The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
A Clio lad Over the Cresccnt.

'~ss '"~S W s"S S'VSVcHc wy, WHICH
like the marks on the white hands {
lady Macbeth, cannot be removed b.
the briny tears ofrepentancc. 1t wa
not enough that the fair reputation o
New Orleans should DO stained will
murder, few months ago; but nov
tho same lawlcs mob, march up agair
to tho pole, and in tho very face O
tho law, perpetrate tho same disgrace
ful outrages. Tho city prcss--or nj
least some portion Of it, give coun.
tcnance to this violence, and wc find
the following strain Of exultation in
dulgcd in.
In tho fullncss, dear fellow citizens.
OF m cxul'aton most cordial, we 80.
lute you and that honest and desiciyo
victory which you have just won
Brothers. you have done your
duty you have done it well, most
lnanf''lly, most American.like.
Children ola great name. You to
whom it is lcnial and you to whom
it has become native, in true adop-
ton! Sons of this solo soil, and not
mere vagabonds Of patriotism We
hail your genuine love of country,
your true flame of liberty. that rallies
upon the law, knows freedom in its
authentic rules, aud understands and
will to tho last defend it, as no gift, no
mere windfall, no present no boon, no
benefaction, but Your own old birth
right, which none at homo nor abroad
shall wrest from you!
Shame Shame " cries every hon.
est man and true patriot. It is hu.
initiating to us all, that any press, can
be found in this State, to gloss over in
such terms, tho acts Of violence 80
fresh in thoir horrors before us. They |
furnish blood stained page in tho
history Of our State, that never can
be- washed out by attonement
Is this to be tho result Of popular
elections, and the exercise Of the cleo.
be franchise? If 80, tho sooner tho
country is turned over to desperadocs
the murder loving mob, the very
cstcrings .of tho corrupt times, the
'etter No good citizen will endan.
,er his life by going to the polls, when
10 knows that ono Of the two parties,
'ill be offended by his voting, and no
nay loose his life.
We know not how such condition
f society could DO brought about ;
Certainly it cannot DO the result Of ,
forts to reform abuses, for it is we'll
nown that evils do not correct evils, i.
nd wrong cannot justify wrong. All
lch reformers rs expect to work
hange, with tho knife and the pistol
'nnot expect-if they have common ,
,nsc and reason about them, to &C. :.
'mplish any thing good. Suppose i,
lat mob did take possession of v
ouse at the corner Of St. Joseph and n
choupitoulas streets, and did assail q
'acible citizens going to the tho il
bird Ward Precinct, with brick bats 9,
ID other misscls Was not the a,
altitude in the street looking for d
of this sort? And were c,
cy not all armed in defiance of law? pr
Then were they not participants in
g riot ? n
Such a condition of things cannot
t long; alike base are all concerned o.
them, whether they act on the de- a.
sivc or offensive. If there be any =.
ret organization to lend aid to this =,
cics of rowdyism, it must have a !.
y brief and cphcmcral existence !;
when the ring1caders succeed in
uring places Of profit to themselves,
II it must inevitably fall to pieces. qu
rg-"Earn you money before you '''
nd it" this is horncly adage.- ~