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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-13
OUR CORRESPONDENCE :.
For the Louisianian.

Mr.. EDrToR:-
Having heard you remark when
Intercepted as to the length Of time
you have been connected with news
papers, say that You were initiated
into the service by your paternal
ancestor in 1851, it occurs to me
that you must have had very favor
able opportunities for obtaining
much knowledge if the intlicacies
and tricks OF the trade" of which
thousands of your less fortunate
brethren are necessarily ignorant.
I an considerably perplexed and
exasperated over a yexasious matter
aad pant for some enl;ghtenmertan and
if you will lie kind enough to relieve
me will esteem it great persona.
favor. I might have sought inform
alton through a more private chan-
mel, but as I wish 'many others
besides myself to derive the benefit
of your reply, prefer to resort to
this public medium and request you
to reply to me through the same. l
will state my unfortunate case. 1
am one Of a number OF employees
in the New Orleans Customhouse. /
derive a limited income, and literally
"in the sweat Of my brow" do I eat
bread. I am surrounded by SO
many obligations that I can just
contriye to make both ends meet,
and to increase my difficulties, g
contribution Of one dollars pei
month has been levied on my wages
to support The Citizens Guard, {
newspaper 1 do not desire to have
/ might have reconciled myself IL
, some measure to the hardship, II
had been required to pay the sub
scription price of the paper which il
5 four dollars a year. But to compe
; me to pay for three subscriptions
r cannot but regard the levy as al
enormity. Misery loves company
: it is said, and if there is any con
, ISOLATION to be derived from "com
. pany" it is to be found in the fac
r that "all of u" employees are take
= the same amount for the same pun
i pose. Thus making up sum tha
9 Of itself should be ample suppol
n for this paper. What l want t
4 know from you is whether this
e the usual way for mendicancy to b
s subsidized, and whether this is th
s way that newspapers are general
Is established. 3' i.sa 4o, 30 ~t
], Thanking you-ior the space a
e lotted me. / Remain Yours,
II a.w4a-ts Z l2sfr7f EM1oYrz.
p Ne,r Orleans, July IL, 1871.
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headed party-aa attempted =.
ward movement after the vqo,,.,
and fishes" and not in the ,o,,.
prompted by any love Of priDc;r,.
or regard for the good Of the conn
try-should be set forth in ,he;.
true light. The whole truth AMI
nothing but the truth" will be- an
that is needful to convince resso,
able men that the Republicans srs
on the right path, always have been.
and always will be-so long as ;ss.
tee and reform are kept in view.
We desire to impress upon tba
minds Of our readers that c,n,.
DATES are quite plenty. They vii,
not be found wanting when ths
proper time arrives, and the Pc.
publican party may choose frc,
among the very best men in tn.
country those whom it may ddesir,
to put in official positions 1t.
not necessary that those who mean
to become contestants should h;,a
their light under a bushel, but lie.
them come forth slowly, and con.
slider the surroundings carefully be.
fore even announcing themselves a,
candidates subject to the decision
of their respective district conveu.
tons. What we mean and wish b
enforce upon the Republicans Of
the State is the absolute necessity
for concert of action, perfect unity
OF feeling upon the issues Of the
day. and these can in no manner bs
, secured excepting through thorough
organization, agitation, talk, argu.
, ment publication of facts and sta.
, tistics, and constant watchfulnes,
. and care exercised over ourselves in
/. each and every neighborhood Il
& the truth is everywhere prevalen.
if the people mingle together ire
quently and converse freely, and
y have occasionally a good, somi
4 speech, from some man who il
q known and trusted and right, thfn
q need be no fear that when the con-
ventions are held for nominadn.
any other than good State Officer
4 will be selected.
q o5 tr. Weekly Hiss PHO.
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MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.

On several occasions we have ear
nestly advised Republicans through
out this State to make haste very
slowly in getting nominees for
Office into the field. There is plen-
ty o-time for that Precipitancy
will do moro harm than good.
1t would please the Democracy
well to be able, from the very start
to turn the full force of their batter
les upon certain individuals. instead
ofprinciples, and might, unless ex-
treme care were exercised in the &C.
lection of men. prove damaging Il
success. The artful and unwearied
exertions of an unprincipled enem,
are to be thwarted in some manner
ard in no better way can the Stat
Republicans protect themselves thar
by, at the commencement, forming
precinct or neighborhood organiza
tons and keeping such combina
tons complete in all particulars, r
After the formation of the clubs
societies, or whatever they may b
called, meetings should be regularl,
and promptly. held. and the prin
ciplss govszning the party be full.
discussed in the plainest language
that al may understand and tn
want Of principle. the dupicity an
deeeitfulneas Of the opposition nee
not be neglected. The promise
made BY the Democracy in order :
ssdace disafscted or vacillatiug b
pubicsns-i any such there ma
be-the pretended .advspcs Of tn
vallandigham branch of the double
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REPUBLICAN PRESS CON
vENTION.

Yesterday, in response to the call
of Hon. Mortimer f. Smith, Presl-
dent of the Louisiana Press Asso-
citation, the representatives OF thirty
three Republican newspapers OF the
State met in the Senate Chamber.
At 1926 the meeting was called to
order by Mr.. Smith.
On motion, duly seconded, this
gentleman was elected temporary
President and Mr.. D. A. Weber
temporary Secretary. M
A vote was then carried, that, IN
accordance with the call, the editors
and proprietors of newspapers b'
entitled to seats in the Convention
but that each paper be entitled t.
one vote.
A motion that the Chair appoin
a committee of FIVE on credentials
was carried by vote Of II 10 16.
The Chair appointed d. A. Web
er, L. H. Burdick, L. f.. Bentley
- Leet; and J. H. Ingraham.
A motion to adjourn till to-da
. at II noon was lost.
A motion to adjourn till p. m
last evening, was adopted, and tn
Convention adjourned accordingl,
when the committee on credential
were ordered to report and til
, Convention would proceed to PEE
{ mahent organization. sr
We are unable in this issue
give the proceedings Of the evening
: session. ct.
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estimate Of the temper and spirit OF
the component elements Of our par
-ty. a rebuke will be administered to
those who thus attempt to break
down, or to pass over, well tried
and well established precedent, that
Will be long remembered, If it fall
to cause them to be more coBsiderate
of their fellows in the future.
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, DANGER AHEAD.

We deeply regret the necessity
which causes us to indite these re-
marks. We sincerely hoped and
confidently believed. that within the
ranks of Louisiana Republicans there
were none so needless of the great
principles underlying and forming
the foundation of our party that
they would blazon on their banners
rule or r,lin!" ... Pa. -.
It did not seem possible to US
that any man, or set of men, claim
ing affinity with our party could
after the sad experiences OF the past
few years risk a dissension that might
throw us helpless and bound into
the hands Of the Democracy. Yet.
such is the tenor of the distressing
Intelligence which comes to us from
the country parishes. We are 10th
to believe that serious results will
follow what we complain of, but we
regret that so reckless spiritcould
manifest itself. The facts are SIM
ply these:
The State Central Committee, as
we contend, without authority, up.
pointed Parish Committees in 9
number of instances. This usur'
patton of power has borne fruit il
the avowed intention of these lie
gally constituted bodies to selec
delegates to the August Conven
ton. The great mass of Republican
voters may thus be left to the mere.
J of a few men who do not in any de
gree represent them. In fact tn
matter resolves itself purely AM
simply into this: The State Contra
: Committee usurps the power to ap
} point Parish Committees; and tn
/ Parish Committees usurp from tn
: people their right to choose thei
representatives; the State Commit
, tee further usurps the right Of tn
| Convention to Judge of the quail
, fication of its own members. an
r the result is (shoald the Reput
: licans of Louisiana submit to sue
4 a wholesale flching from them {
their just privileges) that the Stat
i Convention becomes the creaho
Q and the creature of the few indivi6
mails who may happen for the tim
being to compose the State Centr'
+ Committee. Isthis Republicanis1l
s Is this equality of representation
= Is there any semblance of instic
t rigt or ordinary fair play in sue
b a course? We emphatically say, NJ
And if we do not wofully err in o,
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b%During the past three days
our sanctum has been pleasantly IN
vaded by the following gentlemen:
Messrs. Murrell and Oscar Crozier,
Of Lafourche; T. T. Allan, Hon. j.
Henri Burch, Of Baton Rouge; Hon
Edward Butler, Of Plaqueminest
la. Heidenhain, Tax Assessor. Or.
leans; T. G. Tracy, ofthe Republican
and a host Of city visitors 'toc
numerous to mention. '''''~s
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LEGISLATIVE PRESSURE.

Ecery Saturday makes This COM
parison as to Legislative pressure:
What lesson of 'smartness' we
might give our British cousins! The
short session of the Forty-frst Con-
gress was productive Of rather more
than three thousand bills in the
House, and something less than half
that number in the Senate. to say
nothing Of resolutions. We. wish
some man OF leisure with a liking
for large figures would investigate
the number of Legislative enact
ments carried through the National,
State, and City legislatures of the
United States in the course OF q
year" e.,y
It has become habit difficult OF
explanation for Southern corrcspon-
dents of Northern newspapers, and
sometimes for the newspapers them
selves. to exaggerare in their &c
counts of the multiplicity OF bills
passed in reconstructive legislatures
But Every Saturday departs from
the beaten track and attacks thu
National Assembly itself.
i Nav we not ask what is to b.
gained, sapposing the charges o
excessive. or even corrupt legisla
lation were well supported by CIV
ing monarchial institutions an un
lust advantage over our republic?
There are few things which bea
with them more of deceit, both i
the figures of mathematics and th
figures of speech, than this tai
about excessive legislation.
. JEFF. Davis gave Congress its fir
IL lesson of smartness," when his g
II fort to destroy the Union res'llte
in the destruction of what he Col
sidered the Unions chief instit1
y ton, and caused the whole syste
of law, State and National, to
changed by these new bills cor
" planned of. Nothing but an abno
b NAL moral condition, provision
Of legal terms, and a disastrous gra!
of WORKOUT ideas, could mislead
nc honest Southern reporter or
- Northern chronicler of events 80 t
- as to make them attack Congre
No for passing laws which an alter
!. condition of society makes nece
sary to the adjustment OF every no
= est, political and even social re-
- tionship.
:" We protest against that sort
journalism, which, in trying to
We spicy, becomes only peppery, a
or eyen then throws the pepper in
ne eyes of the family. Great Brits
a. may pass fewer laws than we. 3
Ter she is two hundred years beyo
,er her last civil war, and we are I
he as many months beyond ours.
I'VE this fact is considered We shall Ii
IN for more truth and less Speculate
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tcoxMuS1cArKD. aei
THE pl0-HONORAeuE o. n. REESE.

1 / have considered the letter ]
wrote you last week, and which ]
requested you to puhlish. and find
that while / should like to lay be-
fore your readers the contemplate
character which D. h Reese i
placed in, yet the details are far toe
indicate for admission- into ysul
colnmna And you will ppblislI
this insteqd-- ~ .Ss.s 7sfe .s7c.
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Tie substance Of my hast letter is
that your Dis honorable D. H. Reese
went, in the year 1860. to . house
On comm on ST., IN New Orleans to
obtain lodging. Having been Id
mitted rs lodger, he next, under
false pretenses, betrayed q young
lady, who was the adopted daugh-
ter of the land-lady. The young
lady became mother without being
a wife, and this mother, whose
character was ruined, and whose
future is forever blighted, is the
victim of D. H. Reese, senior editor
of the Lqtoxrche Republican.
How he proceeded to obtain pos
session of this young lady-how he
BETRAYED her-how he acknowledg-
ed the paternity of the child and
promised to support il and partly full
!, filed his promise, are all portrayed
in language too plain to be mis-
taken. a., - n - 4. a-.'"
Every true Republican in the parish
of Lafourche knows that Reese
was the confidence of the Repub-
, lican party during the last election
But few persons know the depths
. of villainy to which he has descend
ed. And yet this slanderous Sc.
8 Queer of womanhood-this outcas'
! of degradation-this contemplate
puppy-D. H. Reese has the ct
frontery to talk of the impeachment
:. of the Governor, and to publish tn
most infamous falsehoods concern
j.. ing one whose character is abov'
4 reproach. ~
In closing I give him this piec'
% of advice. Go and support tn
: woman you betrayed, support tn
!, helpless child which claims you as
father. Go! but consider yoursel
:. as you are, seducer Of woman
- and an outcast OF society.
Mr.. Editor, I only sign with m
:, initials, not that lam afraid to Il
70 my name be known to the partie
interested, but / do not wish t
- have it before the public. If M
- Reese is anxious to know who l an
and wants satisfaction, he viii! fin
me on the 18th, and 18th, at tt
Republican Press Convention
=. New Orleans, and I will then m
there give him any satisfaction r.
quired. If the public doubts II
en- veracity of this statement, let the
ne visit No. 221 Common St cornt
g. of Dryades and convince then
ed selves. }JE 7f9n3
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Work EoR THE CoSvENTIoN.-Else-
where in our columns we report
the assembling and temporary or
ganization of the Republican Press
Convention. We observe as fair
representation as we suppose it
possible to obtain in the State.
There is an evident live interest ev-
denced by the various members
of tho Press, in the matters to be
discussed by the Convention. OF
the prir CT ,,les of our party We need
no formally renewed pledges: the
great need now is, that leaving '.he
first principles OF Our faith, we
should go on to perfection. The
Convention should pledge itself to
a rigid enforcement of all laws; and
there are two questions on which
we wonld be delighted to see this
Convention formally pledged. We
imperatiyely need the aid OF every
true republican in maintaining and
encouraging us in our struggle for
the enjoyment of our rights and
privileges. We must not be aban-
doned by our schae republican
friends in this contest. This is q
matter which forces itself on us
every day in every shape, while We
are made to feel that we are not re.
garded as possessing rights which
every person is bound to respect
We call on the representatives o
the republican press, 10y counsel, b,
practice, by demonstratiOn--to SHOW
that their profusions are not full o
sound and fury, and their alliances
and combinations with us are merel,
for the purpose of securing SOM
Interior object. We have suffere,
enough from insincerity, detection
and hypocrisy, and we, almost no,
in despair, appeal to the representa-
5 tives of the Republican Press to al
us in settling once and for all thei
vexatious matters. .
Another matter arises OF
of the prevalence of murder. On
party is prominently the party {
4 law and order. Murder has 60
: alas, to be common and everyda
Il occurrence. Man after man is hui
y ried out of the world on every fin
; sy pretext. Life is regarded {
. nothing and is sacrificed accordin
q to the whims and capnces of almo
Il anybody. We would be glad f
} this convention to specially pla'
e itself on record as opposed to takir
e human life, and pledging itself
u do all in it's power to discountenan'
' and condemn the taking of life, AZ
.e to tend its support to every effo
tending to lessen our criminal r
u cord, and rescue the State from Il
, unenviable notoriety of being
= .-rowdy" as itnow is
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COMMON CARRIERS.

II strikes us that the commoncM
riers Of this State still continue 10
be controlled by prejudice and tin.
idity rather than gratitude to Their
chief beneiactors or the real inter
ests OF their stockholders Thr
suffer the senseless and unsound1
bigotry of one class Of people %
lead them to commit acts which sn
unjust and incOnveuiont to an0'i-
err.
We have two cases in pint
One that of Senator PinchbsS
who wished to send his hmls
North in one of the Pullman csr
attached to the Jackson Rallrni
trim, and the other much more A.
gravated. of the refusal OF the N'
Orleans, Mobile and Texas Rai'
road Company to permit MeSn
Antoine, Geddes and johnson y
return to this city from NOBLE On
their cars, after having carna
them over there.
In the first case, Senator Pln'A'
back has brought suit against D'
Jackson Railroad Company ~
$4,000. But we learn that 'H
company pleads in defense fA''
does not own the sleeping car
That it has committed a very Id
portant part Of its duty as COZ
mon carrier, to other and lrfesp'n'
bio parties, who claim and e1eTc"
the right to deny privileges Of 'p'
venience and comfort to o pO''a.
of the company's passengers H', !,
they are glad to sell to other' =. .
is barely possible that, in ''1'.
legal point of view. the '', !, =
Railroad Company discharge "
duty to Senator Pinchback' l'D
ly when it offered to earn the no'|
paid for passage by carrying w. =.
in the ordinary coaches Of v
train. But a. this would ln''N' I
change of cars at Canton a'' 81
at Humboldt, and we kno"
how many more before they r'''a. '.
Louisville, it promised to eh''D !. !
on the women and children =, !.
were about to travel severn
dred miles, without q man !"
!, them in looking out for then -
| fort, to endless anxiety and a., =. .
quent fatigue, they could 'A'a r..
said to be admittedto the prl'n
. demanded by and accorded - ~,
!, binary travellers. And the - IVA n
: Railroad Company must Ds ,,as|
: morally responsible Tor pe' .,o,s}
:, the Pullman car owners to Duss
olize a business which they GU.
J, to the prejudice Of the ,'' ~, y
E the road. For we must no. 1'.,.
! SIGHT Of the fact that the ', g 1.
!. railroad was mainly built ". y
> money wfung from the the, Pr 81 y
J, this city and State. AM ,nttt
e great boon the people arc e.. ssI I
j at least to accommodation Nv ~
! s :. ,ebi treatment when 'A9 b
: aba and v i.ingso psytra ss
o thess privileges shouo I'D
: fully and promptly 's ;'s. tsd
y looks to us like . subsef''s. ,rr
: tho sss-' devil L. around %. . ''s" u
. throwing of upon TIE ' es
o -. -. I--- ~
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THURSDAY JULY l3 1871,

80 Nh. GEO. E. PARIS is our special
agent, and is authorized to solicit
subscriptions and receive payment
o. Of bills ---.
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OUR AGENTS.

MISSISSIPPI Daniel z. Young
Greeuville. 1-.
LOUISIANA John A. Washington,
B lack Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon g.
Y. Kclso, Alexandria; Antoine q Sterrett,
shreveport, A. c. Ruth, Carroll Parish.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA James
A. D. Green, Washington City. -r-r,1 +
ILLINOIS Lewis B. White. Chicago.
kENTUCKY;-Dr Il. A. Green, Lo uis
vile
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Attack on Fenian Headquarters.
SHARP ENGAGEMENT WITH
81 80 THE POLICE. .o-

IHE TOLlCE.
NEW Yonx, July IA party OF
Irishmen attacked the foreign lab
orers near Harlem this morning
The 3rd Regiment of Cavalry and
the 84th Infantry were dispatched
to the scene of disturbance and
caused the assailants to retreat
down Ninth Avenue. 81.
Later, a mob attacked the FeniaI
headquarters. ON Avenue A, to &c
arms. A sharp engagement ensuet
with the police, who finally recov
cred the arms distracted.
- ''' t-' ' ANTELOPE.
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THE BEGINNING OF A RIOT.
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Foreign LaJoyers at Harlem Assaulted
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THE TINES AND NEGRO
LABOR.

The Times IN ieaOer last Tiuay
han some very sensible views with
reference to the relationship OF
the planter and his employee.
We hail the tone of this article rs
manly, Just and cxped 'ent, and we
regard the fling at the strangers
r. and interlopers, as one of the
strongest proofs Of sincerity in the
writer, although we deprecate it.
~ As the Times has suggested this
subject it may be well to say word
or two on it.
Wesay as Colored men that we
have nothing to regret, retract or
atone for, since we became the
wards of the nation" We chal-
lenge history to furnish brighter
example of discipline or stronger
illustration of gratitude than the
black republicans of the South tave
furnished in these days Of recon-
structior. 8
In our Supreme exultation over
the possession of the rights We
thought to be century of, and in
the enjoyment of immunities We
thought would never come. we may
have said and done some extrava-
CANT things. But the modification
of defeat and the chagrin at the
presence of the victor upon South
ern soil among southern men with
the former slave as witness and q
rival for political honors, may have
had the effect OF making our south
ern brethren, somewhat extrava-
giant too, both in their threats
against us and their hatred of thei,
own race. 80
Yet We should be worse thar
q, foolish now, if either side failed t.
meet the advances of the other, I'M
der the suggestions Of a mutual in
,.g terest when it does not involve tn
sacrifice Of principle. There il
room enough for us all here to tr,
~ the question of superiority of race
and whether it turns out that W,
a. have the physical. while cur whit
cq friends have the mental advantag
or vice versa, it is certain that on
- thing will be settled, and this a
q, the possibility of both races livin
- in 'snch accord as is formed in al
most every European society wher
even the most prejudicial America
is forced TO acknowledge colore
gentlemen and ladies or else abar
- don society altogether.
It would seem from the article
,.. we have copied from the Times an
q
Picdyune recently that the labor
this journal has not been in val
sSEs in trying to bring about a betterfee
ing among inhabitants of th
same soil and fellow citizens of
joint inheritance in the great con
monwealtt. H
- Let this feeling continue and til
harmonious relations of capital an
labor will draw European and Ne
* England money and men to OF
city and State and the carital a
ready in our midst, will creep fro
its present hiding places into da
u light; and cordial feeling among q
zarcla~eewiil be the result. $50 mo
Il itbe& ra0 VIZ
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i~Ne take pleasure in announ-
eng that Captain VIM. Vigers has
been.relinstated, by the City Coun-
i III, b his ofiSs Of Superintendent
lof Streets, for the Second and Fifth
Districts of New Or,san
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|TELECRAPKIC DISPATCHES
To The Picayune.
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The Assaildnts Rp,tlsed.