New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-01
POLITICAL HYPOCRISY EXPOSED.

POLITICAL HYPOCRISY EXPOSED.
The platform at st. Louis assumes tn
Democracy to be an extremely pur'
variety Of the American citizen, who Cal
not behold the Republican iniquities with
| out holding up their hands and praying
| a benefcent Providence to save the repub
lie by committing it to the Democracy
We have read many chapters about the
Democratic rings of Tammany and AL
bany, which never pass into Democratic
print here. We presume, therefore, thai
what the Democracy say Of each othe1
here will never reach Democratic eyes
| elsewhere. We show in another column
how "the most degraded, ignorant and
| venal members of the community" may
acquire control Of the Democratic clubs.
We have seen in the Democratic press
how one club dissolved itself as means
| of getting rid of a president whom il
alleged had employed the club as means
to promote his personal interests. We
| have President Dan Sullivan defending
himself against the charges of having ap-
pointed majority of his own friends
| canvassers for the club, and President
Finnerty has excited suspicion upon q
charge Of running personal barrel-house,
in and around which registration sis
operating" says President Sullivan, as il
it were a dose of physic, all in favor Of
Mr.. Finnerty. While the last president
does not admit running personal barrel
house, he modestly admits that he owns
that moral institution, and rather treats
his defamers as "communistic and prop
ertyless individuals.
This last is indeed bulldozer which
may not strengthen President Finnerty
among his Democratic patrons Of the
barrel-house. It has oozed out that
President Finnerty has the audacity to
aspire beyond the presidency Of ward
club. 1.-The gentlemen of Louisiana
have been startled to suspect that he has
his eagle eye on the Administratracy of
Improvements. Hence, perhaps, some
thing Of the stir which pervades the head
quarters of "the gentlemen of Louisiana. :"
For our part, we do not see why Presi-
dent Finnerty may not as we'll aspire to
such post as any one Of those who raise
campaign funds by prestinao or forced
loan upon the timid traders of the city,
or by discounting the nomination for
clerkship or shrievalty. Mr.. Finnerty
has, by faithful performance Of his
duties as wharf tender and the
sagacious investment of his salary and
perquisites, acquired a property Incl
dentally valuable in affording nominal
ton. 1t was the case in what was we may
suppose his native country, that a rot
ten borough could nominate member of
Parliament, who was none the worse
thought of for the igurative decomposition
Of his constituents. Why, then, may not
President Finnerty have the same right to
be the choice of the free and independent
voters who derive their inspirations from
a barrel house? Of the capacity Of Mr..
Finnerty to discharge the duties Of an
there can be no doubt.
He can as well hire subordinate to perform
the duties as many of his predecessors.
Drawing salary is as simple as taking
D drink, and be might speedily acquire
the etiquette of lake end dinner with
shell contractor. From specimens of
oratory, which our reporters
have occasionally been required to brush
up into readable English, we infer that if
there should be any Deficiencies in the
style or elocution OF the incumbent it
could be very soon brought up to the
standard.
With the peculiar virtue claimed for
he Democracy elsewhere we desire to file
he foregoing facts. 1t will be essential
o the credentials presented to the people |
n behalf Of that party. We have had the |
experiences of the Barnum purchase of |
he Connecticut senatorship, of the New |
York infamies of Tammany and Tweed,
md now learn that the Democratic clubs |
re under the control of "the most |
degraded, ignorant and venal members Of |
he community" From these avowals |
nd experiences it may been seen in what |
his political prudery of superior virtue
consists. The credentials of Democracy
will be very contradictory, and the hypo-
ritical pretensions Of peculiar and ex-
lusive political virtue will bs nullifed by
be most scandalous political intrigues
nd the most shameless corruptions