New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-15
s1f1BL1oAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST Is 1875.

PUBLICAN. TUESDAY,
slavSly, questions, pursue the same de-
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services Of q plant politician.
CIRCULAR INSTRUCTIONS. sv
The anti-Republican press has attempt.
ssdAspuzzy thssxpssns q stasif 'carcalAr
instructions as to the want of negro ca
pacity to reason, and the importance Of
bringing about his convictions in some
more positive manner. In this endeavor
they have reproducsda circular appeal to
che Union feeling Of old soldiers and
young men with distinct declaration
that second civil war is impending. In
this they carry out the idea of Senator
Edmonds that Democracy is merely an
other name for recognized rebellion. ,
and endesvor to put those voters on their
guard, lest they be again called on to
leave the plow in the furrow and march
again to the defense of the Union. We
maintain that such circular is measure
Of public argument, as lawful As the letter
of Mr.. Tilden or the speeches Of Nh.
Nichols.
But we reproduce . Democratic ciscu-
lar of far different tenor. It is extracted
from the documents of the Louisiana con-
tested election in 1868. It was intro
duced there as document which had
been even published in Democratic news
papers, and is as follows:
rKxtrsct from circular Of Democratic Central
Committee of Louisiana
And We would earnestly desire and de-
clare to our fellow-citizsns our opinion that
even the most implacable and l.disposed
of the negro population, those who show
the worst spirit toward the white people,
are not half 90 much deserving our aver
debased whites who encourage and aid them.
and who become, through their votes, the op.
pressors of the people. Whatever Of re-
sentiment you have should be felt toward
the latter, and not against the c0lored men.
But in no case should you permit this re-
sentiment to 20 further than to withdraw
from them all countenanoe, association and
patronage, and to, thwsrt every effort that
they may make to maintain . business and
s.sooial foothold among yqa; cou y ao57
President State Central Committee;
4'ta Il. B. BACON, o.
THEO f. THEINEMAN,
J.H. HALSEY.
90. ~ Committee.
This is no argument that the Republi.
can theory Of government is wrong or that
Democratic construction of the constjtu-
ton is proper. 1t is an open attempt to
drive men from business, and even from
social intercourse, because Of their polit-
ical opinions. Practically this anathema
operated thus: A is Democratic mer-
chant. He has line Of dry goods, hard
ware or groceries. B is a Republican
who invests his capitaliand enterprise in
the same line Of business and goods. The
circular instructions Of the central CON-
rnitsee are that Democrats buying goods on
the shelves Of either A or B ahau give
his preference to the Democratic mer-
chant and against the Republican mer,
chant This prescription works II the
worse that the Democratic merchant here
may be indebted to Republican merchant
or manufacturer for the very goods which .
Republican competitor was prohibited
from selling to Democratic customer.
In like manner c is Democratic
doctor, lawyer or dentist. d has voted
the Republican ticket. What Democrat
soever who may have q disease to be
cured, tooth to be plugged or . judg-
ment to be set aside, must carry his
patronage to Democratic practitioner.
It means further: That ! is Repub-
lican; that his wife and children are in
every respect intelligent and respectable
All Democratic heads Of families are for-
hidden to neighbor with them. They can
not be Invited to visit in Democratic
families They can not attend Demo-
cratic picnics or other festivals. The
funerals of their dead may be unattended
by Democratic sympathy, as, 1 poor Re-
publican woman, whose husband had
been murdered, stayed alone in her house
with q dead child without the kindly aid
Of neighbor, and as it waspublished Of
the slain Pierson, that his association with
Republicans had obliteratsd his record as
q Confederate soldier, and his death was
no loss to society.
How closely ignorant and unregenerate
men return in their passions to the intol-
erance of past ages. When the grand
Inquisition sent out its commissioners,
charged with the duty Of exterminating
heresy, one Of the orders was
No man must debase himself by showing
federation towards heretics Of any kind,
above ali to Calvinists.
How identical in spirit are these two
DEGREES. This political, business and
social prescription has precisely the same
effect here that the Inquisition order had
in Europe:
The weaker Republicans resigned them.
selves and submitted. Those of firmer
character, however, now first decidedly
attached themselves to the prescribed opinions
and sought to witadraw from the violence
threatened them. .~
This was literally the result Of political
intolerance in Louisiana. Some few Re-
publicans submitted. Some moro. firmly
attached themselves to the prescribed
opinion, but many more sought to with