New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-16
THE RED RIVER PLAN,

It is proper to presume that the "plan
Of a Mexican revolution is the programm
put forth by those who desire to overtime,
the administration of the government
We thought it probable when the De
mocracy called to a new organ, a repre-
sentative Of the abstract school of Cal
houn, that it would not satisfy the NOR
rabid element of the party. A constitu
ton which restricts all political acts t
the words found in that instrument woul,
be much too narrow to furnish warrant 70
the intimidation and bloodshed which ha
constituted the rule of Democratic war
fare ever since the federal government ha
given up the control of affairs to the in
habitants of the State.
The Democratic organ contained som,
severe rules of political morality and som,
extended essays upon constitutional con
struction, just as the argument used t.
be made when the question of State com
pact or numerical sovereignty Of the
whole people used to be in dispute. We
saw that this digni6ed mode of reasoning
by no means met the demand of the Dem.
ocratic clubs or of the rough riders in the
interior. We noted the red shadow which
has driven intimidated Republicans from
the principal parishes west of the Missis-
sippi, and were therefore prepared to see
the condensation of this lurid vapor in a
deluge Of blood upon our own city. We
observe that the representative Of the alb
stract doctrine of constitutional admiDis-
tration has recognized the authority
Of the Red river tactics, and the line
of popular violence which has obviously
controlled the organ for some weeks past
is now officially announced as of equal
editorial authority with that of calm argu-
ment and logical conviction. It is, of
course, unnecessary, and it would be i'm
proper, to impute any personal objection
to the representatives of the school Of revo-
lutionary violence. There is no doubt
that Mirabeau, Danton or Robespierre
were perfectly sincere in their belief that
but blood would appease the
wounded spirit Of outraged humanity.
The class Of politicians who have often
published their purpose to carry the cleo
tons by force-who have repeatedly said
that they would overthrow the State gov
again, by arms were it not for
the fear of military power stronger
than their own-have now a coeqcal
control Of the party organ. We may
expect, then, to see the homilies upon
Iadison's construction of the relative
powers Of people and States, set
;olid in obscure corners, while the
,attle orders of the Red river revolution
SITS, and the sensation paragraphs of their
missaries abroad, will furnish the staple |
tuff Of every issue. In assuming COM
nand, the subordinate journals, which |
ave heretofore exercised some authority, |
re required to report to these headquar-
ers for their orders, and thus far they
7ould seem quite tractable. The Plea
uze has heretofore announced
That q majority which can be intimidated
, essentially incompetent to discharge the
uty Of suffrage.
Of this the Buffalo Express says:
This new Democratic title to the ballot is
imply brute force.
And the organ is sweet on the Picayune.
he Bulletin does not submit implicitly to
1e new regime, while the Times has been
revoked to treat it as the representative
bullying clique of fanatics" This is
1e first attempt to substitute for the re-
'rm of legislative defects, and the repair
material damage, a school which
either regards the commerce nor the
echanical employment of the people,
I'D proposes, in effect, to put this city
nder the martial law of political pro-
'ription, and whose policy will exclude
le accession Of capital and the ingress Of
umbers.
The line thus marked between Dem
,ratic violence and Conservative interest
ust impress itself upon the minds of
l men who hold property OF rely upon
Dor for the maintenance of their fami-
IS.
The Republican party stands upon its
'ogramme. Its principles are not dis
1ted by any opposition. It has proved
) sincerity in reform. 1t stands pledged
cast out any man or repudiate any meas
re i1imical to the welfare of capital or
Dor. The Conservatives will have to
loose between submitting to the usurpa-
on of the Red river political ring, or
a programme of law, order
I'd official integrity, in which all can
'rdially unite. The time has arrived
r those who value the welfare of our
ty and State to decide whether the next
mpaign is to be conducted from the
nglo-American hustings or the barri-
des of Mexican and European revolu-
)nists.
THE FOES OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
The determination of all parties to
INT the federal ap preparations has fallen
th much weight upon some important
terests of the Southern States. A ques-
N seems to arise: What party and what
use is responsible for the untoward (
aspects Of those works. We propose to