The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-02-04
"IrrcprcssibIe Conflict. -

Tn n recent number of Hdypcr's
4 lFcdhtv. there ~ y very elaborate odi-
torlgl article which attempts to draw a
dstlnction, philosophicalIy, between
the North and South. Tho Inference Is
that the North. through tho Rcpnb.
lichn party. representa- high civilza-
ton: and the South. through Demo.
cracy, u quasi -barbarism. II would be
! tedious and Improbable 10 take up
this article point by point and refute Il
dialectically. But u few facts suffice. n
the tree ID to be Judged by its fruit. a
theory must Re Judged by its results
Since tho Radical Republican philoso.
ply has been applied to tho snlenoe of
government In thls country, what an
unparalleled sat,irnalia of barbarian
and crime has been the outflow, not 10
speak OF commercial oollapae md
political depravity. The only cheek
| publican ideas aud practice has beon
| to roll back tho Invasion, as far az pos
siblc, especially IN tho South. whip
per and Moses In South Carolina repre-.
sent the Garrisonian theory as applied
by reformer Chamberlain, who is now
terrified aL his own work and lahoring
TO make 1t respectable, by crying out
that from n monstrous parent a progeny
other than vile must spring, In order to
maintain power and cespectnbillty.
What Chamberlin and his horde have
can Idea has attempted TO do for the
whole South, and, Di,tdtis nauta,,ois. for
the whole country. There never was
any barbarIsm IN the south until the
Radicals introduced their acc,irscd
philosophy, and the bankruptcy that
hovers over the North Is only a logical
consequence OF what we have been com
PEELED to endure. t
Next let the philosophers OF Hnrpey's
Weekly, aided and abetted by tho ma.
chinations OF Morton, Blaine IL Co.
proceed with their programme. We
worsted; but the day OF reckoning has
TO come for our brethren beyond the
border, and We know Of no better way
OK accelerating that plunge to perdition
than by electing u Republican Presi- |
dent on the issues of the war;" I'll
they can stand it, we can. But let them
understand, once for all, that a para |
lyzed south makes u ruined North. and |
that they shall never he prosperous so |
long as sve OF the South fail to prosper. |
Ii they are willing to sacrifice their ma.
terial interests for Mr.. Curtis and his |
dQct',t'aaarTes,. be 1t so. He laughs best |
who laughs longest.
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/. SOME MORE COMPROMISES. We learn
from good authority that system of |
compromise IS going on in Montgomery
that certainly must end in much mis-
chief. We learn that compromise ia
elected between the State Commission
ers lso-called) and the South and North
by which that road will Sc
cure large amount. This has been
done also in the case Of the Montgom-
ery and Eufaula Railroad, a large sum
reported compromised, and we learn
also that attorneys are pushing the
claims Of the holders of the bonds Of
she New Orleans and Selma Railroad.
and We know that the company owning
has road is repudiating these same
bonds on the ground that the holders OF
he same are contractors, and the con-
ract on which the bonds were issued
las been grossly violated. Now. il
hese Commissioners should be induced
y seduced to q compromise in the case
y the bonds OF the New Orleans and
'elma Railroad Company they will
aste1 upon our people contract that is
ePudiated by our own stockholders, II
'sl1na. Ala.) Times. -