New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-27
,euator Cenklins ON the southern rrou


Republican convention at Utica on the
twenty third instant We make the following
extract:
One Of the catch-sayings Of our opponents
has beea that the mission of the Republican
party is ended; that is. its work was done
when slavery was abolished and the rebel
lion was put down. Have you ever thought
how senseless this thought is now! Look
abroad in the land. Take up one by one
the grave public questions. and tell me
which one of them would be safe without
the Republican party ana a Republican
President. Look over the South from the
border States to the Gulf. You see prostra
ton, decentralization and discomfort. These
things are in part the inevitable effects OF
vast, sad war; war forced on the nation
people of the South, misguided and de.
ceived by the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party. say the existing trou.
bles of the South came Of the war and
its changes and havoc in part and
only in part. Much Of the difficulty
has q more recent cause. The worst
of the present woes of the Southern people
came from the lSmentable and suicidal
course OF men who have been freely tor
given by the nation for one Of the blOodiest
crimes in the book Of crime. When the
armies OF the South had surrendered, and
State governments had been again set up,
no man, not even JET Davis. was denied
the right to vote. All could vote; all could
take part in the rebuilding of their shat
tered interests. Indeed, the fact that all
could vote was . grievance 70 all those who
still! hated the Union. There was still
another cause Of complaint. By the votes
OF threefourths Of all the States in their
Legislatures amending the constitution, the
Kin gleaders who had taken and broken an
oath besides committing treason. were not
allowed to mold office unless relieved by
Congress. And let me here remind you
that no: one who asked to be relieved has
ever been refused. But even this, even
reinforcement Of the time when those who
planned the rebellion might resume their
| places in Congress. was deemed an
! aIfrout too grevOus to be borne Such
| a, least was the pretext. and they SCI
| 70 work to make the worst OF their local
| affairs. They refused 70 help: they refused
! to AID ia electiDg reliable men TO their Leg
! islarures and to public offices; they exerte1
| themselves 20 deter capable men from ac'
! cep,:ng office or taking the par. That citi
| zens owe in free government. Social o.
| trac.z,n persuasion and still worse means
| we're brought 20 bear to prevent All who
! sympathize0 with secession from joining
| in restoring order and prosperity in the re-
constructed States. The avowed purpose
was to leave everything to the carpet bag
| gers and tho niggers, AS they called the
victims of their long oppression, IN the hope
tina: in this way they might bring Such
/ Odium ON the measures which had given
tho black loyalist tho ballot that political
! reaction at the North would again seal
| chem in the places froE1 which they have
yauted in rebellion and make them again
masters OF the situation. Thus far the
plot has failed. The obstinate obstrac
zion policy OF the Southern leaders, miss
! ing its aim, has wounded its inventors
ignorant men, weak men, venal men, have
seized the opportunity to work their way
into places OF trust and power. Bad legls
lat!on, excessive taxation, unwise anC
! protligAte administration, with their tralni
of evils have ensued. And now what dc
we see. Do the authors Of this mischief
relent, Il it proposed by lawful and peace
full means to right these wrongs. Not 81
ali; but violence. bloOdshed, and revolution
are the attempted remedy. White Leagues
Ku-Klux Klars, war OF races; these ar
the remedies, a sort Of GespOtism tempered
by assassination. Look at Louisiana ant
the uncounted murders which have stained
her soil since last july. What is the specla
complaint there! Why, that Kellogg wa
counted in as Governor, when IN trut
McEnery was elected. suppose he Was
We in New York have known equal wrongs
I IL - Az open Secrtl tHdt OouA A. A!oilAia
was counted IN as Governor NncD JoOA a
GIi-wola was elect ed.
He then institute. comparison betwee
the course Of New York then and Loulsian
now; speaks OF Grant as firm soldier an
quiet magistrate. who, when the tlding
| reached him OF the Goinys IN Louisiana, Il
| q few words he gave tne insurgents nv
DAYS 20 undo their work as tar as thel
deeds could be undore. and at the sam
| TINE maue such orders 20: she disposition
! OF troops as gave grim warning that a
| the end of five days tae oeak and ella" c
! tie national power wOUli tear III pieces tn
| fabric o. laWlessnes, and riot. This WARY
| ;ug was enough. The rebels know Grant
! and they did not wait for even a regiment
they we've willing TO take his word for Il
! and stop il he would. Had insurrectiO
| t,iumphed las, week in Louisiana, there
I not Southern State in which white men
| leagues, war OF races and a bloody graz
pie for the ballot box and State govern
meuc would not have been the order Of sh
day.
Next door to the matter Of good order i
the South is another question, even ye
more direct in its relation TO the interests {
every taxpayer in the land, l allude
claims on the Treasury for damages dOn'
War claimants and claim agents, multi
tude which no man can number. are swarm
! ing in the South and At Washington wit
! demands for tho loss and destruction {
cotton and other crops; of timber, builC
Ings. and other property: and for the Occl
patton of lands by the army during the wal
1t Is proposed to get through Congress a
ac. refunding the war tax laid on the cotto
in the early part of the rebellion. An OF
ganized attempt is to be made to have Oh
State debts OF tho States lately in rebelliO
assumed by the United States. These an
other raids are afioat. Who is to reals
them. Would the Democratic party do il
{ Look at the Democratic record, in Congress
and out. Southern representatives OF a
parties. as rule. support every Oil 10
Southern war claims Northern Democrat
do the same, and even Northern Republican
sometimes yield to the opportunities {
petitioners of questionable locality. who's
losses appeal rather 70 their sympath
than 10 law and justice. Bills hav
| been passed, not so important tor tn
thousands they involved az for the prec,
dents they set. opening the door Tor unnun
bered others. suppose that. when the
reached the White House, tor the executiv
signature they had found there Dem'
cratic or Liberal President, think you the
would have been vetoed! They have foun
a man not be coaxed or trapped, and unles
bills fell within certain defined limits the
have been vetoed. Finding the President
lion in their path, the engineers Of thes
pressure on Congress. But remove th
| hand OF Republican President, and wit
the cat gone how the mice would play.
There arc many claims that may be PAL
to loyal sufferers, and paid by humane al
al; x,ft ba urip piu1aa ~ nuhIic law.