New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-13
fESPONSIBLEIN DAMAGES.

| Il is no doubt gratifying to those who
| love strife to see the effect Of their violent
| language. and SO our Fusion organ may
rejoice to see citizens arming themselves
| TO shoot down or drive off labOrers from
| their lands. For what canse is this I'M
natural war Of capital against labor? Be-
| cause some dozen small Offices in one par
ISL are not filled by the men they would
prefer. In another parish a newspaper
advocates doctrines not acceptable to q
part Of the people. and they cast the types
into the street One Of the sufferers IL
the Grant disturbanc. reports to his ad.
yisers here that he has been 'suddenly de-
prived OF all his earthly possessions. and
''h;s life providentially preserved, as it
were" What do our readers suppose was
the response to this appeal? He is told
that sit behoOves generous public TO
come to his relief" Why. when this
man has. with all Others. beer urged to
maintain the McErery appointments and
oppose even to blood those OF Kellogg, is
he to be told to hand around his hat for
public and indiscriminGte charity:
Where Is the Committee OF Two Hundred
and,their bottom!ess treasury: We should
suppose the excellent chairman. Adams.
would at once provide for the wants of
the unfortunate centlemaI. Eu: no. The
organ which publishes the bulletins and
exLortatiors to civil strife has in the same
issue not one editorial word Tor the civi!
var or its CONSEQUENCES. !: cOolly turns
over the unfortunate fugitive to the bene-
lit Of e hat lottery. and piunges into g
dissertation upon the river canal! Now.
under the doctrine OF consequential
damages. it would seem the authorities of
Franklin parish. when compelled
to make indemnity for the dest1uc-
ton. the h;toi0pas Register should
have their remedy over against
those whose instructions resulted in the
act OF violence. n like manner the gen.
tleman whose Earthly possessions" have
been destroyed by following bad counsel
should not be content with the provision
made for his indemnity. He should not
be content with being cody RENTED to
the hat, while his adviser dedicates his
columns to the cause Of internal improve
ment. This affected !nattention reminds
us that John Phoenix asked a person in
front of him at the theatre to push
another with his cane the party pushed
sought an explanation. which the
man of the cane was unable to give.
otherwise than by referring to John PhG-
nix. who was by That time as deeply alb
sorbed with the play as our neighbor
with the Mississippi outlet. There was a
violent alteration between the men of the
cane, but when the innocent victim Of the
hoax demanded angr.iy OF John Phoenix
what he meant by melting him into
trouble. lie replied with great COM
posure. - only wished to see # you were
100! enough to 10 it. The Grant suffer-
e.s may no: be Eillin: to put mp with this
Indifference, nor VIII "a young. rising
and prominent man" be satisfied with the
complimentary presentation o: hat and
Il badge with instructions to stand at the
corners and soiic;: the aims Of compass
siOnate passengers. These sufferers may
possibly take !eca! advice as 10 the liabil-
ity Of those counsalor; who II 4 safe dis