New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-19
O0LLARING A PETTY OFFENDER.

more than complete, we should make NJ
objection to any reasonable Reinforcement
but seeing that almost every other man il
the community, from Ogden to Jewell, i!
trying to obtain the ear of the people il
order to be heard as to the great outrage
that was committed by Judge Durell, it is
our opinion that the Price Current nigh
have allowed the prosecution to be carried
on in favor of the fusionists by those who
have no such character for good sense anC
honesty as it has to sustain. There was
10 occasion for the Price Current to catch
the political epizooty and go off with g
statement obtained in Cincinnati which
it will never be able to sustain, thai
Judge Durell turned out the legal re,
turning board" A commercial paper is
not expected to discuss politics, but
it is expected to tell the truth; it is
expected to allay excitement rather
than to provoke it; it should be
on the side Of law and order, rather
than upon the side of lawIessnesS and
usurpatiop. The decision of Judge Du-
! rell assisted to establish the returning
board, instead of oyerthrowing it, and his
decision in the premises is sustained by
the State courts and by sound faw, We
have, therefore, two judicial decisions
with which to Offset the assertion Of the
Price Current. and those decisions were
rendered by parties who had no direct
interest in the controversy. Judge DureIl
is not connected with the political con-
troveysy in this State: he had nothing to
make that the public can see in provoking
the storm of yenomous scandal that has
howled about his head, and the presump-
tions are. therefore. to the effect that he is
right in what he evidently performed
undey his oath Of Office. Is the Price
Cu'yeat, then. that pretends to be the
organ OF the business community. JUST.
fed in rushing before the public with d
voluntary statement thaG the people are
being trampled upon, that right is over.
thrown. and that. per Consequence. all
men should arm to protect themselves
or fly TO escape a dreadful visitation: It
is all well enough. perhaps. for the selfish
organs that live upon the driftwood Of
politics and excitement to abuse the PEG.
pie with perverted statements Of graa:
public events. but nothing can justify a
commercial newspaper in forming OF
stating improper and untr1.tbtul conclu-
sions to the detriment of its own patrons
and OF the community it pretends to rep
resent. New Orleans is scandalized
enough by the truth. without forcing her
to carry the character that malice and
taisehood may invent TO saddle her with.
ANOTHER SfRATAGEM BEATEN.
Dir. Ogden. who has jus. lost a tine IA:
office that he thought he had his fingers
on, is communing with President Grant.
through Attorney General Williams, to
the effect that he was elected at one of the
most quiet and orderly elections ever held
in The State of Louisiana, and that he has
been beaten out of his fat thing by the
oppressive action Of Judge Durell. In
some nurseries. if Mr.. Ogden is vel! |
posted in family matters, when the chill
lren are the Iuietest, then they are almost
sure 20 be engaged in committing the
worst actions. It is easy enough to es-
ablish that the late election was q eace.
,ble one. for that is a point no one pre-.
ends 70 set up, but it is not so easy for
lim to explain this singular and unex-
2ected fact. The discovery Of the reason
# this. quie!ude comes with greater grace
rom the opposition. whose interests were
made to suffer from this unnatural order
nd decorum.
11r. Ogden's friends hid the polling
,iaces from the colored people, and they
lad to be Silent in order to secure the adj
antages they were playing for. If they
lad put on the usual head Of steam and
anced around in their regular uniform of
touched hats and six-shooters the Repub.
leans would have discovered the balIoting
laces and put in their votes. In one
ari5h the election precinct was supposed
> have been called at . famous church in
large Republican settlement, and the
egroes assembled at that place in order
, do their voting, After searching for
ours they discovered that an out of the
,ay place in an old field had been desig.
ated as the polling booth. the name o?
4e church being arbitrarily attached 10
!. ana there ell the white people me: and
oted When the negroes reached the place
ley were delayed By the frivolous ques-
ons put to the white voters until it was too
tie for them to vote. This was quiet
lough and orderly too, but it was fraud
Id such fraud as Mr.. Ogden could (
arJiv expect to overcome in a legal con-
s. What is the difference, We ask, be-
yeen being driven from the polls by yio-
nee which the law certainly would not 5
low, and having tie polls taken from
le voter by deliberate piece Of cheatery?
Nj. Ogden reconciIed to the loss of his
.oney because the thief did not disturb
.m while he rtmmagad Lis pockets
lie peace and quiet dodge, il SO far
it violated the rights of the people, has
ct with the same fate that the Old VIC u
nee dodge did; and the people of Louis t
~ may be instructed b the fact that
stice and honesty are the best aids to J
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