New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-13

DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH.
It is irrepressible-the natural anger Of
the Southern Democrat at the contemp-
tuous indifference to the wants of the
South. The Democrat, speaking of the
sectional animosities attributed to the
whole North, says:
This mean and cowardly spirit Of sec
tionsl animosity to the South rankles in all
its brutal malevolence in the kepuDtican
party; but We can not close our eyes to the
fact that in milder form it also Pervades
the Northern Democracy. Only from the
Democratic party in the North have We
anything to hope in the way Of justice, but
We do not hesitate to say that even that
party has not had the courage and mag
nanimity to do rs full Justice, while eOne
few of it's members are a. hostile to our in
terests as are the Republicans. Holman,
of Indiana, for instance, is as mean and
nsrrow-minded an enemy of Southern in
terests as may be found among the bloody
shirt chiefs Of the Republican party. His
Just demands of the South has assumed Q
vindictive and ferocious character. He
may be the Democratic Watchdog Of the
treasury, but if he 10 the Democrats have
selected q snarling cur for that duty.
And by way of postscript adds:
This spirit of sectional hostility to the
South, and especially to Louisiana, bitter
and malevolent among the Republicans,
and strong enough among the Northern
Democrats to blunt in a measure their
sense of justice, has hampered our con-
gressiOnal delegation and impaired their
power to serve US.
We have. mildly intimated that the ex-
PLOTS of the Democratic Mcclellan, and
Frank Blair, in carrying fire and sword
among their State rights friends, was an
awkward manifestation of friendship.
The dismissal of Democratic complaints
in Congress, and the denial of Demo
cratic demands for levee and other appro-
priations, would seem to justify the in
digaatlon of the Democrat. Why that
journal should manifest such interest in
Democratic perpetuity we can not i'm
agine. If we have received nothing, if
the treasury door is closed against US, we
can expect nothing more. Can Denoc-
racy change it's principles? If it will
give us nothing when our vote is worth
something. will it be more liberal after
the election shall have deprived it Of
national value? Those who expect more
from Democracy in power can have no
confidence in Democratic sincerity.
We have few more specimens of Dem
ocratic friendship. A treaty has been
made with the King of the Hawaiian
islands. Among other articles to be ad-
mitted free Of duty was sugar. Mr.. Glib
son, Democrat of Louisiana, made an
elaborate argument in favor of the pro-
tective duty. He showed the risk to
which his constituents would be exposed
if the precedent of free sugars should be
adopted. A few days since the House of
Representatives passed an act to give
effect to this treaty. Does the reader sup
pose that the Northern free trade Democ-
racy stood by the Louisiana protective
We find the bill passed by
lis to los. Of these affirmative votes
sixty were Democrats. None of the Lou
isiana delegation voted against the bill.
So much for Democracy and free sugar.
Hon. Mr.. Ellis reported bill to repair
the levees and improve the navigation of
the Mississippi. Mr.. Holman assented to
its being made the order of the day, SUBJ
ject to the precedence Of the appropriation
bill, and reserved all points of order upon
it. We shall look with interest upon the
debate and vote upon this bill, which con-
,edes not only the power of internal i'm
provement by the federal government but
the power to protect navigation and agri-
culture. Until then we refrain from
'urther comment upon the friendship of
he national Democracy for the Southern
Democracy. Thus far the Republicans,
With. amnesty, rations, the dredgeboats
md the Louisiana branch of the Pacific
have done great deal more for
he South than the Democracy. Nor can
ve see that Louisiana can expect any
more, or even as much, from her Demo-
ratio friends next session as at this. The
Democrat seems about right in its es-
innate of the sectional and stingy De-
nocracy. Holman does seem as mean !
nd narrow minded" as they usually make
hem, and why Coushatta should assas-
mate the Republican majority in Louisi-
ma, to give these :'bitter and malevolent"
democrats the treasury key, we can not
Understand. Possibly the Customhouse
lvestigation may be accepted as an
luivalent for the '.just demands of the
outh." With all respect for the rabid
outhern Democracy, it does not at pres
INT seem to have sense enough to know
hat it is voting for.
MORE HUMBUG FOR THE PEOPLE.
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