The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-10
MALICIOUS MISREPRESENTATION
REBUKED.

IT," chronic nuisance and .ral' J.,pe,
blackburn. who manage, I" GROVE! NOR. lies
int" one number of his paper. tn. IDm.,
!t4i. than GAY. i. retlted J., az homes. .nG
truthful man in Year. has written !ettel II
I'll" Louisville 'r3tItl-.igoiDri. IN which II,
paint, fearful picture Of the condition Of at
.lirs in Louisiana. and declare. that national
interference is 'h. only tlling that viii '.s,,v,
Louisiana. from mob .ule and anarchy. ~
,ather. tina. vii. ,elieN. her ~ L. - ,. j.
.reitly almost completely undei IL.
II i very ,e.oitiu, :. us 4. Ia, :. Motto,
anything th. bla'an, il4ckgll.rl says. i.oi
"oult. Wc 10 8. la! h no. soi.ght 70 ,le t.iy.
friendly and all. ionl1lti by :. lot Of ing,n-
ion. :alsehood. .uli the aflecta'ion of great
sincerity and c,ndor. The faculty oi this man
for invention il only equailed by his naig-
nifty. and it i. absolutely amazin. that Il
human carcass can contain much bad
whisky and bad blood at one and the me
time.
A chronic .lrunkari ana constitutional
blackguard he never wearies OF splitting on;
his vile aspersions upon the people of Louisi-
ana and the South He has been participant il
more rascally schemes than almost any othe,
Radical in the State, he has been instrumental
in obtaining pardons for more murderers and
thieves than any other man. and he la.
wearied people of every shade of politics il.
in the State by hi. perpetual and insan.
rawlings. the sole object Of which Ia. been (.
keep himself before til. R;.dic;! party ~. 81
martyr
The C1ur;er-Jou,nu' never would have pub
lished his f.lsehoods had ii known the writer
as he is known to the people here. but i,
answers him in a manner that will not con
duce much to his happiness, or to tn. happi.
ness Of the thieves and low fellows in whose
interest he wrote.
We read the situation in Louisiana differently.
We see there gang Of bandits, composed of
professional adventurers, who, by the assistance
OF the Federal Government, have been enabled
To possess themselves of the State government
we sec this irresponsible body of gamcsters CON
spring to rob the people by taNations anountin.
to contiscaton; We See every principle OF decenr,
and flr-dellnS set aside. and III 1t, place. code
OF ethics adapted to the interests of montclank. |
Ism, set up throughout the public service: VT,
see, III word, a league of satraps propped upo. |
an army OF negroes and protected by the uoni |
nant party at Washington. dividing It's leisure
and its vices by p!underinS and insulting til.
honest people of the State.
We have seen this for wears. Not syllable 81 |
sympathy has the spectacle evoked Iron. the I
Radical press which Is now bowling for the sup
preston of "another rebellon." HI, splendid |
effort at Justice made last session b. senator
Carpenter of Wisconsin, passed nnheeled Tho I
revelations poured into the Lower House of Con
gress were not even potent enough t.. procure
the Impeachment of the Infamous, Du1cN |
That the good people OF Loulsian. hav.
submitted so long is wonder: tina, nothing
has occurred more general and blood !
than the outburst in Wacts. IS blessing NO
lcnce usually bcgcts violence, and. IN 80. md
there is no Justice, peace. The origin OF tic
troubles winch are but just now setting - tA.
lohcy vi reconstruction, supported bv Mr. Black,
burn with so much zeal. by which tn bottom .t |
society was sought to be put at the top. HIS ~.
IcrSal could not, in the nature Of things be iu,-
manent. 1t could only be sustained BY tl,. ont
side. military pressure, Tor which Mr. Blackburn
;alls 50 loudly 1t could only be sustained by q
policy sdbversivc Of all free goyerame.t.
Mr.. Blackburn is man Of culture AMI We he
leve an honest man, but he IS bitt.r PARTISAN
md looks through only one Of the Z asses he
wears. We do not doubt as he savs that there
; deal of brutalism in LON lara, We DO not
ubt that much foul wrenS is HcroctratcG
here. But his assumption that one party is al
amb and the other all wolf does not impress II.
orclblv. We behold a condition of IN. lnahing
he more barbarOus because it was planned III |
old blood, and has been ruthiesslv executed |
I we are not moved to respond To his plea with
gush Of sympathy, it is because o. tie .acts set
urth IN the other appeal, which We 'rln. along
ldc Of his, from those who are equally reliable
nd 1ntnitcl! more deserving Of suc.or .i.j pity.