New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-21
TIE TOADIES.

The Pelican State would not be CON-
plete, perhaps. without her toadies. They
are an ingredient of all society, though
not useful component part. Louisiana
is not overrun with toadies, though she
has a fair share of them, and they are
marked with the same variety that distin-
guishes them elsewhere. Usually the
toady is content to be a hanger-on: to
fawn on the rich; to grow and live on
others. He has usually no ambition be-
You'd this. This species Of the toady is as
harmless as he is useless, and his vice is
a total want of manhood. The toadies
that most infest our State at this time are
OF kind that is more pretentious. They
may be classed as political parasites.
Louisiana has about five hundred-all
to!d-of this anomalous species of the
toady within her borders, and they are
most active in their efforts to hold on to
something. These five hundred political
parasites are scattered over the State,
though the most of them are located in
New Orleans.
They have trained brass band-that
portion of them belonging in New Or
leans-and headed by music make frequent
trips into the country for the purpose of
showing themselves and aiding their fell
low-parasites in the parishes to get up
something in the way of meeting, that
can be reported as Republican mass
meeting" 1t must be remembered they
not only claim to be Republicans; these
five hundred political parasites claim to be
the Republican party of Louisiana. A few
of them hold important federal positions
in the State, and the balance manage to
keep themselves before the people by hav-
ing themselves published as president,
first vice president, second vice president,
third vice president, recording secretary,
corresponding secretary, sergeant-at-arms.
grand marshal, or some other grand hum
bug, to political organizations that chiefly
exist on paper, and are without any politi-
cal weight or influence whatever. beyond
the votes Of the aforesaid five hundred
political parasites.
We make the number five hundred
not because we think the State is actually
cursed with so large number of this
particular kind of toadies, but because we
want to be liberal in estimating the voting
strength of the toadies who actually have
he impudence to aspire to the political
control Of the State. We honestly be-
ieve their voting strength will not 90 be-
yond the three hundred they can muster
r the city, the most Of whom belong to
he Customhouse. We believe there are
,ood Republicans in the Customhouse
Who will lot vote, when the time comes.
nth the men who denounce Republican
tate administration, and toady to the
atioral administration because they have
lace under it. Say, then, that the
oadies can safely count Oh one-half of
be number employed in the Custom
ouse-thr ee hundred, more or less-that s
'ould he one hundred and fifty. Add this
} one hundred and fifty more in the city s
no are opposed to Governor Warmoth
ecause helcould not give them Office, and !
e have the total Of three hundred voters, '
hich is the full strength of the Custom I
ouse clique in the city.
In the country we do not believe they r
'uld muster two hundred voters at this c
me if an election were to be held. And p
us is the clique that has outraged polit- k
al action in Louisiana, and disgraced the "
'tlonal administration, by attempting to Il
Do q political convention in a United 4
ates Custcmhouse in this city, in the n
essence OF United States troops, brought is