New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-28
REVOLT AGAINST DEMOCRATIC DESPOT.
ISM,

ISM.
The combination of Democracy and
Conservatism perhaps conceals as deadly
an animosity of principle as was ever
covered by any compound application.
There are certain objects Of ambition or
of cupidity which can only be secured by
the cooperation of all Republican
elements To avow the inimical doctrines
which animate the compound party,
would be to defeat all chance Of success
for either clement. The success of the
Joint assault would Only defer the conflict
between these two antagonist ideas to a
later period, without by any means recon-
Cling the one to the other. Symptoms Of
this jealousy continually break out, and
can be but suppressed under the convic-
ton to which we have alluded.
The Bulletin has changed hands and
seems to have thereby exposed itself to
insinuations Of having also modified its
principles. 1t seems suspected Of modera-
ton. 1t is even charged in an advertise
ment over signature with having made
an attack upon the advertiser and an
other for "the purpose Of breaking up the
Democratic party in this large ward"
The Bulletin seems to be by inclination a
conservative journal. It is naturally
provoked at this Democratic complaint,
and proceeds to declare the nature of the
opposition powerless as affecting the con-
servative Bulletin itself:
For some years past newspapers claiming
to be fearless and Outspoken have consider
ed it complete demonstration of their
claim to denounce everything and person
bearing the name OF Republican, and to
treat with tulsome adulatiOn or servile
silence everything or person bearing the
name of Democrat. The standard is lamen-
tably false. There is neither courage nor
patriotism, to say nothing of honesty, in
the system which has grown out Of it's
adoption by Journals and it's recognition by
the public. Under that system ii has been
only necessary for ore to call himself
Democrat, in order to secure entire i'm
practices, however corrupt and disreputable,
he may have been chosen to engage in.
1t is precisely this immunity on the one
side and intolerance on the other Of which
the REPUBLICAN has complained. The
existence of this practice has been proved
by the reorganization of opposition clubs
on the assertion that the object of the
club leaders was to monopolize the pat
ronage. twas but recently that Demo-
cratic speaker, who had uttered some SEN
timent not satisfactory to Democratic
member, was shot through the head. with
out material interruption Of the session,
while the murderer was no more arrested
than the assassin Of Coushatta, Of whom
nothing is known except that be wore
false whiskers, rode ''a peculiar colored
pony" and did not assassinate King or
mutilate Senator Twitchell for political
motive.
The Bulletin continues:
And it is the natural and inevitable re-
suit that thinking men lave become
alarmed, and that the better quality of
popular sentiment demands . change.
The change is to be instituted by re-
curing something more than the declara-
ton that candidate is Democrat, as a
qualification for Office, or as binding the
entire opposition to vote for him. even
though his reputation be stained with the
blacklist offenses.
We hail this symptom Of independence.
We rejoice that there is an element and
an organ which have submitted to this
ruthless and reckless domination Of De-
mocracy until they have become salts
fed that no possible consequences can in
demnify them for the abject obedience to
all sorts Of partisans who may aspire TO
occupy Office in the name of Democracy.
We do not wish to be misunderstood.
We expect the Bulletin and those it repre-
sents to oppose the Republican party
with undated resolution. We offer no
compromise and ask for no truce. We
only ask to be subrogated to the rights Of
belligerents under the code of an honora-
BILE political warfare. We do not regret
that the Bulletin and those it represents
have been convinced that the White
League Democracy are not content 'to
denounce everything and person bearing
the name of Republican and to treat with
fulsome adulation or servile silence every
thing or person bearing the rame of DEM
ocrat." They also employ their arbitrary
power to whip in any person, or party
even, bearing the name of Conservative,
if either should dare do anything which
had the effect "of breaking up" not the
Democratic Conservative party, but "the
Democratic party in this large ward"
We regard this manifestation Of indie
pendence as symptom Of determina-
ton to revolt against the dictation of the
despotic Democracy, and to determine
for themselves who are the proper persons
to conduct the reforms of the government,
and to rescue the government from the
control of the Republican party.
ANATHEMA.
The world looks with composure upon
the DEGREES of an authority impotent to
l.