New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-26


8 But Dem0crats can not 70 with him mol
u Governor Allen. Noblesse obliQe Democratic
psinesp le6s D0tA6cf6tfc pred 4dentf, Deni6
! cratic history, the name. the traditions, the
9 5o99 & thf nsPocratic .party.. 81 alike
nrDid my sdch suiNidsl course. Tho EN-
pire State and the Keystone State stsnd to
s g6ther for . constitutional coin currency
, and their Ell tor Democratic States one aftel
another Will rnsw their laet years unapi
e NOUS pledges
, The New Orleans Ptcdylne has beer
4 impressed with a similar indignation TO,
D this shameless disregard Of principle, and
a rabid. appetite for spoils. It calls to the
notice of the ring rulers Of Louisiana the
same fragrant Inconsistencies pointed out
1 by the New York World. It boldly says:
The fact is that the national Democratic
, party is at this moment .. chaotic and IN
con2ru0us middle. Most Of our local pa
triOts arc ignorant of this, and the few who
know it would not tell fot worlds. :
= Et is added
J. That If the political pilgrims of Louisiana
should 20 IN search OfDemocracv pure>and
pDdefiled. they would lind the Democracy
! ct Ohio bowling for inf .tion, and the Dem
ocracy OF California bidding harsh de iance
i
lind the Democracy OF the West proclaim
ing tariff for revenue only, anA the Democ.
racv OF the East preaching the enlightened
gospel Of protection.
But the Picayune goes further, aud in
Inmates that instead Of electing q Presi-
dent of the United States q year and
half in advance with the six or seven cleo
toral votes of Louisiana, any Democratic
convention will find something else of q
more domestic and immediate Importance.
The convention, whenever it shall as
semble, will have some graver matters than
the getting into line question to deal with.
The people want to know what these gen.
tlemen propose To do in the matter of local
reform. There is Q general anxiety. to
learn their views a. to the reduction of the |
enormous emoluments now paid to sheriff.,
clerks OF court and other municipal and I
parish offcisis; a. to the repeal Of the
homestead and exemption laws, as to the /
breaking up. of inenopoucs, as to
the Overhanling and general repair /
of the city charter and the adoption Of
stumble, economical and prsctit able syatem
OF city government; as.lo the emancipation
masters. portwardens and wharf leases; Is
to- the revision Of the law exempfinS church
property. from taxation; AZ to hundred
other matters which do not refer to the Man
haitian Club, and have no connection with
getting into the national line, but which
c0ncern che most vital 'intereats Of the tax
payers, and which the conductors Of this
anu define themselves Upon if they expect
to take respectable following with them
when theytmarch to jOin-the DemocrStie
hosts.
Here is vituperstioa with vengeance. |.
That sentence is an ebulition of honest
wrath. We know its sincerity from tn.
volubility ~ith which it heaps
upon the Democratic leaders the duties
they would shun and shirk at home for
the purpose Of Matchmaking the woes of
Louisiana abroad. What have the Demo-
Cratic leaders thus addressed to say 10
this? Are the New. York canals of more
copsequence-than the Insolvency Of our
city. or the disorder Of our State? j. the
question whether Ohio wants more notes
of more consequence than whether these G
enormous emoluments now paid TO +
,Democratie) sheriHs, clerks Of courts and r
'ther municipal and parish officers" should
% reduced? Of this last reform it has
been stated by the Property Holders As.o. +
;iatiop: d
That this committee was advised by q
workman that the city pays the criminal
FIRST District Court, $l7 500 per year; Su- =
'erior Criminal Court, S9l04; for feeding
prisoners. eS3.742, out OF which he makes
80, s23, per year, making his net proceeds
rom all resources, eS27a, which work (
nan calls highway robbery"
Now we repeat these are bold words
mployed by these two representative
They will naturally concen- y
rate the whole campaign capital and con- :,
emnation Of the national" Democracy p
Rainst the Nes York World as they have
the fire Of the Democratic -
arish pea shooters upon the P;cayuns. st
These bold words will furnish test Of p .
'emocfatic policy. Will they demand al
,e removal Of these resolute writer's, aud
70 substitution Of more flexible pens? =.
7ill the Democracy bear these reso,ute n
riters ~ fgureheads to signify q strict tt
iherence to principle, while they coun- o,
ract such bold words by the secret tit
svices of the committees and clubs? We ga
lall soon see the national Democratic Il,
.rty ''bustrd" like those great financial po
Vindles of Jay Cooke & Co., aud Duncan, he
herman d 60. The secret of approach hv
g insolvel y has been kept by audacious 'n
aims to superior credit. The same
lcrupulOus examples, special creditors
ID polite Il relations having been pro-
ded for by appointment to lucrative
'sitions and assignment Of the most I
liable assets, the strong box of Dem Bo
racy is at last forced open. 1t is found "a "a,
contain nothing except the simulated Ke
curities Of faded faith, the past due G
LEGATIONS of protested principles in the the thu
dignant diction of the New York World, =.
. worthless ''farrago of a [poiitical]
ggar's basket"
- = STATESMEN WANTED.
There is not-there, perhaps, never has
en-a class of men in Louisiana who de- T
ted their thoughts to the welfare of So ns'