New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-20
LOCAL POLITICAL TOPICS.
" Rare lnsOlence.'

which favors an imperial form of govern
ment, the French Bee, does not seem to IN
derstand that this is country where the
press is free 1t thinks the writer OF these
topics guilty of rare insoience" in pro-
pounding interrogatories TO hlgh-toneG
Southern gentleman like Colonel DeBlanc.
1t even intimates that no Northern mudslli
would risk getting the top of his inquls.tIve
head shot off by asking leading questions
of Colonel DeBlanc were he not captive.
When our logical mind came to the rational
conclusion that if the gallant Generals in
vincible militia could only have found the
town of st. Martinsville while the coward
IL Metropolitans were there, those Kellogg
carpet baggers' would have been utterly
annihilated, it appears we took the WIND
out of certain buncOmb sails and touched
somebody on the raw. But this sort OF
sport was not SO irritating as the questions
we asked. We effectually shook the red
rag at the bull when we asked Colonel De-
Blanc If his clique did not have the re-
turns from St. Martin thrown out because
the Republican candidates were elected &C.
cording to his own count, and if ne did not
cause McEnery to appoint in their places
the defeated Democratic candidates! II
he eau not answer this in the negative his
own party will be compelled to denounce
his inexcusable conduct, and no man will
have the check to raise voice IN his de-
fense. This st. Martinsville matter must
be probed to the bottom. Let us have no
lodging.
We were mistaken in saying Senator Car
penter was born in New Hampshire. He is
a native of Nermont-the very same Yam
kee State in which Governor Kellogg first
saw the light. Now. really, this is too bad.
Can not the unpleasant and incpnvenient
fact be kept concealed in some way for
few days. until this little reception is over :
The disparaging allusions constantly made
in the Picayaac and in private converse.
tons to Governor kellogg's nativity is un.
douhtedly the secret spring Of most OF the
prejudice against him. 1. makes the proud
chivalry feel an unutterable contempt for
him which 10 reasoning can ob:iterate.
Bat 20 be compelled to cheer one Yankee
in order to get rid of the stinging Disgrace
| of being ruled by another is adding worm
wood to gall and taking an antidote WHICH.
| despite their grimaces. they can stomach
bu: little better than the disease.
If Senator Carpenter desires to become
the most unpopular man in Louisiana with
the .'oldest and best" let him advise them to
90 Srbia1yv nhory tho a nd
quit numbering negroes and Northern men.
The evening Herald "squeals." Runners.
OF such apparent reliability that people
will believe them. have got out that it is
Warmoth's personal organ IN disguise. and
receives fodder from the brokers' ring for
throwing dirt at Governor Kellogg and
Auditor Clinton. It is certain that the plan
OF running the Herald on the cooperative
system. by which the printers would con-
troll it. was suddenly changed by the dis
covery Of money enough TO pay them cash
for their work. Just about the time the as
sau!t was made upon act No. 81. These ru-
| mors and circumstances have made il con.
venient for the organ to explain tina: it is
not subsidized by anybody. But its ex-
| PLANTATION is evasive. thin and unsatisIac.
tory. In criminal courts the unsupported
denials of the accused are always over.
borne by circumstapcial evidence pointing
to their guilt.
Not less than a dozen Democrats. who
| undertook to read Booths address on
| Sunday. got out Of breath before they
waded half way through the l6S word sen.
tence. and died on the spot. Verify. Booth s
sentences are death sentences.
Revenge is sweet. Judge Hawkins gave
Booth a sentence Of twenty four hours in
| Jail. This was severe; but it did not justify
| the bloody Booth in his cruel attempt to
slaughter the whole community with SEN
tence of l6S words in the hope of killing 9
one Judge. He is as atrociOus as Herod.
| who made hash of all the babies OF Bethlc'
hem in order to get rid of one single infant.
'The census of St. Martin shows nearly
an equal division of whites and blacks. -
| Booth
Let US see. The census shows tha: the
colored population of st. Martin is oo6i.
| white population 1886; colored majority ..S.
| Deduct severa! hundred unnaturalized
| Frenchmen from the white and add several
hundred white Republicans to the coiored
! majority, and it is clear that General De
| Blanc is correct when he admits that the
| Republicans he was resisting carried the
! parish.
"The Republican candidates in St Martin
! were not declared elecsed by both return
| ing boards. ."-Booh.
Now you are caught! On the fourth OF
| December the Austin-De Fere:- Isabelle
| returning board. which returned the mem
bers of the McEnery Legislature. declared
| that V. Rochon and L. A. Martinez. the
| Republican candidates for the House, both
| colored, were elected-Rochon by 1876 and
Martinez by l72 majority over the highest
Democratic candidate. iSee the docu'
| ments) The Forman board, which subse
| quently counted the votes for the other
parish officers threw them out fer st. Mar
| tin in order to enable McEnery to appoint
| the defeated Democratic candidates. Who
| will deny these authenticated aud dam.
| aging tacts'
Curses for Booth.
The ungrammatical, teebly written and
excessively soft fiction put forth Sunday
| over the signature of the celebrated Booth.
| has been the crack of that statesman's q
doom, and has made the cause of this peo-
pie the laughing stock of its own crowd.
Accepting it's ridiculous statements as true.
the Democrats are chagrined at the imbe.