Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-22
Longstrest ~ 4 Politician.
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Lees most distinguished lieutenant,
Lonssirest, has INDUCED since the war in-
some OF the episodes Of Louisiana politics,
and has developed come desitts of eeteh.
/ riciiy. lie was once io,trrble good
Administration man. The Lon gsireets and
the Dents had once upon q time inieimar-
ried, and Gen. Giani liked Longstreet
who b,elme reconciltd and 10 Rfeat part
reconstructed. There was n time when
Longsireet was not an Administration
man. He resigned his tffice. lie did not
appear 10 be able 10 attach himself insep-
arably 10 brother.in law Casey's great
party, the only certified truly loyal party
in Louisiana. longstreet attempted, we
believe, to he u sort Of Liberal Repubii.
can, but perhaps Wnnoth disguised him.
Al any rate, the distinguished Confeder-
ate soldier belook himself TO the bosom Of
the Administration before election dizzy.
That was, we must presume h gobd move.
AT least II placed the military chieftn in
In politics where he hnd not been In war
ON the winning side. We had not heard
much of Lopgstreet since the election, but
find in q Herald interview with Governor
Kellogg, that took place Immediately at,
ter the recent shooting sciare IN New Or
lenns, the following remarkable Stntt
by he Governors
al was sitting last nigh, in my office at
Mechanics Institute, In company with
Longsneet, and ! noticed that he was get
ting good hany dispatches. You know
we have an instrument there connecting
| ..l a. g. al G,l-
denly LoBgsireet said: There is n crowd
of men at roydias Market They are
NOV ing down town. There are about fifty
Of them Soon we had announcements
Of similar MOVEMENTS in other parts OF
the city. We knew what it meant We
knew that the attempt was to be made to
capture tie court.houses and police sta.
lions, and every arrangement had been
made TO meet il. We had bout a hundred
picked men sthed with Winchester rifles
ut the station. We had bodies of fifty to
seventy.hve more stationed Mt various
points ready to march by concentric lines,
and take the mob on all sides. Our tive
Napoleon guns were ready to move at a
moments notice, Under command Of Su-
perintehdeht Badger but be had orders
not 10 move until Tho attacking parties
should cross Canal street, and then 10
follow rapidly in their rear. Soon dis
patches came in that the armed mobs
we're moving toward the Courth ouse
They had crossed Canal street they had
reached the ground. Then Badger fol-
lowed with his artillery. Soon another
dispatch came:
"They are throwing brick bats at the
building. Shall We FIRE u
"'No,' was the answer.
"Then another dispatch: They are fir,
ing pistols. Shall we return the fire y
; "Longstreet then said: Il shall give
the order to open on them.
"Why, General, I severed, would y OF
fire on that crowd Of people At the tist
of sacrificing hnhS LIVES be fore there ha!
been any blOodshedF
"Yes, said he; thnt's the only way t
deal with these people. The mistake War
moth always made was in not being viii
ling to open fire on the mob. We musn
fall into the same error
"Well, you see, did not want this ihint
to happen. | knew that we We're hor'
than able TO hold our ground, and hat
promised Longstreet and Badger not tt
ask for the interference of the Uniiet
States military authorities. Dut | fore
saw that if their arrangements were car
ried out fearful slaughter would be in
evitable. left the room, went to the
street, JUMPED into cab, and ordered the
driver 10 take me as soon as possible t.
General Emory's headquarters"
This is at least bit brilliant The ole
Con tcdtrntc GentIal was in command o
the Radical forces, and If he could hav'
bad his way there would hove been blood
shed worth talking about TIE casualiy
list, if Kellogg had not ipterfered, repeat
ing Warmotb's error would not have hat
the insignificant and contemplate fropor
lions that dscohrages all efforts to get vi
an excitement about civil war. The crit
cism that Longstreet makes upon War
mo.hs administration is especially note
worthy. The question arises whether TIT
President can not utilize snch man FOL
the purposes Of government as well as lh'
steam power that is bringing in the mil
J lennium.
SIx THOUSAND MtS Ar WoRH.-Mnh,
of our readers have doubtless heard tina
, six thousand men are employed on thu
building for the great Vienna exposition
THIS 10 vast number, but it may serv'
to show Why there are SO many, IL we ex
plai n one Of their ways of working. The,
, have to drive piles in some places to &c
a good foundation. In this part of'ths
world we do that wi h machine, driver
either by steam or by gunpowder. Blu
in Vienna they employ thirty men ant
thirty troops to raise the weight or ham
mer 10 the top Of the frame work, iron
viii CHI 1t falls on the head of the pile. d.
this ingenious arrangement the thirty mel
are able TO do in three hours about a
much as an American "pile driver weu''
do in ten minutes.