New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-01
NEW ORLEANS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER j 1876
Especial Correspondence Of the Republican.
NATIONAL POLITICS.

lcpecaal CorroopondenCe Of the k0puoucAn.J
ia NATIONAL POLITICS.
sudasn Luli in the Caban and Mexican
Excitement-Nasioual Iuteresss and Ma.
! sieual Safety to be First Guaranteed.
anA then 'sRPes's CnAa aaA Commercial
Reciprocity with Mckee and the Span
ish Rspublics-Ce Represents
atien In the American Cengfess-lssue
sJu1neA hy ~ O0ciai 0rsGn Of d.; AA-
ministrasien-The Bostoa Letter ef The
New Orleans Republican Cssnrnea-
The Negre and the Uniss-Civfl EquaI.
isy Before the Law fer he Negro Citi-
zen sn American Questisn.
4 WASHINGTON, November "a, 1875.
The sudden lull in the Cuban and Mexi.
can excitement has caused disappointment
in certain quarters, but it is an omen Of
good for all the best interests of the coun-
try and of the Republican party. The Ma
tio,al Republican of this morning has not .
line or word in regard to Spain, CUBA, or
Mexico. On the contrary, its leading edito-
rial 10 headed: Confederate Representa-
tion in the American Congrese;" and under
this heading raises IN issas Of vastly more
importance to the nation than the acquisi-
ton Of Cuba or the possession of the silver
mines Of Mexico. II 10 to- be hoped that
the Official organ of the administration ct
the seat of government will keep this one
issus before the country until public senti-
nent crystalizes around it in public &C
ton, by petition, by legislative protest,
and by the united and unflinching opposi-
tion ON the part of Republican members
and Senators to any further advance Of
this Confederate power either in Congress
or out of ii. 5 Nf" f'a2Vs -. =
In this connection would direct atten-
ton to the letter of your correspondent
written recently from Boston, on this same
subject. In that letter ii wa stated that
the Legislature of Massachusetts, would,
this winter, by formal resolve" protest
against the recognition Of Confederate rep
resentation in the national Congress. 1t
was also stated that this protest would
come mp on the Mississippi question. Here,
then, w have issue joined again between
tho Confederate league snd the national
Republican party on an issue which can NO
more % suppressed or eyeded than oAn be
the school question, or the ntegrity Of the
national credit, or the question of negro
serfdom, or any other Of the matters of
principle which divide, as by an impasss-
bic gulf, the Confederate Democratic coali-
ton from the loyal masses Of the United
States. The Confederate representation in
the American Congress must, and will,
therefore, be wiped out, or it will wipe out
the Union. The frst step in this process is
TO secure the Presidency in 1876 for the Re-
publicsns. No "side issue" should be al.
lowed to divert the public mind from the
issues - now joined with the Confederate
Democracy. The next step will be to con-
firm and protect the Republican govern
ments Of South Csrolins, Florids, Missis-
sippi and Lonisiana in the American right
of popular selfgovernment. The next ste p
will be the unseating Of those Democratic
sllies Of the Confederate league who now
hold seats in Congress from Republican
districts. These thipgs being accomplished,
the Confederate representation in Congress
will disappear and melt away q frost work
under the rays Of summer sun. New
men from the South will then take the
place of these revolutionary leaders of .
desperate game of politisal diplomacy.
Win not the day that brings this change be
. blessed one for the Southi a1
Lot any ono who may be disposed to dis
pute the accuracy Of these forecastings Of
events to come, reflect for one moment
what this Confederate representation in the
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