The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-02
WHO SHOULD RULE IN THE SOUTH

While We belive that in most of the North
: ern States preponderance of the intelligence
i the high purposes, the honest motives An,
the enlightened conscience of the citizens hs
hitherto been ct work in the Republican party
and is still to be found there, and while VI
believe that the great interests of the natio,
, as whole are likely for some years to come
to be safer in the keeping of that party thar
: if given over to its opponents, We have beer
convinced by the events of the last few YEAR
and are more and more confirmed in the con
viction every day, that men of the Conserva
, tive party in the Southern States are much bet.
ter qualified to control their local adminstra-
tons. and are able and disposed to give those
States much better governments than they
have ever had or have any hope of securing
through what is spoken of there as radical
rule There the state Of things is the con.
verse Of that in the Northern States. The
Intelligence, the culture, the best motives,
and the most conscience are to be found as a
rule in the Conservative party. In general,
too. we believe that the motives of those who
make up that party are purer and the pur-
poses higher than those which have animated
their opponents. And aside from any theo-
retical considerations, they form the active
and responsible body of the citizens, and their
interest is in good government.
| The native Southerners, who, by tradition
and the stress OF events and circumstances,
ma themselves so generally in opposition to
| the Republican party, have every possible
incentive for desiring well-ordered commune
ties. settled industries and state OF things
| which shall foster the growth and develop
ment OF their material interests and the pro-
motion Of peace and prosperity.
They have every reason to wish for wise,
stable, economical and efficient governments,
for all they have and all they can hope for de-
ponds on this. It would also be conducive to
their well.being to do right by all their citi-
zens, conceding to them equality before the
law and exact justice in all their relations,
and we have no doubt that very large por-
ton Of them are willing and anxious to do
this, and that this sentiment will extend with
every passing year.
They have among them many of the worse
elements of society, ignorant, prejudiced and
brutal, which cause deal OF mischief and
obstruct their better purposes, but they will
bring these more and more into subsection,
until they will be no more troublesome and
misceievous than the corresponding elements
in other sections of the country.
On the other hand. the Radicals" of the
South have been made up largely of negroes,
who mean well in the main, but are densely
ignorant on the subject Of political duties and
responsibilities, and easily led by designing
men and adventures from other parts of the
country whose purpose has been to advance
their own fortunes regardless of the interests
or well-being of the States in which they
have settled. Their leaders and managers
have In most cases proved themselves to be
unscrupulous tricksters or unconscionable
villains.
The Radical governments of the Southern
States which were inaugurated under the re-
construction acts turned out to be in most cases
the most outrageous parodies on free govern
ment ever tolerated by intelligent men. Ex-
travagance, recklessness and official plumber
ing characterized them from first to last.
They burdened those exhausted tn dis
heartened communities with taxes -sriev-
Gus to be borne, they piled upon them loads |
OF debt which will hamper their energies for |
years to come, and they mmanaged affairs |
in the most dsgraceful way
As soon as the Conservatives succeeded in |
wrenching one Of those States from the |
clutches of the plunderers, they began the |
work of reform, and there can be no question |
that the government of Georgia, for instance,
in the last two or three years has been vast |
Of government under Bullock. Arkan-
sas was in state of chaos
and disorder, and suffered from
INSTRUMENTATION until the Con-
succeeded in fra ming and adopting
4 new constitution and electing Governor Of
their own. There is little doubt that Missis.
sippi and Louisiana, under Conservative gov
would begin that career of peace
md recuperation which has been 80 aus
oiciously begun in their sister States.
The single case in which Southern State
1as escaped from abominable disagreement
without overthrowing " Radical rule I" is that
Month ftor - oc -
GUS and shameful burlesques on State ad-
all the better elements, know.
ng it to be hopeless to attempt to elect
southern Conservative, united in support of
Nr. Chamberlain, Republican and man of
Northern birth, who has proved to be what
he best of Republicans are in the North.
dis administration has been one of thorough
eform, honesty and efficiency, but there is n
LANCER that South Carolina can not maintain
he position which she has succeeded in gain.
Dg. The recent election of Ex-Governor
loses and Mr.. Whipper as Circuit Judges
Indicates that the old influences are still at
york trying to pull the State back into its de-
radiation.
We wish, for the sake of the Republicans,
hat it were otherwise but we are forced to
he conclusion that at present it is better for
be Southern States to have the Conserv-
tives in the ascendency. They may be
1rong in some of their views on national
uestions, but they give the States far better
peal governments than they have ever had
rom Republicans. Daily Globe Dec.
81.
French and American Women. Il
Albert Rhodes in his book, "The French
t Home," says:
The face Of the American woman is more