New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-18
A CHANCE FOR MARTYRDom.

| plication. that is made for more This is
a reasonable inference to the general pub
lie, which is the body that is beset by this
demand from all sorts Of men. Perhaps
the applicants are at fault in not specify
ing the article they want, or perhaps the
reform coveted by one set is not the re-
form dispensed by the set to which they
apply. There is a sort Of plated honesty
retailed in the market that sells very well
to some reformers; and then, again, there
is a species Of honesty abroad that is
worthless because it can not be put to
any practical use. The plated article is
demanded by the men who profess large
amount Of love for the people and an
anxious desire to help them, provided
they are elected to Office, but who forget
to redeem their promises after they have
! once secured the chance to do SO. The
unseryiceable honesty is that which man
processes when he holds to fallacy or q
weakness after it has been explained and
exploded to the satisfaction of sensible
people The Democrats Of the Legisla-
ture Of 1866 represented the first, and their
representatives Of the present day represent
the latter class Of these solicitors for re-
form They pretended then as they pre-
tend now, that honesty was and is their
delight and yet they did not satisfy the
public then nor are they satisfying it at
present.
But we did not intend to make polit-
ical article out Of this when we COM
nenced it, but rather an instructive
treatise on honesty and reform in general.
The demand for an improved condition
Of the community is SO universal that the
stranger would nationally conclude there
was strength enough in the solicitation to
secure the end. Herein the stranger
would fall into error, for there are many
things that the majority ask for and re-
quire which it has not the ability to secure
If the State is not reformed it Will be be-
cause We do not know how to put our de-
mand for it in force. There is too much
noise and confusion about the work that
we all pretend to be pushing forward, in
the first place; and in the second place,
there are too many botches employed in
the enterprise. Then there is no general
plan of the work Each citizen seems to |
have a plan of his own, which he insists
on striving at, and in ninety-nine cases
out of every hundred cowardice or igno-
'ance impedes even the individual effort.
Wen do not come out boldly for what they
want, Or else they do not know what they
want. The great necessity is for better
about details, and less
noise and tumul5 about generalides.
In the first place, then, the people want
'eforming themselves. Then they need
o be bone8ter. Citizens must practice
What they preach if they expect to make
heir sermons effective Resisting the en-.
ire tax levy because one tax is considered
legal, is not honest, and the man who
epudiates his contract with the COM
nunity sets an example that his neighbors
nay practice toward himself It is not
onest to vote for a dishonest man be-
ause he is the nominee Of the partyo for
o Endorsement can purify a forgery
hen it is stupid to demand reform with
ut being prepared to suggest the specific
vii that needs adjustment. Of all the
len who have made themselves conspic-
GUS in asking for an amelioration of
ur existing evils Mr. Marks was, proba-
", the boldest. and he fell because Of his
ltrepidity. The fact Is, plated honesty j
So much in excess Of the genuine article !
lat any man who proposes to do the de- t
mt thing is in more danger than the eff. !
N who saws nothing Even tie st7nidIv
,nest peon7e who d. not know what e
CIV reon;ra will fail mon on in+.1li a
MT man who offers 70 tali bon, u obato L
cir evils i.
Is there no wav to reform this obnsa IF c
form? Have we no real poIitician who t.
II furnish the public with a lit of the f
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g hit Il isa science that dotects tbo
lie +bo+ infost tl,o ,,oro,r,,,o,,4 ~ 60
sts remedies for Their destruction W. D.
! SUFFERING from . host Of WRONGS some i
.oe ana annarant u +ba common evn y
A some small and ONLY ,,arcar+il,1o - tbo W
lcticed observation The wov.to reform M
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