New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-15
Al OLD AoeullETA1CE.

Or. Samuel A. Bard. wAilom Of Louisi-
ana, then of Georgia, ther of Tennessee.
| then Of idaho, and now aeGin OF Georgia,
sometimes lawyer, occasionally a medi-
cine man, again an editor, but always a
noisy admirer of himself, has completed
the circle of opinion by delivering HIM
self up TO the Democracy, froE whom he
took departure at the close Of The war.
The reconstruction of the orbit or ring
which he has been engaged in perfscting,
occurred within the last forty-eight hours,
and is now known to the public through
his own fatula1ce, and by the contrisanee
OF the idiot in charge of the Telegraph
Office at Atlanta. Georgia. DR.. Bard's
receipt for departure is written in the
shape Of farewell address to President
Grant, and it is mare;ned by a disreput-
able scrawi that shows bad handling by the
way. He has evidently rot had smooth
time of it among his late associates, and
to justify his. hunt after better apprecia-
ton, he finds it profitable to forstall an
assault from behind, by calling those who
are in a position to pursue him all sorts
of bad names. As abuse is his best holt,
he INDUCES in it like fshwoman. Un-
fortunately, like fishwoman, his malig-
nant yulgarity is Of that too common
order to be accepted as worthy of much
consideration, except in quarters where
nothing else is palatable.
DR.. Bard was once q resident Of this
State. To say that he was also an office
holder would seem to be almost work of
supererrogaton, since for him to be
resident is synonymous with his being al
ofice-holder. Some folks have the happy
faculty of finding place and fairness at
their disposal wherever they go, they be-
ing born place-men. This, in Bard's
case, should have made him grateful, for
since he only succeeded in fixing himself
for one term, his dismissal was not ac-
companied by any severe remarks on his
official short comings. He had too much
mouth and too little muscle. Even Sill
dell could not stand O man who could
talk all day without turning over single
leaf on the credit side Of the
ledger. Still, he was not con-
demned by any utterances that might
have impeded his advancement elsewhere,
and when he turned up in Tennessee the
innocent people of that State, nor yet
those of Georgia, where he also escaped
from official life as mere incompetent
did not know why he had been released
from public service in this State. This
silence on our part ought to have insured
his silence, for gratitude is not inconsist-
ent with weakness and volubility His
treatment in Louisiana merited better re-
turn than it has received, for Bard has
turned upon the hand that warmed him.
and in his epistle declaring his apostacy
to Republicanism, he has been weak
and mean enough to repeat
SANDER against Governor Wa,moth
which might have been believed two years
ago by people filed with prejudice, bat
which is now stale, and of known falsity.
WHAT does Bard know of Louisiana since
he fed from her flesh pots? And what
right have the telegraphic operators Of
this country to be hunting this fugitive
up. and seducing him into prolixity OF
scandal and oratory, without any other
purpose than to advertise his own defec-
ton from principle, because he has failed
to accomplisha fraud? Let the telegraph