New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-25

ocratic party Of the South q Confederat
Democracy. There is such party, ant
it will clamor for the election of an Office
OF the late Confederacy as Vice President
General Gordon has already been named
to strengthen the ticket which shall b.
headed by a Western Copperhead. Thi'
element must be harmonized with thu
Union Democrats OF the North and Wes
before it can make serious Roadway.
Not long since We charged that the Con
federal Democrats had the Interior object
OF demanding payment for slaves enamel
pated by the war. Gentle Democrats
secuted the idea: but the Confederate
Democracy of Texas. strengthened by the
trlumphal tour Of jeff Davis, comes boldly
to the front. and says indemnity for slaves
is exactly what they mean and intend to
have. The San Antonio Herald distinctly
stated that such was the purpose of the
party Represented. The Galveston Ne,es,
more polite. takes it, San Antonio con.
temporary to task for what it calls Gin
considerate utterauce" at this time. The
Herald of the fourteenth instant reiterates
its position. saying:
We take issue with the .N'e,rs It NAV be
lmpolltic at this time to press it, nor is it
our intention to do SO. nor Of the people of
the South a: large. simply from the fact
that the people OF the nation have not vet
subsidized into that calm when Justice, by
their Own accord, can be rendered by the
people of .he nation. We are not sutfi-
GENTLY rennited for the abstract principles
OF right 20 be adj Indicated. isolated from
feeling. an! probably intense feeling. But
speaking tor ourselves as an independent
Journal of the Democratic school, we le-
assert our claim to indemnity for slave
property taken frOm us by the government
tor the public veal as principle, and if
not pressed by ourselves it will certainly be
by our children and our chiidren's children.
until justice shall be done. That indemnity
will be granted we have never permitted
ourselves to doubt. and i. resolves itself
into question simply of time. when its
discussion can be approached free from pas
sion ard prejudice.
The San Antonio Herald is the leading
Democratic paper of Texas; it claims to
speak the sentiments Of its party. and We
have right TO believe that it does. No
one doubts but the Confederate Democ.
racy will demand of the United States
government reimbursement for the losses
sustained by the South in their efforts to
destroy the Union. They played every.
thing, and staked their slaves on the game
Of rebellion: they lost and want their
money back. ltwould be popular move
ment to pay off Confederate soldiers. and
pension the wounded. Paying for slaves
would not greatly benefit the old slave
States The money would go to few
and not to the many composing the bone
and sinew ofthe States. That the, Democrats
do not consider. 1t is the principle of the |
thing. They look upon our government
as tyrannical and as having defrauded |!
them ofproperty in human beings. When |
they are strong enough they intend to |
take what they can get from the treasury
As partial payment. The motives Of Con- |
'ederate Democrats are to be weighed |
when Union soldiers vote again for ma.
ional rulers. and it can easily be deter
mined by past records what men can
safely be intrusted with the responsibility
IT government and the fate of the nation. /