New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-28

The government of the United States has
proved by the conviction of some leading
politicians of its own persuasion, that it
is simply after those who rob the treasury
by intercepting the revenues as they flow
or would flow into that receptacle. II,
therefore, offenders belonging to the Dem
ocratic party are captured along with Re-
publicans in this inexorable haul, they
can by no means attribute the justice to
political persecution. If either of the
prominent and wealthy dealers in the
crooked should find themselves in the
same uniform with Mckee or Mcdonald,
they may condole together, but neither
can reproach the government with par
TALLY.
We have occasionally heard excitable
persons say that any one was justified in
''beating" the government out of its reve-
nues because, in the opinion of such per-
sons, the government was badly admin
istered The idea that the alleged mis-
government of President Grant justified
citizen in imposing fine equal to what
whisky money the injured citizen could
withhold from the treasury, was to our
mind fallacy illustrative of the extreme
selfishness of our nature. A dealer in
contraband whisky being conscientiously
convinced that this government is badly
administered takes ten thousand dollars
of the revenue. This dealer certainly
imposes this penalty upon the govern
ment to make it better. But has the
money thus diverted from the public
treasury into private pocket been taken
from the government? Not at all. It has
beentaken from the taxpayers, the people,
and from their property. For suppose the
revenues of the government are short by
ten thousand dollars, then there must
be an additional tax imposed or loan
effected to enable the government to make
good its obligations. Who makes good
this deficiency? The successful avenger
of defective administration would stand
in account with the treasury thus: He
would be credited by ten thousand dollars
withheld from the treasury; he would be
charged with such ratable proportion of
tax upon his own property as would make
good his share of the loss. Taking the
whole property of the people, and assess
ing the share of even the richest dealer in
fraudulent whisky we could not debit him
more than five dollars of the ten thousand.
This avenger of public maladministration
would thus get away with 1895 net. which
his fellow-citizens of the Union would
have generously contributed in cousidera-
ton of his intense sense of public virtue.
The Republican government has adopted
the view that this avenger of public abuses
shall refund to the treasury whatever he
may have diverted therefrom, and that he
shall wear the uniform of public ignominy
during his term of graduation in some
honest trade taught at that academy Of
the arts, the State prison. Such was the
sentence of New York upon her public
thief of the century, Tweed.
We have thus shown the strict justice
of the Republican administration. Shall
we also be enabled to chronicle similar
impartiality of the Democracy. 1t is
true that not having been in federal Office
the Democracy can not have an oppor-
tunity to vindicate their justice in so
signal manner as the Republicans have
done. Still, considering their limited OPP
portunities, they have done good deal.
Tweed, Connolly, and Democratic ring
of very large diameter, have been exposed
in all the police stations of wondering
world. Now, Governor Pendleton having
had the presence of mind to designate an
enormous personal perquisite as "fee,"
has assembled to the presiding seat in
Democratic convention. Poor Fitzhugh,
the doorkeeper, exposed the avidity with
which the Democracy, so long toiling
through the wilderness, leaped at and
tore apart the official quails and gobbled
the mamma Of patronage. At the
same time it was discovered that a
member Of Congress participating in his
election has successfully defended Fitz
from felonous charges. So thu Democ-
racy cried out, ''his bishopric let an
other take" Fitz was snubbed, sus-
pended and confined; he is reported at
the last holding on to his official books in
an insane manner, and shrieking out the
members are after him. The next Demo-
cratic doorkeeper is to be officially deaf
and dumb to all that transpires in his
hearing. The cross-investigation then
goes on admirably. The Republicans
will mark down every name convicted of
abuses among the hundreds of thousands
employed in its service during the fifteen
years it has held power. They will all be
punished and mustered out of the service,
and this will afford the party an oppor-
tunity to offer to the American public the
most select and highly scrutinized ticket
ever submitted to their political support.
VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL.
The press and people of New Orleans
the unpretending manner in
which the Emperor has investigated per-
sonally such subjects as are interesting to
the ruler of great empire, solicitous for
the welfare of his subjects.