New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-26

POLITICAL MOTIFS.
In showing the undeniable fact that De
mocraey embraces within its folds the a.
sassin element, We might have included the
"bully" - . Democratic adjunct without
weakening the force of the conclusions
drawn. In fact, tho assassin spirit and the
bully spirit are Is near akin - are the buo
cancer who scuttles . merchantmen and
the guerrilla who burns q poor farmers
home for the ''good OF the cause" The
more determined criminal risks his neck;
tho other, with greater caution and less
danger, shields himeelf under debased or
disturbed public sentiment.
Says . special from South Carolina:
"Boud, the United States Judge, is in
Columbia. and is expected TO fill the in
famous role of Durell." If Judge Bond
should prove to be weak man, this sd-
vance denunciation, 1t 10 hoped, will "bully"
him into . neglect of duty or . denial OF
justice. So it was with "Matt" Wells and
Tom" Anderson, whose stern exaction. in
the Returning Board, of the respect due
them, has brought prompt recognition Of
the fact that they are not weak men, and,
consequently, much more respectful refer
ence in the Democratic journals.
When the Democracy, its editors in
oluded, learn that bluff and vulgarity win NO
victories-thst vituperation is not logic and
Boosting L. not bravery, they may begin to
aspire to leadership in the control of great
issues.
Tho delight the distinguished Democrats
at the St. Charles Hotel show when they
are told by Q chartered colored witness
that "hls race" wants education, proves
how novel il the proposition to the DEMO
cratic mind. And when . renegade schoA
teacher or preacher who has been employed
in tho schoel department gives statement
of the misuse of school funds Democratic
joy leaps all bounds. And when these re-
Violations find their way into the Demo-
cratic journals. how carefully Democratic
laws concerning public education are over
looked, and Democratic robberies of school
funds, even when it was penal offsnse ITO
teach niggers how to read, are ignored.
But, - We have said before, all the Dem.
ocratio money, and Intelligence, and intiu-
enoe-to cay nothing Of their eleventh hour
blandiahments-are impotent to wean the
colored people from their allegiance to the
Republican party, and the election in the
undisturbed parishes proves that shotguns
and bullwhips are the most effectusl mis-
sionaries the Democrats can employ-and
the use Of these they may have to hence
forth contest with . power tho past has
taught them to # spect. But the Republi-
cans will continue the schools!
A United States army captain stationed
recently ct Tallahassee, Florida, has been
rash enough to remark: "rnere was about az
much necessity for 400 troops here % there
would be 1t Nv EoRland Sunday-School
celebration" on goes the captains head.
The chivalric Democratic editor omits to
state that the necessity" for the troops
only arises when they are not there! This
is Q wholesome precsution those who create
these necessities" are careful to take.
Another county heard from-another
voice for q row. This time it is the Minden
webster parishl Democrat which says:
Twice already We have been swindled ont
of fairly won victoriea, and the Radicals
must be made to understand that there is .
limit to their misde6ds, and that that limit
has been reached. We have won the vic
tory. and if the hearts that beat in the
breasts of Louisians's sons are not the
How would it do to await the official
count before stripping to the buffl"
The Bastrop Clarion (Demoerstic) Gays
its party won ''crushinR" victory in More
house parish. Tast is what the families Of
Laws and other dead Republicans think.
Next Wednesday week the electors will
assemble to declare their votes for Presi-
dent Of the United States. That Governor
Hayes will receive majority seems now to
be removed beyond the possibility of a
doubt. The Democrats openly assert thai
they will bribe como faithless Republican
to betray his party, or will win by technical
points against Republican electors, but
these dishonest measures, like the revolu
tionafy bluster, viii provo to DO mere
vaporings. Tho Democrats will be de.
fested-and will submit to tho law, like
they have before, because they will be com
PEELED to.