New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

parts that are new 20 less than the parts
that are old. The moral and national pros
perity Of the Southern States eHn be most
eftectually advanced by q hearty and gem
erous recognition of the rights of all, by
ala recognition without reserve or sx-
oeption. With such = recognitien fHlly
accorded, 1t will be practicable to promote,
By the influence Of all legitimate agencies
Of she general government the efforts OF
the people of these States TO obtain for
themselves the blessings Of honest and
capable local government. If elected
shall consider 1t not only my duty, but il
will be my ardent desire. TO labor for the
attainment Of this end. Let me assure my
countrymen of the SoHthern States that
shall be eharged with the
duty of organizing an administration,
it will be one which will regard and
cherish their truest interesss-the interests
of the white and c0lored people both, and
equally; and which will put forth its best
efforts in behalfof q civil pohicy which will
wipe out forever the distinction between
North and SoHth in our common country.
With civil service organized upon a sys-
tenn which will secure purity, experience,
efficiency and economy, strict regard for
the public welfare solely in appointments,
and the speedy, thorough, and unsparing
prosecution and punishment of all public
officers who betrsy official trusts with a
and free to all; with simplicity and tru-
gality in public and private affairs; and
With a fraternal spirit of harmony per-
vading the people of all sections and Glasses,
we may reasonably hope that the second
century of our existence as q nation will,
by the blessing of Goo, be pre-emineat as
an era of good feeling. and period of pro-
gress, prosperity and happiness"
Those Southern Republicans who are dis
satisfied with what Is called ''DarpetbaR"
government had neither the need nor the
disposition to look elsewhere than to the
writer Of those words for remedy. In bis
election to the presidency they had q firm
assurance of it. They foressw under his
administration a reformed Republican par
ty, reinforced in every Southern State by
white men of property, intelligence and
character, and comprising the best part of
the remains of the old Wing party that lin
ger there. They perceived the approach of
day in the near future when the Presi-
dent would retake into his own hands the
control of the Federal Offices in the
South, and exclude from his councils
the men who have abused them. It
was precisely this which impelled the
rash and cruel acts of violence that
were committed in the Democratic interest
in the intimidated Louisiana parishes. 1t
was because the most rash and unscTupu-
lous Democrats knew that the Republican
vsts of Louisiana would not lessen itself by
the voluntary detection of members of the
Republican party, that they determined to
lessen it by violence; and carried out their
lawless determination. The very same
spirit of intense partisanship which has
led some Democrats on the Pacific coast to
commit fraud upon the electoral vote of
Oregon, induced others in the Gulf States
to resort to force to repress and defeat q
free expression of the popular will. Phei
WIG q
reform. They were unwilling to accept re.
form from the hands of the Republicans.
They were determined that it should come
only through Democratic channels, and in
! order to open those channels they used in
/ timidation.
do not believe that the Democratic
party will Justify the deeds of its lawless
and violent members in Louisiana, when
the evidence of them is spread before the
| country. see signs of the growth of So
briefly among its leaders. 1t is noticeable
IN the very report of the Democratic CON-
mittee who we're present with us in New
Orleans, which does not attack the decision
of the Returning Board upon the evidence,
but upon legal technicalities, impeachment
of motives and assaults against character.
| 1t is noticeable in the upright and honor
able course of the great majority of the
! Democratic Senators, under the lead OF
Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, whom desire to
mention with high respect in regard to the
abrogation of the twenty-second joint
| rule of Congress. 1t is manifest in q
1 belief fast spreading among Democrats
everywhere, and especially among the
cooler Democratic leaders of the South, that
Governor Hayes, righteously elected and
inaugurated President of the United States,
will have the disposition and the power to
remove all causes of dissatisfaction with
the Federal administration in the Southern
States, and will steadily pursue a policy
| which will promote the rapid return OF
prosperity to that section and to the whole
country. What is now doubt on the part
of many of Mr.. Tilden's recent supporters
| whether as President he possibly could
| suppress that element in his party which
committed these acts of violence in Louis
lana and of deceit in Oregon, will T1pen intC
conviction before the fourth of March, anC
reconcile them to their political defeat as
public blessing. Still quicker, perhaps
might be the reconciliation if the whole
Louisiana case could meanwhile be submit
ted by Congress to the revision Of the Su
preme Court of the United States, who's
serene and impartial Judgment, feel per
feet confidence, would confirm in the mos
solemn manner, and to the fullest exten
the award by which fraud and force have
been rebuked. deeply regret the detea
of the proposition of Senator Edmunds 70
such a submission, and hope that the Ia
PREVENTION of that court in some form, as al
arbiter whose decision will command tn
confidence of all men, will result from tn
conferences of the committees of Congress
which now are considering plans for count
ing the electoral vote. The Republican
case in Louisiana needs, on the faote, N
technicality, no apology, no conoealment
nothing but a full and fair examination
for complete and universal aequieseenC
in its results. In conclusion, II
vite your patriotic efforts to combin
the honest men of both parties j
a common endeavor to reach peaceful an
harmonious settlement of the presidents
controversy by such full and fair examinl
ton of the facts. Let us discourage SIR
of blind partisanship. Let us WELDON !
ISOLATION with our political opponents
J every fair investigation. Let us appeal I
their love of country and their sense {
justice not to uphold the wrongs which tn
J black voters of Louisiana have suffered
without first searching the terrible reoor
of the testimony which proves that the n
turns, 80 fair upon their face, were tainte
with fraud and violence, and were falls
expression of the popular will. PresideI
Grant struck the keynote of patriotism
when he declared that "either party ca
afford to be disappointed in the result, bI
the country can not afford to have the +
suit tainted by the suspicion of Illegal {
false returns "-Nei1 York Times.
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