New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-17
APPEALING no THE MTLTTART.

The Republicans Of the North have no
doubt asked themselves this question,
''Hew is it that our party is not able to
control affairs III Louisiana without the
military if it is in the majority, as it pre-
tends to be?" Recognizing our RESPONSE
| bility to the nation in this matter, and
considering that an answer to the inquiry
Of the North should Justly and properly
| be made we call the attention Of the
country to the fact that the city Of New
| Orleans, which is the nursery Of all the
violence that menaces the peace Of society,
is under the domination of the Democratic
party. and that the Democracy is SO much
under the influence of the rowdy element
that its last nominating convention was
admitted to have been a disgraceful affair,
and it's followers were 50 disgusted with it
that more than one-haIf Of them seeded
and organized the Reform party. The
Republicans consist Of the laboring and
farming classes, living away from the city
and having little time and less inclination
to engage in political disturbances. It is
an easy matter to assemble a Democratic
mob in New Orleans and it is not an easy
matter to obtain the power to make such a
mob respect the peace, or even the rights
Of the opposition.
During the late excitement, forin8tance,
although the decree of the federal judi
ciary was the matter to be considered, if
the military had not been present to en-
force the orders of the law, the mob would |
have resisted the results Of Judge Durells !
judgment The Lyceum Hall conclave
was body convened in contempt of judi
cial authority, and if the leaders Of the
Democratic party will commit such
breaches of order, what is to be expected
from the followers? If it had not been
that the United States authorities felt q
lack Of disposition to pursue the parties
who condemned its injunction, there would
nave been q number Of arrests and i'm
and this goes to show how
carefully this entire trouble has been en-
orced, all the winners seeking to accom-
nodate the losers as much as possible
t is doubtful if the other side would have
handled the Republicans as they have
,een handled in the event they had sue
eeded.
More than this, the Republicans pro.
5ss to be the party of Law and order; they
Omit that the United States can arbitrate
local question without insulting the :
tate; and they prefer to settle difficulties
y avoiding nasty gunpowder The COM +
lunity in the midst Of which the LegisIa-
Ire meets is unfortunately of different :
r3er Of thought. New Orleans has been +
to the Democracy for years by T
rtuo Of the superior ability Of that party
call i'll its muscle and its nice little re- +
liver The people have submitted time !,
It OF mind, but the Republicans, finding
e military at hand, resolved to try CON il
usions with the roHdies. The attempt y
IS been q success and the experiment n
u do to improve on in the future. The O
en- who steal ana stuff ballot boxes will !
defeated by the federal judiciary. and Il
e men who menace the public peace viii b.
II against federal bayonets. And both Il
lis will thus come to an end. as
In conclusion, let US ask the North why W
employs policemen when the great mass 81
mankind, is honest? Because d few tb
'cals can do great deal Of injury that ST
my honest people can not repair. I'll