The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-02
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II seems TO be- the aim Of the inde-
pendent press not to be impartial IN Its
discussions, but to be one day on one
side OF question and the following day
on the other aide Of IL. This the iDde-
PENDENT press fancies to be the height
of human wisdom and judicial emf
hence. We can understand that high
and generous Independence which re-
cognizes error In any and oil parties
and fearlessly strikes at 1t wherever 1t
erects its front. But for that indepen-
dence which ignores all party obliga-
tions, and all principles. and plays the
role OF Capt. Dalgbetty, or the free
lance, we have very little respect.
The Times Processes To be- IN inde-
pendent journal, but its Independence
seems 10 consist In hostility to tho
Democratic party which 1t cannot
assert and only partially smothers.
Yesterday It printed an editorial,
headed "Tildcn and the South, which
would have adorned the columns of
the Republican. It was simply an elab-
grafton OF that plank In the Republican
platform which says
We therefore note with deep solieitude that the
Democratic party counts. ns tts ohlet nope ot
success upon the electoral vote 81 n united
South secured through the efforts Of those vine
were recently arrayed nsainst ihe patton. M I.
we invoke the earnest attention of tho country
to tho grave truth that suecess tii!is aehleveo
would reopen sectional strife ana impetil M
tional honor and human rights.
Tilden was the first choice oil the
South. the Times tells us, and was there
fore nominated; the Democratic party
counts chiefly upon the South for sue
cess line upon line and precept upon
precept against this unfortunate situa-
ton, we are told has availad nothing.
and the only thing left is TO sry to gain
a victory upon this bcfly selected
ground. And 80 this ieurral. wiser
than the whole Democratic party, is not
satisfied with the result Of the ut. Louis
Convention and becomes the accuser OF
the Democratic party rs u sectional
Southern party. Itoverlooks the fact that
the Republican party has promulgated
a sectional platform, and that il ma
iorjty OF the people OF the North vote
for that platform. they must do so be-
cause they are sectional In their feel
ings and sentiments: and that since the
Democratic Convention has promul-
gated d national platform, those who sup
port It. whether they be Southern or
Northern men. IRE national men, Union
men, supporters OF the indivisible Re-
public. RI tho Democratic party,
as the Times says, relies upon only
three or four Northern States, and
counts for the rest upon the Southern
States, which section and which party
haze made the sectional issuep Not the
South, as the Times intimates, not the
Democratic party. us the Times In
sinuates; but the Republican party,
which, almost In the language OF the
Times. has issued Its proclamation OF
sectionalism, denouncing the Demo
cratic party simply because Its main
strength lies in the South which the
Republican party has pillaged and des-
plated.
The Times may possess Its soul in pa
tienee. The Democratic party neither
fears its opposition nor courts Its sup
port. The history Of the past eleven
years shows that the Republican party
has been, In that time, the only sec
tional party In the Union, and Its plat
form recently promulgated from Gin
oinnati IS In accord with It's history.
All the bowling of It's virtuous chiefs and
of the New Orleans Times cannot con-
vince reasoning men to the contrary,
nor transfer the responsibility for the
sectional issues which still disturb the
peace OF the country from the Repub-
lican to the Democratic party.