New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-05
DISCARDED COUNSEL.

calm cOn6lQefatlOn Oh lue DubAueSo hAN oO
cial interests at stake in the impending
conflict He has been Indignantly re-
buked By commitment of the Pie0yu1'e,
who intimates that be of the Tines Is "o1
counsel for 8Ir Kellogg" and over bis
anonymous signature of a ''Tr1e Conser-
yative" demands that Conservative NO. l
shall 'come out over his own signature.
This the latter will, no doubt, prudently
decline to do, for man to counsel mod
Grafton to either of the combatants would,
perhaps, expose him to the concentrated
Indignation of both. The most acceptable
class of advisers to the exasperated are
represented by Washington correspond
ent of the Picayai,e. He writes on one OF
those days which separates the holdayS
of Christmas from New Year. We may
assume that he is warm with the seacoal
fires valiant with the genial potatlonS OF
this season, and safe from the pecunlary
and personal consequences of distant
conflict. Under these probable circum-
stances he issues the following bulletin for
the instruction Of our perplexed people.
1t reads like a general order from
''these headquarters:
The people of Louisiana should sta nd by
their guns and fight this fight out ma ntully
1t is the great paramount cause OF FREE gov
eminent. They should reinforce their
committee here, so that they may present
their petition in an imposing body at the
bars of the House of Representatives and
Senate of the United States. Meetings OF
the people in the State would show earnest
ness and purpose. The real State Legisla-
ture should meet and organize, and pro-
coed with their duties, inauguratlng Nc
Emery and defending, in every possible
manner, the vital rights of their constitu-
ents, who have placed in their hands this
supreme cause. 1t is to be hoped that the
cajoleries of the Louisiana Republicans,
their time-serving promises and appearance
of power will not hoodwink or induce any
to countenance their high handed usurpa-
ton. For such weakness will be their
strength; and if your people divide, sell out
or succumb, they deserve their miserable
fate.
We rather like this indignant denuncia-
ton of any symptom of moderation. 'lf
yoT people divide, sell out or succumb,
they will deserve their miserable fate"
This is tolerable cool, even at this season,
for one who seems not even to have
carpet-bag at risk in Louisiana. 1t is
only to be compared with the nonchalance
of the loafer, who, when the owners of a
new ship were comforting upon the pru-
dence of launch exclaimed, 'Let her
slide, gentlemen, III take the responsible
ill.," No. 1t does not suit the vast inter-
lists at stake in Louisiana to listen to
those who thus counsel an armed conflict.
Already this contest for Office has become
more chronic than the epidemic. Months
may roll around i'll profound quiet. Our
citizens will roam over the world, leaving
their homesteads, family and business in
perfect confidence of safety. Let IAN
election approach, and the sound
of the drum and the glare Of the
torch succeeds to the almost sleepy
quietude of the city. The combat thick
ems, growing more furious, until it culmi-
mates in the success Of Ole party or in the
conflicting claims of each In this po
litical hurricane all business is virtually
forgotten in the paramount excitement.
Each side makes its own representations,
sincere, no doubt, but undoubtedly be-
lieved elsewhere by the friends of each.
At least, so far as the people elsewhere
will suspend their own affairs to take an
interest i'll this local war. But is this an
attractive advertisement for those who have
lands or goods to sell, Or who wish to
borrow money from abroad? Judging
from appearances, it is the worst adver-
tisement that was ever placarded. 1t Is
placarded far more broadly than Barnum's
This controversy in Louisiana is adver-
tised over both continents, and in all Ian
guages. Men even congratulate each other
that the scandal grows every day more
notorious. Will capitalists invest their
money on such an advertisement? Will an
immigrant cast his lot and risk his life
among such people as each of these ex-
parties represent the other to
be? It would seem not Who then profits
by this war upon the business, upon the
credit, upon the good name of New Or
leans? On deliberate reflection we can
see none who do. The parties who have
been most prominent in the conflict of the
past few years have neither grown rich nor
Even the bitterest partisans of
the press, who are Iopularly supposed to
thrive like the sea bird upon the turmoil
Of the waters, have been knocked utterly
out of time. None prosper who are con-
cerned in the war. The rest Of the popu-
lation who stand by until this periodical
and perennial row is over grow poor by
looking on. Some Of them go away to
country where they have some other en-
ployment except stocking the polls or
the sliding bottoms Of the
ballot box.
The drift of these observations point to
social and political peace Yet we regard
the issue and its event with the composure
of those who have nothing to fear, how
ever much there may be to regret in the
commercial embargo now upon us The
day drsgs on, though storms obscure the
sun" Popular trmult, like all other ex-
treme passions, must subside with ex-
haustion When that period shall arrive
we shall be prepared to cooperate in the
great work Of restoring Louisiana to pris-
tine prosperity. Until that period We
shall offer no advice, lest our counsel, like
that Of Conservative No. / should be dis