New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-05
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY, AUGUST s. 1875.

army, and refused to vote for Frank BAR,
and would sooner have voted for GRAFT
than Greeley had l been under coMpui-
sion to vote at all. SO am boucoon OF
the striCtest sect YOU see, but yet not such
a tool az to spurn little information from
whatever source. l think you better abe
to inform me on the following points than
any one else, ard therefore 1t ls to yon tlfas
[ appiy: |. What is Mr.. Hunts record and
how does he now stand on the New Orleans
Pacific railroad question? =. Has Mr.
Lnsher ever given any pledge or has he
ever spoken ont frankly as to his position
on the free and lust ctarian school que stior! !!
am going to vote the Democratic ticket
and am going to scratch it. The query
with me is-shall l replace the scratched
name' Very truly, etc, BOURBON.
l. We presume the query in reference to
Mr. Hunts record extends no further than
to his position on the railroad question. We
have never heard any expressions OF
opinion from him, professional or other
wise, upon this subject, yet we will ven
ture to say on behalf of our able candidate
for Attorney General that, being life
long Wing and true Republican, he is
bound to concede to the majority of voters,
w.thou! regard to property qualification,
in any given jurisdiction the right to de-
eide all questions Of policy which can
arise. No other source Of sovereignty ex-
cept the people is known to Mr.. Hunt or
any other Wing or Republican, and the
cnIv way to ascertain the true will OF tits
sovereignty is by means Of the suffrage
Al = f,t =
favor of submitting the question OF the
proposed railroad tax to the people, and
will abide the result. Whether he will
vote to impose the tax or not Te can net
cay. Tha. is question which every voter
must decide for himself. No great prin-
eiple OF government is involved in it. But
to deny the people the right to decide this
question for themselves is virtually to dis
franchise them.
9 Mr.. Lusher has never, so far as we
know, given any pledge on the subject.
nor done anything to satisfy the people
that he is in favor of full, fee and uni
yersal education There is suspicion in
the minds of great many people that the
Democratic candidate thinks a small
amour. of education, confined exclusively
to white children, is sufficient for the gen.
eral herd. Priests, pbyaicians lawyers and
peGagogues are excepted. They can only
be turned out by the academies. and the
Peabody Normal Institute is just the thing
tor this purpose. While he was Superin-
tendent of Education he permitted Mr..
Rogers to keep up the city schools at the
expense of the municipal treasury; but
there was 10 attempt at education in the
country. Nearly all the parish treasurers
took the school money-for political pur-
poses probably-and the Superintendent
took no measures to prosecute them. He
satisfed his conscience by reporting to the
Legislature a year after the larceries that
the money in the country had been eInbez-
zled, and that was the end of it. He never
built up any school system, and it may
reasonably be doubted whether he has any
policy OF the subject of alton worthy
Of the name. He is good academician,
but fails signally, both FROM education and
habit, as Al instructor of the wholo people.