New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-31

esry that impelled the sincere. uuselfsh il
I surgent: j: :nca-na,es cnly the pass;o.
and spleers .hat vengeiu!ly iemein pey th
chas.isemen: o: ba..le: J: has here a
tempted the Old Montgomery expes N en
anew. though within sma Ter limits. s.!
! as native 70 this soil should do Unjust. c
20 my people were J no: 20 deny :La: Iii
mass Q. any considerable elemen: OF ther
j. envenomeG to-day ag:ins: Sic ma
! rniets Within cur toT ,ers were in
s:igated solely by political sames:ers
! Greed tor ctt5ce was the :es: ct the.
! memorials and the wadd:ng o. tteir gun.
And ..heir mad adventure has eos: Louis
lana her good :ane. a hundred lives. :enl
OF thousands of dollars. and :ne commercial
dis.rus. OF the world. Lees army was
famished IN its LAS: hours bv Jus. such Sc.
fish men. The train :ta: cook Him supplies
was ordered 20 hasten pas. bis hungry mer
70 Richmond. there 20 save certain fugitive
sebe. politicians from ea::a:e. vh.ie the
so.dierv were abandoned 70 fgh:. starye
aud surrender. II is time that Louisiana
and Ter sister States of :he South Iis1ov
cred tha! the sordid. pestiien: class C which
advert. comprise Their worst enemies 90
day. Outside OF this class :here prevails
ro wrath in che old insHrgen: element. and
Wise, Orr. Stephens and Mosby stand moral
hostages tec it. Indeed, believe .La: The
North and the South now pledge :heiy
awful martial urns with scarcely less can.
dog and gentleness than did :he Hon.I his
ooWI Of wine.
IN this bury az urk;ainess.
And choral amen to :ha. seu:imen, IS
pen: here in this field. u :l-st NY cause
20 the strife Of DEEDS" said Hercules 70 a
sive.-gcd. who. vacCuisEec as serpent.
assumed the form OF a bull bat to be dashed
to earth. while from his head was ;ep: a
horn. and made consecra:e TO plenty. 1t
was the subtletv OF faction. and its later
stalwart growth 20 rebellion, that were ,he
serpent and bull our modern giant, the
Union, grappled; it was from It's brow that
that Union wcenched of bold, historic
as the horn of wondreGs plenty for peace.
full futures. II is endowed no less in truth
than in myth with the power Of answering
the wish, and when Louisiana shall have
shall have spoken her aspiration IN a full.
national endeavor, IL a Christian ami:y 20.
toward ali her people. and in her pride Of
toll. she will find bounteogs answers -oUr.
ing into her lap. To drop tie avc.d 70
earth il surrender IS no: enough-to push
!: along the sol! as a plow.share, and viii
content will prove her triumph. Congress.
periodically to pronounce Hpon Louis
iana's condition and prescribe for
her, bI: The bes. nationa! statutes can not
wholly eliminate the disease. Il the mex.
committee be no: a coroner rather than
a physician, the faul: will 20: be sha: Ut
our busy .nalconten:s. Little pageants !cr
our public visitors are as imrotent as rene.
dies as are our diplomatic dinners as bribts.
Ihe intolerance OF come ata the cOwardice
OF more who are engaged here in egitimate
enterprise, and .he contemp. of law are dis.
eases under Ou4 own control. and Unit! we
seek 70 help ourselves az honest citizens.
the courageous few WHO seei: 20 arrest .he
dry-rot in on. commerce wi! labor ip vain.
II New Orleans has villtui1y Giscrowned
hereel1 as a great commercial GveeA, she
has ae least relinquiehed her eceptre too
often 20 class tina: employs j: as po!.:-
zeal bludgeon.
II all human governments !. is needtul
chat rulers. while contdirs in the good i'm
pulses That animate society. should be alert
rs TO the evil motives :ha: may besec i.
L die said Norfolk. because did no:
know how 20 suspece;' ard this comes as {.
cogenc warning to an those 20 whose stew.
ardship States are confded. By those
through whom are administered The subor-
dinate functions Of . commonwealth Tie
people are apt TO ifterpre. the temper of
the chiefs in power. Hence Che faith and
affections Of che people are largely forfeited
or secured through the incaution or the wis.
dom Of such chiefs as revealed in the com.
position of an exemplary roster of servants.
lie. US hope. THAI every suspice may com.
Olne TO quicken confidence IN the adm!p.s.
.ratiol OF our State.
It :s recorded tha. Roter. :he Fruce.
upon Lis death bed. bade douglass bear
~ 20 fav,, 1ava l,co
eased in silver and worn suspended from
:he neck Of Douglass upon the sacred Pill.
grimage. Ensnared o. the way by .he
Saracens. and beyond hore Of escape :he
faithful SEQ. cast :he hea: L before him.
shouting ''Pass on as tho: wer: .ont-i
follow or die.'' His good brand smote
down many an ..rab. t.l: draoped IN his
hand a: .as.. ard there upon che desperate
field died the ''good Lord James, lying
over the hear: Of his orea. king. I-e.e.
friends. :s a great can. Of ]. .ouglassee.
the Doble Douglass line. bl. theirs tenea;-
was a grander trust. and 20 less wcrtiily
did .hey fulfil! i. /. was The hear. .. {.
people committed 20 :hei: Lands. Lear.
sanguine for a nation yet H..rderet with
soIici.ude for loved one. charged with
that nations defense: 2 hea1. alike Of pride
and Of pain: a hear: that consented 20 sac.
ri1ice because It dared fore cas-: triumph.
Into the flame OF battle :hey bore X: down
across Southern sweeps ant. over grim 6as.
tions il came with !: reso,u.e progress. inch
by inch: and in the maddes: hour of blood.
wheL these braves. s.ung 20 death by bul.
lets. faitered in The advance. they .tili
hurled .ha. heart Of the Union forward
with all OF the old heroic fidelity and de.
tiance. Pass on as thou wer: wont-1 follow
or die ILei:s is sovereign :igi.! 20 slam.
Der upon shat heart today. and we are here
in testimony G! tha: right. The was is over.
but they are still on duty. They have
stacked the rifle, but they hold the soil they
reclaimed down at its very roots. and
in SO stern custody that no trea.
son can unfx tina: elerch OF bone:
and today :hroughou. the Union.
wherever, patriotic men and women are
assem- moled as here in devOu. yemem brance,
they breathe the old triumphal terms.
Pass onward as thou ~er: wont. We fol.
lowed and died." This yoiceless appeal
from these mounds is louder than all the
hustle we have left in that great city above
us, and. for one. l acknowledge with con-
triton that have been 200 prone TO forget,
in the selfish enjoyment of my liberties. the
terrible tokens Of the cost. deposited here
few miles remote from my home. Our
appointed service discharged. we shall al
betake ourselves back to :he sweat and
wrangle when we have sought a short. Sab.
bath here, and !e: US hope it may be with
a devouter sense of eur irnmun!t!es and
duties a. citizens Of the Union.
Here. encamped beneath the stars. be-
vond which these dauntles. souls have
scaled to that heaven whose service .s
perfect freedom" VIII remain these sileI:
fo-ms. Over this Gods acre the moon,
cowled with cloud. wi! reflect her sombre
and her radiant thoughts through the .ong
night. The mighty rive. before us vii!
sweep on a. if the ghostly ieet OF Farra.
gut stemmed its tide and flashed silent
salvo in IT'S moon -hecks. Over the whole
scene will gleam grea: and tender ma.
tional memory. We, wrapr in slumber. will
be unmindful of all this, but before We ad-