New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-23
LOCAL POLITICAL TOPICs.
How to Suppress the Cut .Throats.

M1rcer. r0ho2ry and iaWlessnese were raEi'
! pant in every direction. NJ mans lite was
safe; no mans property was secure. Juries
composed o: kl Klux assassips cleared
| their accGmpl ces. aud the administration
OF ils.ice was turned into a mockervo Ia
this condition OF affairs law creating
sort o: standing army, caleb tue STATE po-
Ice. and mother law prohibiting the carry.
ia, o! arms by citizens. were passed.
grea: QUERY wa. made against these arti-
trarv measures. and i: is charged that they
ve.e, OF occasions. used for partisan pur.
poses: but i. !. certain their riyo-orous ad.
rl:nist-at:on has gwen peace and prosperity
TO the Lens Star State. Law and order
have been en:hrnned where no man felt
:.a. L.s lie was his own. Even the orderly
portion Of tue Democrats have often re:!.
!! timed Governor Davi. to SEED hi. Radical
polio. 70 prytee: them aga!ns: the cut.
tlroats ot their own party. Even the Dem
Oc.a... Legislature. which Is rov engaged
il repeating .hes, laws, confess i: IS party
measure. 10 take power out o. the hands o:
til. Republican Governor, bat acAnowl.
edges tnt!- usefulness and efficiency, ard
openly iac!ac. they mus: DE restored to the
statute to,;. AZ soon as tle mex: election
| Ei-e. :Ee. Democratic executive. II il
:!;esc laws tina: invite immigration 20 the
| S'a.e. T::n:i anu decea: people ars glad to
! z. wuer: :uiiaDs are not allowed to Gvcvawe
| them with revoivers. WLethe. we &c: i:
81 not. i: is evident IA. we need law
against carrying weapons here. Make i: a
! severe Cti.nse for q man to be caught with
a revolver. and create force tina: can en-.
| force the law, and an era of quiet and peace
viii at oace dana upon our distracted
STATE.
Oac. a Governor visited r.n:te rt;ary
with the avowed int nt:ou Ct pariouine al:
the Il:rdere-s and thieve: in it who should
| neither ;nur'lec nor rob him while within
the walls. BECAUSE they received him with
smiles and :iwn:ng and treated him well.
| be though: them ;ncapble Of harm;n: any.
cue. Ye: he vas not greater jsckass than
any N,-1he.n member Of Congress who
will come South. get drunk with few de-.
| cen: representatives OF the chivalry. and
ten 2, North and slobber over abou: "how
cordially Northern men are received by Our
Southern brethren" L.: them come Le:e
| pocr and l,ovar!ess. with nothing but their
energy. their honesty and their carre:.bas=.
ard they viii: soon fnG OF: VIA: kind OK
''eo;i.a;.:y" /. II store f:c them with a
vea..aE:.. When Peter the Great. Of
| Russia, wanted to learn what the masses
| though. Of king, he wen: among theni in
tie disguise OF a mechanic. II Northern
| Con r-s .men have any curiosity to find Gu.
ti.e vca; feelings Of the Unrepenfen: rebels
! ie: t..e.E tcv al excursion as Eadica! teach.
e:s q: .l.g:O schools in 2 Democratic parish!
| Tne:. are some Northern men in tie
Scat. Who d, TIE ta!iest and d;.,:es: lying
s!r .Ie ,eoe!s in exchange 70, tie gracious
coniescens:on Of bein: permitted to sneak
| ;atc the bsci door Of rete! ''so..e:y." They
a:- u.ade 0: the same sui. a. those North.
| e:u mec wis, were her. "a. tue c;~Ii:.y Of
| IL. war and Wen: into the Confederate
! army. and who aye now the most re5ti:e-oui
| c: tie K:k!1x agi:a.o:s. T:ec at syco.
plants.
W.:h al thei. howin.. il IS a fA,: TIA:
i.s Wit. population Of Louisiana a. a
Whole /, to-day bette: dressed. better
housed and better fed than auy equal
nrNt:c 0: people on The face OF the globe.
| T.ev a.so do less work AMI &c: mo..
money rropo::iorate!r t,s wha: they do
perform than any other people. Louisiana
!, L,tog:ouslr tbs lazy mans paradise.
| -, ssrn t,aS
bv Rajica! rule" doa't move to tie North.
wcs. is be.au.e they would have to work
&c: !iyin. up there. Whoever Wi. t:avel
ia the cou.. y parishes will find the co!ored
mea aaG women in the cotton and Gaze
fields. and the idier portion o: the white
men ia whisky shops. playing cards ard
.a.kic. atou: "tae iron heel of oppression y
To South was never guilty 0: .ctscra!
improvements and was not accustomc: to
taxst.cr. Take, in New Orleans are row
surpcsei to be h:ghc: than anywhere else
OF earth. tu: they do not, Sill told. reacl,
| five per cent. II the country they hardly
average half that much. Every ti.uEisuinG
civ il tie Yves: is more heavily taxed thar
New Orleans aa,! Is 10: ruined" by a L.
tut.
Lett: be L,rne in m:ai h.; iu:e!:iyen!
,.en who d::cuss Loc:=iaaa affairs that uu
State ie;: is s!i.ol5.oi; :.d no n.orr. Oue
hal: Of til. amount was piled uc by til
:i.iel: Democracy before the WAY. chief.
:, the g,:5e OF gran. I; railroads thai
; iwere neve. built. The other halt is IL
"ea-;.ei.5ig debt" which was rr.nci?ali.
| created bv Ct. ,r.. 70 -eou;id tia leve"s as!
. i,v yar.cns Rag. in w!lel. many Of our o.!
e.: a:,G tes- CITIZENS a:e The pri::c:l'l: stock
holders.
t "iIcwl. how: how VIII. hcu:'tl
| INDIGNATION OF th. mob ii. CivptnteS
speech grows il t,:r,T. AID threatens &c 'a'I
| i-sa;t into g perfect s.,ril 4: ;age II
/ | s.:rre; M a hornets Lss: v hen lie n'al
.,ous,v and with :ena::,e Yankee n:aiiSn!..
told tie coiored people tlat they are fre'
, an:l GU cit to exercise the .reenlan's right Q
seit.deieuse. Had Governor Kellogg ad
. | yi.ei the cu.orej u.en to snuc: "a Ohite ma
' I, when he insults o. even attempt to X.
. | item, Lis name would have been hera.de
=. over tie land as the tea-inl lastigator
c ~ war Q: races and the newspapers wcul
{ | have teemed with mere appeals I" tie cAi'
+. | airy to a=sass!Ia!e him.