New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-07

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pointed to Office without good record o.
personal and official qualifcatona Or
the other hand. Jet The people reposs re
n6wed confidence in the men Who, havine
besn intrusted with ONCE. have withstood
tho most embitssred aad ex parte scrutiny
and emerged with testimonials Of integ.
rity Reluctantly awarded them by those
who came 70 work their ruin.
HE9IECTED FOB POLITICS.
II has BEN notorious that I'll the ma.
terial integssts of Louisiana have been
subordinatsd by the Democratic politi-
clans to the defeat Of '.the Radicals" The
'workingmen" have been told that the
sole cause Of their depressed interests has
been the incumbency Of the Republican
party in the offices Of the State. The
dilapidation Of these material interests
has been apparently preserved Is cause
Of political agitation. The patient has
been kept at the door of death that the
physician might fatten on the fees.
The passage OF the Hawaiian treaty took
New Orleans BY surprise. TWAS perfectly
posted - to the prosecution of Belknap.
and prepares for the investigation Of the
Custonho1se. The R1ruB1IcAN published
the cry Of dhnger raised BY Representa-
tive Gibson, but the timely speech of that
gentleman received no attention at the
hands ofa press preoccupied with partisan
abuse or Improbable puts Of local celeb
rites. saa'ra a1 es-
AT last thu sugar and rice interests pro-
cured crevasse opening Though the pro-
to ction levee. It was but the cravfsh
hole Of the twenty-five planters in ter
ritory not larger than couple Of Louisi-
ana parishes, but it menaced an enlarge
ment which might in time open and
sweep away the entire capital and labor
Of Louisiana invested in. the culture Of
these two staples. An authentic letter
published in the New Orleans Times upon
the Hawaiian treaty says:
Some Of the Southern committees were
amazed ct the idea that the members Of
Congress did not fully appreciate the i'm
p0rtance Of the subject when it first came
up, and especially that they did not under
stand tho actual value Of tho product.
Why should these members have known
anything Of the productions or commerce
Of their constituents7 They wese not elect
ed for that purpose. Their proclaimed OBJ
ject was the overthrow Of the Republican
party, the eviction of the susurper" Kel-
logg, the occupation Of all the patronage
of Congress, and similar measures of
partisan success.
The people have been compelled to
send supplementary delegation to
Washington to furnish the partisan Rep
resentatives with some knowledge of their
interests. In the words of the press
These delegates found Q great lack of
correct information among Congressman
with respect to the probable effect of tho
treaty upon domestic production and upon
LILO l8UUI0E0 VI lilo IlCo 80O sugar. RxOWl0Q
sections of the South.
It is alleged by the delegation
That in Louisiana alone there is
$40, GOO, 0C0 invested in sugar and
$40, 0O0, 900 in rice, with total capital of
$50, 900, 900. There are united in this
interest 3l39 planters and "a, 600 laborers,
and that all the persons connected with
and dependent upon this culture number
200, 900. The delegates have discovered
facts Of which the partisan delegates were
The sugar products Of the
Sandwich islands are being introduced
into the United States, and even sold in
New Orleans at profit.
The delegates prove the fact that this
''new era" in American commerce, as it
was characterized by General N. P.
Banks, will bring the admission of all
rice and sugars duty free from Costa RIGA,
Bolivia, Braz;', Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guat mala, Hayti, Honduras,
Italy, New Granada, Nicaragua, Para
quay, Peru, San Salvador and Venezuela.
The United States has with each Of
these countries commercial treaties, con-
taining condition known as the ssmost
favored nation" clause. According to
rational construction the admission of
Hawaiian sugar and rice duty free would
surrogate the M ions enumerated to the
,ame rights Of introducing their rice and
sugar products duty free.
When We consider the relative weakness
If the rice and sugar representation, and
Of the interests which con-
Iume sugar and rice, we can see but one
easible means Of procuring the protection
q these interests. It is to demand that
hey be as articles Of prime necessity to
he workingmen Of the United States, en-
'raced in the list of articles protected by
he manufactures and shipbuilding.
The Democracy of Louisiana has pro-
laimed its utter Indifference of the opin-
ons Of the next President. A majority
+ the votes for the free sugar treaty with
Hawaii were Democrats. With Q Demo-
ratio free trade majority, Stree break
ast table" vote is possible. What, how
yer, are the two hundred thousand peo-
lie and the eighty million dollars con-
erned in the production of sugar and !
ice to the advantage of the patronage of
Aices, couple of seats in the Senate