New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-21


legometer vas to find the distance travelled
by your humble servant. BRICQUE.
Ceafederafe CarDet-Bassers In New n ERIK.
By catering to the demands of the solid
South, the Democratic party 10 likely to
drive every Union man from ito ranks 1t
the North. There are men counted as Dem
ocrats who hold their country dearer than
Denocratic party successes. When the
solid South wsged war against the Union
these men broke party ties, and stood
nobly by the old dag. They gave their blood
and treasure up on the altar of patriotism.
When Tilden pronounced Union soldiers in
the South trespaesers, and the war failure,
while ct the same time he took contracts
from the United States government for sup
plying iron, mortars, and coffee extracts to
soldierr, the cheeks of war Democrats
tiDgled with shame for his baseness; for
Samuel was Democrat. .-.,
The Irish Union soldiers of New York are
proud of their services for their adopted
country; bua they are not satisfied to have
their votes pledged to Tilden by Boss
Kelly. They could follow Hancock to the
death, but Tilden is not among the list of
noble men, and his friends are of his sort.
Fat places are made in New York for trai.
tors and Confederstss while Union soldiers
work ON the streets, or worse, are obliged
to beg.
At - recent meeting of the Boys in Blue
in New York city Captain Benjamin Fin
lay made neat speech, and read the testi-
mony of Hon. Ira Shsfter, . prominent
Democrat, who feels sadly ont of place in
the Tilden party. We quote Captain Fin.
lay:
Comradee-On the thirtieth of October,
1875, Hoo. Ira Shsfter. formerly district At
chairman Of the anti Tsmmany orgsnizs-
ton. delivered . remarkable speech at
ThOmas' Garden, from which l propose to
read. 1t must be understood Mr. Shafer
was loyal Democrat during the war, and
that he has ever since entertained the
greatest horror for both Copperheads and
rebels. At the time the speech was deliv-
cred anti Tammany was engaged in strife
with the Tsmmany organization, and al.
though it supported s. j. Tilden in the con-
test against General Dix, it did 80 with ex-
treme reluctance. The machinstions then
in embryo have resulted precisely a. Mr.
Shafer predicted, and it must be source to
him of deep regret that at st. Louis the
party forgot his emphatic
and condescended to play into
the hands of the demagogue to whom he
had 80 adrOitly pointed in his scathing dla-
tribe:
81 do not choose to invoke the memories
of the rebellion, the bitter, dark memories
which surround that tragic, terrible time.
would be the last man to say one word
against universal amnesty and peace. am
glad to welcome any honest Southern sol
der who comes here to make it his home,
or to be our guest; but when see the sol
diers who fought under Rosecrane, and
Sheridan. and Grant, under the gallant
Meagher, the courageous COrcOran, the
dssbing Phil Kearney, the brave old Heint
zleman and the valiant Schurz, when see
periled their lives for the country working
at reduced wages on the boulevards, while
the officers of the rebellion are holding high
places under our city government, can
not but feel that we have allowed our friend
ship for the South to 60 too far. Let US
take the Bazaine of our army, Fitz John
Porter, whom Lincoln thought worthy of
duu Wc uuU tUat no - oIupIOyoU
by Tammany Hall at $3l 95 day, while
the soldier who fought under Seigel to re-
trieve his disasters receives 81 80. We
find an alien resident of New Jersey in our
police department, an unsuccessful General
during the war, earning $l9 l6 day, while
the soldier who fought under Burnside to
retrieve his disasters digs at 81 GO. We
6nd the private secretary Of Jefferson Da-
Wis, the trusted counselor of the rebel
chief, sitting by the side of Mayer Wick |
ham as his private secretary, giving him
bad advice and running the mayors Office |
ot New York, and earning SIS 97a4 day,
while the soldiers who fought under Sheri- |
Ian have hard work to earn their |
81 80. We find Major Quincy, of |
The rebel srmy, holding an important
position in the sherif's Office, while many
If the men who starved and pined in the |
Libby prison are now limping about New
York begging for aims. We lind Colonel |
Req uier, Of Alabama, and General Cole, |
IisO of Alabama. and of the Confederate |
.rmy, holding important places under |
NIekhamls Whitney, while the mutilated |
oldiers who fought under Grant, in Missis. |
ippi, and under Mcclellan, at Antietam,
.re begging aims from door to door. We |
ind Mansfield Lowell, the ex-Gsneral of the |
ebel army, earning ct the rate of SIS 97A
dsy. while the soldiers who fought under
hermsn are paid 81 60. We find William
|. Boyd, the executiOner of John Kelly, |
arning $3l S2h day by driving Demo
rats out of the party, while honest men
re compelled to labor st q reduced rate of
ages to continue him in power"