New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-04
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY.

NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY.
TIE peace makers with percussion
locks are in attendance on the New
Hampshire Legislature. The Democrats
of the old Granite State have the Louis
ana disease very bad. 1t is sort of
| political neuralgia, which shoots from one
part Of the body polite to another. caus-
! ing intense suffering to the locality at
tackled. We suppose the cause Of
the complaint in New Hampshire is
the same as here. They will have to
describe it by different names, however,
but change of nomenclature will not
destroy or conceal the identity of the
| thing. 1t is in New Hampshire as in
Louisiana, an inordinate craving of the
| Democracy for political power and the
| emoluments of Office which lies at the
| bottom Of the trouble. But in the former
they are without the facility of expression
| which our amiable agitators enjoy. They
have no negro vote to hold up to the
afrighted mind; no carpetbag adventures;
| no renegade natives base enough" as
| Bishop Wilmer would put it, to vote as they
think proper without consulting the '.men
of our own Image, sons and proprietors of
the SOIL no proud Confederate traditions
to sing to the people at ward meetings.
But they depend for success upon an al
legged error in printing the name Of can
didate for the State Senate on the Re-
publican ticket. 1t is true, a similar de-
feet, # such j. were appeared on the
Democratic ticket. But the Senate is in
favor of settling one question at time.
The Honorable members are unequal to the
tasl, Of balancing accounts by the prinei-
pie OF offset. Hence, they first decide that
Matt Head can not possibly be pre-
sumed to be Nathaniel Head, though it is
quite likely that Frank Jones may be
Franklin Jones. They therefore exclude
Nathaniel when he claims admission to
the State Senate upon Natt's ticket, but
Franklin is passed on to Congress, when
he sets up that he is also called Frank
sometimes This distinction where there
was really no difference, cost the Republi-
cans the control Of the Senate, and the
Democrats were promptly on hand to
seize and hold the wrested sceptre
With the Democrats engaged II this
disgraceful affair we have little to do. We
have scarcely anything to say TO them.
But to the Republicans of New Hamp-
shire, and every other Northern State, We
have to say that the opposition in the
South have been striving to get into power
BY violent means ever since the whole
brood was swept away with Buchanan in
1860. They have directed their fercest
attacks against the Southern wing of the
Republican camp, and when We called for
reinforcements from our better provided |
friends of the North we have too often |
been met with hostile criticism. When |
the Republicans of the North were in |
formed that armed Democratic ruffians |
were killing unarmed Republican voters
merely because they were black, and |
would not vote for their enemies, the re- |
spouse came i'll the shape of Bohemian
sensation mongers, who reported gen
orally that the charges were true, but |
the taxes were very high. Mr.. Nordhof |
among others, found that our municipal
taxes were as high, within three mills on
the dollar, as these of New York city, and
we could not boast Of a single Tweed in
the Penitentiary, though the Democracy
have ruled the city ever since the war with
an unsatisfactory and interrupted excep-
ton of about three years. Our Northern
Republican friends buy this sort of drivel
at the average price of four cents copy,
and 90 home with the innate assurance
that they have discharged duty to So
ciety. The wrongs which have been
on Southern Republicans would
be visited upon every Northern commu-
nifty. if the Democracy but had the power
Or the physical force which they have de-
yeloped in the South. Republican editors
have scolded Southern Republicans be-
cause they could not accomplish impossi-
oilities. Republican congressman like
Foster, Phelps and Wheeler
nave come down here looking as solemn
md pompous as mock dukes, and been
warped by Confederate hospitality into
aging the greater part of the blame on
he injured party, and rummaging around
or devices to screen the truly guilty
parties.
The New Hampshire case may require
ONT committee of both houses of Congress
o 60 up and make inquiries. We suggest
General West as chairman Of the commit ;
ee, with AIessrs Darrall and Nash of this
tate, Lynch of Mississippi, Harralson Of
,labama, Rainey of South Carolina, and
ther Southern Republican congressman
$ nembers. They are thoroughly &C.