The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-06

tne Democratic press OF the country will re-
new It's demand for still further reduction
of both the army and navy. These instit,i-
tions are not needed by the country, and exist
ing in any considerable strength. they are a
living danger to the constitution and the
rights of the States Each State should be
able to maintain It's own laws. to repress dis
orders within It's own borders and, in time of
public danger. furnish promptly its quota OF
organized and disciplined soldiers for the
common defense. This can be done and done
only with safety by tho establishment in each
State of q well organized militia.
THE CURSE or NATIONS.
Fifteen years Of Republican administration
have imposed upon the country system of
monopolies which has been tho curse Of every
nation in which 1t has over llourished. The
press has been quite exact In fixing The limit
of tho right Of the people 10 resist tho arbi-
| trary and lnercess exaetions of these corpor-
atlons. Almost without an exception. every
paper have seen has declared that the mel,
had tho right to refuse to work for the wages
offered by tho railroad companies. but that
they had no right 10 prevent others from
working. In n normal condition OF affairs
has the press been so particular In fixing the
limit of the rights Of the working people while
1t failed to note and dcnounce the notorious
facts that the corporations have grown
stronger than tho laws which thcy tranple
upon and defy; that corrupt and subservent
Congresses and legislatures have granted
them unconstitutional anti-republcan and
extraordinary privileges, which they have in
creased by unresisted encroachments. and
now are 10 dominate the commerce of the
country and 10 oppress the working people
II tho strikers exceeded their right under the
laws In preventing their fellows from working
for the wages offered by the companies, 1t is
also true that the corporations are anomalies
IN our government. that they are the cron.
lures of corruption; that they have held
themselves higher than all constitutional au-
thority. and have trampled upon private
rights public justice and common humanity.
And thus has been produced the condition
out Of which spring Instructions and revolu.
tio1s It may be that the strikers overstepped
the boundary Of private rights, but the mon
opolists first disturbed the economy of society.
and diaordered tho natural and healthful rela-
tions between capital and labor. Let the blame
rest upon those who first transgressed the
law, and violated the fundamental principle
of our government and of all free society.
During The last fifteen years corruption,
favoritism sectional malevoence and central
izing policies have disturbed the natural
order of our republican society and intro
duced In our system those obnoxious features
which have In MI times tended to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer, until wealth
has accumulated itself into masses. and pow
erty also In accumulating enough lies impas-
sably separated from It; opposed, tncomm-
nicating, like forces in positive and negative
poles. And the gods of this lower world sit
aloft on glittering thrones, loss happy than
| Epicurus' gods, but rs indolent and impo-
tent while the boundlcss living chaos
OF ignorance and hunger weltcrs terrific
| in dark fury under their feet"
IL IL wonderful, then, that there has been an
outbreak of the people: that ignorance. in
Ilamed by wrong and misery, has risen up
| and lifted it's brawny arm to strike at the
gods whom venalty and false legislation have
created and set up on golden thrones! Who
indeed, will venture, before he drags down
under tho feet of the law and forces into the
observance of the privileges of humanity and
the rights of society the overgrown and
bastard monopolies of the land, to call upon
the law TO consign topublic condemnation and
obloquy the rcvolutionists Of last week? Reyo-
luton, after ALL Is but 'iustice redeemed into
wrath, " and thc.evcnts of last week were a
| revolution.
And IL those events shall result In arousing
Ia, r.
policies adopted by the Republican party, to
the folly of n pernicious tariff which destroys
commerce, and to the political vllainy of
monstrous monopolies which disturb the
order of society and ride down the people, the
millions they have cost the corporations and
the trade of the country will be a cheap price
for the blessings they will confer.
TILDEN's FOLLY.
The riots ought not to have astonished the
DEMOCRAT. During the contest between the
Nichols and Packard governments the DEMO
Graf appealed to the people of Louisiana and
to their representatives to make no conces-
sions to and compromises with the Packard
conspirators. 1t declared that the people of
Louisiana would resist the institution of the
Packard government with arms that thou
sands of good and true men in adjacent
States would rally to their aid and that there
was widespread suffering and discomfort
throughout the North, cngendered by the un-
constitutional and wicked policies of the
Federal government which would provoke
riots and revolution among the working
people of that section, the moment the first
gun was fired in New Orleans, and that our
battle would be fought in Washington, New
York, Baltimore. Chicago and other Northern
cities, as well as in those Of the South.
Perhaps the wisdom Of the President in re-
storing the State governments of Louisiana
and South Carolina, and in withdrawing the
troops from New Orleans and Columbia, has
found its highest exemplfication in the peace
that has reigned in the South, while revolu-
ton red-handed, with knife and torch. swept
through the country.
Poor Iilden, poor Hewitt! Had those chosen
leaders OF mistaken Deonle had tho corra pe