New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-06
THE ISSUES OF 1875.

supremacy Of tie whole people Of tn
United States, the direct guarantee c
rights to the individual, and not to tn
States; the indivisibility Of the American
Union. With this unity and nationalit.
Of principle the bonds which have bount
men to this or that antecedent party az
loosed. Elect whom we may, he is oblige,
to carry ont the new established doctrine
Of the government. If o Republican
scratch bad name from lis ticket ant
vote for a good name on tie opposition
the basis principle which we have stated
may not in his opinion be endangered. /
a Democrat treat his party ticket in the
same manner, he may expect nothing il
the demonstrated stability Of the republic.
It is no time to put an insolent or dis
honest sailor in irons when the storm re-
quires every man that can pull rope, but
when the weather is serene, and the dam
ages repaired, when the vessel is standing
on her course under easy sail, then comes
the time for inquiry and for punishment.
If it, then, be correct that the time has
arrived when men nay, without risk to
the institutions Of the country, indulge
their personal preference or their preju-
dices, in favor of or against candidates for
Office, does it not become the Republican
party to see that there Shall be no man
put on its ticket who has personal record
to defend, Or to be defended for him. We
do not doub. that our antagonists
will nominate their men of best
personal reputation. They will have
in many cases the advantage of obscurity,
because their candidates will not have
afforded the same occasion OF scrutiny
and criticism with those Of the dominant
party. It is, then, more incumbent on
the Republican party to nominate men
unobjectionable in politics. and morals,
for it would be disgraceful if the position
carried by desperate conflict should be
lost by the sloth, weakness or corruption
of, those to whom its defense had been
entrusted. We will set down, therefore,
the first issue Of the campaign Of 1876
The moral character and official COM
potency OF the candidates. But there
mnst be other issues The politi-
cal principles OF federal administra-
! ion having been settled, there viii be
l question of the measures most efficient
% promote the national prosperity. These
will naturally be divided into domestic
md foreign. The problem of giving the
people o solvent and convertible currency,
neither suffocating the country with rags
md lampblack on one hand nor stinting
abor and enterprise on the other, will be |
ne issue. The revenue and adjustment |
VI the revenue system will be another; |
he relief of the people from the stagna-
ion OF business is comprehensive issue
which embra ces more measures than could |
,e included in tits article. There is no |
interest in the whole United States so
as could be desired. The cur
N-iNy - A-oS q tlIC olisAtltlt Vi Sp6C1S
S it has been some few years since. The ex-
ort Of cereals has fallen of, cur rnanufac-
lres have attained an amount which sur
asses the home capacity to consume, and
ne diminished ratio Of American progress
shown by the emigration or re-export o.
yty thousand people to Europe
American agricultural development has
cached its limit to the North and West.
eyond the present boundaries Of cereal
there is little inducement for
lterprise or settlement. There is, then,
tile opportunity Of industrial gain, ex-
'pt the conversion and condensation of
ONE material into manufactures. The
lestlon arises, what shall be done with / ,
ese manufactures We have shown they
n not be consumed in greater quantity
home. 1t is evident they car not be
ported to Europe for consumption.
What then should the Republican Pres
ent and party do to stimulate these in =
'stries and renew that rate of progress s
lich has been the wonder Of the age?
ley should propose measures which will
IKE o market and pay wages. q
They should inaugurate foreign policy
wing for its object the creation of \
demand for the surplus pro- !
cts Of the United States
|. A commercial alliance between the },
lited States and each republican State +,
this continent. =,
;. The direction Of the Southern Pacific q
lroad direct TO the Pacific on the thirty | o,
ond parallel, with branches to the =,
,essary points Of Guaymas and Mazat- 7
/, and into every State of Northern h,
xico. G.
|. Steam service from the Gulf ports y
act to al Central, South and insular 50
erica on both coasts. To effect this Fl
at object the most confidential inter ar
rse should be maintained with the to
ntries referred to. They should be II
lbined on the great American cont ia
tai alliance, not alone to maintain tie 81
1Soe doctrine Of excluding all new de
potisms from this continent, but to as, za
the interchange of the precious IA
ais and Jaw material of the troptcal If
ons for the manufa ipred products
provision Surplus Of the United States. Jat
would be best effected by nla
Treaties Of commercial reciprocity op,
each of the States referred to- Such the
ions must be established as once az sid
between the United States and the . \