The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-20
A MENTAL DEFECT.

Lie Heph0ttc0n seems unable to dis
tinguish the difference between honesty
and dishonesty; between hatred of "the
flag and hostility to rogues. This sin
gular defect In its mental organization
has led it into a dense political fog.
This morning 1t declares that the South
ern Democrats are supporting Tilden,
"a Yankee Of the Yankees :" that they
supported Seymour, native of the Nut
meg State, and Horace Greeley, the
Abolitionist.
This sacrifice of prejudice" says the
Republican,
Would interest patriotic desire to extinguish
the ho7tllities OF sectional and religious preju-
ulce, were IL not accom- panied with a denuDeia-
tlon Of every Northern man on the Republican
side. with the united anti-Protestant vote for
everything called Democratic. 1t will appear a
singular phase of free opinion that sucn n in
dulgenee snail be granted to those calling them
selves Democrats, while exactly the same opin-
ions ions Expressed by those who call themselves
prescription or evon worse.
The facts cited by the Republican at
once vindicate the Southern Democracy
against the charge of sectionalism and
condemn the Radical party. The
Southern people, who constitute the
Southern wing of the Democratic party
are sincere and honorable; when the
Southern armies surrendered and they
accepted the issue of arms, they did SO
in good faith and with purpose of
complying fully with their pledges.
Thus we find them putting aside
the questions which led to the war,
ignoring the bitter memories of the
mighty conflict and cordially support
ing. such men as Seymour, Greeley and
Tilden. That they do this, and do it
honestly and enthusiastically, gives the
lie to the malevolent charges of the
Republican leaders that they are still
hostile to the Union, and are projecting
schemes to control the government in
sectional interests, or to establish in
time Southern Confederacy. Hon
est, ,disingenuous minds would recognize
and accept this obvious Interpretation
Of the course of the Southern Democrats
in supporting Northern candidates. But
the Republican feels it necessary to mis-
interpret the pratiotism of the Southern
Democrats that it may strengthen it's
charge against them of prescribing
Republicans, Radicals it should have
said, because Of their Northern birth and
political views. No such thing has ever
been done. No man has been pro-
5oribed or maltreated in Louis
lana, at least, because of his Northern
NJ hannnsn f>P ;r
The State is full OF Northern men who
are received upon aperfect equality with
honest people of other nationalities,
and the fact Is universally recognized
here that there is fully as much of re-
5pectability in the Republican party in
the North as there is in the Democratic
party.
1t is true, however, that carpet bag
gers are socially ostracised, and that
very bitter feeling prevails against
them. But this is not on account of
their Northern birth, for the scala
wags are as much jespsed and os-
as are the carpet baggers. These
people are socially ostracised simply be-
cause they are low, vulgar, ignorant and |
dishonest men. The carpet baggers
who are ostracised in the South never
could have had a respectable social
in the North, where they came
from, unless the standard of respecta-
bility and decency is there immeasura-
bly, lower than in any civilized country
On the globe. Carpet -baggers and seal
Radicals socially
in Louisiana as vulgar, dis
reputable characters are ostracised
by decent society in all respec-
able communities, and they are OBJ
1oxious politically, because their theory
If politics is theory of perjury, OPP
preston ahd robbery.
The Republican need not squirm under
hese singing facts; it need not seek to
oreak their force by crying "ostracism"
persecution !" "rebels" They are now
to be understood in the
North by the press, and the press will
ell them to the people. The RepubG-
an, the Kelloggs, the Packards, the
)ibbles and the Campbells, like venom
'us insects have lived and fattened here
lnder cover of the sectional hate of the
south, which has prevailed in the North,
ust as vipers and poisonous bugs live
lnder stones and planks; but the press
5 sending it's illuminated rays down
nto and under the dark places, and the
'estiferous swarms of rascals are begin
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