New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-13
A FORCED LOAN OR BUSINESS PRO
SCRIPTION,

submit to forced loan for this or thai
chieftain, about whom they may neither
known or care anything, they usually KEEP
their cash very close or carry it out OF
country where its disposal may be die
tated by rapacious or influential partisans.
Not satisfied with the success of the artil-
lery campaign, the Mississippi Democracy
are invited to invade our State with another
mode of projectileg, equally formidable
with spherical case and grape.
| This invasion is solicited by an anony'
nous malcor.ent who signs himself
"Scalpel," surgical instrument which
we believe carves the living and the
| cadaver with equal Indifference. Seal,
pei" recommends the following interven-
| ton in our commercial affairs by the tri-
umphant howitzers of Mississippi. It is
asserted that the planters of Mississippi,
"who have been 50 instrumental in
| bringing about the glorious victory, are
| arranging to ship their cotton to, and to
purchase their supplies only from such o!
our merchants as register, vote, and give
material aid to secure the election of the
Democratic nominees OF the January con-
vention."
This arrangement is thus accepted
and Endorsed by the trenchant "Scalpel:
This course, if carried out by our re
DIT emed neigh bors, will insure US not only a
| compile to victory, but it will bring to the
polls hundreds OF our lukewarm merchants
who never have time 10 vote or register,
and who, to all appearances, do not care
whether We ever recover from our bank
rupt condition. BY this class of merchants
and traders now growing rich in our city
(be it said TO their shame) Kellogg and his
minions have been kept i'll power: had they
done their duty we should have been in adj
vance of Mississippi, and John McEnery,
our elected Governor, with all our State
officers, would be in the discharge of their
rightful duties. Would i: not be well for
your widely circulated paper to publish
the names of all the registered voters of
New Orleans, that We. too, may cooperate
with Mississippi in this great movement
for our redemption'
If we had desired a more fragrant proof
that the Democratic place hunters were
ready to sacrifice every business interest
to their vindictive and mercenary pur-
poses, we could not have imagined It.
Not satisfied with terrifying the negroes
out of their votes with cannon, these
brave Mississippians propose to intimi-
date our factors by withdrawal of their
patronage. Those factors who will not
pledge themselves to pay money to sup
port the Democratic (not the Conserya-
tive ticket of January next, are to be
published and prescribed.
There are men, and prominent men, who
have declared their purpose to aid in the
restoration of honesty and confidence, and
have declared that party distinctions will
be nothing to them compared with the
object of securing responsible admins
tration of the State government. Some of
these men are among our largest cotton
factors.
The tail Of very diminutive mouse is
visible in this registry and prescription
just the least tip and vestige of tail. To
whom would these consignments Of cotton
be made? Clearly and justly to such
Democratic factors as had devoted most
time and service to the Democratic con-
vention in January. If they should be
nominees for office they would be the more
proper consignees of all political cotton.
But suppose the enthusiastic planter turns
his cotton from a practical, responsible
and experienced merchants Democrats it
may be, too resolute to be dragooned into
doing by compulsion what he might have
done by chance-suppose the proceeds of
a years risk and labor be committed to a
red hot partisan, who knows more about
politics than staple, and who, from negli-
gence, permits some employe to get away
with the proceeds of the Democratic cot
ton would this be IA just policy in the first
place? Would it be wise in the next place.
We have not commented on the signifi-
cant evidence that the Democratic party
is disposed, secretly and surreptitiously, to
monopolize, for the support of pure
Democratic ticket, forced loan, to which
the Conservatives are equally entitled,
were they base enough to demand or
accept it. This seems a violation of all
faith. Mr.. Burke and others have stood
out against Democratic monopoly; they
have refused to enter a Democratic
| party without, at least, the guarantee
of having the name of Conservative
raised on the books and sign of the
concern. Here, Democracy seems to have
been securing to itself heavy in-put
into the military chest Of 1876. Ii the
Conservatives will follow the Democratic
banner it will be all right, but if tney de-
mand even nominal recognition then
will all the ransom Of the registered fac
tors be checked out for Democratic
organs, Democratic orators, Democratic
clubs and Democratic artillery.
There are other. factors who have taken
little or no part in politics, but have adj
vanced money to planters. Some of them
have aided these planters with almost
parental care since the close of the war.
Such factors may be in advance to the
planters. Some of them are even the cred.
itors Of the Mississippi planters who
have been instrumental in bringing
about" the Mississippi victory,