New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-15

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that Of Presidents Lincoln and Grant
has been in exact accordance with the
example of. the Democratic President
who was not reelected.
ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY.
We come upon letter of Hon. Preston
Brooks narrating the universal and hearty
welcome which he had met for "the
castigation of Black Republican. Mr..
Brooks candidly svows the object Of the
Democratic party of that date. Speaking
for the Democracy, he says: -
AL of rs agreed that if We could not live
in equality in the Union our only course
was to dissolve it. t.
He was of opinion that the non-resist-
ance of Senator Sumner demonstrated
that
The usual line which would lead . man
to become Black Republican would mako
him incapable Of courage. and would In
volve loss of al honor and mora courage
Whatever.
He also adds the opinion
Had he stepped forward and smote one
of the Abolition crew in the House, their
enemies would have preClpitated them
against him and caused . revolution On
that floor. sra $3.50. s5
He announced himself cooperative
Disunionist, the same as heswas in 1851,
but convinced that South Carolina was
on his side, and seemed to have no doubt
that with the want of courage on the part
Of Northern Republicans, and with right
on our side, we could meet and conquer
them" He ammo unced, also, the policy
which, though postponed by the election
Of Buchanan, was carried out upon tie
election of Lincoln. .Should, said Mr.
Brooks, Fremont, the traitor to his Sec
ton, be successful, it was his deliberate
opinion that on the fourth Of March next,
the people Of the South should rise in
their might march to Washington aud
seize the archives and the treasures Of the
government ;
There is another interesting reminiscence
going to show the same spirit Of sectional
ism. A bill for enlarging the Federal army
was then, as now, pending before Con-
gress. It was then, as now, to some ex-
tent . party question. We have quoted
in another article the pledge of the DEM
ocratic President Pierce to employ the
Federal forces and the State militia for
the maintenance Of order in the Territory
Of Kansas, the Democratic Ku-Klux Of
Missouri having invaded that Territory
on one side and the John Brown agitators
on the other. This increase Of the army
was defeated, and of this Mr.. Brooks
thus speaks:
It was plain that the defeat of ths army
bill WAS the act of the Black Republican
msiority In the House Of Representative.
He was almost glad Of it, though he had
voted for the original bill. He rather
wished the army appropriation bill would
moval of the United States soldiers from
Kansas.
His Democratic SUCCESSORS oppose the
increase Of the army at present for the
very opposite reason that it will not effect
the removal Of the United States soldiers
from the Southern States.
The coincidence of object in electing
Mr.. Buchanan, and the effort to elect his
other political equivalent, Mr.. Tilden, is
Swallowed in Mr.. Brooks comments upon
the nomination Of Buchanan. He says
in the speech from which We quote:
"The only hope for the Sou@ was to
support Mr.. Buchanan" He would, be-
tween Fremont and Fillmore, prefer the
former, because by his election ''the
great issue would be precipitated.' =
Buchanan, the speaker freely admitted,
sswas not his first, second or third
choice, but his last. The platform
upon which he stood was the right
one for the South. If its principles
were carried out, the government would
be restored to the condition of con-
stitutional administration" We can not
but feel convinced that this intolerant
sect has revived the same object thus
avowed by Mr.. Brooks. The mass of the
Southern people we're not in this dis
union movement with the same motive
of Mr.. Brooks and those for whom he
spoke. There was q very small per-
ceutage of these people who were
opposed to the Union. They regarded
with indignation any attsmpt to deprive
them Of that which had always been re-
garded as properly. They dreaded the
social effect Of emancipation. They con-
ceived their primary allegiance due the
State. These grounds of opposition have
been eliminated. Very few believe that
it would be wise or possible to restore
slavery. So far from fearing the negroes,
the whole force of the States and
nation has proved insufficient to
protect the negroes. The theory that
individual allegiance was primarily due
to the State, has been renounced by the
formal acceptance by each Of the Southern
States Of the doctrine Of national SOW
erignty. Yet the same agitators, inimical
to the republican form of government,
unless administered by political aris-
tocracy, have sought to- substitute an
issue of reform for the objections
urged by Mr.. Brooks and his ycompeers.
That sect continues as compact in its
hostilities as ever. It has sought to
continue the agitation by waving,