New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-24

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more and no less than that the Demo-
cratic House should employ ''the bitter
little that of life remains" to secure
to his Demo cratic friends the possess
sion of the governments of Carolina
and Louisiana. The particular pro-
cess recommended was the defeat
of the army and navy appropriations.
This proposition was mere demonstra-
ton of party hatred. 1t is very easy
thing to say that appropriations shall be
stopped, but when it is known that per-
haps ninety cents on every dollar appro-
priated by Congress is handled or drawn
through New York and other capital
cities, while nothing comes to Southern
cities, it can not be expected that Mr..
Cox, of Ohio, should be as Indifferent to
the vote of money as Mr.. Ellis, Of New
Orleans. An attempt to dissolve the
Union by impairing the ability of the gov
eminent to execute the law would have a
larger effect than a man angry and disap-
pointed would perceive. Banker Belmont,
the Democratic leader in New York,
would explain to his irascible friends that
such a manifestation of sectional hos
tility tends to affect the value Of Ameri-
can securities and currency at home and
abroad. Even Mr.. Tilden might assure his
friend, Mr.. Hewitt, that the interruption
of ,Nroduotio,e opd iptarpo1 noroyoaroa bx
a sectional war might send railroad and
other stocks up or down to the prejudice
of holders and dealers.
Such would be the expressions of Dem
ocrats representing capital and industry,
did they consider the proposal of Con-
gresham Ellis anything more than let
ting off the surplus power by an ocean
steamer Just moored from tedious and
tempestuous voyage.
Tried by practical test, the proposal of
Mr.. Ellis was so futile of effect as to
scarcely require remonstrance or refuta-
ton. The law, which the Democracy has
not attempted to repeal, authorizes the
President to summon the militia of any
State. and even to call upon such militia
officers as may be in his opinion neces-
sary to enforce the laws. This has been,
as we understand from the public prints,
provided for. The authorities of several
principal States stand ready to comply
with such emergency as may arise from
the surrounding complications. Should
Congressman Ellis, however, have sue
ceeded in reducing the army and
navy of the United States, by
failing to provide the means
necessary to maintain and move them,
what would be the result? The great
States which called out their militia and
sent them equipped to the front may do
the same again. Every State in the Union
knows that any advances made in defense
of the Union will be promptly reimbursed,
and we may anticipate that the troops
would be furnished the executive in this
case as it has been done heretofore. The
abandonment of all hope that the Demo
cratic Congress will give dollar to oui
railroad or levee shows that Congressman
Ellis has lost his temper. The expecta
ton that rebellion will triumph through
inability of the nation to suppress i
shows how wrath will sometimes obscur
reason. Notwithstanding the applause
with which the proposal to cripple tn
government was received, the more coo
and calculating Democracy of the Nortl
have not responded with their approval.