New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-02
EHE CARPET-BAG.

arpet.bag is a good thing. 1t is the
pf an advancing civilization, in which
bottom is rapid and conveniencesuAre
Ract.
l lrst.class modern carpet-bag bears the
Il relation to the old fashioned trunk
well.trained athlete does to fat
! You put in your earpet.bag some
ges of linen, some tools of the toilet, a
Y book, and flask of something for me-
al purposes, kiss your wife and baby,
Tay you go to New York, st. Louis,
lima. You pity people who are incum-
with heavy baggage, you defy the
sitions of varlets, and feel that the
ET BAG is the symbol of indepen dence.
E column which is headed with this
lent word may prove to be sort of
hslistic carpet-bag, 1t will not be apt
ntain such heavy things as are more
slowed in packing trunks. Exactly
it will contain it is impossible to pre-
but it will be likely in the end to have
cellaneous stock of handy topics.
E Crescent man is terrible fellow.
7 editors, like the mills of the gods,
nd slowly" and without much heat;
when the Crescent man begins to turn
rindstone the fire flies in all directions
most ambitious pinwheel fades into in
fcance when he begins to scatter his
Wpdescent particles. Odds, joss sticks,
red fire Hear him prophecy the future
Of the Republicans ofLouisisna
lev tremble at the thought of the final
bratiOn of State affairs 10 the consti-
bn and laws and people of the State;
1t will be for them day of terror and
rness and despair when the military
rference of the central government
INST which they are 80 ready to protest
b 1t disturbs their selfish schemes is per
ently withdrawn, and they can no lon
fplay fantastic tricks in the hollow of its
ended hand.
pnsider that ''extended hand, y in whose
pw 90, 600 Republican voters of Louisi.
are playing fantastic tricks. That's
eral Buchanans hand. What hand it
bel The poet said
And nature gave pause. an awful pause :"
no paws could be so awful as the paw
buchanan in the crescent-moon-struck
pf the man on Camp street. There was
II in Tennessee who was said to have "a
like the hand of Providence !" but il
BIT circumstance to this paw. And
n the extended hand is withdrawn the
20 voters will fall on their knees in &
pact mass and beg the Crescent man L
their throats, and he will do it; and ht
8 bury them all in his private graveyard
course, the 90, 600 sble-bodied Republic
viii permit the slaughter to go on
Nv wouldn't think Of resistance. They
like the iiatboatman of the story, who
led his chest, which measured about
inches, and had pectoral muscles a.
e as muskmelons, and exclaimed pathet
'sly: ~ feel as weak as a kitten, and I'm
hg for somebody to lick me-"
he Crescent man is playing the part o.
lphet, and there is no use in arguing
prophet. The only way to beat hin
10 prophecy more loudly and terribly
have not time to mount the stool o
cination this morning. but viii merely
best that when that military "extendei
ldp shall be withdrawn, and the desper
and defeated Democrats begin t
ngurate that "day Of terror ana bitter
3 and despair the Republicans viii
essmething to say and do in the matter
bro was once an Arkansas hunter Ths
attacked by a furious bear, and being
some danger bethought himself to pray
he said, 20 Lord. pm not . very good
q. and can't ask yov TO help me, but 1
W just hold of aud not help the Other
3 yopn see one, of the preitiest beal
Ais that ever came off on this eide Of th'
erp This IL not gOOdish tory, bu
Re il a grain Of suggestion in 1t.
. lnSusand pities that the sweet
nbola was not admitted 70 take hil ssaf