New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-04
COME BACK kGAIr.

a1c tSuyAEe I!dS been E2SuGtel
within The past year. It has gone of: will.
= gang Of foolish people IN q crusade
+, against States rights. Durin; the last
twelve months 0: its thirty seven years o!
usefulness it has been captured By = band
+! OF political janditti. who compelled il 70
! siga a fansoa bond, conditioned that
j: should advocats 3 new election
III louisiana ~ oxide. o: Congress.
Dri;nG its Temporary alienation. j. be.
! came cu- duty to champion the Old doc.
tr!ne Of Safes rights. az we understand
tha: so:newha: vague principle Of the
ia,he.s o: the republic. Ws piac. a
limit to tie rights whici. State may ex.
eyc:se. While louisiana. fox instance.
may be prohibited from doing positive
injury 20 he:self 70 :he prejudice Of her
Deighbors. we hold Tat the power to 10
anything q: all can not rightfully be taken
away from her. For instance. %e may
cleo: our Governor. State officers. and
members o; tie Legislature. bu. can not,
under the constitution. Sc: up q govern.
Ment hostile to the constitution, nor form
compac: with neighboring OF remote
States So lon: Us we preserve the peace,
pay our dues to the general government,
and protect the lives o. all our citizens,
We san s.@yc pretty much whom
we please for Our Governor. and
Congress ought not to interfere in the mat
ter at the request Of ever so respectable a
minority, who may happen to want some
body else. Senators who know very little
about it may talk grandly about our ''ras-
Gals down there, but yet they are unable
to put their finger upon any line or clause
of written law, or any precept Of precedent
which authorizes interference. 1t is not
a principle that the REPUBLICAN has been
affirming, it is a simple fact. On the
other hand, our hypocritical Democratic
contemporaries have loudly affirmed the
principle of State sovereignty, and at the
same time clamored for a disregard Of the
law which givesit force. Yesterday morn
ING our friend, the Pic, found it had been
mapping on this question. It woke up to find
the EErUBLIcAN to be the sole champion
oftne idea which its party has shed rivers
OF blood ard thousands of tons of ink to
uphold. Ii processes itself ggAtifed. And |
vel! i. might. Whe,, q ligmy finds a /.
giant on its side whom It thought opposed
it, itinduises N the most natural surprise.
Had the REPUBLICAN, Joined with the |
Picdy1u,e year ago in demanding a new
election, State sovereignty, SO far as this |
commonwealth is concerned. would have
been completely overthrown and the enc
mics Of republicanism. subjected to an /
overthrow more decisive than they ex.
perianced recently when they had War.
moth for generalissimo and three or four
Of tie present editors of the Picdy,0e for
his orderly sergeants. We have saved all i
there is valuable of State rights against
the bitter attacks OF its pretended friends.
And We happen to know that Governor
Warlloth; the Chattanooga railroad rings;
the leaders in the late Fusion failures,
and the other leaders, examplars and
patrons Of the editors of our grateful con-
temporary, are now in Washington, with
their money and their promises, trying to
fleet the very thing which the Picay,uae
e SO happy to find the REPUBLICAN has
prevented We are aware that it makes