New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-09-21

time, party capital for the North has been
allowed to be periodically supplied by the
evil passions and .vieioua dispositions OF
the very worst class of our Southern
people-men who instinctively dread the
law when its majesty is firmly and regu-
larry asserted, but who are rather aroused
| and instigsted by the futile display oil
armed force, and who laugh at moral
suasion. In view of all those things, we,
at the South,
Have Not Been Impressed
with the wisdom or good conduct OF
Northern statesmen, especially in matters
about which they seem to know nothing,
and in which they have refused to be
aided or counseled by those Qualified to
deal with them
Thus have given you little insight
into the troubles of the Southern Repub-
licans, and you see that President Hayes,
from our point of view, is far from being
alone responsible. But at present, we
have another and still
More POrtentOns Cloud
gathering over us, for which President
Hayes is not at all responsible. We hear
1t announced finally, as the policy and
purpose of the Republican party to aban-
don us as useless allies, concede a solid
South to the Democracy, and array solid
North to meet it,
Aud here my dear sir, pardon me some
words of eandor and sobernesss. The
Republican party, from the first inaugu-
ration Of General Grant to this time,
while ostentatiously national in profess
ions, has been, as / have shown above,
rigidly
Sectional in its Practices.
And now it is proposed to sectionalize
it completely. What are we Southern
Republicans to dos Many of our leaders
have been, for more than twenty years.
boldly denouncing sectionalism and hero
ically struggling Tor national sentiments
and principles. Standing squarely upon
nationality, they denounced the growing
seetionalism of the secession Democracy
before the war, maintained their ground
as best they could during the war, and
arose upon their feet at its close still
deeper grounded in their faith. Aud now.
after having maintained this contest for
so many years, they seem about 10 find
themselves awkward appendages to a
party completely and avowedly sectional.
Are you surprised that the Republican
party at the South stands paraIyzed. and
as if among enemies in the house of its
friends This proposition to elect Re-
publican President in 1880 by strictly
sectional vote,
Is There Nor Danger EnIts
Neither the Northern nor the Southern
people have forgotten 1860 Conceding
how great misfortune it would be to
elect q Democratic President by a solid
South and divided North, are there not.
nevertheless, thousands of moderate men
in both sections who might consider ii
still more hazardous to elect President
b. strictly sectional vote? do not be-
lieve the Northern people VIII allow it to
be done. What then is the hope of the
national Republican party but to 90
about repairing the errors of it's own
Southern policy" and thereuaon call on
the President to reform his also If he
should refuse, the responsibilities of the
future may then be easily located. at
present, in the view of Southern Repuhli-
cans, they are much divided.
But you disclose to me that you have
New Hope.
You say in your letter, that you are ga
National, with thousands of former GOOD
Ohio Republicans" and you do me the
honor to express the wish that you could
enlist me 'sin behalf of the new party.
like the name exceedingly well Il
sounds like note of refuge to the ears Of |
disconsolate Southern Republicans. But !
you will allow that their experience of The |
difference between the professions and the
practices Of political parties has not been
assuring. Suppose. for the various rea-
sons above stated, and for others, they |
give up all hope from the Republican |
party, and throw themselves upon he
bosom Of this new party, are they to be
yassals, or are they to be peers r.
What Are It's views
upon the various modes of enforcement
above discussed-the military mode 81
moral suasion, and the intelligent. ener-
getic operation by the executive depart-
ment Of the machinery Of Justice through
the established tribunals Of the countssV +?
With these questions enthusiastically an
sWered, and good faith assured, / feel
entirely confident in saying that the
South could be made, before 1880, more
solid For the National Parry
han for the Democratic. The Republic
cans, II they are to be abandoned to DEM
ocratic solidity, would be likely to 20 to
he new party almost en- n1dsse. Many Of
he old Wings and Union Democrats.
who have been driven to the secession
Democracy as q choice Of evils would be
swift to embrace an honest opportunity
o break from political association
which has all the while, been distastefllI
md CALLING TO them, and Is becoming
more and more so. They would be elad
o see new party Of bread, National