The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-09
AN ENEMY Or THE SOUTH.

| The bitter denunGiatlons of The people OF
the South which have recently appeared In
the New York sun give evidence OF a ma
lignant hatred for which IL is difficult TO ac~
count, but which Ia plainly manifest 30 every
one who reads the newspaper over which Mr..
Dana exercises absolute control. The New
York Tribune and Tintea and Chicago htter-
Ocean and Tribune are not more bitter and
recklessly unjust 10 the South nowadays
than Is tho Sun, and In reading tho articles In
that paper denunolatory of the Democracy.
denuncatory Of the South and denunoiatory
Of Grant. ono 10 apt to think that Mr.. Dana
Ia mad with everything and everybody With
out much regard 10 facts or consistency We
append a few paragraphs from lengthy arti-
clio In Its Issue of the fifth Instant, which will
serve TO show the lengths II Is willing TO go
In order 10 iniure tho Democratic party and
mallgn the South:
The political situation Of 1890 is not that of
1879. I he last vesilge Or carpet bag rule In The
Sympathy for people afflicted as the citizens
Of Louisiana. Missl ssippi aud Routh Carolina
we're had great deal to do with Republican
dlsHffeetion at the North from 1874 to 1876.
The nlRcrity with which Southern Democratic
leaders responded to tho oyerturos Of Hayes
Republicans to sacrifice Tden for. the State
thus splldifying the Senth--made very un-
favorable IMPRESSION on Northern lndepondent
democrats. Having got possession OF their
State governments which undoubtedly be-
longed e them. and which would have been
tho people OF Louisiana and South Carolina
have not met tho EXPECTATIONS Of their Northern
friends. The tissue ballot frauds OF South Chr
lima were inexcusabla. but election frauds are
not peculiarly Southern product. kepudia-
ton. however, just now appears y be altogether
ir.N atuf IN Tnln
sec aud. Virginia have inflicted greater injury
upon themselves and the Democratic party
from me- TO hold the whole Southern people
responsible for these local evsnls; These
shaping tho politics Of to- day.
The national Democratic party would have
been but slightly Injured BY thee compare
y TRIVIAL eyens nsa '6e emo a a ae
81 reform. That large and rapidly growing
element. IN the politics of to-day-th men who
ally ally conclude H that il the pemocraiio majority 10
Congress dsregards it's reform professions
q Democratic administration would DO likes ise
Southern Congressman lament the fact that
they are overrun with applicants for office. A
considerable psrct ntaRe OF their constituents
Impoverished by the war without eapaci Tor
business pursuits and untitled for manual
labor look to state or national govern ments
| for their support. These things. insignificant
rs they are, have led very large and inteli-
| gent class of people to believe that n Demo-
| cratic administration WonI1 Do p0WBFIehA 10
eff ct reform, becaus e the Democratic machine
would BIO no IMPROVEMENT on the kepubltcan
machine, Then. again, almost every seheme for
ths prefllgate expenditure of tho public money
has been ehampioned by Southern Democrats
and II successful If was by their votes. Fotfnn-
atelg for the country. such mo1nstrous swindles
rs the Texas and Pacific and the Brazilial mall
| subsidies have been defeat by continuation
Of the best elements OF It'll parties The river
and harbor appropriations. which grew to
| gigantic proportions under Republican aus-
| piees have grown larger since the Democrats
| took charge OF the public purse. But q cor
| poral's guard OF Southern and Northern ID mo-
| crats have had The. courage TO resist these
| shameful bills. Northern Democra g. as q rule.
have been as greedy for large appropriations
their districts ~ their Sou harm collsagles.
| Republicans and Democrats unite and by dis
graceful logrolliug millions are. annually
squandered upon so, called national improve
ments.
| Little by little the Democratic majority in
Congress has been drifting away from the re-
| form policy which. 10 OBJ .dioncs to popular de-
maad was 20 worthily begun In 1874. The vast
| reduction in national expenditures, which tho
Democratic House OF the Forty-Iourlh Con-