New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18
Republfcau Record.

I'm glad l seed you, stranger. "-Natche=
Democrat
Republican Record.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper. one of
the most ultra OF the Democratic journals
10 the country. speaks OF the Republican
record in this wise:
1.-The Republican record during these four
teen years it is useless for us to discuss. It
has certainly been q brilliant one. The
party has carried on it's shoulders weight
of responsibility never before assumed by
political party in free republic. 1t has
been followed by majority of the people
Of the North with almd4 religious ardor,
and the negroes of the South bless it as
their almost divine emancipation.
at is impossible for an American, be he
Northern or Southern, to contemplate the
history of this great political organization
without feeling Of admiration, however
much he may oppose the principles, and
quence Of its success"
This is noble testimony, and given unse
licited by political opponent is all the more
Trustworthy and emphatic. The record is
of the Republican party, the party whose
ascendancy has been jeopardized by the
apathy and neglect Of Republicans. Such
record illustrates the admirable fitness of
bear so deeply on the country's welfare.
When the Democratic party was put aside
as ENTHUSIASTICALLY and disloyal. the country
was about to enter conflict designed to
fend asunder the Union of the fathers, and
introduce the legality of slavery under a
new constitution. The world had grown
indignant at the bare idea of human bond
age, and all christendOm joined in the cry
for its suppression. In the great republic
OF the West, the people of the free States
had caught the spirit Of freedom, and we're
prepared to check the progress of slavery
by limiting its area. 1t was actually mort
bund-on the eve of expiring by reason
OF its wastefuf responsiveness. confined as
1t was. For slave labor could never be
skilled, and the loss OF fertility in the soil,
the direct result of slave culture, could
not be renewed for lack Of means. The dis.
covely OF the costlipess of unpaid labor be-
cause unskilled, urged the slave owners to
seek new territory to exhaust, and to build
up the social system of slavery in localities
devoted to liberty. The Republican party
opposed the scheme Of the slave owners;
and the slave owners having appealed to
arms, lost their cause, while the slave OBJ.
tanned his freedom under Republican prin.
cipes.
How slavery, while 10 existed, affected
the social and intellectual condition of the
South, is to be seen in its history. 1t de
manded the prevalence of a common senti-
ment in its favor, at any hazard. Fears OF
servile insurrectiOn were never absent. The
pulpit was forced to uphold the doctrine of !
human bondage, and say that the right to
ensIave black men was of Divine sanction.
clergyman might have the zeal of an
apostle, the faith Of . Wesley, and the clio:
quence of Whitfield; but unless he made /
slavery as prominent as the. salvation of |
the soul, he lost caste. The bench and the 1
bar were subjected to the same ordeal, I
and the fame Of the Judge and the advo. J
cate depended upon the devotion he !
showed to the beauties of human bond 1
age. Collegiate institutions were founded
in the interest Of slavery. The most |
learned professors were those who could |
most deeply impress the students with the
absolute commission of the white to enslave |
he black by the Power which rules on high, !
In consequence, young men left those |
abodes OF learning, if ignorant of all else,
enam.red OF slavery. Literary
to the institution. II an author possessed
the talent of . Dickens, or Longfellow, or
Sidney Herbert, he had to make pleasant
allusions to the fettered negro, or invent |
some new argument in the same direction,
when his repute was established. Editors !
Of newspapers had to bow to the reigning
sentiment: and the most audaciOus attacks
Oh AACOuOm WCIc ECCtlVcu Will lu0 greatest
favor. Art did not flourish in such a COM
munity, unless it represented the happy
1arkey dancing breakdown by the light
Of the moon. Science of course sought
another CLINE. In planters mansions, and
The homes of the we'll to do, in hotels and
stores, the blessings of slavery was the
role topic on which all agreed. A
stranger entering city or town attracted
attention until his opinions we're known;
k0 1
views he was soon made to understand the
and depart with whole skin. In
. word, slavery hung like pail over the
south, shutting out the light OF day; dwarf.
ng the popular mind; and barring out the
pirit OF progress and enterprise; and it did
10 as long as it lasted. And what is the
The South has no great au
hors, or artists, or statesmen, except those
Who became resplendent by claiming that
luman bondage is of Divine permission.
The wisest men in the South now see the
mistake. But they came too slowly into
inc to partake of the advantages of free
lOm. The Republican party after preserv
ng the Union set itself diligently to work
o rehabitate and restore. The Democratic
'arty can not do this 1t is too deeply inn.
,ilcated in the worst phases of the past.
he needs OF the hour. Wherever it has
ecured majority, there the community
as retrogaded, and it may be said that
e principles not being applicable to cur
emit affairs, are the embodiment of
etrogression. The principles of the
republican party are suited to the conn
ition of the country. They are to be re-
arded as the national expression in all
nat relates to popular aspiration and
chievement in statesmanship. The Repub-
can party, which has created q nation nv
he union OF the States, desires to cOmplare
unity OF its work. The Democratic party
as interviewed and complicated what might
therwise have been easier of accomplish.
TENT The Democratic party is in the wav
nd must be put aside until the work of the
epublican party is done. That work.
uided BY the wisdom of experience, con.
SITS in restoring the South to its true posi.
on in the Union; in keeping open the way
y the education of all It's citizens: in
pholding the rights of all and their free
kerclse; in assisting in the creation of a
'und public opinion, which shall be toi.
ant OF difference and Protect the weak
ON the tyranny Of the strong; and in
boring TOR the return of free, 6spDy and
'ntented people to share in the common
tosperlty and glory Of the republic.-TNz