New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-11
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY. APRIL IL. 1876.

NEW ORLEANS
) the antcrDied Democracy TO the insxo
: able severity with which the Republics
g administration has punished Mckee,
Q Republican editor Of st. Louis. We ms
. expect An investigation of cotton an
whisky frauds in New Orleans. Will on
Q contemporaries pursue such Of these o
: tenders as may belong to Democracy Wit
. the same zeal as the Republicans hav
: shown toward offenders Of the Republica
, party? We shall see. '-r--'..--'-.---, .r-'s
All parties and all forms of government
are subject to the imposition of dishonee
servants. who assume the livery Of part
to gain access to the valuables intruste
to party keeping. Can the unfortunat
costodians of the public treasures be bel,
responsible for such misfortune? Onl,
in the event they conceal or defend tn
defaulters, should any party interfere i,
the protection of such knaves. Should
forbear to pursue and punish them, tn,
party would became thereby the accom-
plices of the offender.
That such Of our citizens as admire thu
superior purity Of a monarchy may per.
cieve that such offenses by persons higt
in political trust may be perpetrated by
kings and ministers as we'll as under the
mistaken trusts of republic may be seen
by the following exemple, reported upon
the authority of Trollope, the author.
Victor Emanuel, King Of Italy, finding
himself restricted in the appropriations
made by the legislative chamber, adopted
q mode of recruiting his finances very
curious among the dilapidated nobility of
the Old World. He authorized one Man.
tegazza, marquis, to raise money upon
his majesty's personal bills Of exchange.
Recently Florence has been thrown into
excitement by the arrest of this MARQUIS
upon charge of having negotiated forged
bills OF exchange purporting to have been
signed by the King. American and Eng
hsh bankers having been offered some of
these bills, took the precaution to make
special inquiries into their validity. The
marquis made the following explanation:
The Marchese stated that the bill he pro.
duced and proposed to give in exchange for
the former ono had just been given to him
by the Marchese Luigi Spinola. The sigma
ture to this second bill was carefully com.
pared with that appended to the fret and
found to be identical, and then the substitu.
ton proposed by the Marchese was assented
to.
The spprehensions Of the banker Ma.
quay having been excited by the arrest of |
Mantegazza-
:. He at once started for Naples, where the
There he ct once placed himself in oommu.
nlcation with the Count dAghemo, the
chief OF the Kings private cabinet, bv
whom and by General Medici, the kings
dret adjutant, the bill was shown to his
majesty, and by him declared to be . fo.-
gerry.
Notwithstanding his denial
A posse Of fanctionaries of the police pre-
'ented themselves at the Bank Of Maonazv
md demanded whether such bin "a that
n question was in the possession of tina
'ank. They demanded where the bills
we're Kept, and on being shown q safe, in
isted that the key should be given to
hem.
The bill was in possession Of the banker
Fho was absent from the city. It is
dded:
Il can hardly be that this firm of foreign
lctims Of auch q fraud committed nv an
gent OF the King of Italy, authorized under {
Is msJestys hand to raise money on his
There may be sequel to this investiga-
on. In the meantime it would appear :
nat a monarch may be as well deceived
q trusted agent as a republican Presi-
ent. Do not let US have Democratic i
nperor just yet. Let both and all par. q
es go for all offenders who bring the .
rm of republican government into con.
mpt, if not into peril The work goes G
well. The Democracy are testing the u
epublican offenders and pretenders. If "
ey pursue this course they may SO assist W
Republicans as that every weak or o.
popular Republican will be spotted, so p
at there can be no danger that such q
IN can receive principal nomination or OF
eep into official appointment after the p
'publican victory of November next.
us system of scrutiny and exposure will IN
abllsh such a standard of integrity and ~
diligence as to destroy the interest of ic'
Democratic Nasbys in the chance =,
an ofice from which their dis so
ALLEGATION exiled them. We hope II.
see all the official rogues so
rked as that, in making Republican SUI
zet, they can practice no deception, wa
regret, though we are not surprised lut
ne intimation, that the House Of Repre-. PR
tatives, sitting as Democratic caucus, POI
not pursue this impartial policy. nul
y propose to deceive the Republican 'uo
y and the people by Withholding such cen
lences as they may possess of official -
Sc practiced by bogus Republicans ua ~.
le Republican Representatives should Wv
'rantly and innocently place one of Iel
. offenders before the people, the a a.,
us Will open upon him with i'm 49,
lions which, if known, would have cue
n them an unexceptionable Repub- peo
opponent in his place. This strategy pflz
les a disposition to suppress and age1