New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-04
CUR COUNTRY,

As the hundredth year of our existence
as a nation approaches, it occurs to the
London .Standarel to remark that think
ing Americans despair Of the future of
the United States; that they are COM
PEELED to acknowledge that waste, cor
rnption and inefficiency prevail in every
branch of the administration, and ignor-
ance and personal worthlessness are pre-
dominant in legislation; that they begin
to admit sadly that the grand experiment
began a century ago is a failure The
Standard represents a class of Tory
Britains who have never become recon-
ciled to American or any other plan Of
national independence. It is the organ
Of a party which still holds Ireland IN
der the heel of despotism, keeps standing
armies in the Canadian American prov
inces, and rules India and the colonies of
South American by military government,
thus absorbing the revenues OF geo.
graphically detached countries against the
will Of the native inhabitants.
Unfortunately for Us the .>tdndard
echoes the cry of the Confederate Demo-
Gratis of our country. Its venomous as
PERSONS meet with the favor Of our
Raphael Semmeses and Ben Hills, and
for that matter with all Democratic lead
ers, who see nothing but corruption and
yenality in Republican administration Of
the best government the world ever saw.
The Standard considers such men as our
Mr.. Booth American ''thinkers" because
they think in America, and it can readily
prove by any stump speech that these
thinkers assert that the government of the
United States is a failure. 70 the British
Tory the slanaerous utterances CT the
American Democratic Tory are as sweet
consolation. The SidRdd1 4 intimates that
one of the remedies to be applied for over
coming the disease which has made our
government failure will be the abandon
ment Of popular suffrage, and the substi-
tuition Of class legislation, based on wealth,
color, or some other inherited condition.
To that we have no doubt our resident
enemies, dubbed thinkers for respecta-
bility, will say amen.
While our Southern Democrats unite
with the Tories Of England in opposing
the centennial celebration, and IN all WAYS
coal- 70 Iapro tic o,1 r;d;a-,lo o-r o,o,-or,
ment, there are yet others, not altogether
people, who look with pride
upon the work of hundred years. We
have established government which sat
isles US in principles, and notwithstand-
ing its enemies abroad and its tra6ucers
1t home, It is as nearly perfect as the
mind Of man can conceive for the gov
of men, or as could be expected
under the circumstances. 1t is respected
among nations, and our sadness at having
existed one hundred years without tie
sceptre of monarchical government, boil
stored up by q landed aristocracy, is not
50 apparent as the Tory Standard and the
American thinkers who think they
would be better officeholders- would have
Is believe. We have a government of
,entury's duration which compares favor
IDLY with one which England inaugurated !
n the fifth century, and has not yet made |
acceptable to its working people, who are
lot called thinkers, but who are allowed |
0 rent lands and give half their labor for |
upport Of royal drones in the Queens |
i've.
England has a national debt that it can |
ever lift, and its soil is controlled almost |
ntirely by aristocrats who do not labor.
ohm Bright says England has only about
0,000 landed proprietors, and that half
f Scotland is owned by twelve families.
With all respect for q good woman whom
hey call Queen, it is conceded that the |
oval family is ofno earthly use, only as
gurehead for aristocracy. This family is
Imported as a luxury, independent Of the
Expense Of government, at an annual cost
f six hundred and fifty-seven thousand
ounds sterling, or over three million and
quarter of dollars. The Prince Of Wales
ponds half million dollars annually on
is pleasures, and his wife has an indie
endent income from the royal fund for
er support. Is it then strange that
he oppressed people of Ireland should
1metimes wish for home rule, or that in
ngland the humble man tilling borrowed
oil, the artisan toiling in crowded shops
nd factories for the bread which comes
carer because lands are not sold, or that
lie workers in mines under the earth
Mould occasionally look up to the bright
" which is over such country, and
linking of their taskmasters, sometimes
el tlIa4hey-are not getting fair deal in
lis world? Is it strange that an able
nglish writer referring to the idle tours
the idle Prince, should give vent TO
leh feelings as are Swallowed in the fol-
wing paragraph
surely the ViSlt OF Tue fflnce OF " ales
India is not necessary. Besides. we hold :
at his presence in our Eastern dominions
ould produce far more harm than good. {
our leading statesmen want to show the j..
eat Mahcmmedam sovereigns what a
or and paltry thing British royalty is,
en- by all means let them send its repre-
NATIVE on this tour. Albert Edward is
Q very worst person that should represent 9
lgland in India. He is perfectly destitute a