New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-23
OUTRAGES IN ST. TAHIMANY
DIsGRACEFUL SCENES IN a
COURT OF JUSTICE.
The Judge Assaulted and the Clerk S
Desk Carried Of.

'ol. az udNHs scOu!c "a ING oeAtcL'eh G.
rather familiar 20 Us. having been employed
il d friendly !ectu.. recently delivered Il
the people Of s.. Landry. ye: the writer
assures Us they suited ST. Ta1nman: better
:han any :ha: occurred to him a: the time
EDITOR kErUBLicAN:
There :e IL Cov.ngton a number Of young
, men VINO have no regular employment. and
! being elegaL: gentlemen OF splri: anG Eel
sure. passen' among the people as il come
! sort uetre; than mere homes: pioddeVs.
Not being studious. no- ia ally manner aln'
bilious. excep. 70 night anC: raise rows. they
neglect 10 :urn their undoEbted talents -
| account II the walks ot science. whether
! literary. mechanical. or agricultural. No;
, they could hire Yankee schoo.master ioI
| a small sum 10 toll az letters. while tie
/, elegant Esaus roam through the country by
| day with their dOuDle-Harreled guns. and
| indulge in drunken caroUsals a. night. No
| disgrace seems 20 attach to such protigacy.
and the GuilIorys il st. Landry parish. like
the boys of st. IaInmauy. mignt have gore
on 70 destruction n their own way so long
as they confined their acts 10 hunting wild
! beasts, shooting a negro occasionally III the
/ heat OF passion. and eXhaustlng their sur.
| plus energy IN making night hldeous with
| their w!ld 5acchanaian songs and yells;
! Dut il viii not do 10 indulge the red-handeG
/ assassin to carry on bis inurderou> designs
| in broad dayligh. and raise rows in the
| courthouse. as the Covirgt boys did on
the sixteenth of August. preventing thereby
| the parish JUG &c from holding court. when
| ne mad 20 examine the cases OF some guilty
parties-wheE one murderer, with pistol in
! his right hand, seized the Judge with his
left hand by the collar and .hrew him down
on the iOOr from the clerk = desk. on which
the Judge was sitting IN order to protect
- ~, -,
shooting a: the judge and at some wit.
nesses who were summoned to give :esti.
monv in said cases. But against brutal
force there is no resistance says the French:
Cofttre Ia force i ny pas de resistance.
While the judge was kept down by one
rItiian the others triumphantly carried Oft
the desk. shouting and yelling, TRAMP.
Tramp. the Boys Are Marching.
SucR scenes are IL disgrace 20 the whole
community, and sensitive fathers and
mothers. like such as we know TO live N
st. Tammany parish. mus: fee! it all the
more keenly when they have themselves TO
blame. for permitting small Offenses TO grow
gradually into great crimesIight before their
;ace>. conscious THAI they took no steps to
prevent this growth. A healthy public
opinion is che str0nges: safeguard to sOci.
ely. The hrst APPEARANCE OF rowdylsm IN
young man shraid meet with the sternest
Glspieasure. S.ackguaidism and rattian.
is1u should not be tolerated: the iucip;en!
vaga bond should not be !ureG to his ce.
struction with the apologetic common
places: ''Wen. well. young men vii! be {.
I. little wild" .'You can't expect Old heads
on young shoulders. After he has sown
his wild oats he will settle down. etc: Tor
by the time these same wild oats have all
been sown the man Is usually d wreck IN
body and soul. anc the poor victim closes
an !gnominious career n a Grunkard's 8
grave, telon's Gel! or is knocked down or
shot-killed by wild beast in human
form, by neighbor or barroom friend N
self-defense. as 1t happened again lately 10
Covington. at the midnight hour, when
some rutfians OF tn band cowardly fell upon
poor Dr.. Newman, who was thought to be
dead as he did not move or breathe for q
quarter Of an hour. and who IS today IN a
precarious state.
These rutfians imagine, in their stupidity, |
that. because they are bred. born and !
raised here. having never seen and heard |
OF anything else but their piney woods. |
they think that 81. Tammany parish ex. |
clusively belongs to them. and any stranger !
who comes among them to live will have TO
dance according TO their whistle. otherwise
be killed or driven away. A law and order !
loving man can not well exist among them
without yielding and sacrificing, in some
degree. his principles. This IS the very
cause why st. Tammanr parish is desert
ed. capital and Immigration kept away, no
business of apy CONSEQUENCE going on. and
misery. starvation. dishonesty and rascali
,y met at every step. Wrapt up in the
cloak of religion. with sweet words and
promises. Dragging about their honesty,
they empty the stores OF the merchants and
suckie the last crop Of blood flowing in
his veins. showing. if one can succeed 70 do
so, the reason why SO many merchants fail, |
not being able to pay their bills.
For many years Covington has been the
asylum for murderers and ruffians. who.
when the police of New Orleans are sen:
after them for nlisdemeanOr. decamp into |
.he woods and swamps and come out OF
their holes again when there is nothing more
70 be feared Il is the peoples fault. when
ruffianism and red handed assas-
sins WELD the sceptre OF terror-when men
charged with murder can successfully evade |
Gstice and do what they please. /. IS the
ault Of the people who tolerate the iawless
.cts of idle vagaoonds who are too elegant
o work. The people of Covington seem t.
,e SO terror stricken that they have not the
courage to oppose them. on the contrary. |
hey even take sides with them. and this
lique of Democratic rutfians boas: OF hav.
ng the whole parish at their back.
We hope that there is yet honor. virtue
nd energy enough left among the citizens |
+ st, Tammanv to redeem their good name.
f you wish capital and immigrants TO come
mong you and give the magic touch of
abor which will transform St. Tammanv
ntc Hourishing garden, and develop in.
ustTv into life and activity unexampled. !
hen Go away with your rutfians end muir.
erers. You will then see thousands of law
nd order loving immi grants. with millions ! y
capital. come among you. and do you
nd your country good. =
AN OLD CITIZEN OF ST. TAMMANY.