The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-16
The Zeal Danger.

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sectarian capital ont of the recent riots
in this city. is alike; disgraceful to the
parties engaged in it and dangerous to
the public. Instead of deploring the
loss oflife, the waste ofproperty, the
disgrace to the city, the enmity be-
tween citizens of different religious
sccts, the object seems to be ic get
some partisan advantages from the. &C.
currences of the 18th. Fanatics and
partisans want to make something out
of this bloodsheddipg and firing then,
and out of the opposite orders to sup
press the parade by the Mayer of the
city, and, upon reflection, the orders to
protect it by the Governor OF the State.
The Radical journals which denounced
the Orange parade, because it would
lead to riot, defend the parade after
it has caused a riot, while others who
denounced the Governor for refrain
ing from an order to protect the parade
If Orangemcn appeared on the 18th,
now denounce tile Governor for his
proclamation. There is, of course, no
pleasing such people and no consis
tency in their Conduct. With them.
peace, order. civil'and religious liberty,
are secondary to the hope of putting
out the Mayor and putting down the
Governor. AS the police cannot now
be abused with such popular success,
the Police Commissioners are assaulted,
and, with them, other heads Of the city
departments. Mayor Hall entirely
mistook 'the dangerous classes" the
other day, when giving his reasons for
suppressing the parade. The danger
Gus classes Of to-day are demagogues,
who make the occasion of parade lead
ing to riot and bloodshed their oppor-
tunity for melting Professionals against
Catholics, Irishmen against Irislmeu,
Americans against adopted citizens.
These are the dangerous classes who
did their fnll share to provoke the
murder of the. 18th, to collect the
crowd which was fred upon, and to
arm citizens against the police and the
soldiers. A, just Judgment will soon
hold the hypocrites responsible for
what was done. Like the Pharisees of
old, they pretended to be better than
other men, and hence use their presses,
their pens, and their tongues, not for
the public good, nor public right, ror
for peace:and good will, blt to stir up
that deyil in the community which
first compelled the Mayor to forbid the
cause of riot, and then the Governor
to deal with it in way which gave
assurance that blood would be she'd
The "real danger" to-day is from this
same class of people as from those who
are more ignorant, and who are pre-
sumed to be. more gdepraved. Look
out. therefore. we say. for all belong
ing to "the dangerous classes" whether
high or low, rich or poor, of one sect
or another sect.
One word more. The conviction is
growing stronger every hour in the
public mind that the Orange procession
Of 1871 had it's origin entirely outside
of the Orange organization, The let
ter of Grand Master Bond, to be found
elsewhere, is proof of this. There is
no hope that more than 500 Orangemen
would parade, and the promise was
that ten thousand would appear. Who
were those 49, 900 mene Who made the
promise? Who started the parade
Who thus invited and expected riot
and collision-wlo, indeed, but the
higher order of those dangerous .clas-
ses to whom we have already alluded
The 10000 it is true, did not nppear
They were ready enough to incite riot
to call out the police and military, but
they were not ready to be true to thei,
word, and left from 10 to 100 Orange
men to march protected by wall O
bayonets and 1000 police. The end o.
this revelation is not yet, and in an.
other article we will give more of the
history of the riot.-[New York Elk
press.
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