New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-24
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If q burglar, by collision with do
nestle, enter house and steal the plate
he is pursued with the utmost vigor o
the law, and subjected, upon conviction
to an ignominious punishment, which
ever afterward excludes him from tn
trust Of society. If person calling him
self politician seduce the representative
of the people, or the incumbent of q pub
Lie Office, to rob the government of sunni
far greater than any burglar ever dreamed
OF, it no more affects his party standing
than the capture of specie condaetd
would impair the local reputation OF
Mexican robber. As in some superstitlous
countries the prosperous robber dedicates
a portion of his gains to secure him an
eternal indemnity for his crimes, so the
politician who bestows part OF his
equally fraudulent wealth for the benefit
of party campaign is considered to have
made laudable atonement, the more es-
pecially if he shall have gained this
fraudulent fund by collision with political
opponents as bad as himself. The party
receiving such perc entage Of the theft de-
vote the money to party advantage and
use the participation Of their political OPP
ponents as an argu ment of their official
dishonesty. Such has been the game that
Tweed and the ca nal ring have played in
New York, and their Democratic brethren
have also exhibited il Pennsylvania, Mis-
souri, and elsewhere.
In war a smuggler, pirate, OF BUSH
whacker will be employed in either army.
No means are spared to insure victory.
In the political contests Of the past the
peril of fundamental principles was SO
great that neither party could spare a
man, reject recruit, or hold court mar
tial in the hour of imminent battle. Per-
haps at such times he who foraged with
full hands was welcomed by the many
and tolerated by the few. Such persons
came thus to think that war was waged
by the blockade runner, and political vic.
tories commanded by ring robbers.
With the establishment Of Republican
principles comes period when a great
political party can deal With such dshon-
est politicians as have assumed to conduct
the contest in the name Of the party which
they dishonor.
The Democratic party being ii che
minority, and having exhausted all the
double faced deception of platforms and
electoral corruptions, have come at last to
the conclusion that as the debt and tag
payers have nothing of principle at risk
or in question, they can perceive no season
why Tweed and Tammany should make
and acknowledge on behalf of the debt
and taxpayer an enormous addition to the
debt and taxes. They can not see why a
Joint stock ring Of canal rogues should |
continue system of political robbery |
which puts hundred thousand dollars of |
public money in the ring sack, and thou
sand dollars into the campaign fund OF |
he party to which the ring rogues belong. |
The people see that they pay too high .
premium upon campaign subscriptions.
They see that practically the people hire
" permit political thieves to steal from
he people themselves for campaign
paid over to the people out Of
he peoples own money. /
This conviction bps SO amended the
constitutions of Illinois and Pennsylva-
ia as that the treasury is as hard to pick
S combination lock. Hence, when the
Jew York Times (Republican) began the
ursuit of the ring rogues Of New York,
II. Tilden Democrat) was permitted to
IKE it up, and Tweed. like Jonah, was
asst out to appease the rising wrath of the
storm of public indignation.
[ence Tilden, who had lived in political
bscurity until he was nearly as old as
le exhumed William Allen, was put for
ard as counter agent of Tweed when that
alued Joseph of Democracy was clothed
! the coat and pantaloons of many colors
Blackwell's Island. For this hypocritical
sference for public opinion Governor
ilden is after the canal ring with the
of Scotch terrier after
hart rat Hence Morrissey, the cham e
on and pet of Tammany, the Democratic
ember of Congress, while he was I
'torious bruiser and gambler, has been | {
st out as unworthy even of Tammany. t
ence'the Democracy has ambushed its a
ieves and thugs, and sent forward men f
hose integrity has been their reproach,
ID their responsibility disqualification
+ Democratic service. We might add to
ese undoubted expressions of political a
termination at the North many evi. G
noes at the South to prove that with \
e undisputed and indisputable establish b
emit Of Republican principles, the people a
determined to require from every party e.
ticket which will require neither to be c
Tended from sectionalism nor from i'm v