New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-22
THE sHAM-0CRACY.

THE sHAM-oCRACY.
Since the Roman augurs could not pass
each other without covert smile at the
hypocrisy of themselves and the credulity
Of their dupes, there has been no such
persistent fraud on the people as the So
called Democratic party Of the South.
The REPUBLICAN has explained how they
took the name of jackson, though they
denounced his proclamation and toast,
1.-The Union; it must be preserved. How
they raised the broad banner Of Jefferson,
and vet never advocated one measure that
he recommended. How they claimed to
be the party of the people, and yet never
built school, or a workshop, or a ship,
for the education or employment OF the
people. The REPUBLICAN has shown how
Southern Democrat went to Paris to
Fight for the rights of the States, and
Northern Democrat took contract, or
hired substitute, to subjugate the States.
The telegraph has exposed the Sham-ocrat
demanding more protection in Pennsylva-
| MIA, while the Shanl-ocrat OF Alabama was
protesting against any duty on imports al
all. It has shown that at the same in
slant one Sham-ocrat denied the power
of the federal government to apply the
proceeds of the public land sales to any
other purpose than the payment OF the
public debt, another Sham-ocrat has raked
down for himself and his constituents
million acres Of public land as the site Of
road, canal and series of depot cities.
At last Sham-ocracy so ravened for the
spoils that with the imprisonment Of
Tweed and the fight of his associates
there was absolutely no access to any
treasury in the United States. It threw
off all disguise. 1t took up honest Horace
Greeley, who had opposed all its platform
professions. Southern Sham-ocracy took
the man who would not even admit that
revenue was the chief object in imposing
a tariff on imports-who was protection
list per Sc, and held that duty on foreign
commodities should be imposed even if the
treasury was overlooking from other
sources. He had also maintained for
thirty years, in print, that man could hold
no property in man. He had fought
slavery out Of Kansas. He had been the
sworn foe of compromise, and was the |
confdant of John Brown when he organ
lied the invasion Of Virginia.
Yet the Calhoun Sham-ocracy stepped |
this drastic drug, in solution Of salary, !
and Swallowed it. They then took up |
public man in Louisiana, whom they had |
for four years denounced as a Radical
carpet-bagger, as the father and founder
of an excessive public debt, and even as
guilty of malfeasance in Office. 1t may
here be remarked that while the Sham
ocrats denounce the Radical monopolies
they are at the head and in the salaried
offices of the following:
/. The State lease Of the New canal,
a Democratic grant
2. The State grant of exclusive right to
sell lottery tickets, Democratic grant.
3. The monopoly Of Strengthening ami
mails for food, Republican grant chiefly
to Democratic corporators.
4. The monopoly Of public water sup
ply, a Democratic grant.
5. The monopoly Of levee construction
with tax upon the people for compen-
sation, Republican grant log-rolled by
State Rights Democrats.
This last monopoly is splendid speci-
men Of inefficient hypocrisy. The con-
tractors to restrain the floods behold with
4 placid countenance the spreading sea Of
devastation. Their chief solicitude may
be lest it should disable the people from
paying the levee tax, the late Legislature
having repealed the responsibility for over
low damages which, must have been I'M
posed in consideration of the extraordinary
monopoly and tax granted. One effect of
he food has been to suspend the POSSIBLE
ty of effectual labor. The food by no
means suspends the liability Of the citizen
or the levee tax. This dignifed and
lucrative incidence of the monopoly gives
eisure to its distinguished administra-
ors to relax the stern labors Of business
~ indulging the softer emotions Of charity
It the expense of others. The Sham
'cratic chief Of this monopoly, who was
likewise lessee and administrator Of that ,
plendid Sham ocratic gift enterprise
he New canal, manifests an admirable
,ublic spirit. He becomes the grand ,
lmoner of yankee" beneyolence for the
elief of Southern restitution. He gener-
'usly feeds with foreign rat;ons people
tarying from the avowed incapacity Of ~.
he n,onopolists to comply with the :
riginal conditions Of their contract, and
be sole consideration of the extraordinary
ranchise awarded them.
st the same time the scientific head Of
he hydraulic department Of the same /
amuses itself and instructs /
he Academy of Sciences By starting toy i,
alloons upon the ruthless river and o
,atching with ordinations Of delight ;,
hese buoyant bubbles in their race with
be chairs, corn cribs and cradles which
incompetency has washed
rom the habitations of the confding poor. 4
Those jocular augurs a. Rome did not d
,eoin to have fhe cal1ce of S1baOlOuS | {