New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-17
LOCAL POLITICAL TOPICS.
Interrogafories to De Blanc.

| Since the gallan: DeBtanc has appeared
a: the bar Of public opinion for trial he
ought to answer frankly ali pe.s.aen: 1ues
:ons. We vii! ask him few:
1. Are not the colored poop!e il the ma
!ority in st. Martin parish:
=. Did they no: nominate and support a!
| the last election a complete set o. native
| white old Creole citizens for parish offices
8. In addition TO the colored majority o.
I the whole population. don't you know that
! large number of white Creoies. hereto
fore Democrats. also voted for that ticket
! I. Was not the election conducted sindey
the auspices of your own cii!ae'
| 5. Was it not perfectly fair. and did no:
I your own count show that your party was
| defeated, and tha: the men subsequently
commissioned by Goyecuc. Kellogg were
! elected:
! 6. Instead Of abiding By this confessed
defeat. did not you CT your faction seud
| representatives to the city and cause the
I McEne,y returning board 20 throw OUT the
vote of st. Martin. in orde: :ha: Nc Emery
might atterward appoint and commission
! your defeated parish officers:
! :. And did McEnery no: do tina: very
thing!
8. l.. this not the milk oe the cocoanut,
| ani does il no, explain you: extreme and
! generous willingness to reccguize any otfi'
GERS commissioned by McEne-y:
! 3 Can you not stir up the uneducated
Acad;ans Of your parisl! to tisat anybcdy
at will.
10. As lawyer are ycu no: pecraiarily
| Interested in having your Own relatives and
friends in the parish offices. instead OF your
persona! and po!:tica. enemies. wac were
elec ted:
If you would dc credit to yourself answer
these questions without dodg; g;ng. or pro-
iuce anybody who can answer them for
you, and all the world Wi. admit tina. you
a:e patriot.
Colsnei OeBianc's Bloody War.
This pink Of the chivalry recoun.s his
gallant exploit. with CONSCIOUS pride 70 the
world renowned McEnery. In the night he
hushwhacked two picke:s. contrary to she
rules OF civilized war. and evidently feels
sha. General Lee and Napoleon Bonapar:e
as military heroe. are excessively small po.
totaes compared with ths famous DeBianc.
As il ben: on heralGing forth some genuine
news. he informs mankind tina: his crowd
are not liars. Ona would :h:nk from the
tenor Of his "report' that Il hi. tie:ce
Iesions could only have got a. the hated
Metropoiitans without being compelled 20
fire on United States troops. no: a bone
wouii have been LETT in their Yankee
bodies. They would have been chaved up
alive. II must have been :ha: 1.-The gallant
DeBianc." with his untamej chiyalry.
could no: find General Badger during the
week ne wa. in st. Martinsv;l!e before a
single federal soldier arrived there. Pe:
haps ''the gallan: DeB:anc" did not know
where St. Mart;nsvil.e was' Perhaps ne
was hunting for it through hi, native
swamps aad failed 20 find /. unit: the fed.
erai troops arrived: Th;s is the only way
we can account for the astonishing fact that
a single Metropolitan 90: back 70 the city
alive.
McEnecv doe, 40: belong 20 Warmoth.
and is now;se in tina. grea: reformer's
clutches, it i. confidently believed he viii
soon find time to explain how i: was that
while ne regarded Governor K-l!ogg's
proposition to submit the return. to five
arbitrators az perfectly fair. .ie could no.
accept it without Governor Warmoth's con
currence. The intelligent people who read
the Fusion organA are bursting with curiosity
&c know srhy tha: concurrence WAS nsces.
sary.
The evening Herald apes ia New York
namesake in its head. ami makes feeble
attempt 20 copy that great ;oucna! II. other
respects. How utterly incapable, it is Of
ever becoming ".,rs paper can. howe:sr.
be inferred from The fac: :na: i was 700
harrow. proscriptive and destitute OK enter
prise to prin: Governo: Kellogs's ad-
dress. Il i. a one.iaead organ. devoted to
prejudice. and destined TO move within "a
straitened and circumscrbed sphere until
i: goe. where it. parry has ,oaa-.nto bank.
vuptcv.
II the tax resistec, are opposed to t'Ie
Kellogg government j: does not follow that
they support the McEnerT concern. The
employees Of their ''Legislature" can not
get red cen: for :hei. scrip. and ''Goy'
e.nor." MeEnery does no: occupy a fine
office for the same reason that Jack did
not eat hi. supper. Where are all the
wealth and respectability
A Democratic country exchange says:
The Louisiana Radicals are those classes
who have got nothing" This may be true,
but there is no denying that the Louisiana
Democrats have got somethins-theyh have
got more debts than they can pay. unless
they can have their slave property" re.
stored to their tender care.
Why didn't :he Pcayure attack Senator
Carpenter on account o. his nativity: /.
has considered is a crime in Governor Kel.
logg that ne first saw the light in Vermont.
and can not pardon Judge Hawkins Tor
being born in Ohio. What !. to be done
with the Wisconsin Senator 70: daring to
enter the world in the Yankee. Black Re.
publican. narrow minded. ?ugi.aHicsl State
OF New Hampshire!
Did tie bursting up Of the brokers' ring
who were gobblins up al! the free school
fund and back interest on the State debt in
payment Of their registered warrants. have !;
anything to do with the starting Up of !
uaspish and ii0eious newspaper in this !!
When the high gh-minded. independent and !