New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-10

Confederate notes which faded away with
the hopes of the great rebellion. All the
other charges in the record of the Bulletin
against the Republicans grow out of the
efforts to defray the expenses of the war.
To the account of the party which is re-
sponsible for that must, therefore, be
charged the whole bill of COSTS We re-
iterate: The Southern Democracy, aided
and abetted by their Northern allies,
made the war and maintained it to the
sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of lives
and. the loss of thousands of millions of
dollars. In the vanquished South the
loss was total while the victorious North
availed itself of its strength to repair
some of the damages it sustained. This
was no more than natural, and just what
would occur again if the secession leaders
were to persuade their ignorant followers
to go into another rebellion.
1t is somewhat surprising that term
Of Republican administration extending
with almost unbroken interruption
through fifteen years, presents to the par
tial mind of trained partisan only one
central charge, upon which all the others
which have been urged against the Re-
publicans depend. And that charge is
not true. The very thing which the De-
mocracy now accuses the Republican
party with doing was done by themselves.
They urged and applauded the war. No
man could live in the South who opposed
it, and few are bold enough even now,
fifteen years after the supreme act of folly
was committed, to say that the lost cause
was not a just and holy one. Those who
fell in that wretched scramble for few
local offices in September, 1874, albeit of
obscure 'repute, ore canonized in Demo-
cratic annals, and the collections in the
name of charity on their behalf has be-
come an established local business. Per-
haps in a few years from now it will be
charged to the account of Governor KEEL
logg that he made war on the White
League forces 1t would be no greater
stretch of impudence than to charge the
shareholders rebellion upon the Repub-
lican party.
The Democracy, with Senator Gordon
or anybody else at its head, can not make
a greater error than to institute COM
parison between the records of the two
parties. The one is full of deceit, cru
city, selfshness, blood and death. Some
of the ablest leaders have been on their
knees for the past ten years praying for
oblivion for this same record aud amnesty
and pardon for their personal crimes.
Our party has had its troubles and trials,
and many unworthy members have been
entrusted with high positions, but it has
never sought to emblazon their evil deeds
upon its banners or consecrate their crimes.
We think Superintendent Brown and
Boothby have gone far enough in the
business of looking up Conservative gen.
tlemen to serve on the School Board. No
one can blame Messrs. Marks, Hall and
Wilt for declining the proffered places
under the circumstances. They are aware
that much more would be expected of
them than it would be possible for them
to perform if they could be given entire
control. We can assure those who know
nothing whatever of school matters that
a few very simple changes would be quite
sufficient, and one of these, and the most
important, is more prompt payment of
the school tax. This is matter which
the directors can not control. For the
present, however, we hope the State Board
will not find it necessary to go outside Of
our own party for agents to conduct the
public business. There are plenty of able
men, good Republicans, who can be had
for the asking. We hope three or four of
them will now be sent for.