New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-23
BROKEN FAITH.

| IOe democracy 0aO UICheA 1dAsn IL Ae
moving four members because they occu
J. pied the seats of Democrats, is confrme
by the dispatch received from the Hon
: w. P. Frye He testifes-
By agreement and award the status o
your Legislature was to remain as we lei
il. The Democrats violate good faith AM
o their Dlighted honor in their outrageOu
attempt to change it.
We repeat, we do not question tn
power of either house to inquire, OF 1t
own motion and at any time, into tn
a election, qualifications and returns Of it
own members, and we repeat that the re
, | moval of this or that member signife
nothing except insomuoh tia. this ha.
been done for political cause, and con
trary to political agreement. The avowed
object of the special session was the enact.
ment of certain reforms in which all are
alike interested The reorganization Of
the House in accordance with the majority
was assented to by the Republicans, who
| surrendered without q struggle or MUIR
mur the whole House patronage. Was any
further party majority needed to carry out
the compromise or the reforms2 Certainly
not, for the House had been organized.
Why, then, {. need to expel members who
occupied Democratic seats? For some
purpose ultra and outside Of the compro-
mise A majority Oh joint ballot is sug
| gested as the cause Of this violation Of
faith. It viii be very handy to have
about the House this additional number
| Of Democrats in the event tina. {. senate
| rial or other vacancy should come up at
| the next session. The same Modoc ethics
| may impel the Democracy at the general
| session to unseat as many other members
who occupy Democratic seats rs will en-
able the Democracy to elect OF defeat any
candidate for such Offices. We remark
distinctly, however, that we should not
regard the dismissal Of such intrusive
occupants of Democratic seats at the reg
ular session as at all equal in enormity
to the removal Of the four members
at this session. The present &C. is
fagraD. violation Of faith with view
to Interior action and advantage. It is
as if an army besieged should grant a
truce to bury the dead, and the beseigers
sho,lld employ this cessation of hostilities
to SO fortiiy an advanced redoubt as to
make it new and formidable point Of
assault. We continue our expression OF |
surprise that the Conservatives should |
have been overawed by the punic Democ-
racy. The Conservatives are men Of |
property and business They feel the !
injury to their interests from the per-
petual political warfare. The Repub-
hcans have synpathized with them, and
have yentured to trust the Last Ditchers,
or, rather, trust that the Conservatives
would control them. It would seem the
factious min GRITTY have "bound the true
men" and Conservatism is held to re-
sponsibility for a breach O. faith which
it might have prevented. For this the
Conservative interests may suffer. The
Democracy are notoriousiy il no
practical business. They would cheer
fully barricade the leyee IN the
midst Of our brief business season.
arrest every dray, and divert every con-
signment to our city, if it would give
them employment as clerks or superin-
.endents. They are Just Like those who
sit in the engine room all day and sleep
here at night; whose sole business in life
s to talk and think about conta grat;ons,
md whose aspirations are perhaps, uncon-
ciously to themselves, for the biggest
Tres, and the most exciting competition
Il hremen. Naturally such men, like
ny other soldiers, shonld dream rather of .
he glories of The combat than OF the death
rphanage and misery which must follow
t. S1ch is the Democracy. It is without S
Their employment, if We except the de- i
snse and prosecution of s,lits at law, /
han the pursuit OF Office. 1t plants all |
ltJre hopes upon the election Of a Pres I
lent, who can do 10 more than change !,
re federal appointments IN the State, and /
can effect little else with its meaere h
ectoral votes, than to prefer anarchy Il
ld starvation as an Issue on which fat r
fices and lucrative contracts shall be
yarded to those who have never done II
l.thing to prevent the one or TO relieve e.
e other. I-e
That this class OF professional place Il
inters should have held no political II
litigation sacred does not surprise US. D
ut that the Conservative party, regarded al
7 the Republicans as men whose in is
rests gave guarantee for thei1 sin Of
rity, should have permitted the Demo- n
attic minority to force them into viola "
IN of faith impairs, We confess, our con- al
lence in Conservative nerve. TO the q.
the adjournment of the special ar
ssion re iJectc-even without the con- vi
Of reform measures-will | pl
AXE not the least difference. The in
has already attained lis OBJ til
It in the participation in the House tri
tronage, and in securing any officer tn
10 may be elected upon joint ballo. of wi
th houses. The Conservatives must 90
viewer, see that measures of property Ii,
d of popular interest, for which an
Democracy care nothing, may ca
in peril by this breach OF w
tn. We can hope no extension of the ft.l
sion, for there can be no guarantee tha. ! ~,