New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-18

Justice, IN pormauencv anu Ia koV~ "AA ~~'
to carry tho West, and cary it right and for
the right, We must carry it on "ideas," on
vital issues, and with men who stand for
these ideas and these issues. In my letter
of Yesterday 1 stated that Mr.. Bristow's
nomination by the Republicans 1t Cincin-
natl would be deliberate evasion, or rather
surrender, Of the ideas which make the
party what it is, and IN sbandopment of
the vital issues which impart life to the or
ganizstion. stated that such . nomina-
tion would be not only public confession
1pf guilt on the charges brought against MS
bE the opposition, but it would be delib.
brate acceptance Of the Confederate Demo-
cratic platform, thus allowing our enemy to
form the issue, on which he would beat rs
iefore the people. The leading editorial in
to-dsy's World confirms my view mot my"
view, but the views of thousands of clear
headed Republicans). Speaking Of the &C.
ton of the Republican convention held the
other day in Boston, in which the Boston
idea ruled, the national Democratic organ
| ssys: --......-
To the worst among the charges brought
by the Democracy against the maxims and
policy of the dominant party At Washing.
ton, the Republicans vf Massachusetts have
They have not waited even for the people
to enter up judgment against the party in
the approaching presidential election. They
have allowed judgment to be entered
against it without trial. ..--,
The italics in the above are mine, but the
"words" are those of the World.
now propose to close the argument on
this ss part of the Republican canvass, by
quoting in extenso the concluding para
graphs of the Worlds article. In doing so
commend the whole subject to the super
Jealous friends Of the Secretary of the
Treasury as one worthy their closest atten-
ton. Here, then, is the summing up of the
Democratic mind" on the reform" plat
form and reform" candidate 60 popular
with 60 many Republicans:
As Mr.. Bristow turned his ears to drink
in this most invidiOus laudatiOn of his poll
tical votsries-a isudatiOn bestowed on him
St the expense of his official chief and of
his ofhciai ass0ciates-he must be strangely
obtuse to the sensibllities of civilized lite
and to the ordinary instincts of official pro-
priety, if such back handed compliments
did not make MIN squirm in his Official
chair. There is something greatly out Of
place either in these compliments or in the
circumstance under which he is content to
receive them, as being due not only to his
merit but to the contrasted demerit Of the
men with whom he holds the closest of
official relations.
The charges which the Massachusetts, Re-
- <ho l,,o
of the administration are either true or
false, and nobody is in . better position to
know either their truth or their falsity than
Secsotary Bristow. If they are true, what
has he done by way of protest against ''the
methods of the administration, !" or against
.sthe dominant influences and tendencies
that have debased the character and tone
of the public service" or against "a leader
ship that has welded power and patronage
good" or against ''the marrow, intense and
violent partisanship" of his political friends
at Washington, or against 1.-The code of
financial morality" illustrated by the pillage
Of Jayne and Ssnborn, or by the corrup-
tions of the Washington ring, all Of which
were perpetrated before his eyes while he
was in the bureau of justice or in the De-
which received the slight st intimation of
his disapprobration (so far as the country
is apprsed) while they we're in the heydey
Of their infamous activity
1t Mr. Bristow deems that the sweeping
charges brought by the Massachusetts Re-
publicans against his chief and his official
associates at Washington are either false or
exaggerated, he owes it to them ss we'll as
himself, that he should repress the ju.
discreet zeal of his too ardent admirers, or
at least should cease TO sit at the rec ceipt Of
customs around the council board of Gen
eral Grants Cabinet, if he means to cit at
the receipt of laudstions which are d0ubly
an offense to the public decencies of his pO-
sition on the theory here supposed. Burke
refers in familiar Pc ssage to the high
sentiment of honor which obtained among
the statesmen of Rome on this very point.
Even the holding of Offices together, the
disposition of which arose from chance, not
selection, gave rise among the ROmans," az
he remarks, Ito Q relation which continued
for life. 1t was called necessit,td0 SORTS,
and was looked upon with Q sacred rever-
ence. Breaches of any of these kinds of
civil relation were considered as acts of the
most distinguished turpitude."
If such was the view OF official duty
which obtained among honorable heather
statesmen, IN the case of Offices where the
association was fOrtuitous, being determined
by lot, what shall be said OF the higher
Obligations of honor incurred by an officer
who voluntarily accepts and continues vol
unfairly to hold an appointment at the
hands Of his official superior, while his per-
sonal and political friends are busily curry
ing favor for him not only on the ground Of
his personal merits, but on the ground OF
the personal demerit of his chosen asso-
ciates! The indecency of such an exhibition
involves the gravest of all reflections on the
persons who bestow these ill-Omened eu-
logiums and on the person who receives
them. 1t was we'll enough that the filthy
rags of General Grants administration
should be publicly burnt by the Massa-
chusette hangmen, but unless Mr.. BrlstOW
is deceiving those with whom he daily acts,
their burnt Offering must have yielded an
ungrateful incense for the nose of Grants
Secretary of the Treasury.
have no idea that Mr.. Bristow is in any
way q party to these attacks upon the
President, or that he relishes being thus
held up as the lone honest man" of the Re-
publican party. But the comments of the
World suffice to show on what foundation
of mere sand we will build our political
hopes in this presidential year, if we per-
NIT the opposition to select our candidates
and form our platform. The true policy of
the Republican party consists in "forcing
the fjghting' in assuming the attack, and
in issues which will weld the party as
solid mass, and under leaders who repre-
sent those issues. This will be done at
Cincinnati, and the World will soon learn
on which side OF the great controversy the
freemen of the West will range them
selves. b.