New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-30
SPLITS.

ioicing over the alleged and urfounded
divisions of the Republican party, il
would appear that all is not serene IN the
Fusion camp. Those periodicals
Picdy,ne and 7i,nes-are at daggers
drawn, though a salutary fear lest their
state of feeling be telegraphed to Wash
ington makes them contine their mani
festation Of wrath to words of mysterious
meaning which none but their most mt
mate friends can understand We speak
of these journals as belonging to the
periodical press, because the ADMINISTERS
ton Of each seems to change upon
an irregular recurrence OF editorial
eclipse and temperance, which may be
expected now and then. although its &c.
centric track has not been reduced to an
exact formula by the political astronomers
of the period.
We are glad, however. % sec :: profess
! sional editor in the ascendant. The
professional experience and ability OF .Mr.
Bigney will be q guarantee 90 the public
that the course Of the Times will be con'
| servative and consistent a :hlnS that
| can rarely be affirmed of non-protes.
sional publisher. But we 1e:ur +" the
unhappy state Of feeling that sesn!s 70
exist between our neighbors. Adopting
the language which the classic Quickly
employed toward two Of her esteemed
friends, we say: "YoU two never meet
but YOU fall into some discord. You are
| both, in good troth, as rheumatic astwo
dry toasts. You can not one bear With
| another's confrmities.'
There must be indeed some mysterious
meaning in the epithets and innuendos
which sparkle from the collision 9: these
two wary and cunning fencerso
The Times alludes to ''Tichborne ciaim'
ants, ridiculous revival of proceedings
in bankruptcy" and attempts at usurpa-
ton" The Picdysae italicises the "sapabte
hands that have held the editorial control
of the Times fer some years past. We
suppose this is meant to be 'sarkastickle,
for it is Immediately followed by n lauda-
ton of the talents which, by vigorous
assaults on Durell, Norton. Kellogg and
the rest Of the conspirators against the
people of Louisiana, achieved a world
wide renown and aroused the people
throughout the land against the usurpess
and schemers who overthrow the govern"
ment of the State'-who worried the cat
that killed the rat that eat the malt. and
all the rest of it. Now somebody is
praised for this valorous achievement.
and it isn't Mr.. Editor Bigney. queen
saLe? Who knows who or what is
meant! But let lie recall this pc.
Rod of pristine purity. To overthrow
s'the usurpers and schemers." the Times
of that period accepted and advanced the
interests of Governor Warmoth. ]: has
e'been proven and will 20 nea- 70 be
thought that this po.enta:e played the
official patronage for the las: cen: j: :as
worth. He certainly testified before conf
mittee of congress tina: lie made something
like one hundred Thousand iol;a:5 the frs:
wear he was Governor, while there vas 40
testimony tina. he made anything Like
that sum the year Of years preceding.
Simultaneously the il.iterate ,eade: WI!
look to his dictionary for this word. rs sc
are writing very carefully, and on q n:;s.
ferrous matter Simultaneously with these
s'vigorous assaults of the Times. wherein
its whacfs Sesounied Throughout the
world and awakened .his :ery !etLasg:c
population to the fact that burglary its
liberties spontaneously. we repeat, with.
without further parenthesis Or DEPRESSION.
all this demolition Of 'the schenerS who
overthrow the government OF the State.
the Times. was the vehement organ 81
that very offensive mass Of po.it.ca! ol:-
tridity called the Fusion movement. It
can not be said tina: the Times was the
avowed organ Of this Fusion because tie
words might be actionable as tending
greatly to endanger the good name OF
periodical which we sincerely believe is
doing its level best to throw off its former
associations, and wall; anew in the paths
of political rectitude. Blu. it accidentally
happened that just when the polit!ca! no.
yizon was ablaze with the meteeric corus.
cations of the Times of that period there
was awarded by the e.ceEency Of the pc
Rod. Governor Warmoth. certain war
rants on the public treasury to compen'
safe the Times of the period Cor printing
election documents. Weayc even enabled
to follow in the columns o: the Times of
the present period the history Of the war
rant popularity supposed to include the
compensation referred TO. !: is one o:
tie two prescribed by the Auditor as not
to be received in payment OF the public
taxes, thuss
One hundred AMI forty-One Thousand do'.
lars issued under acts Nos. 90 and 100 of
1870 during the months OF August, Septem-
Der and October. 1872, to w. A. Weed & Co.
The &C., in that concern Is popularity
believed to have been the vtoyr;e.orso Q:
the 9i.es of that period.
Now. that the Times Of the l,.:.n: .e.
Rod is held by the Picdyune OF the pres.
ent period responsible !or some dread
''deed without a name." performed with
tn. cognizance or priyi;y 9; each. is a
legitimate and logica! inference from :ae.v
language and relations.
That there is ''spi:t" in the :ns;c,
raslis, a.1 fare NJ anon: the Fusion