Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16


sketch the controlling genius of the
new. and gaseous peoples Picayane.
What will he label it-s '"4lis IS 'un
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The Picayune appears very forcibly
to illustrate the homely saying of = too
many cooks spoil the BROTH for it
seems to please nobody,and its course
has elected from that usually staid
and sedate Journal the German Gazette
the following pungent commentary a
I" THE WAR WHooP.r--Ot late. the
Picayui,e. has become very, warlike,
and especially takes its neighbor, the
TIMES. to task for all sorts Of short
e0mings. The,fact is that since it's
Tnewldeparture,T of which some OF
our readers have undoubtedly heard
the Picaymne seems to suffer from re
peated attacks of paroxysrn, somewhat
kefthe wild Indian order. its4y0nng
editor from the rural DISTRICTS in his
ardent zeal to promote the sake of re
FORM, not only tries hard to tear
down walls, but he also lets fall the
blows of his fist thick as hail, right
land lett, no matter whether friend or
foe be struck slsw ~ c.ga no Z
Such zeal, if led into the right
channel, would undoubtedly be very
landable, but for personal safety's sake.
we dare to mildly remind our voting
country man that he no longer enjoys
the company of the wild tribes. OF St.
Marys, living as he now does among Il
somewhat civilized community. No
body Of course demands that he
should at once abandonall his cherish
ed notions ofthe Bayou Teche swainps,
lpereeyer as it is often, very Interest
| ing for city people to witness the wild
performances, in the tomahawk line,
of some real scion of the backwoosis,
care however should always be taken
| BY the, latter not to ler his tomahawk
| hy Inadvertently at some innocent
bystander's head.
% TO tersely demand offhe other city
editors to at once join him in his wild
war song, is really demanding a little
too much, however, meloaiols that
| song may sound. Such things want
to be learned and sitfdtfstood, and
after,we have sconcefved.sOmei faint
idea of what,the real meaning of the
! Picaaans,e war-vk3op ''means to be-
then, perhaps, there will be more
chance for some final understanding.
We, therefore, see no good reason why
our young rural contemporary should
be exasperated at the conduct of
other editors for not yelling away at
such q tremendous rate as be him
self is only able TO produce. They are
certainly not possessed OF such rare ed
ucatianal advantages as the new chief
tain from Attakapas has enjoyed for
so many years.
We take the liberty, however, % en-
terrain some slight donbts as to the
efficiency OF this backwoods tactics il
brought into use against Warmoth's
palisades and rifled guns. To fire
away all his best arrows at random
before he could get a clear sight oi
the enemy, has certainly never been
the tactics of an experienced Choctaw
chief when he moreover knew that his
adversary had his pockets still full Of
powder and shot. We have the high
est regard as to the excellent STRATEGY.
cal talent of our friend from the
prairies, but we permit ourselves to
Kindly remind him that we city editors,
though we do not pretend at all to be
experts in fl ghting bears and alligators
have had some little experience, in
enceuntering the hydra of corruption
at its very resting place, and we can
give him the cooling assurance that
this beast of prey cannot in the least
be scared by the most tremendous
noise OF, yells, however unearthly the
sounds may appear to. human cars
He Will, therefore, We hope. permit us
to pause yet a little while before We
can follow his trail. .e 'sr, ~
1t 1.-THE Pic.) has been particularly
severe and indignant towards the
Governor, whom it. has held up as al
exemplar ofiyenality and depravity IL
general, land yet in the opinion OF a
correspondent to a Western paper the
Chicago Tribune, whose syinpathies
are certainly not with Warmoth, he i
as honest as some of the New Orleans
Merchants and bankers who probably
are mentioned III the celebrated com
mittee of tifty-one. 1t willibe noticed
THAT the corresponding particularly
mentions, that the Governor was as
good as hisword in making the ;isser
ltioA we have allmlesi to. He had IN
terviewed him, and the following is ;
portion'o Of the conversation which pass
ed between them: s''Yi ss'iii sf',
'AiG don't pretend to be honest h,
continued, aftera littls. ~ Only pre-
tend to be AS honest as anybody il
!. politics. and more sp,rIhan tirese tel
4 lows who are opposing pe now. Her.
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