The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-04
Corrupt Politicians.
New ORLEANS, La, December IS, 1867.

GENTLEMEN In the of New Orleans politics. like
that the circus the blatant blare the trumpet and the
antics of the clown most certain catch the atten
ton the oead family He of the striped body and painted
face with here botch and aspange ruhes into their
presence with stale joke, mouth twisting grmace,
and the audience the broad grim and
old trick in order draw general attention from his
and bemishes picks up here and there among
the bysanders somebody whom he lets fly the shafts of
rude satire and low ribaldy gathered up the uagant rounds
Of his haeyed occupations until the good humored audience
begin think that the unfortunate subjects of the mounte
banks low humor just what he makes them out to be
knave, fool and his silly gable like SANDER, the
finger oscorn often points the individuals long after the
petty pageant has passed away.
The paper having the largest circulation here (Itnes
entered the in this style with "Town Talk sub
mountebank, and the string to the editor the
monkey to the Snowman And with feelings blunted by
habit and skilled in slang phrases which parzan catch up
and handy from mouth to MOUTH the mounebank play
ing the scurrous clown, making up in broad ndecency
and foul ephet what he lacks in reason honesty and
mon
There progress in their SYSTEM in the of
humanity, than in their simile-he circus! Their tnsel
verbiage may and tawdy, their painted preen
sons either promises repeons of the past programmes
ofhe future which they will tell you in confdentaaside
played The ring intelligence in which those old
party mules make their daily rounds has for the
winged of nobler thoughts To stand the stills
of their old selesteem ride the pet hobbies of their old pre-
udces balance nations ruin the keen edge of party
SPITE draw tears their patrons eyes with STACEY charity
and brotherly love- While they picking their pockets and
uniting murder Feats like these changeless their smile
the circus-make them the yesterday to-day and
forever"
There Irishmen here whom the words honor pri
cpe ove Of country would sound something fabulous
WHO the wi, banee fairy; and because their corrupt
of New Orleans politics. they among their class snee and
by nuendos would try throw contempt those
who the three above mentioned requisites
of manhood They have tried Fenianism, Condor did, for
what they could make of it. Their very touch conveyed
impury that killed it here They tried to their
lost offices by Repubcanism, went voluntarily to Washing
ton, hunted up the Riot Investigating Committee gave
column and half of sworn matter the records of their
maryroogy then pretending they could stay here with
safety, acted the lean apothecary awhile in New York,
and after showing beggary account of empty boxes hrew
physic the dogs revisited again the of their old
rascay and while parading the fagend of loyalty lately
scratched from the nonenty of British subjects and
urazed citizens in the last registry Office picked at
headquarters ION that errand by kindred spirit who told
him he could make by exhibitions of dsoyaty now
than loyalty and with stroke of the "acaber wand
he first thing turned up Fenian Center and Republican
martyr changed into town talk" having toswaow his
own column and half of biographical abuse and spit it all
back again in aey those abused and call the oraces of
investigation before whom he humbled himself at the Cap
tol The Black Commission and the convention now
sitting for whom he acted pioneer receved many woands
and took much mortar away his clothes in escaping he
has make them the from whence to draw his
pittance from the Kig* by abusing hem third rate
pattern for him by others who despse him. Oh it
is than swallowing the medicines he was commissioned
to sell in New York 1t is very annoying to hear those
things and their employers giving advice to rshmen and
throwing out nsnuaons in their papers against Fenan
to hear them say that rishmen should have nothing do
with Irish politics here may Heaven put into the
hearts and heads of such Ishmen as those to the adj
vice and act on It, In all the political figures fading back
into the obscurity of dstlng sites and junk cellars OF
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