New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-03
THE COST OF DUB QUARRELs.

OF the Republican party.
THE COST OF OUR QUARRELs.
Tie Coushatta Rangers and the Sir
Knights of Democracy despise peace as
pusillanimous, and industry as ignoble.
Those who own property, or subsist by
labor, are deeply interested in the cordial
union of the whole people, without regard
to political or religious opinions, in pro-
noting the common welfare. We have
published the condemnation of our
political practices by both parties. Mr..
Edmunds, Republican, has found the
election of 1872 void for frauds. Mr..
Morton, Republican, and Mr.. Bayard,
Democrat, found in those frauds sufi-
cient reason to apprehend danger of
double returns in the presidential cleo
ton. Mr.. Bayard said, in debate:
Such q thing as an attempt to contest
the election of the presidential electors,
never was known in our history until 1872
Such thing as double return of electoral
of until the evil case and shocking pre-
cedent of Louisiana in 1872.
The result of our political quarrels has
been to make both parties turn their backs
on Louisiana. The Republicans have
been denied representation in the Senate.
The Senator elect has been rejected, with
out imputation upon his character, but
solely upon the alleged nullity Of the
election of 1872.
The Democratic Senator rushed to
Washington to fill the vacancy and was
met with the same repulse. The Dem
ocratic members of Congress boosted that
they would demand the redress of alleged
wrongs at the hands of Democratic Con-
gress. They have not been allowed to
discuss these questions, and have subsidized
in legislative insigni6cance. As Falstaff
told his friends they, should see how warm
~ he would be received by his bosom
friend, the newly inaugurated King, SO
the Democracy boosted how their repre-
sentatives would build our levees, deepen
our outlet, build our road to the Pacific,
obtain equal steam postal facilities from
our city to foreign seaports, and thus Sc
cure for Louisiana all the rights of appro-
priation which have been so long with
held from her. As King Henry harshly
repealed his quondam friend and repu-
dated the confident claims on his patron
age, so has the national Democracy repu-
dated every assurance which the Democ.
racy Of Loui lana has given for the sue
cess of each Of these enterprises by force
of Democratic votes.
The Democratic Congress has served
friends and enemies alike. It has so con.
Quoted invest gations as to expose Repub-
lican corruptions. For this We are pro-
foundly obliged to them. 1t has devised
no means to prevent the occurrence of
similar frauds in future. 1t only proposes
to cast a proved thief out of Office and
replace him with man untried, improved,
with no other guarantee that he may not
commit the same offense, save that he be-
longs to the same political party with w.
NJ. Tweed.
With regard to the economical reforms
which the Democracy proposes, they con-
sist in great measure in suppressing or
Withholding appropriations for national
enterprises at the South, while they ap-
the money and authority to in
stitute or complete similar works for the
great States of the East, the West, and
the Pacific.
1t has been pathetically pleaded by
Southern Democrats that national appro-
priations for Improvements stand section
ally as twenty millions for the South to
one hundred and forty millions North and
West. In this the national Democracy
has caused its allies at the South to dis
appoint the reasonable expectations Of the
public. ....
We may add that the Republican party
has given to the States of the South every
aid which was lawful or liberal. We
may cite amnesty, indemnity, the dredge-
boats, the jetty contract, with generous
aid under calamities of fire and water.
We may set down the cost Of our politi-
cal quarrels at many millions annually.
We can not estimate the loss of products
by q want of combined and harmonious
effort. Still less can we compute the de-
probation Of enterprise and capital re-
sulting from hostility to all who do not