New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-22
GLEANINGS,

1t was not good day for installing iud ges
| opposite jackson square. Yesterday morn
ing the clans gathered in strength, accord
ing to orders, but the proximity of a large
force of police in the adjoining station, ex-
ercised a repressng effect upon their war
| like ardor, and soon an adjournment to Odd
Fellows Hall for con ltation was ordered.
| One of the Leaders read aloud to a select
| circle the morning REPUBLICAN, ali article
| in which ELECTED earnest discussion. The
| conclusions arrived at were that ''Warmoth
had better come down here and dc his own
| fighting, or pay to have it DONE" and that
the REPUBLICAN reporter who says the pa,
| triotic attaches and followers of the Nc
| Emery government Cannot whip Longstreet
and his nagur police" is deep-dyed liar
| and villain. Under these distressing cir
cumstances we can only suggest that Long
| street and the "nagurs" will give these gen
tlemen q good square chance to test the
question if they will but violate the law or
the public peace.
We are assured that by dint Of hard
drumming, Colonel Waggaman has got up
quite a respectable militia force-that is in
point of numbers. Another informant in
sists that his forces are. not like Falstaffs
robbers in buckram, but on paper merely.
Three companies, at least, are enrolled, and
Colonel" Granzin is their immediate com.
mander.
What the fusionists most lack is den
eral. They can find no one 10 command
their army whom they dare pit against
Longstrcet At a meeting yesterday, called
to consider this perplexity, it was deter
mined to solicit General H. j. Campbell to
assume the delicate and respons be duty.
Which is a sad commentary, the circum-
stances all considered, on the bad effects of
evil associations.
The Pcayune and the Odd Fellows Hall
clique grew sensitive over the statement of
! the REPUBLICAN that the solid men of New
Orleans had decided to go back on Me-
Emery and his so-called government if he
resorted to mob demonstrations or other
violations of the law. In order to furnish
a pretext for g denial, we were misrepre
sented as saying that necessary funds for
carrying on the innocent farce of failing to
elect q Senator, were refused them. We
reiterate our first statement, with the addi-
ton chat nine out of ten of the citizens
committee even, will vote to discounten-
ance-much less pay the expenses-of a
riOtoBs movement.
Not that We fear such movement is at
all likely to take place. Our conviction is
that the division on this subject, which has
grown up among the leaders, is regarded
as fortunate circumstance, atfording a
happy escape from the awkward predica-
ment which proneness to boasting and a
certain stilted idea of dignity has placed
them in. The peace men can blame the
warriors with being the cause of failure
through their rashness; the belligerently
inclined may retaliate on their more timid
associates with want of courage for the
emergency; and each party can thus peace
fully back down opposite inclines of opin-
ion, while the world moves on and forgets
them.
In the meantime, and for whatever time
may be necessary, the State government
will continue on the alert, and remain pre-
pared TO preserve the public tranquility if
it has to kick up the devil OF row to do it.
We may add here that Senator Pinchback
teiegraphs his belief to Hon. A. b. Harris
that Congress will be unable to reach our
case, and the maintenance of our govern
ment will remain with the President. Non
action or the adoption of the Morton report
ora tho nnlv cOntip0ancieG we fhirlr