The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-09
sAM cox.
They Dare Not Lower Its White Banner
Of C0nciIiatIOn.

At the celebration Of "the Fourth by
Tammany Hon. ). $. Cox, the orator of the
day, said:
Men will regard this year, 1877, as grimed
With the blacklist fact and the greatest wrong,
because repressing the greatest right pertain
ing 70 our history. They will never cease to
wonder at the forbearanee of the people and
the goodness of God. There is a time when,
4 inquiry be inflicted 1t cannot be forgotten
There. is no Lethe for the outrage. The
barbed shaft ra1kles remedilessly, and
polsons forever. The season of Democratic
Ihis metropolis with its $4,000 majority
associated in this hall under the Democratic
banner, determining greatly by its influence
and members the political administrations
feuelai ana state, was not aud is not insensi-
pic TO the relation of right and fact
New York is nothing II not hospitable. She
wsieomes all men no less than their opinions.
Wltllin her walls She has lately honored even
the slnulacrum of Federal power-the mock
cry OF magistracy. Some of her merchants
nave recently feasted the acting President:
but her people have honored the select organs
on tnelr thought IN the last elections. The
heartiness of the. greeting from the people to
their choice was In remarkable contrast with
the emptiness of the commercial reception.
Had not the Democrats the true majority in
ne , Electoral College, II is argued that the
Electoral Commission decided otherwise,
However doubtful the right of Congress to
delegate to such q body the duty delegated TO
Them, however unwise to give the power away
70 third body, even ii the power to deyolye
Y existed, nevertheless the answer remains
That the question of who was or was not tho
choice OF the Electoral College was never de-
cided ''l Wv
The truth was never declared nor pretended
TO be declared. 1t was ignored, deliberately
and Intentionally. 1t was avoided That
commission ostensibly passed upon the title
only upon certain papers furnished them bv
the President of the Senate. The very lawyers
laughed before the commission and taunted
Its members with seornful sarcasm for the
'ul part they were playing for party su-
81, lacy. The Supreme Court itself was dis
Inized to practice these tricks by sleght
s24-a, nd, which to admire one must not ,rn-
rectep nd" 1t was claimed that we were
'0uIt II led by State rights from inquirng into
NIe ueo : les and false personation of State;
Nv M the election for electors concerns the
iovai only, and not the band of States. What
treets ,cions pretext for those who hold States
ATUfrall by returning boards, United States
le fosshals and Federal troops, and who at the
]. ktie time assumed to be the advocates of
ate J sutfrage
a guy his State and city. he said, have expert
op iced during the past winter similar results |
rom wrongful legislation. These results also
Sprung from overcoming popular representa-
ton. The recent tendency OF legislation has |
been to aggrandize their power In the last |
Assembly there was Republican majority of |
tnlrteen, yet the minority represented a ma |
1ority OF $1,000 more votes than the Renubli- |
cans. Copying from other bad examnles they
began the partisan work of crushing ont the |
voice of this community. WY
But it is said that as the usurpinp Federal |
authority has adopted some excellent policies, |