The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-29

Ituti6n- neither Executive, Legislative nol
Judicial or was designed &c
possess, q strictly popular constituency
while in two departments, or branches,
tho idea of simple Democracy Is dis
tinctly ignored, and il we should insist
with indubitable evidence and unan-
swerable arguments. that the origin,
traditions and records OF the country
all verifyethe conclusion that the Con-
stitutiof Vas made by the States, any
Radical would answer, and imagine II
quite sufficient, as the Chicago Tribune
recently answers the eloquent Virginian,
Mr.. Randolph Tucker. He would say,
as the Tribune says:
"Of course. this Is nothing new, That doc
trnp in old, and was worn threadbare Dy mo
Virginia aistractonists before the present nj I.
Tucker loft school. II has been often discussed.
in and out Of Congress: and 1t was Tor four
years discussed by armed forces. and was DO
termined physically and theoretically by the
sword. IL Their, be ono thing more oompliat-
ca!ly detcrnined BY the recent war thal, an
clothed with all the attributes OF nationality,
and armed with all tho powers essential 70 pre-
serve national existence: TINT the An9 Anne, can
not a local political character, owing ma.
tionnl and not a merely local allegiance: that
h9y hGd h cy q nd e p2 nsa s ssns
not as citizens Of any particular township.
county or other geographical or political sub
division Of the United States"
In other words, your true Radical or
Republican, abandons, not only without
regret, but with exultation, the Constitu-
ton which preserves personal and public
liberty, prevents consolidation and re-
cognizes some checks to the arbitrary
authority of his party. He does not
favor Constitution which will not
allow Credit Mobiliers and Pacific Rail-
road subsidies to the amount of millions
on millions in dollars, and millions on
millions in lands, under the pretense Of
Internal Improvements; which will not
permit tariffs of protection for tho benefit
OF manufacturers, while industry starves
when thus paying its heavy tributes; or
taxes, without equality or uniformity or
the confiscation Of private property for
public use, without compensation to the
owner. Your Radical or Republican
does not want the voluntary, reasonable
and free Constitution Of the Fathers, u
law Of equality and freedom, and how
to organize and preserve them; the work
Of Washington, Mason, Jefferson and
Madison, and their renowned and noble
compeers. Ho delights In supposing
that mems convictions have been set
tied by the force OF muskets and can
non, and by the superior numbers Of
combatants, and that he lives in u
Union under q Constitution with a bayo-
net thrust through it, as the only binding
ligament of the adhering parts. He AYERS
that the minds Of the country, in its
philosophy or craftsmanship, have had
nothing to do with our present Consti-
tuition, but that it is scroll which was
found on the battle fields OF great
war between the Northern and South
ern sections Of the United States, and
brought to the footstool Of Radical
power on the edge Of s,coyd.
This is the doctrine Of consolidation,
third termism, elective monarchy, i'm
porialism, destruction Of States, person
atty in administrative patronage and
power, mere party will as the rule Of
government instead Of rigid constitu-
tional laws, tho tyranny Of a majority,
the cnslavement Of q minority, and
finally the doctrine which inevitably
leads to ultimate revolution and blood,
and to irrevocable disintegration.