New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-09-28
A PRIVILEGED ORDER.

Would it not simplify things a
little if our ultra Democratic friends
would declare that those who be-
longed to that class should constitute
a privileged order to whom dispen-
sation and absolution should be
granted for any political act, while
only those not so classified shall be
held to public accountability. Some
writer in the Picayuae thus complains
of the absence of President Hayes
from the seat of government:
Itisa fact that Hayes has been absent
from Washington during the year and q
half that he has been in Office more times
and more days than ever Grant absented
himself in the same length of time. Hayes
has made trips to all sections Of the coun-
try, excepting the Pacific coast He will
have been absent, when he returns from
his present trip, at the end OF this month,
in the neighbarhood Of five months out of
the nineteen he has been in Office This
extraordinary for such is the proper char
acterization Of his absence from the seat
of government, has almost been riyaled
by members Of his Cabinet, notably.
1t has been the practice Of the ex-
ecutive since the days when Wash
ington made what the English cab
ga progress" through the Carolinas
and Georgia in his State chariot, and
every President has awaited himself
of opportunities of official leisure to
perform the service of observing in
person the condition of the country
and the operation of the laws. To
those who really prefer Republican
form of government it, it is crafty
ing to observe the safety with which
our President may, without guard
or ceremonial, travel throughout the
the whole land. To those who really
admire land Of liberty, regulated
by law, it is delightful to contem-
plate the government Of the country
operating like well adjusted ma
chinery, and not requiring the one
mani always at his post to regulate
and control its operations. It is the
grandeat conception Of divine wisdom
that God is everywhere and in all
things and it would be the highest
consummation Of human rule that
the spirit Of law should pervade al
binstitutiona. and never require the
dangerous intervention Of individual
discretion Of a chief ruler to conduct
the political affairs Of the country.
While, however, the Republican
President is thus subject to censnre
for visiting with his family points in
the republic not forty-eight hours
from the seat of government, and in
telegraphic touch at any moment his
presence may DO needed, We have
various Democratic Representatives
il Congress-. some Of whom have
perhaps during their representative
terms been absent from their con-
stituenta as large d proportion 81 The
time as tie President has. Even
during this terrible scourge upon
their Constituents some Of these
Representatives. have only vensured
home long enough to attend d nom
mating Convention, and have Their
fallen back to safe distance from
which they send words and aubacrip.
tiona Of cheer to their stricken
friends. We observe that one 81
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