The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-03-10
The Greatest Danger Of All.

The Greatest Danger OF All.
From the Baltimore Gazette.l
The fayOrite tune Of the organs of
the Republican party just now is
that it would be dangerous to re-.
store the democracy to power, be-
cause lit would mean the loss Of all
we gained in the late war;" A hor-
rible picture is pointed of the imag
mary policy OF tne party, and the
country is invited to look at it and
ask itself the question: "How 1t likes
it,, We are told that the confeder-
ate soldiers would be pensioned, the
confederate war inns paid, the con-
federate debt assuncd, and the con
federate Leaders restored to place
aud power in the government. SINH.
lar sentiments are heard OH the floor
of the House Of Representatives.
The other day Mr. Hale, of Maine,
who enjoys the distinction of being |
able to call cabinet officer Chandler
father in,law, told Mr.. Cox, of New,
York, that ia the southern members
he had masters CD the floor, and
that he would have to vote as they
ordered him-an insiN0atiOn which
the gentleman from New York very
properly and promptly resented.
The object of all this, Is OF course,
obviOns. The war issues are TO be
revived. and fifteen years after the
struggle began and eleven years
after it ended it is proposed to have
the whole dreary, dismal story re-.
told and rewritten. No ore knows
better than the republican leaders
themselves how utterly absurd the
whole thing is. But the wounds of
the war must be torn open and made
| to bleed anew merely because it is
expected that it will Eelp the Re
publican party to renewed lease Of.
power. aud divert attention from
the crime aud wrong-doing Of the
last fifteen years. II the Democratic
party permits itself to be placed in
this position it will make a great
4 and fatal blunder. Its policy should
be an aggressive instead OF y defon-
sive one, aud it will be its own fault
ii it does not convince the country
/ that the greatest danger which
/ threatens the republic today is not
from the South but from the North
from the party that has been gov
erning it for half a generation.
/ That danger lies in the general
decentralization and corruption Of the
Republican, party aud the republican
j politicians. From Illinois to- Flori.
da the whole public service is rotten,
vicious and depraved. The party
OF moral ideas is made up to y great
exteut of some of the worst men in
the country; every department ol
the governmant is in some branch
or bureau robbed. aud although
efforts are here aud there made t.
bring the guilty to justice, the RENE
DIV is weak and insufficient. What
.. is needed is a change ofsystem. a
change of men will not do I'll,
system is in itself wrong and vi
ciols. aud to secure reform which
shall he lasting. the system must b.
destroyed. Everybody knows tina
, what is being done now IN the wa.
: of furnishing the men who have beer
stealing the revenues is don,
against the will and wishes Of th,
party managers. Ii Mr.. Boutwell,
. or Mr.. Richardson was at the heaa
, Of the Treasury Department, Nc
Donald would not today be in th,
1.penitentiary; an ex United State
Senator would not have been indict
ed on charge of bribery last weel
in Washington. And although Pres
!. ident Grant has Internationally said
"Let no guilty man escape" it is n,
D secret in Washington that he an,
+ his advisers would quickly brin,
4 Mr.. Bristow's reform policy to q yer,
J. sudden end lift were not for th
dread Of public opinion and the in
dependent newspapers. Suppos
General Grant is reelected, wha
J, assurance has the country that a
soon as the inauguration has take
/ place the machinery of thiever
which has been temporarily derane
8 ed will not be repaired aud agai
: set in motion3 A large portion q
8 the money stolen by Joyce and Nj
Donald and the rest of them wa
Q used to reflect General Grant il
= 1870 ond ;fMr Rioinn or Mr. Woch