New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-30
TWO DANGEROUS AND SUSPICIOUS
PRlNTERB.

tremOrs paDce runlOrs. No oh""""3'
dread upon going to sleep at night no horrio'e
dreams. no tremulous awakeningS ANA no"
clear. calm, dignified, is the dawn OF the new
politcal morning! What a conscious strength
what n reserved force what quiet, majestic
overture All!
Only once in while, little, feeble city
like Charleston is frightened from her prOpriety
by one weak, lonesome woman. Only in New
Orleans do they now and then encounter and al
most quail before bugbears. POr instance, on
the 10th inst, the First Municipality aud the
Second Municipality and all the Municipalities,
the Mayor and the Council and the Militia, were
thrown into a cold sweat by couple of printers,
who were hauled before Recorder, upon the
charge of being dangerous and suspicious
Mark well that first pregnant word" dan
"gerous {" Two printers dangerous Two
printers dangerous to the Republic of Louisiana
Two printers dangerous to the Southern Confed-
eracy! Two printers, of the cOmPositGr species
threatening to decompose all the compositions of
JefiersOn Davis Well many honors aud COM
pliments have been extended TO printers long be-
fore and since the days of Benjamin Franklin;
but the "twO Printers" of New-Orleans, the
Castor and Pollux of the chnpelS, have surpassed
them all. Sticking Of type, then, is more
t" dangerous" than sticking of men. We always
thought so. But what complexities this case Is,
that these sons Of type had only been employed
by newspapers of the most immaculate ortho-
doxy to "compOse" leading articles beyond
suspicion Of treason. One Of these conclusions
we must arrive at: either these Two Printers
were very hard-heaied and perverse pair not
to be convinced by tn, elOquence and the argu-
ments of the Editors whose lucubratons they
assisted into the world; or the essays and sPecu-
lations of the said Editors were not OF con-
yincpg kind. But the best Of the joke rs to
come.
For. the Two Printe being brought handcufled
and heelcufed, no doubt, into the awful presence
of the New Orleans Magistrate, came swiftly
after them that fierce soldier, the Recruiting
Sergeant Of the First Infantry Of Louisiana, de-
manding these men as his. They nre Two
Printers Mr.. Sergeant" said the Recorder,
with much pOliteness. - Two Dangerous and Sus-
"picious Printers may it please you, Mr.. Ser
Two Printers, be dc she'd :" responded tie OIL
Ger: hey are soldiers Of the State-they are
mine; / want them and i will have them"
| and We suppose he handled his hilt with much
meaning in the motion. The First Recorder at
once yielded to the First Infantry; the Sergeant
marched away with his Two Printers, and the
| Repubc of Louisiana was once more safe. IL
/, evident that in New Orleans the Recorders
! are afraid Of the Sergennts. and. of course are
| still more afraid of the Generals. Ii is not
| fear, We fancy, which is at oil likely to abate.
| The case of the Two Printers will probably pass
into precedent. Not that a rough soldier with
! his sword in bis hand and with many mnt:uleps
in his stomach-mint.juleps we regret to say,
Just now coming into season to the confusion,
we fear of all Peace COnferences-not that
Fire.eater Of the Fire.ehters beating the bush for
recruits, will be likely to care much for pre-
cedent. But if, in the ardor of recruiting, he
should happen to cast his longing eyes
upon the Recorder of the First District, who
may be stouter in body than in mind, and should
take fancy to enlist that f,inctouary, and should
abduct him from hi. ink.pots and lnw-colf, and
should compel him to dig and to drill, pray what
will poor Mr.. Recorder be able to do about il
You cannot put down q Recruiting Sergeant by
quoting something at him out of POthier., Pistols
are more potent than PufendOrf! Drill before
Dockets, forever The Recorder viii be forced
to come down from the bench, and to range
himself in the ranks; aud when he shall be
punched in the abdomen for awkwardness how
he will pine to commit the drlltsergeant for con-
tempt of court, and how he will not be able to
to do it, it ia awful to think OF.
But this il, Mr.. Recorder, whit you and all
the venerable Society of the Sheepskn are des-
tined to endure. Anarchy Is the law Of LOusi-
ana now No more sessions for you upon snug
bench, with your ermine and everything COM
Portable about you, and with sweet array Of
prisoners before you patiently awaiting sentence
While you ard your associates were sedulously
sowing the wind, you never thought of the wbirl.
wind; and now when it comes to sweep away
Your wigs, robes, dgests, dockets, codes, pounce-
boxes parchments, and folios, you will go with
the other rubbish. Courts of Justice are not
likely to be much desired, however sorely they
may be needed, in Louisiana, for some time to
come. Lynch c. j. is the grim functionary,
with lis array of tar-pots, and feather.bags, and
ropes, who will sway it over this delightful State
and several other delightful States. One faction
will hang another faction to-day, aud the fate Of
each VIII be reversed tomorrow. Lynch the
First viii have fine time Of it arresting, ex- !
spinning, and executing, until Lynch the Second
n rim h4 own sLort oa,aor a., ,t. Ii, |