The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-29
Hoist With Their own petard.


T. FROM tllP New YORK MDrlI.1
The scheme Of policy proposed h
Southern statesmen, ~ the open letter
to Alexander H. Stephens publisbed,.
the World this morning, h certninIIn'nn
brilliant piece of strategy. II co,nss
from man who was formerly an ahIo
aud conscientious Radical Rcr,,blirnn
editor, and In that capacity did his beat
TO fasten the reign Of ignorance and
dishonesty upon the South through fhs
sudden acknowledgements Of the Yread0
men, and now cxerts his ingenuity n
devise method for undong the evil
He boldly advocates the wisdom =;
fighting the devil with fire. The rule ~
the political adventurcr was brouobt
about by extending the suffrage TO fhs
negro, and now the only method Of see,r'
ing reform Is by extending the suffrage
to Intelligent women. The Repubienno
purity cannot without scIf-stulilicatio"
oppose such n movement utter the nv
plicit declaration Of It's last national
platform the States have retained thn
right TO enfranchisc women II thev
pleasc, and 50 thousands Of Democratic
voters may be called forth from tbo
midst Of Southern households as Inv
cnchantmcnt. And what magnificent
voters they will be. As at the iiat ~
the Republican party there arose tho
ebon -hued citizen, remarkable for the
extent Of ivory in teeth and eyeballa
famous for the production of wool
and the cultivation Of cotton ma
destined to become the dupe OF the
carpet Dagger and the victim Of the
Ku KIux Khan, moving 10 the rights ~
manhood through the plumber of States
the disintcgIation Of society, the break
ing down Of moral and civil Iaw~so
there might arise at the fiat of the
Ihs.ss ,lt.aJ - IA
way u contrast to The former heautifnl
intelligent, and endowed with ot,alitia.
which might bring civilization even ont
Of the chaos of Southern society. II ia
II familiar saying that the Southern
women were responsible for thc
war. u would Do u curious piece III
practical justice If they should have
put off some Of their old fashioned
ideas OF womanhood in order in
save their sections from the worst re'
suits Of 1t. IT they are TO DO lowered
with the suffrage, u can vass in the South
will become the poetry of politics As
the vision Of Southern mass MEETING
with the ordinarily sombre hues of 2
political crowd relieved by the gorgeous
tints OF female iincry, and the air must
cal with the laugh of the Intelligent 10.
male voter, rises in the imagination 81
the stump speaker, he will disdajn Ia
90 even TO Cincinnati to make q hard
money speech under the windows of the
Enq,ttrer until this question Is settled
The immediate political advantages
Of the policy suggested In the letter ara
too plain TO need comment. II would
hold the Suites already Democratic. 80.
cure the doubtful oncs and shake Re-
publican supremacy even in South
Carolina. But perhaps the gentleman
who proposes the scheme has an eve
not merely to the present good Of tho
South through the enfranchisement OF
women, but to the enfranchisement
OF the entire sex. In other words. Ia he
not aiming to kill two birds with
one stone Once grant the ballot
to the women Of the South, and
would her sister Of tho North tamelv
submit to sit like Cinderella In the ashes
OF the hearth while her rivals Haunted
ut the hustings. Not much. We there.
fore look TO u Jealous advocacy Of Mr..
Fowler's scheme on the part of Mrs.
julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton and their associates, who will see
in this plan the first practical move
lncnt towards the object which they
have been for years hopelessly and aim
lessly striving to reach. As FOR the pa
tritarch OF the woman s-rights cause.
Susan b. Anthony, we should expect
her to clasp her former townsmen in u
IOyful embrace In her enthusiasm at his
for hath not age It's priv.
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SHIpBuILDiNd IN MAINE. Three ships.
live barts, one brigg and three schoon-
ers, with u tonnage Of $3.50, were builtjn
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