New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-15

Especial CosrespenAense Of the Republican,
MOTIFS from TaE CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON. October II, 1876.
The canvass in Ohio and Indiana IL over,
at least 20 tar ~ the State elections ore
concerned, and this being settled. tho con-
test will now oommence in New York, New
jersey and Connections, Ill three being
considered doubtful States. Both parties
win marshal their forces, and the battle
lust ended in the West will be renewed with
the Same vigor in the States referred 10.
Indeed the ball has already opened, and the
party slogan Of "Eldsn and reform" 10
resounded from the rostrum of every Dem
ocratic gathering.
If these "reformers" could point to one
reform, one single reform, eve introduced
by them when in power. they could with
better grace appeal to the people to rein
state them. In the last Congre 90, with
large majority in the lower house. what re-
form did they introduces Two of their re-
forms are still fresh in tho msmor y of all.
They discharged from the H. use all the
experienced, efficient employees. the ma
jo,ity of them being disabled Uaio sol
dierr, for no other csuse than that they
were Republicans. and hlled their places
with inexperienced, inefi,ient, unrepen tanr
ex rebel soldiers They introduced 29S pri-
vate bills in favor Of Southern claimsn 9,
aggregatiug the sum of $470,5Oo 43. Nor
is this all. They 20 crippled the civil
service by indiscriminate reductions of the
clerical forces % to render some Of the bust
ness of the government almost inope rative;
thew extended the additional bounty law in
favor of Union soldiers, but 90 reduc ed the
clerical force of the second auditors Office,
where these claims are settled, - to render
the law nugatory.
These are some of the reforms" al ready
introduced by . Democratic House. and it
the Bourbon Democracy ever get into
power again it will only DO by . omitted
South" and this united South will dictate
legislation and rule the executive. Then
will commence such series of reform
measures - were never witnessed in this
country before. The admins ira tions o.
Jackson and Van Buren,, in poin of pecu-
lation and wssseful extrsvagance, will dwin-
die into insieni66ance, in comparison with
the administration Of these ''reformefs'
The t4,77O. 500 43 asked for to pay South
ern claimants last session Vil be but drop
in the bucket, and only open the door for
the payment of millions more to the same
class of claimants; mean more reform
ers," who wilr drsin the treasury Of its last
dollar, and render resumption impractica-
BILE tor twenty years to come.
And now this old Bourbon Do mocrAtic
party, with its accumulation of sins still nm
repented of. from the days Of Aaron Burr,
its founder, down to the imbecile adminis-
tration of Buchanan. again resss its hideous
head and AAunts its dirty fsg-a flag
stained with every crime in the deca logue
clamoring for reform. 1ts history 10 too
fresh in the mem Dry of intelligent men to
need repeating here, but 30 corrapt had it
beco ne in ito last days of power. that it
may be truly said it was sick with the foul
virus of an incusable disease and was buoy.
ant with putrefacti0n and rose - it 70 tied
Democrats who made any pretensi ons to
hone sly denounced the party on the hust-
ings and in the Legislative halls. Roger
A. Pryor, q Democratic Representative
from Virginia, n the House of Repre-
senta,ivee, June IA, 1860, charged Mr..
Buchanan and hi, Cabinet with fraud and
corruption aud embezslement of the pablic
funds in connec ion with the postotfice
blank printing. Mr.. Pryor, in reply to Mr..
Burnett, of Kentucky, sail: II speak that
which know, for proposition was made
to me. Tnis i, my all g alton. found ed on
uneontrsdicted testimony: That the Psesl'
dent did cay to the gentleman who does the
public printing, You have twenty thousand
dollars for your services, bus here is sur
plus of twenty thousand dollars morer
demand that this be equally distrib uted
among the editors of the Philadt i phia
Eesas,,g Argus. the Pennsylvania. to 3 Mr.
Meday, the editor Of . paper in Ohio, and
to the Constitution " Mr.. Cornelius Wen
dell, in his testimony before . Congre 9
sional investigating committee afterwar d.
confxmed the statement. Was anyb ody
impeached9 Not at all The Democrat il
party had control Of the government, an
there was NO necee sity for inpeachme ut
In FAST it's leaders were unimpeachable