New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-17
HYPERBOLE.

According 10 the green enuSlOnS OF some
ofthe young scribblers for the New Orleans
press, nothing ever occurred worthy of note
until recently. We have reached the
acme Of excellence or misery in every
thing. Like young Aiolphus in love, no
man was ever possessed of such an allah
sording passion, no woman ever so wildly
1 loved as his adored one. All young men
say this when they come to certain
stage. and ali young girls believe them be-
cause they want it acknowledged that
their charms can bring young fellow out
| stronger than those OF any other feminine
Our young reporters carry their garden
| arbor hyperbole in their note books and
write an account of a dog fight duel, or
a charity concert i'll the same high. super
lative key they pitch when they make
love.
Areporter on one Of the papers. in the
course of two column labor about a
rather commonplace duel, shows the
symptoms in the following assertions:
Both gentlemen appeared upon the
ground cool and collected. and when brought
face to face, acted with unrivaled gallantry.
Now, We will concede the belIigerents
behaved very we'll, but that the annals of
the code do not contain a case to rival this
last one in the virtues of GOODNESS, courage
and gallantry. We utterly refuse to believe.
All accounts agree in saying that both
Colonel Rhett and Judge Cooley behaved
admirably; also. Messrs. Phillips and
Bienvenu. We will concede that the he
roes of our young Bohemian friend be-
haved as well as gentlemen could, but
deny the inference that no others ever did
as well.
But it is not for the purpose of correct
ing the exaggerations of the lover or the
reporter that We sat down. We have
class of politicians among us, profession
ais or the descendants of professionals,
who regard the loss of Office as oppressive
beyond all precedent. They fondly re-
member the time when they or their po-
litical friends and relatives monopolized
all the public patronage. All. those were
the halcyon days. Then they could boast,
indeed, that the power of the government
was based upon the consent of tie gov
erned excepting, of course, the outs,
who had not votes enough, and the "nig-
gers, who had none at all. Then the |
fostering care Of the government was felt |
and appreciated when the monthly re-
minders came in from the treasury. No |
government was ever so fondly loved, nor
had such faithful adorers, until a, sort of |
quarrel sprang up on the slavery question,
when every Adolphus in the South rushed
to arms and went out cunning for his
sweetheart. Miss Columbia has discarded |
these unfaithful lovers, and now there are
none SO unhappy. AS no one ever loved
as they did before the quarrel, so none are
SO miserable since they see hated rivals
basking in the smiles of their mistress.
they think the whole world is
interested in their little business, and
ready to rise at a moments notice to
avenge their wrongs. One of these dis
carded lovers, veritable disciple of the
hyperbolical school, thus pours out his
griefs to sympathizing world through
the columns of the Bulletin:
They have time and again appealed for
protection against and redress for such out.
RACES upon their rights of person and prop
erty. They have been counseled to forbear
and wait yet little longer, and the hope
held out that justice would ultimately be
awarded them. They are appealing now,
for the last time, to the national govern
ment, and invoking its aid and interference
to save them from further depredations
and impending ruin. Should this effort
tail, then indeed our people are without
hope, ana it will devolve upon them to
decide whether or not they will tamelv |
submit and become worse than serts to the
end OF Republican domination, or whether
they will rise in their might, take the law
u their own hands and drive the usurpers,
me thieves and our oppressors beyond the
'onfines of the State.
The discarded suitors have our sym.