New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-25

; Can he then be trusted with the novonmer
Of 0therei or have we found angels in th
form OF kipgs to govern himf Let hstor
4 answer tho question.
Q So said Thomas Jefferson, and vhe
+ We And those who profess his authorit
opposing his principles, We despair Of o.
own ability to secure for his doctrines
) respect which his professed disciples dali,
deny.
1, THE LEvEE APPROPRIATIONS.
There is no subject more interesting t,
the people Of this State than the proposes
appropriation to build the levees and kee,
the Mississippi within bounds. And q
this season of the yeai, when the Aoodl
are pouring down from thousand
streams and valleys, when the stage O,
the river is the object of anxious scrutiny,
there should be made something like 9
united effort to secure success. Do We
see anything that looks like even an at.
tempt in this direction BY the Democratic
party? Has any politician of that party
taken the pains to ascertain the senti-
ments Of any one Of the twenty or more
possible candidates for the presidency
"a The Democrats ticket upon this vital
matter? Can any .of our contempo-
ponsriAs who regard with more or less
favor the probable success Of either of
such men a. Hendricks. Tlden, Bayarsl
or Thurman, tell Us how they or any Of
that ilk stand We know as matter of
record that Senator Gordon i'd not vote
for the levee appropriation II last year;
though his friends explain that he was not
in his seat when the vote was taken. We
know he was not there, but have never
beard why. s 1t is the duty of Senators to
attend to their business, especially when
important questions are pending. Is
there any guarantee that all the old dyed
in-the-wool hardshell Democrats are not.
like Messrs. Kerr, Holman and others, so
welded to the ancient traditions that they
Will refuse to give 90 dollar in aid of
internal improvements in the South
west? Our neighbor, Texas. is about
to elect Senator, in place of
of Morgan G. Hamilton. A senegade
Republican will, by this election, be re-
tired to make room for an avowed Dem
ocrat Governor Coke viii probably be
chosen. How much better off will the
friends Of the levees be by such change2
Though nobody can answer this question,
there will be plenty to cheer the success
full candidate, and hurrah for Democratic
triumph. Mr.. Coke will vote with Hol-
man, Kern, Lamar, Gordon, Wood, Cox,
Bayard, and men of their ilk, on every |
other question. Why not go with
them in refusing appropriations in which |
Louisiana has such vital interest? He |
belongs to the Texas school of politicians
who believe that by crippling New Or
leans, Galveston may be built up, and
would doubtless vote more to dredee
ha Dor. shallow, sandy, shifting
IS it is, than for the whole levee
system from Memphis to the bar. But
his election to the Senate will be q tre-
mendous triumph over radicalism, what
aver disasters to the overfowed people of
Louisiana may follow as an Offset. How
many destroyed plantations and ruined
ZONES can this State afford to contribute
o the success of the great Copperhead
'arty Of the North-that party of plaus-
bic, honeyed words. but never a good
Iced for the South? How much have we
aimed. by the partial Democratic sue
esses in 1s749 We lost our levee appro.
riations AMI received Speaker Kerr,
lester ClYper, Tucker, Hill, Cox in re- h
urn. n must be glorious Intelligence to
hriek into the ears of a Louisiana planter
scaping from his ruined home that the {
ncient traditions have become ascendant
gain in Washington, and not dollarcan1 6
9 voted odt of the treasury except to pay {
Ilaries and spies and informers who
ckle the ears of investigating commit t
es with their wonderful ficiona /
We call this robbing the people upon
Worthless old Democratic c
,lks who Aatter the Southern Demo- b
acy with fine speeches, are taken into [
q popular affections as though they a
ere liable to do a kindly act for the Sec E
N of their country they have done their it
st to ruin. They lured the South into il
war and left them to fight alone. They &c
We artfully kept up strife between Che al
0 races, by drawing odious compar- Ii
'ns and appealing to the pSejudices Of 10
, whites. And for thus making the st
uthern Democrats Appear as egregious m
es, their deluded victims wish to re- 80
I'd them by making Presidents and OF
aators OF them. TO
Dur members Of Congress find no re
snds among the Northern Democrats in pr
House. They are virtually bound jol
I'd and foot required 10 vote for all the pr
olutions Of Investigation. the object Of
ich is to serve the personal interests Of pc
nocratic aspirants to tho presidency, vi
required to.hoh their tongues about 50,