New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-16

Thereupon the crew of the Pic deman
. that some young bloods shall be put O
3 the quarterback, and the old .smoss
3 heads" confined to the study Of the chart
in the cabin. c
5 These spring chickens demand the en-
rollment of the Louisiana Legion as
political force When it was explaine,
that this legion comprised a part of tn
military force of the State they twit tn
REPUBLICAN for having enlightened them
yet still persist in treating the legion a.
gentlemen who once comprised mill
tary organization. We apprehend tina
Colonel Behan and staff will scarcely
thank the young bloods Of the Picay,u,,
TOR dlsbanding his command or exchang
ing them into that arm Of the public ser.
vice known as political bummers.
The Times is reproached with the alb
surdity of insisting that "age, wealth
and social position are necessary qualifi-
cations in those who would take part with
political movements.
| Now, will the rum old commodores'
IN the cabin stand this sort of thing :?
Age, wealth and social position not neces-
sary qualifications for politics! The
social position, then. of Mat Hogan or
Buffalo Bill makes them as fit to "take
part in political movements" as anybody
else. Terrible doctrine. that. Will the
seniors, with whom
Envious gray doth somewhat ninyie with our
earlier brown.
consent to publish such doctrine as this:
We opine not
This brevetted young blood is not posted
IN the philosophy of newspaper history.
He should know that this very Picayeu,s
was intrustad to young bloods, even i'm
ported from distant parts. and that the
young bloods ran the old craft bows under,
so that she had to be raised, locked and
sent to sea with new commanders and
crew. The disasters of that cruise of the
young bloods Will never be forgotten by
the merchants who bought the paper and |
sunk the entire investment. First the |
young bloods pitched into the judge of the
Superior Court. and were mulcted in
$4,000 damages, next they DETAINED a
Supreme Court judge and were impleaded
in large sum for damages. Then there
came an unhappy collision at arms in
which an estimable citizen fell victim on
account Of words spoken of and concern
ing the peoples paper" and last came
several attempts OF the sheriff to sell at
public outcry the organ of the people.
without bid at one Of these sales The
7oung bloods were reported to have raised
| shout Of triumph at this failure to sell.
The total extinguishment of all value had
been due to their superior energy.
This "Old Ship of Zion" was, as we
Understood. put under the control of
mariners Of approved caution, and would,
We had supposed. conine itself to the
rade winds of commerce, instead of risk
ng the fog-dimmed and rockbound coasts
nd heavy currents of politics..
1t seems, however, that her crew has
lsen on the commanders, and that heads
neither bald nor gray" now guide the
curse of the flag ship of the peoples
eet. We have read that John Phoenix,
avlng been entrusted for week with the
uidance of Democratic paper, run up
le opposition flag, and published Wing
octrines from Democratic columns. He
escribed the personal conflict which oc-
Tired upon the return of the editor. Of
lis we remember nothing except that
we brought away proof Of yesterdays
apressions upon the shoulder of our
lirt, and, that "our antagonist was held s
OWN by our nose. which we had inserted @
'tween his teeth for that purpose" But St St
is seizure Of the Picapme and pervert- b,
g its columns to demonstrate that the n
lblished conductors are too old, too re- u
ectable. too gray. and entirely too bald d. ..
o take part in political movements" is
pitch Of audacity to which John Phoenix, T
tn all his delight in a practical joke, 5r
uld never have aspired. BE-
With the disastrous effects upon the =
coyune which the young bloods inflicted
t summer. we should apprehend the
pectable seniors will wake up from Z
ZIP snooze or escape from their cabin DO
END the quarterback and put the con- o oa1
nacious young bloods who have been q
the speaking trumpet in irons, o.,
what will be much better for the public, TT
their compositions in quod n