New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-16
A YANKEE TRICK.

The Picaymne seems displeased at tn
complaint
That the lower house of Congress, al
though under the control of Democratic
majority has done little or nothing TO
Louisiana or any other Southern State.
And considers such complaint
| The result of a superficial and short
sighted view of the situation.
1t thus explains the true cause VIII!
Louisiana gets nothing:
Our friends in Congress are laboring un
der political embarrassments, and ham
pered BY complications which compel then
| to make haste slowly.
| What embarrassments can prevent Con
| gress from doing its duty to the whole
country? What complications" car
compel Congress to delay an act Of JUS
tice? Here follows an explanation o.
these embarrassing complications with
some other things calculated to place the
people of Louisiana on their guard,
against such scheming advisers:
1t is we'll known that the principal diff.
Guilty with which the Conservative interest
has now 10 contend is the sectional sensi-
tiyeness OF the North.
This sectional sensitiveness is trans
lated thus:
The Southern representation in Congress
is largely Democratic, and many of the
members from the reconstructed States are
old Confederate solo ers.
This fit for duty is usually stated at
eighty brigadiers. Why should there be
any concealment or distrust of these
Southern Democrats? 1t is because
Northern men ask Themselves if the Dem
Ocratlc party controls the Union, and the
South controls that party, whef her the land
Of the rebellion will not attain danger.
GUS predOminance.
We are told that the Yankee Democ-
racy, '.laboring to drive the Repub-
lcan party out of office that is about
it-"have been extremely careful to avoid
the appearance of undue Partially toward
the South To drive the Republicans
out of Office the Yankee Democracy has
been compelled to keep its Confederate
allies in ambush. To take entire control
OF the movement and to keep up this
sham to render more probable the hos
tility to the South it withho!ds all appro-
priations to the South.
Why, this is worn out trick among the
river gamblers. Sharp No. l is liberal
and facetious fellow, who has made the
acquaintance of wealthy planters, fond of
little game of draw. Sharp No. 2 gets
on at landing in the make up of
Kansas cattle drover. Sharp No. does
not know him. of course not, but in the
course of bar acquaintance this dis
9ulsed expert gets into the party, and
through the aid of his pal gets away with
The wallets of those who, had they known
bis real character, intent and purpose,
would never have admitted him to the
table. We are really ashamed that South
ern recognition should depend upon any
such trick by which Mr.. Tilden proposes
to introduce men whom the Southern
people fear will acquire dangerous pre-
dominance.
Is there not a disreputable trick in this
attempt to place over the people of this
1atlon class Of men whom the nation
istrusts? Is it not an unworthy reflection
lpon Confederate gentlemen and soldiers
hat they would become PARTY to such a
The Northern Democrat is paragon of
'hrewdness. His sole political power de-
pended upon the Southern vote. Seeing
his vote about to escape into q Confed-
'racy, he Joined the Unionists 10 recap
ure these political fugitives. To do this
le aired substitute and took contract.
The recapture effected, the Northern
Democrat went to work to obliterate any
feeling of indignation that his
southern subjects could entertain. 1t
was an easy task. A portion of the
federal Offices, to those who had monopo-
lied the Confederate Offices, and who
could not subsist without Office, was suf-
icient to appease their discomfort and
make them forget the siege of Richmond
md the bombardment of Charleston.
They consented to eat the dirt Of the