New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16


and rights of proportional appropriations
while compelled to furnish the vote t
elect, without recognition on the ticket
the degraded Democracy turns to reveng
this contumely on those they deem weake
, than themselves.
l. They 60 about in bands to slay tn
colored voters and keep the survivors from
the polls. To evade the law of recon
struction Democracy is so armed and or
ganized as that it can be moved from one
State into another. Texas has sent strang
bands upon Red river; Mississippi in
vaded Feliciana, and Georgians crossed
into South Carolina on the same mission
of murder and terror.
2. The Republicans Of the South are t.
be intimidated by the Indian strategy
"Shoot the officers" is the order, ant
wherever Republican representative car
not be defeated by the terror of his sup
porters he is to be killed openly or by Sc
cret assassination.
3. The Democracy has been long since
convinced that the American people will
not tolerate dishonesty in office.
TWAS proven when the Democratic party
was cast out by the reformers under Har-
rison and Taylor. 1t was manifested when
the frauds practiced under Buchanan were
punished by the expulsion of himself and
party. Acting upon this conviction, Of
which Democracy has proved the victim,
an assault is made upon the reputation Of
the Republican officials, and nothing that
calumny can invent or SANDER circulate
is deemed improbable. 1t would be
in vain should the Republicans turn to
the records Of Slidell and to the defalca-
tons Of Democratic fiscal officers. It
would be fruitless to show that burdens
have been lifted from the people Of this
city by the Republican State government,
and that those which now weigh upon
them are the results of Democratic gov
eminent. Where cowardly attack is
made upon the weaker, no magnanimous
admission of common culpability can
be expected. Democracy is a shyster at
torney. 1t will SANDER the most pure if
it may be done with impunity. 1t will
defend the most infamous if it can be
done with profit. The cowardly policy of
intimidation, assassination and SANDER
has one further object. 1t is to secure
the exclusion of all outside intervention.
It is that the Southern States shall be left
to the armed and disciplined Democ-
racy, who fear to meet their equals
in the field Of open warfare, but
who would speedily, if guaranteed by the
election Of second Buchanan, extin-
guish all suffrage and citizenship except
such as they may themselves allow. We
can assure the White Leaguers that their
purpose of intimidation and their practice
of assassinating either the person or the |
character will have no effect to deter |
men from the free expression of their
sentiments. The Republicans have made |
all the reforms which exist. They would |
have made more, but for the opposition Of |
Democracy. They have, at the risk of |
internal dissatisfaction, made ticket of |
honest and able men. 1t is in accordance
with that nominated at Cincinnati. The
whole Republican party is united In sup
port Of that ticket
4. The business interest, which cares
chiefly to secure the honest profits of
rade, has been inundated by the with
travail of patronage as penalty
lpon even neutrality in this war
gainst freedom Of speech and
'ote. This interest has been COM
'elled to pay the political prestimos into
he campaign fund of the White League,
nd though in secret sympathy with the
objects of party violence and supposed
Tread of the dictatorial tyrants, they
ave paid year after year thousands upon
thousands. They long for deliverance
rom this despotic rule which drives Gus
omers from their counters and impairs
heir credit abroad.
Such are the agencies and the object of
animation. The only difficulty now in
be way Of White League domination is
he obligation of the United States to pro- ,
ect its citizens and enforce its laws.
[ence we hear among these men of blood {
violent protest against the Intervention I
federal forces in local instruction. |
Why is this protest? The Southern States
ere never more profoundly quiet. The
.epublican government of Louisiana has
no purpose to disturb the peace t
y military occupation of the State. There I
no possible reason why the campaign
lould not be as peaceful as at present e
Thy, then, should the White Leaguers /
enounce the President for Intervention d
| the affairs of the State? If the White t.
eaguers will disband their military clubs '
I'D abandon their tactics of terror, anv |,
le may guarantee peaceful election; if d
e Ku-Klux enter the field as heretofore, d
e federal law will be executed. The Presi- D
mt can not refuse it. The day was "
hen the South relied on this obligation;
hen any hesitation or failure of the q