New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-11
Special Correspondence of the Republican.
NORTHERN POLITICS.


IL Force Within the Union The Repub-
| Iican Party and the COnfederate.Tam-
many COniition-The Open aed Honor
able Road to Peace.
| New YORK. November S, 1875
Those interested in the presidential
election of 1876 should carefully study the
relation OF the Tammsny Hall Democracy
| OF the North to ne Confederate Democracy
OF the South. use the te1na "TammaDy
Hall Democracy Of tho North" and the
"Contederata Democracy OF the South" for
a pnrI ose. That purp, So is to show, frat,
that the Tamaauy Hall wing of the North
ern Democracy embraces all there is Of the
active force in the party here; secondlY,
that the Confederate wing of the Democ-
racS embraces all there is of the party Souh,
aud, thirdly, that the fail of Tammaly neces.
| sarily involves the overthrow OF the Coufsd
crate power as a ''recognizel' and organized
force Inside of the American Union. The
special interest which now attaches 20 this
correl liion between the Tammany Demol
racy OF the North and the Couiederstes of
the South grows out of the fact that tho
| onfederate-Democratic coalition will seek
ID coGoesl this alliance, while the Repuhli-
can party will seek to make it 30 plain that
before 1876 it will be as perfectly under
rtood at the North as it now il by Republ.
cans al the South.
First, then, of the Tammany wing of tho
Northern Democracy. Tammsny mas it's
headquarters in the city and StIte of New
l,.t -
Of the national Democratic party have
been heretofore supplied from the taxes
| levied by Temmany upon the vast wealth
of the commercial and financial metropolis
of the New World. The property of New
York has thus been made to keep on the
party pay roll OF the Democracy the agents
and adherents of Tammany, not only in
this city aud Safe, but also at the Sou tn
and in the West. Even when the
| Democracy controlled the power of execu-
| tive patronage under Andrew johnson, the
sactems of Tammany issued their royal
orders, and the President himself was forced
to listen to tbaRe orders. With the patron
are Of the national government in the hands
of ths Republican party, it is plain that The
money power alone of Tammany made il
| the controlling element 10 the national
Democratic party. But the influence of
Tammany did hot end here. Itrepresents su
promely the three clements which form the
| warp, the web and the woot of American
| Democracy. These three elements are,
"Hate of the negro" Southern sectional
| ISM, 1.-The Irish vote Representing thee o
Clements, Tammany stands for the doctrine
that the Caited States is white mans
| government in which the negro has no
rights whatever; that Democratic asceI-
dency depends for its continuance on South
ern sectonalism, and that the Irish vota Of
the country, representing foreign race and
foreign temporal po wer is to continue TO
act as unit in American pe!itos.
| Secondly, Of the Confederate Democracy
| OF the South. 1t is needless 10 say that it
is in entire harmony with Tammany on tho
| negre question, and on the issue of South
| ern seclonalism. The two animating priu.
| ciples Of the Southern wing Of Democracy
is hate ot the negro and a spirit of South
ernism' which has obliterated every Sling
! American trow the late slave States Of the
| Union except the national flag and the ma
| tional greenbacks,
| Thirdly Of tho relation Of the Repub.
| lican party to Tammany and to the South
| ern ConfeGerates considered separat civ;
and OF the relation OF the Republican party
| TO these two spti-American forces as they
now stand associated as political allies.
The overthrow of Tamnany is the most i'm
| portant point which tho Republicans cur.
.ied in the recent elections. 1t cuts tho
main army of from it's base of supplies. 1t
dries up the only source of money
power which the enemy possessed. 1t
gives the control of the city and State
of New York into hands upfrieudy TO the
schemes of those who have 50 long
pluldered this great city for the benefit of
the Democracy. The same men who have
thus rescued the taxation of this city from
the hands of the Tammany Leaders are
equally interested in putting an end to
Southern sectionaism. The business men
of New York know what that sectiouali.m
means.
The relation OF the Republican party to
the Confederate sentiment inside of the
Union is exactly the same as held by the
Republican party to this same Confederate
sentiment outside of the Union during the
war Outside of the Union the Conieder-
ates demanded co treat with the
North with arms IN their hands.
The Republican party, headed by Lin
coin, refused to treat on any such terms
unconditional surrender" of the ConfedeI-
ate purpose were the only terms to which
the Republican leaders would listen. The
country sustained these leaders in that
position until Lee surrendered uncondi-
tionally to Grant. The proposition now
made to recognize the some Confederate
power inside of the Union, is equally mad
missible. The Republican leaders again
confront this old enemy and its Tammany
ally. Will the American people stand by
the Republican party in this conflict Most
assuredly, unless the principle involved is
lost sight Of or pushed out of the way
by some minor and inferior "side ISSUE"
OF course there are many other influences
besides those above stated, which will enter
into the presidential contest of 1876 The |
school question, the financial question, and
the anti-slavery sentiment of the nation |
will all enter into that mighty conflict. But |
no intelligent Republican should loose