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

hia constitutional Peg0oou0S anu OoCic
with great gravity that he could NOT nn0
the constitution any authority Tor ines
reconstruction measures. a. NO co.i'
find authority for the jurisdiction OF
oourt to enforce the collection Of . prom
;ssorv note, or prevent by injunction
tie Infringement of . patent right
But he could see quite clearly into tn.
future, and gave his party North and Soutl
prophetic assurances that the day was NO
far distant when the time honored princ'
ples of the great Democratic party wouif
come into ascendency, when the wrongs
the South would be righted, and the gov
eminent be administered according to IN.
constitution! And thus has the South sui
fered herself to be deluded and hum ougget
by these shallew frauds called Democratic
leaders and Statesmen. Louisiana to-day
ready to tumble into the abyss, is hangin.
on these rotten sticks. How long, y, Lore
how lonei No, this Democratic twaddl'
won't do. The reconstruction measures, thu
corstitu tiOnal amendments, the enforce
ments acts were the necessary Outgrowth o.
the revolution through which the country
was passing. You can no more look To-
authority ia the lines of written constltu
ton for such results than you can lind II
books of chemistry or mathematics rules Il
regulate the explosion of . steam engine!
They were not designed to oppress tn,
South; they were intended to secure ant
protect all, not to deny or abrldge int
rights of any. What was the North, speak
ing through the Republican party, to d
under the circumetances3 Abandon tht
SOutEf 1t is hardly candid In any man tt
say this. / think you will look in vair
through history to fad an example OF more
moderation in the exercise Of the power d
the cOnQuerOr over the conquered tran was
displayed by the North 1T the end OF the
war.
1t might, consistently with public Law
and the usages of war, have levied as &c
indemnity upon the property of the sece
ding States the whole expense Of the war
1t might have reduced these States to ter
ritorial condition and held them indefinitely
under the strong hand of military power
1t might have eniranchised the freedmen,
and DISTINGUISHED all whites who partici
pated in the rebellion. But instead VI
making Southern property pay the expenses
of the war, they put down simply IN the
constitution that 1.-THE public debt should
not be questioned" relying upon the South
ern people to contribute only their share OF
taxes levied in common for the discharge Of
the public burdens caused by the war. In
stead of making any discrimination against
the ex-COnfederates, with the rare excep-
ton of few of thu leaders who have never
been punished in any way, all we're recog-
nized in the full rights OF citizenship, and
by the fourteenth amendment, wherein it is
declared that all persons born or natural
lied in the United States are citizens Of the
same, and shall be entitled to the equal pro-
lection Of the laws and to equal rights, the
broadcast amnesty was enacted that was
ever known in history. Instead of red ucing
these States to q territorial condition and
depriving them of political power, they
treated them as States on the equal basis
with themselves, and thus made it possible
for the seeded States not only to Cypress
and iniure the Unionists and freedmen of
the South, but with their los votes in the
national House of Representatives, and
their l3S votes in the electoral college, they
have made it possible for you, with the rs
sistance of very few votes from the
North, to elect the President of the United
States, to get possession of both branches
Of Congress, to give the administration it's
men and measures, and thus control the
policy of the government in the future.
And yet we constantly hear of the injus-
tice and oppression practiced toward the
South
THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES.
The same old parties are again in the
field confronting each other, the one asking
TO Re perpetuated in power, and the other
asking that it shall be restored to the power
which it lost ia 1860. The Republican party,
which represented the North in the great
struggle through which the
country has passed, the author and friend
IT all those measures which have come as
! result of the war, makes its appeal to the
holding up lis past record as a
IN "a nj 90 nf dol in {,,t,r
Isks that it be continued in power until
hose measures shall b. placed beyond re-
'al. The Democratic party, which stood
opposed to the Republicans in all the stages
II that struggle, the enemy of all the meas
Tres that have come of the war, asks that
is past record ehall be forgotten, making
he humiliating confession that it has all
he time been wrong and its opponents
light, and from all that appears in its plat
orm. proposes hereafter to carry out Re-
.ublican principles the same as Repub-
leans themselves: Now, gentlemen of the
outh, eli her this is true or il ia not. If the
Democrats propose to administer the ma
lonal and State governments on the basis
t Republican principles-if there is no
Inference between the parties respect
lg these questions which SO vitality
fleet Southern sOciety why should South |
IN people he disposed 20 support one
arty rather than the other9 1t the object |
the same, who not accomplish it through |
ne Republican party, the author and friend |
the reconstruction measures! That party |
certainly in a better position 10 help the |
outh to a solution and final determination
all these disturbing questions than is
10 Democratic party. But the answer |
,mes that there are other differences be-
veen the parties which incline the South
} the support of the Democratic party.
ne main one that nave heard is that the
party is the friend of the South,
Id IT 1t comes into power will assist in the
7erthrow of ''carpet-bag tyranny" Right
ere, gentlemen of the Dem Jcratic party,
~ let out the secret that is to-day array
g the whole North against you. The
emocratlc party is not sincere. Expert
zee, nature and philosophy rise up to ac-
Use it, The plan is too transparent. II
70 not succeed. All these professions of
'vOtion to Republican principles which
we received SO often the popular sanction
to make them appear settled questions
g mere expedient to obtain power. The
lrpose is when power ia obtained to pro
ed to carry cut the views and principles
the Democracy, rs they have been here
fore held. That is, they will adopt such
dictionary legislation as will agaia arouse
e suspicious and indignation of the whole
,rth and bring down upon the SOath all
g evils OF renewed agitation of these
d questions, invite further interference in
ur local affairs, and perhaps in the end
I'd to the reduction of the reconstructed
ates to permanent military Territories; for
ese reconstructed governments are only
,ans to ends, and are still claimed by the
miuant party to be under the authority
Congress
Ii might indeed precipitate another war,
lose consequences would be more disas-
,us than those of its predecessor. l am
{ an al armist, nor fond of sensations; but
there Is a secret purpose 10 this COnfed-
Rte Democratic alliance to capture the
of the country for such pur-
Sos as have mentioned, l warn you that
it succeeds the worst consequences will
NE upon you. think know the North.
1 naania and yAu mistaka their charac- |