New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-12

adnai<nesa. - s.defealhg the Union roo
the assaults Of Copperheads." AZ snen tnas
sneech NH, he nd I'll over the whole conn-
try. Nor do ws see that good 10 cominE ?Hs
of the inyeetigation Of the manner IN wh'cn
the federal Officers punished election frauds
in New York. Thns far the advantage OF
that investigation is with Grant ana MS
frfends. 1t can not be denied that never IN
the history Of . free government welc sneso
etroved the franchise in New York and gave
tbis c1ty and State - Tweed and his gang.
The Democratic House goes before the
country in the attitude Of impeachipg Grant
for spending = few Thousands of dollars to
etop the frauds of Tweed. And We saau
have the administration papers in little
while ssying that the Democratic majority
10 sustaining Tweed and Tweediem.
Ihave over some very clever writing
shout political "corn-cutting and nail-par-
ing" and come to tho conclusion of the
Herald article:
Our advice TO the Demecrats 10 to press
their investigations in all directions whore
there has been expenditure of money. Take
up the Mullett and Shepherd cOntrects In
public buildings. Go into the Indian sup
ply business. Inquire into the Alaska iur
Investigate the Attorney Generals office
and the mOiety business. DO not be led OH
bv Republicans to investigate tho suppress
sion Of the rebellion and tue .prevention of
fraud, The Democrats might - we'll ID
yeetieete the bottle of Gettysburg on the
ground that murders bad been committed
there BY. armed Republican,: Insist
upon the negroes in the. South being
treated with political equality: Do not
let us have . revolution like that wnich
9 the SsGs: 3: g. sso
ySaes yySicb drSv: gU: out A@es from M.sissippi--a
transaction which, We think, will have IN
unpleasant prominence. 60 fae - the Dem
ocfat, are concerned, befose We 40 through
with it. Let us have . clear platform ON
the currency questi0n. Let the Democrats
take ground on questions which the RsPuh,
hcans on thelr part are shirking, and about
which the country feels deep interest.
Here is the one term amendments. which is
verv popular-an amendment which in
wolves fundamental principles of the gov
-ernment 1t was upon this issue % much
ss anv other that the Democrats won the
.stidaf wove" canvass They can not AFFORD
to drop it now without giving tho country
an impression Of fnsincerity. Then, - to
the church question. Let the Democrats
take that manfuly BY acceptinE the plen
proposed by Mr.. Blanc. which he threw out
as drebrand, and which wisdom would
once adopt This is . ground upon which
both parties can meet, and in doing so
drive the religious question forever Out
of politics. Let some man be nominated
for the Presidency whose name will
be q guarantee of patriotic and cOnserva-
tive rule. Such candidate on platform
like this-a platform liberal, wise. prudent
and, at, the same time, bold and progress
sive-s platform of ideas like what we
ferson. would win the confidence of the
country. The canvass 10 in Q peculiar con-
dition; the country is disgusted with the
Republicans and at the same time afraid to
trust the Democrats. 1t would change
captains tomorrow if it did not fear that
the captain might have . crew that would
insist upon his shooting Niagara. Let our
friends in 0e Democratic majority care
fully suppress these Niagara shooters"
and show the country that it would be Just
a. safe in their control - in that of the Re-
publicans. The result, We are convinced,
would be q Demepratic. administration.
The way to do this is not to give Morton Q
chance to say to the country that the Dem
ocrats mean to punish him for his devotion
to the Union in its dark days, or to allow
Grant to complain that he is censured for
suppressing the election frauds OF Iweed.
In conclusion, l wish to ask intelligent
Confederates in Louisiana what they have
gained by their blind attack upon those
who differ from them as to what consti-
tutes true Southern interest and what in
wolves true Southern honorl Here, in this
article of the New York Herald, We have 8
summary of issues and causes which guar
antees the defeat Of the Confederate Demo.
cratic party in the approaching Presiden.
tial election beyond all question. To these
issues a. stated by the Herald can be added
another equally important with any of
those quoted above. That issue is in
volved in the necessity Of Overthrowing
Southern political sectionalism b.