New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-22

There are few men tor whom We have .
kindlier personal feeling than we have TOR
Governor Eramlette, and there are few
men whose hearts are warmer or nearer the
right place than his, but we are bound to
take hirn to task for his assault on General
Longstreet Thursday night. What he said
about General Longstreet was grossly I'm.
just and logically absurd. Holding Cen
eral Lon gstreet up to public cOHtumely
because, under the orders Of the recognized
Governor of Louisiana, and at the bend
OF the legal police force OF New Orleans,
he attempted TO dispense an armed force
which had taken possession OF the streets Of
the city, and were moving to Overturn the
government he was defending, il only justl-
fable to the same spirit that held Governor
Bramlette up to public Odium for march
ing with his regiment to shoot down the
best men of the South in 1851. We take
issue with Governor Bramlette in his
statement of facts-we deny that General
Lon gstreet is "a stencil in che nOstrils
everywhere The great majority OF the
people ct this country hold him to be an
honest man, an honora ole soldier. and .
brave gentleman. who is denounced and
prosecuted, and IL danger OF ASSASSINATION
by rebels and their sympathzers, because,
when the cause for which he had fought
with such brilliant courage was overthrow.
took the course which he and many others
of his comrades thought best for the good
of his people and section. but which ne only
had the moral courage 70 adhere 10 ana
make public. 1t is historical fact that
there was an agreement between General
Longstreet and thirty or forty other
prominent Confederate officers 70 give
their public adhesion to the Republic
can party at the time he did. out
81, of action fhR OSAara
blenched before disloyal public opinion
and left him alone. He had the courage to
do what he thought was right and best.
and they did not, and ever since then he
has been despatched with all sorts OF vile
abuse. simply for that and nothing else. for
no man has dared to charge him with any
specific act dishonOrable to him as man.
He is abused simply because he is Repub'
lcan. and we are sorry to see Governor
Bramlerte Ginning in with an abuse which
has no other origin than that 1t he will
specify any other reason why General
Longstreet should be held disgraced. we
would like for him to specify it,. The fact
that men like Longstreet and Alc0rn.
and HAYS. of Ala oama, distinguished South
ern soldiers, native Southerners and large
shareholders. have been pursued with nerce
and unrelenting abuse because they nave
chosen to act with the RepuGilcan party
ana nOLnlEg e-se, Is Hiolo on.'' Guy g
else the reason why public sentiment in the
| North has been slow to move at Southern
! abuse OF the carpet.bag governments
; Their abnse was SO iniiscriminate that II
was never easy to tell whether they were
abusing a particular individual because he
was Republican or because he was a thief
ard a corrupt rascal generally. and, the
Northern people were not prepared and are
not prepared yet to admit that man can
not be a Republican and an honest man at
the same time We believe that Governor
Bramlette is willing to admit that he can
be, and 80 we are sorry TO see him Joining
in rebel clamor against Lo1gstreet.-
Louisville Commercial.