New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-30

t credit OF the road would be wise and
i noble economy. It would take very ,ittl
!! fallen. with a good dea! Of brokerage I
I build Jay Cooke :oaG. /. will requir
character. money and public conidenc
l TO construc: such a Join: stock wori. a
5 we have described. Can the directors c
the .oad meet the requirements:
TEE COST OF DEMOCRATIC TRIcEsTEa:
There is a class in trade which, possess
ing neither the capital or character OF tn
merchant, teaches that commercial excel
lence consists in deceit. and commercial
venom IL the ruin OF honest ignorance
There is IN politics precisely the sam,
element. Endowed by nature with n.
more intellect than is sutficien: to Civ,
effect to an instructive yapacity. who'll,
destitute of moral restraints as Of &C
CURED knowledge, such sharpers finl
their most formidable competitors in tht
able and honorable men who direc: the
the political party to which these sharp
e:s may have attached themselves. /. is
these men WHO ,idica!e probi.y and prin.
cip!e. Il is these misc,sants who 81:
with one arm in the legislative hall and
the ether hand owe, the lobby rail. In
them there is nothing worth thought that
has not ''money IL H." These are the
platform sharps who hire lawyers TO write
dubious doctrine. These are the monopo-
lists who employ the same insidious
; agency % draw bills :ha: give them any
possible prof: from az enactment. hu.
leave ample apertures 70. escape j: loss
shoald befaH them.
1t is this tricky class :ha: have brough:
the Democracy into their presen: incon-
eruous condition. They have broken
down tie leaders Of principle. and as.
sumed control Of the party organizations.
It Is precisely as if the suffers. b1mmers
| and bonb-p,oofs shouid send the gen
erals to the rear, and assume command
o. The campaign themselves.
lie who is. in the opinion Of the Demo-
c:a.ic Press Association. an ..unfortuuate
gentleman, IS Democrat. lie has pro
iessec he principles Of :la: party. and
claims tina: q large part 0: the public
money Ilundered was dedicated TO the
p,ous uses OF the Dem ocratic party.
Ihe Ealie.in has Renaissance of J ohm
c. Ereckinridge rs successful Demo.
craiic candidate for the representative
succession o: Henry Clay. It stirs the
blood 20 see man young. pure, resolute
and eloquent, going into a canvass upon
the proposition, THAT it would be more
70. :he welfare Of Kentucky TO adopt
Democratic principles o: government
There was combat square, open anG IN
qualified. Whether the proposition was
sound or nnsound, the people We're per-
s.aded Or convinced. When Stephen A. |
Douglas met Abraham Lincoln in enc OF
the ablest controversies which was ever
weGed before the people, there was dis
ting: issue. !: wac the right OF the
people .nhabitinc a Territory to tx the
70: :hei: own .oea! govern
meE:.
There are as many giants in these days
IS IL those, but SO far as the Democratic
party is concerned they are led about and
exhibited by the pigm:es for the gain OF
he latter. The vengetal spirit o: Morse
S bringing the devices Of the tricksters 0!
Ohio lace 20 face before those Of Alabama.
md tie public is turning with derision
rom The sham nationality of party
which does not speak the same language
n any t--o communities. There has been no .
uch spectacle Of deception exposed since
ir. Hercules Houssah made plain the ways ,
+ the Davenport Brothers. The telegraph
rs played the same part at Columbus. +.
'Eio. .ha: q Drummond light turned q
lddenly upon the dark seance might |
ave done. It displayed the manipula- !
on which apparently bound the two
,ioys but really left them. a
The Republican party has profted by &
le downfall and dispersion of the ma 6
Onal Democracy. It has been infested 2
! the same tricksters. Like any other G
rnlin, these miscreants invariably seek t,
e most vigorous organizations. Many G
them have graduated in destroying the
party, and with simple q
ange of livery, have come to serve the Al
riy they have left by aiding to demoralize u
e party to which they have attached ~
amselves. President Grant, knowing
al fraudulent commissary or false 81
can do more harm to an .
ny than legion Of enemies, has taken j" a.
lical measures to bring them to justice, ~
nish and expel them. The principles =.
the Republican party having been thus -'@
ablished by the will of the people, e1-
,ssed through all the departments Of pr
eral and State government; the shame OF
dispersion of the ten tribes of De- Ii.
cracy having demonstrated the ruinous COZ
uence Of the tricksters, nothing re- o ois
ms for the Republican party but to ina
st by this miserable example Of con- an
od hvnCc v,voo1o,vn %ho l