New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-20

| with great caution in Louisiana from now
until November, and some of our own citi-
zens are Withdrawing their money from
being loaned upon any sort of security.
| All Of these men declare their utter want
Of faith in the Legislature that will con
vene in this city next January, provided
Grant and Kellogg carry the State. The
men who opposed Governor Warmoth
with all his influence, and in the face Of
his record as a Republican, because he
would not consent to allow the treasury to
be plundered, will then be in power with
out any check upon their greed Grants
Of monopoIies and appropriations Of
bonds will be suggested and carried
through by the dozen, and bills will be
passed that no good citizen can think Of
without almost condemning himself to
exile.
And this result, if it is brought about
at all, will be brought about by the men
who own the property that is to be ruined
by the inauguration Of such a government.
A few men, madly bent upon holding
| power in their own hands, have involved
this community in political confusion
that threatens to effect just what no rea-
sonable man can contemplate without sor-
row and desperation. The McEnery party
is the organization that refuses to let the
people Of Louisiana rescue themselves
from the calamity that threatens to fall
upon them, for while we do not say that
Mr.. Kellogg would perpetrate or assist in
the preparation Of the injurious specula-
tiOns that are laid out as the work Of the
next Legislature, yet we do say that the
belief that these jobs would be completed
during his administration will SO shake
public confidence both at home and
abroad that we must feel the shock in
every dollars worth of property in the
State
And yet the men who own the property
are the very ones who are pulling their
houses down about their own ears. The
McEnery party can not defeat Kellogg in
a fair contest for the votes Of the State
because the coIored people could not be
induced to support it, and because an
immense number of white people prefer
even Kellogg to McEnery. Because Nc
Emery runs with the boys and calls out a
large crowd in ward meetings that is no
sign Of his success, for it must be remem-
bered that if all the white people voted
for him it would not be sufficient to elect
him, and about tBo-thirds of the white
people religiously refuse to touch him
with a forty foot pole. His procession
should have satisfied him on this point,
for as he set that up as a proof Of his pop
ularity he cannot say that four thousand
men and boys, putting his array at large
figure, gives him any right to set himself
up as the leader Of the white people in
New Orleans even. He should have had
twenty thousand voters in his procession,
considering its character as a test Of
strength, to make it responsive to the as
sumption Of its mastery. The fact is the
McEnery party is noisier than it is popu-
lar. A popular hurdy-gurdy viii draw
almost the same crowd that it draws.
We set out with the opinion that most
Of the men who have their houses labelled !
to rent belong to the McEnery party. |
We presume this much against them |
from the fact their property threat
ems to become as useless as they |
are. The men who reduce commu-
mites to despair are the men who have no |
tenants, because they are without sense
and without compromise They demand |
the last dollar and insist upon occupying
the front. If they are not allowed to take
precedence they not only refuse to follow,
but they insist on Furnishing their friends
by going over to their enemies. McEnery
and his faction have not the strength to
win the day, and instead Of giving way,
as they should in favor Of some party
that really has the force to succeed, they
set themselves down in the path and de-
clare that the people shall not succeed
except they consent to carry them at the
head. "You must take me along" says
McEnery, cor we shall all 60 to the devil
together" And the men who have not
the sense to keep good tenants are carry
ing Mr.. McEnery on their shoulders even
while he is telling them that their labor
will only end by throwing both in the
ditch The trouble is, they can not cast
IF their burden. McEnery is one Of the
Dads the State acquired when it invested
n the Democratic party, and until the
hing wears out entirely, We shall have it
standing at the doorstep pointing to the
,ign ITO Let" The property holders
With vacant houses are Bourbons as a
general rule, and their being SO accounts
or their having vacant houses.
A CAUSBLRSs SCARE.
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