The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-10-26
"Sublimity" and PROGRESS. >

The New Orleans Republican in an article of some.
thing less than column in length headed prejudice
Founded on Ignorance" is vastly upon this pa
per because of its of those individuals in New
Orleans, or elsewhere, who make effort to secure
the nominations of proper candidates-hold them
selves aoof from the communicating influence of poll
tics, orsooth and then CONG forward to throw confu-
sion into the ranks Of the party by prang about the
unfitness of this that candidate The article goes
on with '5rade of abuse which it doubtless thinks
very whitening, but which can that pure and
immaculate journal; Owned and conducted by Michael
Ham, whom to know is to honor and revere for his
sterling qualities of head and heart-for his manly
and consistent course during the and afterwards
for that utter negaton of self where the interests of
the State are involved, which is one of his leading
characteristics, and for his unfinching loyalty hin
master, Warmoth whom he will never, desert
so long as he has one groa to bestow upon his bench
mem, that abuse from it is praise indeed any
with the faintest instinct of gentleman.
But this blackguard, this penny ainer-( tit can't be
betters-who champions thieves and scoundrels at so
much column, after the indulgence in congenia bill
lingsgate, into the sublime in singing peans,
hozannahs and aeuias to the great Republican party,
of which he is fitting representative and defender.
Read and weep, ye billiards, who, like ourselves,
attractive glitter in the rotten mackerel by
moonlight: Not knowing anything about its compo-
nent parts entirely incapable of compromising the
sublime ideas of the Republican party he clothes the
whole in mystery and banks at it in mortal
terror"
Sublime ideas of the Republican party" If that
doesn't make any decent heave then surely emet
les have lost their virtue "Mystery?" There is no
mystery about 1.-THE rascaty of the party is trans
parent as glass 1t is party founded in fraud njus
tce and base envy Its earlier saints and martyrs won
the amid their fellows by stealing negroes from
the South, and their hopeful descendants keep up the
plfering practice wondrous well for not content with
robbing the Southern people of their property in
slaves (which, be it remembered, was war measure
reluctantly gone into by the late amented they now
have no computations, no blush of shame in running
their hands in their pockets and chng what has been
left from the ravages of war-boasting, however, as
Warmoth did; that they do not steal more than they
carry. The Republican itself is striking ilustra-
ton of this feature of the party for it founded
in venality and fattens on corruption and venture
the assertion, without fear of successful contradiction
that if any of its editors always excepting honest
Michael y were passing through an obscure alley and
saw dead body, his first impulse would be to cast
hurried glance around to if any in sight
and then adroty from long practice rife the pockets.
and this is the writer's idea of "sublmity "-his is
the progress of events" which he says such as our
selves are unable to keep up with and rail at We
thank him for the compliment.
The Times editor too, takes occasion to drop few
tears in this connection, though strictly speaking, it
was no funeral of either of those papers, Our strict
ures which called forth all this strained rhetoric of the
Republican and virtuous remonsrance of the Times,
aimed at correspondent Of the latter paper and
we republished an editorial from it embodying the
Identical views to which gave expression. So much
for the consistency of the Times, which habitually
holds with the hare and follows with the Radical
hounds.