New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-06

an annual, biennial or quadrennial inter
view with gentlemen who put band OF
music and violent speech in their ears,
procession septoline torch in their
hands and drink of whisky
within their lips, but who who were never
visible or acceptable to them in the inter-
walls between elections. They found these
these complimentary interviews a very
uncertain resource for the support Of a
family or the acquisition Of competency.
The Republican party, with a wholesome
sensation of the damage to the their prin-
pies by the abuse practiced in their name,
set about reform in earnest Governo,
Kellogg and his subordinate officers are
getting up record of Ge facto honesty
which will satisfy Congress. All these
materials matured. the emell.e OF revolt of
the induitrials against their mastere be-
gan. The Times followed the lead OF the
REPUBLICAN in treating the superior i'm
portance Of popular industry and econmy.
The Times came to the confessional. 1t
said the serpent Of the lobby tempted me
and did eat Of the butchers meat of the
slaughterhouse. 1t went down on its
metaphorical marrow bones, and told
what it had known Of Legislative 1ascaity,
and prayed to be forgiven, on the score
that fraud was too popular and too profit
able in the flush times to have been ex-
posed with impunity. 1t has made a
clean breast, surrendering, in its zeal,
malefactors of the highest Fusion stand
ing, and making every conceivable con-
cession that could be demanded, except
its share Of the proceeds. New. that
journal sings the praises of the workman
perpetually. and teaches the virtues Of
hard work and low diet in truly apos-
tolic manner. Even the PiGaygu,e is
made to ''believe and tremble" before this
wonderful uprising. Perusing that mis-
anthropic sheet yesterday. we found its
editorials SO temperate. its reportorial
effusions SO practical, its communications
SO pacific. We were inclined SO e1claim:
What, no: An oath Tray. .her, this weird goes
When Clifford can not spare his friends an oatl;
! kusw by that he's dead
When we heard from the midst Of the
mercantile putis the following maledic:ory
groar:
FO.ney-llast summer high Fusion au-
thority land other prominent Radicals are
crying ont against radicalism as developed
in the management of political affairs. And
yet persons who have since the late war
lived on rascality and public plunder, and
stepped their arms to the elbows in the
trontery to uphold Radical rule in the op-
pressed and impoverished State of Louis
lana!
But the revolt is in full blaze, and it is
to be hoped irrepressible. The planters
have Mr.. bennett at work preaching small
farms and soliciting immigration. The
merchants are appealing to railroads to
save them from the entire abstraction of
their trade. The mechanics have formed
associations for working men only. The
press, of course, follows the people, and
publishes all the mechanical biographies
and all the details Of all the industries.
The REPUBLICAN having never taught any
thing else except the welfare Of the poor
md industrious. feels grateful and proud
IF the converts to the industrial faith.
Like the mother of st. Augustin or of
John Wesley. its labors and prayers for
hese erring wanderers in the paths of
political absurdity are sufficiently reward
ID by witnessing the zeal Of these neo-
,hytes. Really, when the politicians re-
urn they will find their occupation gone.
They are in Paris, at Vienna. in New York,
N the mountains or the seacoast. boasting !
vha. they can do with the people of |
louisiana. They make this display and |
hese boasts on the money Of the people, |
7hom they have left to the tender mercies !
f the note shaver and the landlord. They
ave left the people to work OF starve to
ndure the heat and wrestle with the pow
rty OF the dull season. But these politi-
al absentees are even worse than the
roperty absentees; both are enemies to
be prosperity Of the city. and in their alb
ence the industrious disown their mission
nd rise in revolt against their pernicious
ule. We may expect to see these absen-
ees. warned by telegraph. fastening
ONE with all the speed of the spe-
ial locomotive. But it is in vain.
he chain is broken. The handcuff
of: The people Of Louisiana
i'll look at home and not to Washington,
} industrial not to political remedies.
hey will demand honest representatives,
nd they will sustain honest rulers with
ut regard to race. color. antecedent or
resent political opinions. The present
epublican State administration has in
lgurated this criterion of qualification.
is willing to be tried by its record, and
found unworthy will willingly yield to
~ superior successor. The indications,
owever, are thus far that for economy,
tegrity and attention to business, the
resent Republican State administration
i'll compare favorably with any prede.
ssor.
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