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New-York tribune., 1872-08-16

The press, military companies, and courts
have In vain tried to subdue, or partially gain little
control over that class OF the population Of San Fran
cisco, known the "Hoodlums." These young street
Arabs who do not know father mother but who from
the time they able walk and talk had to obtain
for themselves what little snstenance they had, and
whose lives have consisted OF kicks and cuffs OF sary-
non and misery have been SO hardened and accustomed
10 these things that neither threats clubbing from
seem 10 have any effect upon t1em Their recent cx-
IOts and dcprc1atOns have 80 aroused public attention
hold meetings at winch a nunbof OF clergymcn 10
Kve tneir views as " tho best means VI dealing Hh
the5e OutcastS.
New-York tribune., 1872-08-16
"GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.n

Major b. Rush PIunily, Galveston Terds Aug. g.
Fellow citizens, my friend Col. Spencer,
the habit of his profession and several times addressed
Won as Gentlemen OF the jury" lie did not intend SO
to do but his very inadvertence has at this time sngu
lar significance. Tonight you are jury. part OF
that august tribunal of the people to whom is referred
the most momentous questions of modern time-the
questions OF constitutional government, OF popular lib
erty, and of national unity. The country and
lot 1t may. be safely questioned if, in any
period of history, has any nation presented
q more imposing, more affecting spectacle than that
presented ut this time by this nation. Men alike in
kind, differing only In degree, in all ages The Bible
Jordan, while the people pass over" True and the peo
pie OF this time leaving their political priesthood up
to their very shoulders In that swift and swelling river
OF public opinion through which rapidly passing
meeting either bank In force and In mutual faith for
great and object-the overthrow OF personal
government by the election Of Horace Greeley. Well
might Mr.. Sumner say that the success OF tho Clncl
movement Will be the greatest political achievement
since the Declaration OF Independence. prolonged
cheerlng.I
The Hon. Reuben r. fenioa, at Wdukesha, Wa dug g. ,
came here not with the expectation OF ad-
dressing you political topics but Tor relaxation Irom
toll and labor. But could not resist the pressing invita-
ton kindly extended by the citizens OF your Deautu
village and In compliance with your wishes stand here
tonight to speak 10 You OF the problems OF the hou
desire express you the qualification ieel IN Delns
able to have the opportunity OF explaining tno
ties which have lmpeed me- WIN tens oi lnousahus VI
others break away from once glorious put now ue-
generated organization party which has placed It's lu
press upon the history Of our nation during tue past
party whose WatchWOfu III INC phst huS pooh
honesty. liberty, aud freedoms now, alas - through
the influence Of corrupt ahd uhsoruplous hlIks, u"o
been brought so low, aud today stands dlsgaced Dy
the bad men who are controlling its action one year
ago IL thought by many ol our honest
that reforms could be inaueurated within tne parry @ a.
Efforts I'm that direction zeaously made Dut were
powerloss accomplish any thing Tho patriotlo pony
~ men who nsseInbed nc Cincinnati, and the equally
notriotie body of men VINO assembled AT Baltimore,
represented large and influential CONSTITUENCIES lnons
mon ONE grand and noble purpOsea purpose ioong 10
a tuoiuign ONl Service kciOrm, puilhv"tloh in tEe
admmistrlpn OF the Government Win P-aVo "uu
reconciliation between tHo sections.
New-York tribune., 1872-08-16
ECHOES FROM THE STUMP.
THE TWO PARTIES.

Z. H. NLldl, az f0rt WdVne, md, Ahg d
The party headed by Gen. Grant, and led on
by mis- interested official adherens, seek to retain place
and power by keeping alive this hatred between the
North and South and by denuncatiOns and recrimna-
tions they seek 10 sthe the growth OF all returning
friendships between the two sections OF our country
The more intense these interested partsans can
make and preserve these animosties the more likely
they will be able to preserve their maories and con
tn1o TO secure the spOs OF their official positions. The
other party headed by Horace Greeley believe there Is
no further necessity for envy and hatred between the
North and the that the interests OF both sections
of the country equal and that the rights of the citizens
in each should be dencal that common brotherhood
should again unite and that universal amnesty should
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY AUGUST q 1872

What would have been the condition Of
affairs in this State now if Jonas and his
Gem Legislature had succeeded in putting
their schemes through last winter Neither
Jonas nor McEnery know anything about
the Cincinnati platform or the men that
made it. 1t is doubtful now if the au-
thors of the Cincinnati nominations could
obtain a hearing in the State from the fol-
lowers of Jonas. And yet they have the
temerity to set themselves up as the owners
and representatives of platforms and can
didates that they never could have had the
Wit to nominate, if they had been left to
themselves, nor the sense to understand.
If Mr.. Ellis had his way to-day the bet
might be safely taken that he would send
half the Cincinnati convention to the same
lamppost that he keeps about his premises
for the benefit of gentlemen who are more
popular and deserving than he is. If
McEnery and Jonas intend to act toward
the State as they have acted toward US the
people had better run away with what
money they may have about them the day
the united State ticket is elected
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
A SILLY REPORT,

We learn that reports are covertly circu-
lated among the colored people that Gree
ley and Brown are rebels in disguise, and
that their election will be the signal for
turning every colored man out of Office.
AS Grant has appointed but few colored
men to Office during his four year term,
Greeley will not have many to turn out.
But the report finds few to believe it. 1t
is uphill business to make a colored man
Of any pretensions to intelligence believe
that Mr.. Greeley has forgotten his aboi
tiOnism that has been his sentiment for
forty years, or that Gratz Brown will
prove false to an equally positive record.
In short, no one believes there will be a
shadow of turning in either of the distin-
guished and lifelong champions Of the
rights of man. Under the administration
of President Greeley the rights of the
national government the rights of State
governments and the rights of individuals
will be honestly maintained. And these
rights embrace the integrity of the Union
as well as the inviolability of emancipa-
ton and enfranchisement.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
THE BALTIMORE ACCEPTANCE.

1t scarcely appears possible for genuine
Liberal Or a Democrat, who has made up
his mind to accept the political situation,
to find any fault with Mr.. Greeleys letter
accepting the Baltimore nomination. II
raises no new issues, and deals plainly
with undisputed facts 1t is true the letter
may appear superfuOus, since it adheres
pretty closely both to the Cincinnati letter
and the platform. But Is the original let
ter was made part of the declaration OF
| principles which the convention at Balti-
more affirmed, it was not inappropriate,
and certainly not a subject meet for COM
plant that he should elaborate points
merely touched upon before.
The saying very frequently repeated of
late that it is dangerous for presidential
candidates to write letters, has no little
! force in it, as a matter Of general applica-
ton. 1t opens wide field for abstract
issues, and the charge that Mr.. Clay killed
his chances for election by it is indis-
putable. We have no need of other IS
sues. Those so admirably set forth at
Baltimore and Cincinnati touch and will
quicken the long dormant but responsive
sentiments of the country. The condition
which North Carolina now finds herself in
may, with no great stretch of the imagin-
alton, find a parallel in other Southern
States, and in mutual hostility to this con-
dition of things both Liberals and Demo
Gratis find ready concurrence. Nor do
we regard the allusion to general amnesty
as misbeftting the occasion, or an unde-
served thrust at the partisan hostility the
principle meets with in some of the Radi-
cal journals. It is not a bid for the South
ern vote. Long before the letter was writ
ten it was considered one, if not the chief
issue of the canvass.
The South wants no more prescriptions;
and we believe that the right thinking
and candid men Of the North are tired Of
seeing it applied as well. The manly
avowal of this sentiment can do Mr.. Gree
ley no harm, especially in the South. It
would nave been FOOLISH IN him to eYade
it, and might well have awakened the dis
trust the Radical journals are not indis-
posed to deprecate. Indeed some of these
papers appear ''as tenacious of our honor
as if it were their own. We can readily
understand why many points in Mr.. Gree
ley's letter are Objectionable to them.
Under the rule of the present dynasty the
awakening Of liberal opinion and the in
auguration of free government in the
South would be long put off indeed. But
the people Of this country, with Mr.. Gree
ley, think it is time to bring it about, and
prepare to exult again, under the admins
tration of Mr.. Greeley in the doctrines of
tie Declaration Of independence.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
AS PER REQUEST,

The Citizens Guard asks us for a full
and frank explanation of the difference be-
tween State rights and State sovereignty.
To premise, any fool can ask questions,
but it requires sensible men to answer
them, and the great trouble is in beating
the explanation into the head of the ques-
TONER. To conclude: State sovereignty
regulates ITSELF as South Carolina pro-
posed to do when she declared that it was
entirely optional with herself whether she
would remain in OF. secede from the Union.
State rights allows that there is a superior
power, from which certain concessions are
demandable If Louisiana was sovereign
the United States could only entreat her
to- respect its laws; as she is not sovereign
the United States commands her to obey
the law, and her only recourse against an
unjust or oppressive enactment is to APP
peal to the rights which have been granted
to her in common with the States by the
superior authority Of the nation. We deny
the theory of State sovereignty, because it
is incompatible with the quality of allie
glance which Louisiana owes to the nation.
We affirm the existence of State rights,
because the supreme alliance called the
nation has set apart and reserved to
each political community certain attributes
and powers that partake of the nature of
sovereignty. The constitution is the
boundary line upon which we fix our faith;
and the immutability of this line is an evil
dence against State sovereignty, because
no State can change it, either by enlarging
its own rights or by reducing them, and
yet the nation may. The distinction that
is now disturbing the country arises from
a misrepresentation in regard to the power
of modifying our rights. General Grant
has attempted to abridge our privileges by
thrusting the power Of the federal govern
ment into our local government General
Grant is not the nation, and his arbitrary
UsuTpation is the object Of our resistance
If the nation should deliberately decree a
change in the federal constitution to the
same effect that General Grants action has
done We might not complain; but until
the people make this alteration freely and
at their own suggestion We shall insist that
the President has no right to trample on
our rights by virtue Of his being the chief
agent of the constitution. We look to the
principal, and not to the subordinate
The Citizens Gaord may not understand
this full and frank explanation but we
must not be held responsible for that
since we had no hand in making that con-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
BEHIND THE AGE.

The people of Savannah are wonderfully
behind the age. They are now passing
through the same fermentation that we
achieved in 1867, and will no doubt ar
rive at the same result as ourselves. From
palpably one-sided account published in
the Republican, we learn that there is a
good deal Of hostility existing in that city
between the two races on the car question.
They have a system in vogue similar to
our ''star car arrangement, by which a
car is specially designated for the use of
colored people. But there, as was the
case here, and for good reason, the negroes
were dissatisfied with the delay required
for a star car to come up, and latterly
they have infringed the rules of the
company, and taken to riding in any car
that came along. 1t further appears that
no forcible attempts were made by the
white people to prevent this; but the fact
that there were objections manifested by
the whites and resented By the colored
people, is shown by the results Of an Incl
dent, trivial in itself and of every day oc-
currence, which happened there the other
day which is thus reported in the Repayb-
Hcau:
Several colored persons were seated in
the car allotted to white persons, going out
at ten o'clock When near Liberty street
young man entered the car, and, as he
was passing through to a seat, the car
started off suddenly, throwing him against
a cOlUred girl. She at once poured forth
several invectives, and used very abusive
language toward the young man. Several
cOlOred men at once intertered, and a gen
eral difficulty was about to ensue, when
the conductor had the car stopped. Imme-
d,ately a large crowd of cOlored men sur
rounded the car, and, from the noise Gre
ated, many citizens came cut of their dwell
ings to learn the cause. One young gentle
man, seeing that a difficulty of no little
magnitude was about to be begun, ordered
the driver to start off. This he refused to
do, and left the car. The conductor then
attempted to drive off, when a colOred man
jumped in front Of the horses. and held
them, swearing they should not move.
The affair naturally gathered head, and
reinforcements poured in on both sides
until there were enough angry, excited
people on the spot for first class disturb
ance, which was, however, prevented by
the timely arrival Of the police.
Now, assuming that the young man fell
against the colored girl by pure accident
+ Though there are strong reasons to doubt
the inference Of the Republican, on account
of its evident bias), it shows that the ne
groes were prepared to expect insult in
the car; and from the number Of combat
ants that rushed to the scene on both
sides, the further fact is shown that the
elements in Savannah are favorable for
disturbance on this car question The
right Of the negroes to ride in a white car
may be reluctantly and grudgingly con
ceded, but it is done with such bad grace
that they naturally regard with suspicion
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
MR, BOUTWELL AN ALARMIST.

The Secretary Of the Treasury, albeit
the ablest man in Grants Cabinet,
and one whose general character for
sense and steadiness is deseryedly good,
is occasionally in the habit Of tripping.
To borrow a smile from his favorite field,
the heavens, his defects appear as spots
on the sun; but they are none the less de-
fects. He has been down into North
Carolina recently on a stumping tour, dur
ing which he is reported to have informed
the coIored people that the election of
Greeley and Brown would endanger their
liberties and imperil all the work of re-
construction, including the results of
emancipation. The distinguished dis
coverer of the ''hole in the sky" was
guilty of a great wrong in this matter.
For the Secretary of the Treasury is really
a great functionary, both on account of
his admitted abilities and his high official
position. When such a man speaks he
should always be believed. But how
can he expect this thing when he goes
before a people, presuming upon
their ignorance, with the purpose of
causelessly arousiDg their fears and ex-
citing their prejudices against their fellow
citizens whose interest in local self-gov-
eminent is identical with their own Mr..
Boutwell, can not plead ignorance as an
excuse for this mode Of conducting the
presidential canvass. He knows that the
election of Greeley and Brown would not
endanger the liberty of the freedmen nor
the integrity Of the Union. He knows,
and would be forced to admit in the pres
ence Of intelligent men, that the republic
contains no ADLER nor more sincere advo-
Gates of the Union and freedom for all
than Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown.
Mr.. Boutwell, is certainly able to produce
something better than the bugbears Of
African slavery and State sovereignty in
support of President Grants reelection.
He should leave these things and their
effects on colored people to the 'smaIl
fry Of his party.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY

In the present struggle for the rich Red
River and Northern Texas trade every
citizen Of New Orleans should aid by
every means in his power his own city.
Anything calculated to endanger our sue
cess or encourage the enemy is q social
crime, and should be so regarded
We have a case in point The st. Louis
Globe an able and watchful sentinel of eur
enterprising rival, draws encouragement
from the suicidal course pursued by our
tax resisters for the well known designs of
st. Louis upon the great trade centering
at Shreveport, and which the merchants
of that city are about building a railroad
to secure. The following extract from
that journal tells the whole story:
The New Orleans REPUBLICAN is quite
irate because the tax resisters, constituting
a large and wealthy class, are in the way
of building a railroad from that city to
Shreveport. Unless the united State ticket
is elected-that is, the Reform Democratic,
their influence will be thrown against the
proposed road. So break the spOkes of the
wheel of progress.
some of our Eastern brethren, who proceed
in this fashion:
RCSOired, Is the road practicable
ReS0lCed, The road be built.
The points shown in the above short
paragraph are these: First, the st. Louis
people have an eye upon us down here,
and have watched the course of the tax
resisters Second, they believe that New
Orleans can not raise the required $4,000
900 to build the road to Shreveport, SO
long as "a large and wealthy class" are
continually grumbling at the discharge of
their duties to the public. 1t is therefore
promptly resolved that their road be built.
The fact that the Globe greatly overrates
the numbers and wealth of our tax re-
sisters does not avail US anything. They
call themselves ''the people" and the
people Of st. Louis take them at theft
word and being naturally a more 60
ahead set than we are here, will probably
build their road while we are trying to
pacify our sniveling tax resisters. Thus
these enemies of the State may see the
damage they are doing to the community
that they grow rich upon in their slow,
saving, retail way They are not only
driving the trade which is the life Of this
city away from us, but they are fortifying
against its possible return
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02

every act that looks Like crowding them
out The community would not be held
responsible for the act of insult to the
young coIored girl on the part of the
young man, even if he had intended to
be offensive, for that would be merely an
individual outrage, for which all well Or
gained cities provide suitable penalties.
But is to blame for the presence of the in
fammable materials out of which the re-
sulting tumult was created. 1t shows
that Savannah is. five years behind this
city in its work of reconstruction, and
affords a powerful argument to those who
demand Of Congress protection in civil
rights against strong aggressors.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
PLUNDERING OUR UNIFORM

The McEnery-Jonas tribe are Haunting
themselves over the State in uniforms that
we made, and which they never contrib
nted dollar or a stroke of work to pay
for. What business have Jonas and Nc
Emery to be plotting the Liberal boat when
she was launched in opposition to their
suggestions at our expense. We built up
the Liberal party and set the Cincinnati
revolution on foot, and yet these ancient
and decayed fossils are running about the
country in our uniform as if it was made
by them, claiming the credit Of our labors.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
ROUTE.

The procession will move down Royal TO st.
Louis street down st. Louis to Charities street, up
Charities to Canal dewn Canal (uorth side to st.
Charles, up st. Charles to Julia up Julia to Camp,
down Camp to Lafayette Square.
On arrival at Lafayette Square District NIarshaIs
viii form their respective commands in close order
in column near the public stand as possible, in
order to enable the clubs to hear the distinguished
speakers who will address them.
After the adjournment of the mass meeting the
District Marshals viii take charge of their respec-
tive divisions.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02
A WEEPING LYON.

can intesely indignant Virginia gentle
man" sat himself down on hot day in
July to pour out his feelings on the presi-
Dental question. The outgush proves to
be a mixture of bile, egotism, tears and
twaddle Of course he prefers Grant to
Greeley, and the Citizens Guard natu-
rally copies his ''piece" and commends it
in the highest terms. His charge against
Horace Greeley that he had slandered the
women of the South appears to US to be a
pure fiction. But in any case, it has
nothing to do with this campaign. Stall
wart blows were given on both sides dur
ing the war, and had more or less Influence
on the result. But they are of the past,
and no politician who is able to originate
an idea to sustain his side ever refers to
these post mortem transactions. Mr..
James Lyons, of Virginia, Will therefore
do well to slop over in private, if he must
gush at all.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-02

Here We go again. The soda pop organ
says that Governor Warmoth is response
bic for all the badness in Louisiana, be-
cause he controlled the dominant party,
and yet, in the same breath, it says that a
man named Burwen originated and passed
the amendment limiting the State debt in
spite of Governor Warmotl's opposition.
If Burwell did do this he ought certainly
to be held responsible for the other acts
of the Legislature, because he was the
arbiter Of legislation. If the Picayau,s
has one capacity more fully developed.
than another, it is the ability to convict
itself of being a fool