New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-02


The slaviah Democratic press Of Louisi.
ana-those willing wearers of the dog col
lars of Tammany Hall-have not one word
20 say 1t the failureof the House Of Repre-
sentatives to concur in Mr.. Boey's amend
ment for mail subsidy to Brazil. The ap-
preparation had passed the Republican SEN
ate without opposition; 1t would have fed
thousands Of mouths, and scattered hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars along the
Mississippi valley, had it become law;
but the Democratic House of Representa-
tives crushed the scheme as Futhlessly as
the OK the sparrow's egg, and another
promise of relief to our people was lost
through Democratic treachery.
Congressman Ellis constituents may say:
"What care we for the miserable appropria-
toni Did we not secure an amendment to
the army bill, in Banning's committee, for
bidding the recognition of Packard There
are q million dollars worth of offices alone
depending on Nichols recognition" This
is the view of the local Democracy, and to
them satisfactory one; and the CONNER
cial interests of the city may as well stay
bucked and gagged, for they have no rights
save when the ward bummers accord them.
The Mansfield Reporter, which wears it's
collar loosely of late, in its issue of Febru-
airy II gives its party some plain talk:
1t would appear from all the indications
that the Texas Pacific bill is failure 30
far, and it is yet impossible to attach the
blame of the failure to any party in partic-
al a h
ern Democracy and Mr.. Tilden's friends
would come in for large share of censure
1t would be an exceedingly disagreeable
alternative to charge that the failure was
due to the want OF ability or interest mani
tested by Southern Representatives in Con-
gresp, and yet it would be unjust not to as
sumo that they have failed to discharge
their duty to their section, either from want
of force or ability, or from timidity as poll
ticians. 1t will be hard to satisfy their
Democratic constituency that they did not
have strong case, and one that called
forth all their energies. 1t will be still
harder to satisfy them that political reasons
in the interest of the National Democracy
were sufficient to leave in allegiance the
great rights of the South in this great
Southern enterprise for q more convenient
season.
The bitter antagonism to Southern car
pet-bag misrule and Radical oppression
may be and remain long time as q sue.
cessful rallying cry for q union of Southern
and Northern Democrats against the Re
publican party of the nation, but the time
will come speedily when this cry will cease
to be the shibboleth of power in the land,
and when the South can afford no longer 10
allow her great sectional interests to be the
shuttlecOck Of national political parties.
We ask nothing but scanty justice for our
selves, and If the national Democracy can
not afford to grant it to ne, then it is our
duty to ally ourselves with any party, BY
whatever name or station which can afford
to do so, and not injure its gaUzy reputation
by simple act of Justice.
The failure Of Congress, with seventy
Democratic majority, to pass the Pacific
bill either with or without the branches,
looks very scaly to us. We never looked
for or expected anything from the Repnb-
iicans, whom We regarded as our bitter
personal and sectional enemiee; but when
our friends either can not or more possibly
will not do anything for our material in
terest, it is time the South had changed
her representative men in Congress, and
if no better can be found, then God help
US. Hope deferred makeCh the heart sick,
and with sickness will come 8 great revo-
luton in political sentiment