New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-25

4 KEEP UP TIE sTAADAxD. !. II
Nhas bssn frsqusntly, rsmerked thsi
~ independent Journals are Democrstic,
! hat al independent voters are Demo.
bratA when there i no great issuA. b.
fore the people men may call themselves
What they please; when tho life Of the M
| tion i ct stake tho political paths and
! duties are q plain q those Of The Chris
| tian religion. .Hs that 10 not for me 4
against me-" He that il not for Tho row
ernment and the Union is against both;
| he that il mot . Republican,, in i'd ssnss
Of being . Union and libsrty-loying
party. must be Democrat, upholding
the party which attempted TO destroy the
Union, and fostering solid South which
Is dangerous to the nation and dangerous
to the rights Of citizens who were clothed
with elective # franchises by the constitu-
honal amendments. But We are told
| there are good Union men in the Demo-
cratic party. We must look for them in
the North and are shown General
Mcclellan, man made bitter BY his
military failures and made . Dem
ocrat by offers Of that party to
make him President. General Mcclellan
was scientific soldier. who thought he
could undermine secession by digging
bitches around Richmond. With the ex-
ception Of Beauregard, who is Of the same
school Of sappers and miners, and who
rendered his spade to the solid South.
General Mcclellan is the littlest great
man produced by the war. We are
shown Fighting Joe Hooker. He Is
looked upon not in anger, only in sor-
row. Time has paralyzed his limbs, and
disease softened his brain; on account Of
his mental and physical disabilities, be
has been retired from the army with q |
pension; he is full of biliousness end
bile, and has. 40 much right to grumbls |
against the government as has common |
soldier whose pay is always pledged 10
the sutlsE. Hooker is as good man as
any Democrat can be. We are shown
General Stsedman. This child Of fortuns
and misfortune was . Union soldier
apd member Of tho convention
which nominated Tildsn 1t St. Louis.
This sdventuree and peripatetic Of
ice holder has been called wine bib
Der, gambler, hhbuster. defAulter and |
Democrat. Those who wish to study his
character can do 90 ct their. leisure. For
he sims he committed before the war his
'ervices against rebels in the field have
'artly atoned; his record since is too dark.
nd there is really no vacancy in The b. ,
'ublican party for man like Jim S.eed-
dan. BE is thorough Democrat. We !
Re shown General Winfield Scott Han. !,
ock, . very different sort Of man. . !
hivalrous, high-toned gentleman, and :
'e told he is Democrat. Not Repub-
can soldier living eyen in the heat of Il
olitical discussions, which are too apt to
acken the fame Of good men-danes to -
1estion the loyalty Of General Hancock. =
was the idol Of the old Second Corps; !
noble presence inspired men with :.
lor; he stood by his soldiers at Gettys- :,
rg in the brunt Of battle, and from =
Del guns received wounds which ache :,
this day. Every Union soldier to-day - !.
I'D cast vote for Hancock with the -
lief that his act of v6eing for
b man would be reckoned -
ong loyal deeds. Well, why vas not ::
ncock nominated at st. Louis instead
the Copperhead contractor? Why was -
he set up as the standard bearer Of the
mocratic party, instead Of being kicked :.
b complimentary vote? His nom;na- -
would have disarmed all of the boys ::
duo who are now railying in solid col =,
q to save the Union. There would -
9 been reason aud sbrewdness and -
cy in his nomination by the enemy; -
General Hancock was slaughtered at
Louis just as Judge Hancock was J
entered in Texas. The Hancocks are
on men and distasteful to the solid
tn. The Democratic party became s'
ne over its temporary majority in u
gress, and it was thought the Demo r.
ic Confederacy could be made supreme -
out the aid Of Union men. The Dem
tic party reckoned without the host ~
III saved the Union, selected the mean
;opperheads Of the NortA and West
eaders, unmarked their batteries, and
The Republicans, in party sense, re- -.
d at the solid South defeat in pros II;
But we are asked, why is General ~ ~
cock Democrat? It is because of
promises held out to him by the Demo- - ~
6 party. He is but human, and he is 49, -
a man. He has been q standing can
te for very many years; first as NOM
for Governor in Pennsylvania; then -
- -. 80 whe
out the reconstruction policy Of
rev johnson; the solid South plotters -,
Hoped him and filed him with presi-
ial aspirations; he came here with a .e
platform already written 81
. pocket; it was grand document, ~.
king of the subordination Of military =
vi powers before he had studied the ;, !.