New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-06-02
TRUE REPUBLICAN, POLICY.

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~ The RERUBhsoAE-sillu be-aeqQittsdaof.
vanity in quoting from the ,Philadelphia
Press the paragraph subjoined. 1t is in
our opinion question whether the Re-
publican party shall receive and reopen
the questions which it would seem have
not been settled by the war, or, taking
distinct departure, under the policy
Swallowed in the inaugural of President
Hayes, fight the next battle on the
ground of official competency or national
progress.
We accept the approval of the Press
because that journal is in accord
ance with Hon. Mr.. Randall as to
the importance of national development
to the city of Philadelphia. We have
even thought that Philadelphia made the
electoral settlement through the resOlute
rulings of Speaker Randall, By these he
depressed the obstreperous Beebe and
other parliamentary bulldozers The dis
tinguished editor of the Press has made
tour of exploration along the Texas Pacific
railroad. Mr.. Randall has addressed
letter to Galveston, in which he expresses
his conviction of the value of tropical
trade. Here, then, are these statesmen
opposite in their political opinions, united
in their convictions in regard to the ma
tional policy Of the government. Sincerely
doSiriny kba ;I1;,,SkaE,Ia 1rvaA;oo ~ Al -
American Union, and convinced that no
government can exist when its people are
divided by antagonisms of interest or
prejudice, We prefer the Hayes policy Of
honesty and progress to that of any eD-
tremist proposing to reopen the sectional
ISSUES of 1S60-65.
President Hayes represents Western
ideas. They are neither those of the North
or the South. The West will command
the peace of the Union. 1t will not per-
NIT the equilibrium of the Union to be
disturbed by the seuf1e between the ex-
tremists, but will along the keel of the
Union, the Mississippi valley, maintain a
solid stability throughout the whole vessel.
1t is only necessary to regard the ratio of
numerical and representative gain of the
several states to see that after 1880, the
West can control every department of the
Federal government. We must, therefore,
for the sake of the union of the Republican
party be able to maintain and illus
trste its principles for another term of
eight years, after which the Union will be
immutable and eternal.
The REPUBLICAN, appreciates the COM
pliment of notice, yet it would not feel
justified in repeating the quotation that
follows were il not for the substantial in
dorsement by leading Republican organ
at the North. 1t is of Importance to our
fellow-citizens in taking position to keep
the national Republican party in the as
cendant, and in maintaining the harmony
of the Union throughout all its sections.
We extract from the Philadelphia Press
of May %:
If the few Republican papers who are
still assailing President Hayes! concilia-
tory policy in the full knowledge that he
is taking the only course left to him,
would copy and remember the following
sensible suggestions in the View Orleans
REPUBLICAN, the organ of our party in the
Southwest, it would be better for them
and for their readers, and it would not
hurt il at the same time they admitted the
fact that they criticise the President at a
safe and sure distance, while the New Or
leans REPUBLICAN, published in the midst
of an extreme Southern community, en-
courages him by honest and healthy adj
vice:
"The only practical questions before
the country are the reform of the civil SER
vice and the equal national appropriation
for the development of every section OF
the Union. If President Hayes shall head
the Republican movement for this pur-
pose it will be q declaration of policy
which can not be executed in a single
term, and may require demand from the
West and South that he should reconsider
any expression of purpose to decline re-
election at the expiration of. his present
term. The imputations on his personal
and party conduct, and the paramount
importance of placing the national pro
gress upon an impartial and consisteni
basis, may affect greatly the political pro,
gramme of the next four years. We shall
not claim the merit of having been the
first to suggest the propriety of this
step, which must depend upon, it
results. With, however, the unsettled
state of party relations, the general dis
banding Of political forces, and. tbs
importance of makeup adequate t.
the welfaEe of the nation, we a1e- con
WINGED that: l. The Republican part,
should present first rate personnel. 2
That it SHOULD unite the cooperation o
the Conservatives. g. That it should as
sist the development of the policy OF tn
present administration, and mainkain it q
successful result or to 3 continued de
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