New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-13
SOUND DOCTRINE.

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SOUND DOCTRINE.
When some rational thinker occasional
ly borrows the columns of the Bulletin we
have found expressions of doctrine to
which all American citizens can with
pleasure subscribe. A recent article is
headed "Transplanted Feuds," and con-
dennis the practice of importing the quar-
rel between the Pope and the Puritan, or
fighting the battle of the Boyne over again
in the streets of New York. We may have
seen something of this importation of for
eign antagonisms during the French war.
The cession of Alsace and Lorraine have
agiiated many Of our people, while the
portraits of Bismarck are on sale chiefly in
the shop windows of his German country
men.
While the transfer of feuds is very OBJ
jectionable, the lawless manner in which
they are conducted is infinitely more SO.
The Welsh and Irish miners enjoy privi-
lege of disturbing the public peace with
out the intervention of the soldiers which
would not be vouchsafed- to them in the
country which they have quilted. The
Orangemen and Fardowns substitute re-
volvers and breech-loading rifles for the
clods, stones and shillalehs of their more
primitive conflicts.
These feuds are Questionable anywhere
and would not be permitted in Europe,
because men there must keep the peace
and obey the laws whether they like them
or not, and we would ask the Bulletin
whether it is not great evil to tolerate
these feuds at home? The strikes in the
Pennsylvania mines have been attended
with acts of violence. The Fall River
troubles have grown out of feuds between
employer and laborer. Is it not important
to the welfare of all society that such an
tagonisms should be prevented by a
just partition Of the products of labor
between the capitalist and the operator !?
If ,''the mutual violence of these un-
seemly feuds and riots of races, sects
and clans is to be deplored," would
it not be well to suppress the for
nation Of these feuds in our own land?
The descendant of an alien does forget
the feuds and the very language of his
forefathers, but the American citizen
having prejudice of race OF interests is
more likely to transmit it to his posterity
simply BECAUSE he transmits the relations
Of interest or association which arst en-
gendered such feud. We agree. cordially
in this: .ss-f.a
,. We feel Il ~ . species Of inaisnity to the
American people that this country should
be made On arena on which 7grpdges and
enmitieg of different nations and different
4sects, III contracted on the other side 81 the
Atlsntic, are to be carried out IN deadly
contests.
.,oWe adopt in sincerity the declaration
that. ,i ss- ei'. 4a 3 ID ssvi-li 10 usii
} The esssace Of the oath Of slieeiauce
taken by tue adopted citisen isthe spirit Of
loyalty In which he expatriates himself
from his q 1.-Two land and vows TO support
the constitution, obey the laws Ind defend
the rigAts Of his adopted country. He
should do this sincerely, thoughtfnily, cor
served design; or else he should wait. a
citizen car mot have two countries ct onW.
When natpralisea he lesves his own coun-
tfy behiId him, aAd he ought 70 leave
there HE. old national antipathles or, If
'shxt 10 not possible, 9 trse respect for the