New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15
TEE gAOKOLOTH AND ASHES POLICY.

conference between the Last Ditchers and
merchants Tuesday night DR.. D. War.
ren Brickell was especially lachrymose il
his little speech to the squad in convoca.
ton. His confession" was so pathetic
that it brought tears to the eyes of the
committee having in charge the ''succinct
survey of the political status" For we are
assured by the reporters that this preciou:
document was defaced But we will LEI
the tax resister Reform Democrat speal
for himself.
/ confess, gentlemen, that / find myself
before those whose faces are all as familiul
to me as those of my own household, having
through many, many years met you upon
our streets, and even in your households
and ! feel myself placed III a strange posi-
ton, the mOuthpiece of a political party,
whom you have always known in the hum
BILE and obscure path of a physician.
Nothing, gentlemen, but the fact that
am, like some of you, father, the head OF
a household and citizen of Louisiana, with
all have and ALL ever expect to have cen
tired in this State, could have made you find
me in this position at this particular time.
Wrong after wrong, misfortune after mis-
fortune, blow after blow, has come upon our
people, until /, for one, found it necessary
to give my help in this great life struggle.
Nothing, gentlemen, but that which
brings you here this evening has brought
me here in connection with these gentle
men, namely, the desire to save ourselves
from destruction; and God knows l sym
pathize with you from the bottom Of my
heart.
Yes there he was, among his fellow fos-
sils. He knew every man Of them, and
was not ashamed to confess it. He was
like the unfortunate man who was born in
New Jersey, and did not care a d-n who
knew it. But the difficulty with the doctor
was that he did not see enough faces there
to suit his purpose. He could tell from his
knowledge of those before him that there
was a good prospect for fair "divi, if it
ever fell to their lot to pick the Pelican.
But the people who do the voting were
outside. They had no permission and no
desire to join the charmed circle. They
have no sympathy with nor liking for the
old fossils who still keep up the folly of
calling themselves " the people"
Does DR.. Brickell suppose there are no
fathers, no heads of families, no citizens,
with all they have, and all they expect to
have, in this State except himself and the
few old gentlemen then assembled around
him? Is he an exception in this respect?
We tell him no. There are tens Of thou
sands of men opposed to his tax resisting
follies, his exploded Democracy, including
white supremacy, and his exclusive and
egotistical notions, who possess all those
virtues Of which he makes so much boast
and paIaver, and do not think it worth
while to make parade about them. And
he will find that unless he actually makes
himself one of the people, and learns to
regard himself as merely an atom on the
face of creation, like an ordinary mortal,
there will be no end in this life to the
wrong after wrong and misfortune after
that will overtake him. DIR.
Brickell and his misguided friends find it
to divest themselves Of the idea
that the present supremacy Of the real
people, the voters of Louisiana, is but
that in the providence Of God
the time will soon come when thelate mas
ters Of labor can resume the whip, put into
exercise again their damnable intolerance
and ride rough shod over underlings.
This is the blindest faulty. # Injuries
him who is afflicted with it. The great
world moves on, and the multitude of vot-
9rs pursue their pleasures, and look after
heir individual interests, regardless of the
plants Of those who fall by the wayside
None of the innumerable throng will pause
n the great march to listen to the doctors
ale Of wo. He may be q father, citizen,
With all he has, and all he expects to have,
IL this State, and not be at all singular.
Nearly every man who outstrips him will
Jay in reply: $50 am I, sir.
Our advice to the forlorn gentlemen
Who are i'll the habit Of meeting together
0 lament their unpromising fortunes is
o be up and doing. Mix with the peo-
lie. Acknowledge every man with vote
o be your equal, or, at least, give him
redit for sense enough to know how to
astit. Lay aside your airs Of superior
ty, which are simply offensive to sensible
nen and drive away those who would be
riends. First show that you have human
and feelings and you will soon !
ave little reason to rail against your
ountry. If you would not be left in the |
minority hasten to join the majority, for,
est assured, you can not persuade it to |
ONE over to you. And the surest way to
save yourselves from destruction" is to |
ct out of the way when you see the ire
istible tide Of humanity moving on your
rail works. The people are amply able
D take care of themselves, and each man
II himself, and the best advice we can
i've to those who seem to be left in their
2neliness is to do likewise By taking
are of yourselves you become truly wise
nd perform all that God expects of you.
GREELEY'S PHILOSOPHY,
There is much said about aspiration and
mbitiOn in this country of ours, and it is