New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-10

these acts with impunity, but that it is a
crime for Republican to do The same? on
does it claim that Democrat is person
of superior virtue and position who
may do, or forbid whatever he may
choose, while others can not even
follow his example on pain of being
surrounded and shot to death by Demo-
Gratis? Have We an aristocrscy? Is there
equality of political, social Or moral
rights in this country, or are We governed
bya superior force which compels the sur
render of all Office and submission to all
violence? Most people in a passion are
inconsistent, and so the Times says:
What we charge. and charge distinctly,
ia that the Radical pal ty has made rogues
and liars Governors and legislators of our
States.
Then it adds:
The iuiquities of the Warmoth regime
are mon the record of the Radical party,
and they can not be shifted elsewhere. Our
people in their desperate strait accepted
Warmoth's aid in the canvass of 1872 but
no ore can affirm that they ever approved
has previous record or accepted the respon
sibiiity for the crimes perpetrated by the
Radicals during his admins ration.
So our people in their desperate strait
did little more than accept the aid of
"the liars and rogues" elevated to execu-
tive and legislative authority. 1t has
been charged that they promised to ele-
vate Governor Warmoth to the Senate of
the United States, and it is beyond doubt
they endeavored to send the Republican
assessor, Mr.. Sheridan, to the House of
Representatives.
Then the Shreveport Times scolds those
bad Democrats who have got away with
the butchers meat, wharf and canal mo-
nopolies, and who have grown rich from
the brokerage of city and State debts,
thus:
The Democrats who have BETRAYED the
trusts cOnfided to them are no better than
the REPUBLICAN and it's friends; those Dem
ocrats who have combined with the Radi.
Gals in the organization of ecandalous mo-
nopoiies, and are profited by them. must be
classed with that common herd OF unscru-
ties, among all classes, and even in all
churches.
Now, what harm does this do the truly
lucky holder of this profitable job if he be
Democrat? He will sit in the conven-
ton; he will organize sub-clubs: he will
give for campaign expenses part of the
money aeeced from the people. We chal-
lenge the proof that any Democrat who
held any one of these monopolies has ever
been DISTINGUISHED by his party for such
participation.
From all this the Shreveport Times will
see that We have indicated our position.
1t was, that all abuses of public trust
were wrong; that the Democratic party
had been guilty by action and adoption of
these abuses, and was, therefore, and to
that extent, responsible for the wrong
We have cited the New York cases of
Tweed & Co., and Lord, and others, to
prove Democrats no better than other
men. The Republicans have reformed
much of the the abuses perpetrated by
concurrence of both parties, and enjoyed
chiefly by the Democracy. Left alone in
charge of the government, the Repub-
licans have reduced the State debt and
forbidden the city government to create
new debts. Is there no merit in this?
We had feared the Times, disappointed
in not being coded with the Caddo country
to Texas, was about turning its talents to
the aid of st. Louis. 1t will nowhere
find the same field Of uncontrolled OBJ
loquy and unresisting submission to armed
intolerance. But if the Times is in earnest
for reform, if it does not wish to capture
the government with all its alleged patron
age and powers of abuse, let it tell us
what reforms itproposes. Will it reduce
the patronage of Democratic Governor;
will it cut down the fees of the sheriffs,
which the Democratic Legislature of
1867 established; will it restrict the fees
of clerks and require all officers to
perform the duties Of their own offices in
person? Let us hear what it wants. Let
us see schedule of constitutional amend
ments, and if in addition to having given
all the reforms for the past three years,
the Republican party shall finch from a
pledge and schedule Of reform, then it
will be competent for the Shreveport
Times to continue its condemnation. Un-
til it shall submit such schedule it can
carry on its long range and Intellectual
bombardment of obloquy without scaling
a splinter or provoking reply.
John Knox is likely to get q monument