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

| The denuDC1AtloD OF k0ngstroot, MOeby
Thompson and Forrest, the great guer
rilla of Tennessee, by the loyal Democ
racy, shows an ultra devotion to the Unio,
and q commendable condemnation o
those who fought against it. The sup
port given by Contederates to Mcclellan
and Blair, the gushing eulogies upon
Hancock, with the generous contribution
of three-fourths Of the votes necessary to
elect President and Vice President to
q New Yorker and citizen of Indiana,
proves the severe self-denial and ultra
loyalty of the ex-Confederate Democracy.
We presume that after having given such
hostages to keep the peace in future, hav-
ing turned States evidence, as it were
against their late comrades, and consti-
tuted themselves the body guard of the
Union, there need be no further appre-
hension on that score. The Times even
comes forward with an inquiry:
Where was the present Secretary Of War
during the war!
This may be an opposite question as to
Mr.. Tilden, or even as to the Times itself,
but it is question that indicates COM
plant that Mr.. Cameron was not in the
Union front. Perhaps if he had led the
cohorts of the Union he might have been
taken up as a candidate by the Confeder-
ate cohorts as filter man to restore the
Union than those prescribed Confederates
who fought against the Union. Itwould,
indeed, seem that the chief Democratic
grudge against those Confederates who
first gave their allegiance to the Union is
that the supporters of Tilden have been
thereby deprived of the honor Of being
the original Southern loyalists. As Re-
pubicans, we admire this commendable
jealousy Of competitive loyalty. 1t is,
however, q sad comment on the loyalty of
the reconstructed Democracy that they
make such terrible outcry against the
maintainers of the Union, by suppression
Of the lawless elements which despised
the peace and laws of the Union. We
would really anticipate from those ZEAL
GUS loyalists that they would rejoice to
see the troops of the Union marching to
protect the citizens of the Union in exer-
cising rights due to the laws of the Union.
History tells us
The followers of Calhoun had now be.
come nullitiers. and threatened open ineur.
rection to the government. They demanded
the reduction of duties to the extent of the
disavowal of the protective principle-[tne
present Democratic platform says: I'VE
demand that all custOmhouse taxation shall
be only for revenue l-threatening that
South Carolina would nullify the revenue
laws if they should not be repealed, A
State convention of South Carolina was
held ct Columbia in 1882, which took meas.
ures for resisting the tariff laws. jackson
was opposed to high tariff, and was ready
behalf of such modification of the existing
laws as would leave no reasonable ground
OF complaint on the part of South Carolina,
put while the tariff laws endured he was
determined that they should be rigidly en-
forced, and he early let it be understood
Wat ne 'rontd shoe no quarter, to active dis.
unionists.
NOT to put too fine point on it, that |
resolute friend of the Union swore he
would hang the nullifers if they ATTEMPTED |
to put their doctrine into practice. With
the kind Intervention of Henry Clay and |
his compromise the nulli6ers s'crawfished''
and saved their necks Thurlow Weed
has recently said that sturdy old soldier
and friend of the Union, Zachary Tavlor
made threats precisely similar as to the |
not bloods who agitated secession under |
MS administration.
Every good and loyal Union man an
,lauded the resolution with which Jack
on and Taylor proclaimed their inten-
ions to execute the laws. The REpuB.
1cAs has repeatedly quoted the declasa- !