New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29

| WY Sictory tnat secured Tor the Unlte(
STATES territory that now constitutes thir
teen States and Territories Of the Ameri
/ lean Union should mot be celebrated ",
can not see..
But shall Louisiana be represented Al
Philadelphia, July 4, 1872. The popula
ton of Louisiana is about hire e-fourths O
million, of these more than half are col
ored people endowed With citizenship
There are great many Americans, Ger
mans and other .nationalities, and about .
sixth OF the white people who speak
French. We are assured that the. State
authorities will continue in power until
the fourth of July, 1876, and may, there.
tore, assert that Louisiana will be repre-.
sented. Whethef the bra We men who sig.
nafized their disposition to p erpetuate the
republic shall wilt under the whitening
dlsapproVal of the French. organ we can
not say. Will they observe "a certain re.
serve" when it is known that the trans.
atlantic authorities do not approve their
acts' Let Us see. Louisiana has been
conquered. Has not France been
conquereds Has she no. been fed abjectly
and IN chains to the throne Of "a brutal
soldier and compelled to raise fnilliard
upon milliard Of francs to ransom her
SELF! Has she not been despoiled Of her
treasures, dismembered of her provinces,
and notified that she must not prepare for
military operations on an offensive scale -?
Should France celebrate no achievement
OF the past; should she be forever shaking
her fist behind the back Of the coneueror?
We really think her sons should give a.
little Of their patriotic counsel to theft
own countrymen, and not leave them in
the moment Of their trial to volunteer
advice TO people who are On their native
soil, and who can hot in the hour of dan.
ger elect to which of two nations theY
belong and do battle for neither.
1tshopld not be forgotten that France !
arsf gave away and then sold for money !
his territory and its population They
nave been maintained in their rights Of
person and property. just as all other
people have been. Judging from The
ale OF Alsace and Lorraine, we can not
uppose that if they should be retroced-
dive could not resell them-to France
hey might not be safer than they ere at
resent. Perhaps, therefore, they had as
yell be left by their French advisers
7here they are. Yankees and ProtestaAts
re no doubt horrible associates, but
hose Germans might be worse.
But we regret such violent Trades
gainst our country for another reason.
ouisiana needs more population and
'ore capital. An extensive region Of
rance has been visited with destructive
and we had hoped that some
this industry might have sought Louis
na We infer that after reading what I
Poland we live in, what "a brutal SOL :
er sits on the throne, and what abiect 4
ives are the people-when it is known q
at they are forbidden to celebrate the t
lniyersary of all humap freedom unless c
political party shall win, we can not r
pecs any accession Of population from "
at source. The question. then, has been
sed, shall Louisiana attend the cen p
lnial celebration. or shall she maintain p
certain reserve" on that occasion as / Ell
vised by those who direct her political tt
stinies. N