New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-07

plished policy. For instance, the Gov
ernor is habitually called usurper. This
is tantamount to denying the competency
of the voters who chose him to be Cover
nor. Then, objection is made that the
party includes carpet-baggers, adven-
turers and negroes, whom merely to men
ton is to show they have no political
rights or privileges, while the Democracy
is composed exclusively of the intelli-
gent, honorable and heretofore prosper
Gus native residents of Louisiana. So far
as it is contest between natives and im-
migrants, we would be content to 60 to a
fair trial Of the issue at once. Four-ffshs
of the Republican party are men who were
born in this State. Probably, two-thirds
Of the Democracy are not. Butthi is OF no
consequence in State in the American
Union. He who but yesterday escaped
from the worn out, sterile soil of old Vir-
gininia, is entitled to all the rights and
privileges which appertain to native
citizen. The law makes no distinction,
nor does custom, unless the immigrant be
a Republican, in which case he is tainted
by his fellow immigrant of the Demo-
cratic persuasion with being carpet
Dagger. We do not understand that the
members of the Democratic party have
any more intelligence, honor or nativity
than Republicans. We could not concede
them greater political rights if they had.
Every free citizen, no matter what his
nativity, character for intelligence, his
wealth or moral sensibilities, is entitled
to protection of law, and is given, more
over, the right to voice in the selection
of those who are charged with the admin
istration of the government. To say the
government is illegal because the minority
does not exactly like the make up of the
majority is not such an assertion as will
command respect. The style of mans
dress may as we'll be pleaded as a bar to
his right to vote, as to object to him on
account of having been born abroad. None
of the things urged against the Republican
party by the Democrats are valid objec-
tons. AS negroes, they have the same
political rights as their white fellow
citizens. No standard Of intelligence is
prescribed. nor is q more or less refined
sense of honor, whatever it may mean,
necessary to give greater effect to ballot.
AS for nativity the Republican party has
more of that virtue, provided it be such,
than the Democracy can boast. We can
see no legal advantages which are possess
ed by one party, which are not enjoyed
by the other. It becomes, then, question
of numbers, to be determined according
to the American fashion.
An appeal from the arbitranent OF the
ballot to a street conflict with deadly
weapons has been taken on more than one
occasion. The defeated party was COM
PEELED to retire before the agents of the
law. Bafled in their design, they add to
their other complaints agains. the Repub-
lican party that it was sustained by bayo-
nets. This charge, if true, is no great
to party that can not be
prevailed upon to obey the laws and re-
spect the rights of others except under
duress of force. 1t is rare that bayonets
are employed to uphold wrong. United
States bayonets have never been thus en-
ployed from the day they CLEANED on the
heights OF Bunker Hill down to the
glorious day of Apponatox and since.
The same men who defended the Union
have protected the Republican government
in Louisiana, and from the same enemy.
As Lincoln could have had peace by
resigning his high Office and retreating
to Illinois. SO Kellogg may see a quiet
hour for himself by resigning an office
conferred upon him by the people Of the
State. But neither in the case OF Lincoln
nor of Kellogg would a lasting and final
peace between the contending parties have
been promoted or established by the abdi-
cation and fight of the chief. Lincoln
his foes with the aid of the
strong right arm and ample resources Of
the loyal people Of the nation. He &C.
clined to step down and out; paid no heed
to the sneers of the Democratic editors
about his being a 'usurper, ''tyrant,
a minority President with a rump Con-
gress, an "ape," and other choice epithets.
He pursued his course, was faithful to
duty, true to his manhood, and finally
succeeded in conquering a peace which
has remained unbroken for nearly eleven
years. During all this interval of peace
we have constantly heard from the party
which now seeks to unseat Governor kel-
logg, "We do not want to fight the United
States; We have had enough Of that. :"
Let them disturb the peace here by max
ing a revolution, and they will probably
have reason to still further respect the
power which humbled them before. We
believe it is in the power of the Louisiana
Democracy to wipe out the Democratic
majority in Congress in one campaign.
Their friends in Congress and out feel
this to be true, and hence implore them to
make no mistake. We think it will be a
fatal mistake to attempt to carry out the
resolutions Of the Convention which were
Yesterday adopted. It will again divide
the Democracy and make the Republicans
a unit. But peace will not follow. The
terms proposed are too nearly like those