New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-16

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ernment." just what the changa shonli
be is dismissed to the haziest ambiguity
by referring to nhe1s lsttlr as de-
sosiptixe Of the .soxt- of- Article -seqaisea.
Again, he thinks tho Responsibility
for the good conduct Of the Southern
people must be thrown upon The South.
ern States themselves, and I have no
doubt they will get along better alone
than under the guardianship Of the gen.
eral government Whether this remark
is applicable to laws already enacted,
which bind the people Of all the States,
or to others which the General thinks are
in contemplation, we can only conjecture
But it would appear that he, OF those who
wrote these platitudes for him. seem to en-
terrain sort of hazy idea that the general
government should enact one set of laws
for the North exclusively, and an
other, or have none at all for the
South. The proposition to make
the Southern States responsible alone
for the conduct of the Southern
people can mean nothing else than to re-
move certain unprotected people like the
negroes, the poor Germans Of the Fell
cianas, ETC., from the care of the general
government and turning them over to the
tender mercies of their house and store
burning enemies, the bundozers, and
then in some undescribed manner holding
the State of Louisiana responsible for the
conduct of the oPpressors. The law is
to have nothing to say about it one way
or the other. All is to be left to the con-
science of the Southern. States. : We ap-
prehend some of General Sigel's German
friends in this State will have serious OBJ
lection to this proposition to turn the
back Of the general government upon
hem and thus leave them naked to their
enemies. s-t
Of the preference Of the, Germans, be
ays: III Z" ra' II
firmly believe that the msjority of the
German people of America will favor the
lection of Governor Tilden to the presi-
lency, not btcauee they know much Of
Governor Tideu or his interests or policy,
mt because they are determined to have =
hange Of administration.
Here again is the Substantial charge "a.
Gated that the Germans are Of such un-
liable character that they are capable Of
oting for . change in the administration
ithout first inquiring into the nature of
ne change. He overlooka the fact that
least . respectable number of his coun-
ymen are quite satisfied with the pro-
osed change from Grant to Hayes, which
clearly defined and well understood,
ithout desiring 10 rush to the unknown
ills which the election of Tilden and
endricks are likely to introduce. Moth
g can be truer than the statement that
. Germans know little or nothing Of :
lden, his interests or policy, further Ii
an AN intuitive knowledge that he has !,
en- put up as the figure head of hungry y
rty that was discarded for misconduct !;
lteen years ago. This party has en-.
avored to make some sort Of Roadway
grouping AL the supposed faults Of the II
spublicans during that time, exaggerat- s
3 them by the testimony of thieves, .
ostitutes and perjurers; embodying \
EN- in reports Of congressional commit a
IS and circulating them throughout the \
untry at the expense of the national 7
asury, while they carefully conceal or !,
azenly deny their own most egregrious Il
lies and crimes. ..s.- i,
But he does not go to the extreme Of q
ing that the whole German element pf n
country viii exhibit this volatile e.
aracter. OF the half . million (sup- {,
sed) Of German voters, he. merely s,
inns majority. He knows by expert
70 that there was . very respectable Al
mber of the natives of 'Faderland" d
0 never did and never would eight Il
Sigel" nor even consent to join him 6
any of his celebrated retreats, wherein v
showed his skin in hauling his guns, b
ssons and baggage out Of danger. It o.
in our Judgment, an extravagant esti- ii
to which sets down even one-half the q
IMAM vote for Tilden, to soy nothing &C
mt majority, and it is the height of er
y to suppose that Sigel knows any q1
re about the intentions of his country pr
q than any other intelligent German.
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