New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-12
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Hen. Charles Gayarre's Address 10 the
Voters Of the First Cosgressional Dis.
trict. SnE a
Il while words Of learned length and laundering
Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around;
And still they gazed and still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew
EDITOR Republican,
l have just seen and carefully read the
above address. There is not practical
idea in it. 1t would be offensive to the au-
thor to say there was nothing in it. It
would be still more offensive to the good
sense and understanding of those who may
read it to say there is anything in it beyond
words, "full of sound and fury, signiiying
nothing" The best that can be said Of it
is, the author has succeeded in giving to
''airy nothing a local habitation and a
name"
The least Objectionable feature of this
elaborate address is the affected mannerism
of style and the excessive egotism which
fills all objects with himself. He says he is
ga voice crying in the wilderness" but un-
like his great prototype, he proclaims him
self as the Messiah who is to save US from
our Iliad of woes.
There is one common conclusion to which
all true and honest men must arrive, and
that is to select men to represent US in
Congress Of practical sense and conserva-
1--WE tlcWes uO lbSU HAL LA UuO WVAIu dU
the present crisis is an idealist and political
dreamer. He had better remain at home
and enjoy the luxury of dreaming of imagi-
nary wrongs and fancied woes; or, if he is
ambitious to be useful, let him labor in his
little garden and cultivate his flowers of
rhetoric.
l think the aspirations of Mr.. Gayarre
soar too high. He says nothing can save
our State from "the allied powers of igno-
1ouroUifv nnloSc "a Aon thof
went down in the late war, in the iron hand
of martial devotion, is carried by the hand
of the honest and sapient legislator, the elo-
quent orator, the profound jurist, or when
decorated with trophies won by science, by
the fine arts and by the immortal concep-
lions of literary genius! PhGbus! what a
drapery around that flag! Covered with
the !" arts and sciences" and Mr.. Gayarre
modestly holds out his "hand" as the self
chosen instrument of the looming man."
who unites in his own person all these quail
fcations. and who will bear that flag to VIC
tory. The allies had better surrender " be-
fore the blast of war blows in their ears"
LIZ. Gayarre, in the excess of his zeal in
pushing bis own claims to Congress ahead
Of all other aspirants, reveals . cOnversa-
ton he says) he had with MIR. Seward!
This, believe, is the fifth edition OF that
conversation, revised. ME-. Seward is dead;
object to the parol proof However, on
second thought, admit it cum gs'0no sails.
The sum and substance of that converse
tion then, was: Mr.. Seward, perceiving the
ambition of Mr.. Gayarre to 60 to Congress,
and feeling assured that his "vaulting am
bitiOn would overleap ITSELF" told him, in
poetic language, if he ever got there he
would shave to crawl on his belly from
Mr. Gayarre never saw the point or realized
the true meaning Of Mr.. Stewards words.
1t was only another mode Of showing the
difficulty of rich man going to Heaven.
The principal reason why Mr.. Gayarre
has at last obtained his own consent to
represent our State in Congress, is because
''bats suck our blood, buzzards pick our
carcasses. and vampires quench their thirst
with our very tears"
This ls a deplorable state of affairs! The
entere State infested and Overrun with
bats, buzzards and vampires! and all that
| lie left of US is our careasses and our tears
| can not for the life of me see what good
Mr.. Gayarre can do us. 1t looks as if we
were beyond redemption; but he is salts
| fed "that there is tide in the affairs Vt
| men, which taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune" and he very disinterestedly offers
| to give up his vocation OF "crying In the
! wilderness" and infuse new life in our
carcass, aud set it up on its legs again TO
| rebaptize it to new life, and a new faith,
and become its sponsor and godfather I'M
til it grows fat and lusty.
| He saws he is no politician, and he be.
| LONGS to no party. He. has the highest re-
spect for alf voters, be they white or black.
! lie does not want q nomination by party;
that nothing, in fact, will induce him to
descend" from his present position but a
| general outburst of popular sentiment in
his favor. This he expects, nay, he is as
sured of it.
Some evil-minded persons may object to
this generous offer of Mr.. Gayarre to and us
because his residence and domicile is in the
State of Mississippi. But this is small
matter. st. Patrick was called to Ireland
to drive out of that fair isle the frogs and
snakes. Why should not history repeat
itself, in call on this humane and patriotic
| gentleman. who proposes to rid us of the
"bats and buzzards and vampires that are
| eating out our vitals and drinking up our
tears p
| And all this, dear reader, is er g,'acie-
solely for the love of saceet charity.
| LEN.