The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-12-27
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distribution Of the spoils Of office, and
however embittered the hatred may
be that turning out" engenders; still
if there be any patriotism in the land,
j. must be secretly celebrating to 1t
uniting all parties III silent admiration
when one single arm steps forward, to
fearlessly reveal in dignity of manhood
the fostering ulcers, and putrefactions
of the body polite. There are some
men in the Republic yet unbought-
some who have the moral courage to
face the enemy, though he WELD abso-
lutte authority "by purchase" and can
decaptate without the form of law
We like to hear of rebellion, and see a
fepc stout hands and firm hearts, uni
ted Ggainst the many. Were there
not some such men in the government
the ship of State would 60 to pieces
on the breakers aud be fleeced by the
pirates on board her
We admire the noble stand of Mr..
Gayerre, before what is denonllnated
by hirelings, the democracy OF New
Orleans" and though his position is
at present an unpopular one, with the
multitude, yet he stands upon the firm
and stable platform of honest convlc-
ton and truth from which no man
has yet been driven by a mob Of mis-
| called democrats.
Look upon the picture as it is, Of
the late election ia New Orleans, and
see it as it is. and then join in the
voice Of Gayarre's denounciation, on
the gambling mountebanks, who have
ran free omuibusses, and bought the
ignorant and corrupt multitude OF New
Orleans Republicans" at three dol
lars and six bits head. Do not think
the picture over drawn, when it is re
presented that New Orleals-the
heart of the State of Louisiana is al
this moment a more debased and cor
rupt theatre, than the stage Of ancient
Pompeii when in an hour she wa:
blotted from the fair face OF creation
We heartily endorse the following
from Mr.. Gayarre's address:
I'VE are not to suffer dlone from
this state of degradation, and the III
fiction will spread from this sink o
putrefaction to the most distant re-
gions. what" says the poor exile
who fled from the scourge of despot
ism, and came to our shore, broker
hearted, but with the hope that his
dropping spirits would revive at the
sight of our virtues and the harmoni
GUS working of our institutions: as
this the model Of republic a.! Is this
self-government the popular govern
ment the peoples administration
established under the most favorable
circumstances, while the smile ofheav-
en- and earth upon it, and when it has
to contend with no other obstacles thau
those which arise from the impertec-
tons of our human nature. Have We
been all this time, in Europe, indu}g-
ing in wild dreams which can never
be converted into realities Is this
the state Of things, we pIoduce by sub
verting existing governments! Is il
to give observation-disclosures
tailabIe power-apparently, in tht
name Of the people, but in truth, with
out their action, consent or. co-opera
ton whatever, and though corrupt
means, to ignorance, rasesiity and eff
frontery If we must have, by the
DEGREES Of faith, a foot on our breast
better .he satin clad one Of the prince
Or the queen than that of the scaven.
ger, enclosed in its dirty, straw stuffed
wooden shoe. It weighs and stinks
less. Better be the property Of The
monarch with an ancestry Of a thous
and years-of him who was heralded
Into this world, at his birth, with al
the pomp Of royalty, than be the newer