New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09
PROVIDENTIAL AID.

It may be safely said that no party ca,
be expected to pursue with entire success
those who abuse its trusts. The Chris
tan Church, claiming to be the incarna
ton Of divine authority on earth, held on,
against -unequivocal evidence of corrup
ton among its ministers and compelled
an ecclesiastical revolution that effected
the reforms demanded without thereby
impairing the basis of Christian belief.
The British government gave its military
force to defend the abuses of its own
ministerial agents, and compelled reform
by revolution. The Republican party might
have experienced the same consequences
Of reputation and overthrow, had it not
accepted the just indications of violated
trust and prescribed with unrelenting
rigor all those who have endangered the
Union by bringing the true principles of
its administration into disrepute.
It would be unwise not to acknowledge
and accept the aid which the Democratic
party, under the working Of Providence,
have offered in this work of prosecution
and reform. The motives which actuate
the two allies in this object are opposite,
but converge in an important result. The
Republican party Furnishes those who
have abused its trusts, because the prin-
ciples Of Republican government are at
stake.
With the overthrow of numerical and
national sovereignty, and the paramount
rule of the Supreme Court and the ex-
clusion Of the doctrines of separate SOW
ereignty and secession, the transition of
the people through anarchy to autocracy
would be short and simple.
The object of the Democracy on the
other hand is merely the acquisition Of
the national spoils for the prosecution of
conflict against the Union principles Of
the Republican party. That the Democ-
racy has no other purpose in the exposure
of the abuses in the federal government,
except to secure an opportunity to repeat |
them, that there has been in the grand |
jury service of the House no purpose ex-
cept political 6. rategy, has been affirmed |
by high Republican authority.
We cite, for what it may be worth, the
Indications contained in the following ex-
tract from the anonymous authority fur
nished by the correspondent of the New
Orleans Times:
Every prominent Republican whose case
s investigated, proven and presented to an
indignant public destroys q Presidential
candidate. Did the House persist in a line
IF policy their previous course indicated, it
would have the effect of wedding out the
Objectionable. aspirants among their op.
ponents and the man who remained
1nscathed would be regarded as having
passed through the fiery furnance and
emerged doubly purified. The idea, as
understand it, is to obtain all the facts |
which exist, but keep them jealousy guard
I'd. II, after the Republicans have nominal
ID their candidate, he happens to be on the
black list, he will have the opportunity of
explaining his antecedents and Justify ing
Ills course, instead of advocating his claims.
From this it appears that the Democracy
re not so much in pursuit of public JUS
ice as of public Office. The reasoning is
his: elf we continue this persecution,
he Republicans will find their presiden-
ial list SO scrutinized as to avoid COM
hitting themselves to vulnerable candi-
ate. We will suppress and conceal the
be evidence of public corruption and
ather risk the election of corrupt Pres
lent than lose the chance of beating an
one." This is high compli-
lent to Republican people. l. They
'ould not knowingly nominate a bad man. .
They could not be expected to support
1ch q one if he should obtain the NOM
lation.
This possession Of the facts which fare
} be except doubly guarded" involves the
over and disposition to protect any pos
BILE Democratic candidate from exposure,
to avoid the nomination Of any one !
gainst whom this secret inquisition ,