New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-17

| Renublicsne. but tried to vote another. !
| tha orioinal stages of the slavery conttt
| varsv. Of course the Northern Democrsc
| was the natural friend and ally OF ~
| Sonth. because it defended your insut'
| tions and stood upon the ramParts OF sn
| constitutiOn to resist the Assaults VI DIV.
| ti0nism: but the times and circuinstance
| have changed, and your alliance nu0
change with them. 4.
The Republican party Of the Norto
now your best friend, because II tells yo'
| the truth and proposes, IN GOOD I1i.n, W o.
stat Won in the solution OF your difncuitiet
IL tba d;sturhad Southern communities ar
tn he harmonized and pacified on the oasl
of the accomplished facts of the war-if TN
Situation is really to be accepted In go0'
faith-tben the Republican party OF TN
North is the true alliance to seek. le wa
tine anthor of reconstruction ana eymPa
thizes with its success. That party, feeilnl
responsible in q great measure for the 70
sults of this race question, will naturally y
djsposed to co operate with the SoutheE =
whites to make the best solution OF II.
naturally looks with sOlicitude ana ieeis
deep interest in the reconstructed states
1t wants, of course, to 500 success siuI issu
of tba exneriment of the new Southern gov
ernments. and will lend all the assistance
car give to this end; whereas the Demo
cratic party of the North seems 0nil
tn look mon the unfortunate con
dition of some of the Southern State
to ses what political capital can bf
made out OF it. Poor Louisiana ma
been held up before rnany CROSSROADS meet
ings in the North jast previous to the eiec
tioa of some Democratic justice OF tht
peace, but she never received anytnihs
but kicks and cuffs from Democratic Con
gress And what has become OF the ceie
brated "Lonisiana case" worked up WITT
so much of toll, endurance and even .,
bloody sacrifice. which was to be Q test o.
our institutional Insultingly dismissed tt
give way for the vulgar Gaze OF the great
railroad wrecker OF New York! And where
is John McEnery, the injured complainant
in that case before tho high chancery o.
public opinionl Turned out of court with
indecent haste, backed. NO longer by the
Democracy of bis own State! y, humbug
thy name is Democratic principle!
What SOutherner, in infs magnanlm0us
heart, can read the noble letter OF Ruther'
ford B. Hayes, and say Its author Il nos his
friend:
"The condition of the Southern States at
tracts the attention and commands the
sympathy of the people Of the whole Union
In their progressive recovery from the
effects of the war, their fret necessity is an
honest and an intelligent administration Of
government which will protect all Glasses
of citizens in all their political and private
rights. What the South most needs is
peace, and peace depends upon the gu
premacv of law. There can be no endurirg
peace if the constitutional rights OF any
portion of the people are habitually disre-
garded. The welfare of the South,
alike with that of every other part Of the
nd no ir n
offer to labor, to immigration and to capt.
tai, but lsbOrers will not g.. and capital
will not be ventured, where the cOnstltu-
ton and the laws are cot at defiance, and
distraction, apprehension and alarm take
the place OF peace-lOving and law abiding
social life. All parts Of the constitu-
ton are sacred, and must be sacredIy OBJ
served-the parts that are new, no iess
than the parts that are old. The moral
and material prosperity of the Southern
States can be most etfectually advanced by
rights OF all by ala recognition without
reserve or exception. With such recogni-
ton fully accorded, it will be practicable to
promote, by the influence of all legitimate
agencies OF the general government, the
eforts of the people of those States to OBJ
tain for themselves the blessings of honest
and capable local government If elected,
shall consider 1t not only my duty, but it
will be my ardent desire. TO labor for he
attainment OF this end. Let me assure nv
countrymen of the Southern States that il
shall be charged with the duty of organ
lZlng an administration it will be one which
will regard end cherish their truest inter
ests-the interests of the white and of the
colored people both and equally, and will
put forth its best efforts IN behalf of a
civil policy which will wipe out forever the
distinction between North and South in our
common country"
These are the words of an honest man.
who means what he saws. They furnish
the best evidence Of true friendship, be.
cause he tells you the truth about your Sit
nation and the Causes of all your troubles.
1t is mixture Of reproot kindly spoken,
and a magnanimOus prefer of assstanca.
which always characterizss the true friend
and the noble soul. That short phrase,
"A hearty and generous recognition of the
lights of all by all, ;" is the kew to the whole
question in Louisiana. II deserves to be
written IN lette,s of light alongside the
words of the great L,ncoln: "A govern
nent or he people, for the people, and by
me people,
THE ISSUES OF 1876
II the Democratic party were left alone t,
make the issues OF this campaign we should
lear nut little of the Southern question in
he canvass. Go to the East, the land of
rice, Swsrtwcut and Tweed, and you will
lear the Democrats there talking about re-
orm, Announcing the rascalities Of Repnb-
lean office holders and extolling the supe-
LOT virtues OF Democratic politicians, while |
Gliding Tllden up as the friend of Eastern
interests, the advocate of resumption, and
ne friend of the bondholder Pass over into |
and you will hear the dis. |
ordant Democracy OF the keystone State |
eciare their indifference whether they |
ave nara or soft money, provided they get |
ien'y VI protection for their iron and coal |
itefeses' Which they are rs confident of re.
ElVleS as the free trade Democrats of the
es. are confident OF having the tariff in
Jury abolished by Democratic rule. Go
q to Ohio and yon will hear the Allen
'emocrat aud the Thurman Democrat, as
lue apart AS the poles ON the CURRENCY
nestlou. mlnging their voices in common
urrah for Iiiden ana Hendricks. while the
Democratic Stare Executive Committee sits
its comfortable quarters at Put-in-Bay
nder the refreshing breezes of the lake
no cooily resolve 10 draw on Tilden's .bar-
4 OF money" to the tune of quarter of a
Union dollars to bride and corrupt the vn.
ais OF the Buckeye State in order to carry
ie e,sctlon IN the interests of reform. En-
IT the borders OF Indiana, the land of
reenbaekers, and yon will find the
'emocrats express themselves satis-
ed from some vagne lines in the
s'er or acceptance of the foxy New
ork politician, that TildeH is first class
at the same time giving a
moving WINK to his more doubling Dem.
,ratic brother that the tenure of hnman
fa is uncertain, and that the man AT tha
sad OF the ticket has alcsady had soma
that bis end is near. Thera ia
chance also that damaging disclosures
ay require his withdrawal from the tiokat
endricks is all right, and he NAV he The
All over the West YOU will
I'D this double-headed monster. two Dem
ratio Candidates tor President on tho
me ticket, looking in opposite diract;ons