New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-26

| lzed to suppress disorder, and here we
are called upon to foot the extraordinary
bill that pays for the fancy living of or
Sanized and impudent disorder itself. If
| Two men fight for reason OF the streets,
the police gathers them under its clubs
and marches them to the calaboose, be-
cause to fight is to disturb society and
break the law. And vet two men. capa-
DE Of earning an honest and reputable
| living, aware Of the expense at which We
are placed to prevent lawleosness, boldly
enter il or midst, engage whisky shops.
Haunt the colors of tie prize ring and
openly advertise that they intend to violate
| oUr laws and spit upon Our regulations at
time and place appointed by them
selves. Right in the face of the entire
police force, which costs well on to eight
hundred thousand dollars per annum,
these two bruisers publish their intention
70 thrash each other. contrary to every
principle Of decency. in the Very face Of
'A' i"N tHd. PAoAA4bA'S o"oA U1eot"Ci'
an! IL spite Of TIE police that is paid to
arrest them
Mace and Coburn represent the very
principle that government was framed to
combat. LII a state of nature two men
might fight at will and the crowd nj .ht
attend and take part, a, animals DO; but
III tie social state TIE privilege Of fighting
was surrendered, and penalties We're self
imposed upon member, for any resump-
ton Of this ba.barous and brutal cIarac-
te-.st!c Violence i, demOral.zing t. the
community and damaging to the indi-
Vidal. l. reryerts the mind flat i, not
strong, and it destroys tie labor t!.t
should be probably employed for the
general good. Tie prize fighter i, Al
eve-,ore ard AZ eruption. offensive alike
to tie sight and to the feeling He lives
upon tie industry of others because lie |
produces nothing; lie ur-rales lis |
strength AM ability, because it i, de-
grading to descend even lower than The |
brutes, that never fight for wages; lie de
lnora.ize5 humanity, because there are
people wLo seeing the blaze of the bruis-
er', name il print, even fall 50 low as to
envy aud to initiate bis example
New Orleans. to-day, is thronsed with
hundreds OF thieves, who are here in at
tendance on tie fight They are an ad-
itlonal burden upon the community. for
since they produce nothing, they must
)e considered as CONSUMERS only. They
teal that upon which they live, and they
steal It from industry: 50 that, although
I may be said they spend money in tie
,ity, it must be considered that they pilter
t from tie city.
ButtLe worst feature of this entire pro
eedln5 Is tie crop Of evils that it leave,
behind It. We get tn reproach of the
world for tolerat:ns brutal and disgust
nc breach Of tie law Strong minded
are Hardened in their wicked
less ly tie glt:uOr which j. thrown,
round Ills tolerated crime. aI,l weak
minded "hd simple folk are laugh. that
here !, a specie, Of oUtlawry that is SEMI
espectau.e. The youth Of the city hear
heir fathers dj,cu,S TIL merit, Of tie two
lw-breaker,, and wherever conversation
; asitated about tLi, fight, even sensible
ler refer 70 it il language of con,ilera-
ion. Tie prize ring is thu, elevated into
position Of recognized responsibility by
lcon,iderate citizens, and tL- rising gen
ration accepts TIE suggestion that there
) a cIa,, Of disorder, that it i, not de-
radlnG t. engage il. How then are We t
obtain peace, if society tolerate, cor
ition Of individual warfare such a. till
lat Cob"rl AID Ii, hackers have de-
Jared against Mace and Iii, supporters I