The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-23
THE Union As IT ~.


oyinccd In the undertaking was ITSELF
calculated 10 excite sympathy en-,
HANGED by its apparently hopeless ma
turc. for WE could not help feeling that
the struggle bore n strong analogy o
that ~ Mi~. P,itington attempting ~
keep out the sea with n mop. IL has
fought against The moral code of Beech
rr with zeal and pcrsisicncy worthy OF
success only to find It's Influence to-day
spread from plymouth Church through
out the whole congregational body. II
has long denounced the corruptlons of
drantism, aud now. when they stand
exposed, nay, even confessed. before the
world. tho Northern people accept ana
approve them without hesitation una
without blush, IL Is compelled, then.
% lnuso and ask, what IA The meaning
of these fnctsp The solution which y
gives, though no doubt cmbodylng n
certain amount Of truth. appears to us
10 rest upon an inadcu,mtc conception
OF the disease. IL IL one OF long stand
inc. which has become chronic. and for
which no very prompt cure can be cx-
pcctcd. Wo do not propose to discuss
iis nature. IA no useful purpose can be
effected thereby, and ~ we ngrce that
for tho cmcrgcnt symptoms the actual
and mcrcilcsa cautcry ndoPtad by the
S,o, Is tho only remedy which offers the
least hope or relief We would only
cnll attention, Mt the present time. TO
the character OF that solution, and to
tho admissions which IL involves.
One OF the reasons given by the SIN
and the HcrdM for the rciiux OF the wave
which threatens 10 sweep tho present
corrupt Administration from power. Is.
that 50 intense IL the hatred OF the
Northern people for those Of the
South, that they cannot yet tolerate
tho idca Of tho accession to power
Of party which. at any period
OF It's history, ever advocated good faith
and Justice towards them. or ever 70
gardcd the doctrine that all Just govern
mcnt rests upon the consent OF the gov
crncd. ns cmbodying substantial truth
instead OF being mere piece OF hypo-
critical vcrbiagc. Nor has the abandon
ment by the National Democracy 81
those principles, as witnessed by It's in
difference to the outfngcs against the
liberties OF the people OF Louisiana.
been sufficient to rc-cstablish IL In tho
confidence Of the Northern people, who
prefer Grantism with all it, vulgarity
md corruption to the possibility Of any
removed influence Of the Southern
"chvalry." This Is the explanation
given OF tho strange phenomenon or n
people voting to sustain u corruption
which ut once plumbers and dcgtDdes
thom. What hollow mockery docs II
make OF that Union under the pretcncc
Of preserving which so much blood and
treasure have been squandercd
The editor Of the Sun IL IN intelligent
gentleman and was an earnest advocate
Of and prominent motor IN the war.
stimulated thereto by q sentimental de
votion to piece OF bunting and u Union
which had once been dear. as it de-
served to DO, TO every American. VIII
he not now admit. rs he reads the vul
gar and insulting TRADE poured upon n
Southern Senator who dared to propose
what no deemed remedy FOR Il portion
OF the prevalent corruption the. truth Of
Mr. Grceley's early declaration that u
Union or States pinned together by
bayonets was not the Union established
by the fathers and could only prove q
curse RI Southern Senators do not
hold their places by virtue of the consti-
tuition but solely by 'He mngaanim-
ity" an Of Oliver +. Morton; il, as the
Herald suggests, IL is an net Of supreme
folly" for Southern representative to
repcl vilc SANDER cast upon his PEG
ple and to prove by the public records
that II Is moro justly imputable to
the slanderer himself than to them,
then we think TINT Mr.. Dana
must admit that tho most I'm
portant part Of his lies work
has been failure then IL the doctrine
announced by the Supreme Court Of
tho United States, IN 20 Wallace. triie
that the South now belongs TO tho Union
by conquest. From this it follows. ms
the night the day. that The war utterly
failed Of its profcsscd object the re-
storation OF the Union; for no man. not
even New England lawyer or historian.
will pretend that such was its character
previous to 1860. Equally conclusive Is
the inference that its restoration, the
merit Of which the Republican party
claims as n sufficient offset against all
its dcrelictions Of craftsmanship and
morals, is manifest fraud and cheat Of
the wooden nutmeg order. For Union
instinct with life and breathing love 1t
has substituted restoring and disgust
ing corpse, the best use that can be
made OF which Is to bury II promptly in
the hope that something OF beauty may
spring from It's grave. This new Repub,
lican Union, destructive to liberty and
to morality, can only be n
source Of ruin and misery to the coun-
try.
LOUISIANA LEGISLATION,