dem
agogue whose teachings would lead to
the murderous anarchy of France.
With prophetic wisdom this radical re-
publican foresaw that the same monarch
cal, hierarchical and aristocratic element
which he had defeated before the people
would profess his doctrines, and neither
comprehending, nor confding in them,
would pervert and bring them into disre-
pute. What has been the result? Since his
day Jefferson Democracy" has held the
government in his name, and has COM
batted some of these leading doctrines,
while they have in no case labored to
carry one of them into successful effect.
The last and most signal effort has been
against universal emancipation, universal
education and universal suffrage. But
he foresaw the day when all these things
would be done is this name, and when
the departure would be SO distant from
the initial doctrine as to be in distinct
and diane rical opposition.
Thomas Jefferson knew that many
should come in his name and should de-
ceive many by the perversion and prosti-
tuition of his doctrines, and that these
'false prophets should deliver his true fol-
lowers up to be afflicted, and that they
should be hated of all nations for his
names sake"
But the last chosen people are more
conscious Of the sacred gift of liberty con-
fided to them. They have seen the false |
lights Of the false prophets; they have de- |
tected the Jeffersonian Democratic scribes |
dining off the fat and -four of the altar;
they have snak ed themselves in to guard,
and the chos en- people Of freedom remem-
Der that sire quent recurrence to funda-
mental principles" which is the true
reckoning and observation of vigilant re-
publicans. The sham Democracy have been
exposed and expelled from trust. White
Leagues have been shown to violate the |
admonition Of Washington against call
combinations and associations to obstruct /
the execution of the laws They have
been found destructive to the productive
ability of the country, and prudent CAPT
tai refuses to make open war upon docile
labor. Independency is hut the watchfre
Of an occasion and gives no steady or
permanent warmth of principle. Hostil-
ity to the Union and hostilities of race
md section have all burned out or worn
'ut, and the people return to the
primary principles which their ances-
ors told them were better than silver or
,old.
We close this homily with an applica-
ion. The Picayune was once no doubt
republican. 1t has wandered
way, until disguised with the anarchical
actions which claimed its allegiance, it
limbed DELHI erately upon the fence and
estrode the top rail of ''immovable neu-
rality." 1t found this position untenable;
was pelted by the mud and missiles,
II derided with the jeers of all. 1t has
limbed down again, with determination
D aid in arresting these crazy disturbers
f political peace and industrial order.
! discards all their odds, ends and isms,
nd proclaims 'republicanism" as the
.ue creed. Here is its sound and saga
ous programme;
What is most needed now for the restora
on of true principles Of free government I
nd honest and just administration of polit- ,
al power in this country, is a return to
lat republcanism which antedated the a
ltra Democracy that prevailed before our c
ecent war, and the miscalled Republican
m which superseded and overthrow that
democracy. r
The safety of the republic and the per- G
etuation OF popular liberty can only be
,cured by restoration of the ideas and a
rinciples upon which this nation was origin C
ly founded and started in its career, It
as been detected from its prescribed orbit Il
: both of the two parties that have con-
oiled the administration of the govern.