The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-04
DURELL AND HIS SUCCESSOR.

The resignation Of E. II. Durell as Judge
of the United States Court for this District, Is
an event which will be hailed by Loulsianians
as the most cheering evidence OF the or'gnt
future which awaits US.
1t is proof conclusive that in the opinion OF
this corrupt man and unjust judge the doom
of Radcalism in Louisiana and throughout
the country is sealed. He has seen the hand
writing on the wall ever since the l4th day OF
September, and in every fibre OF his being
has felt that the great wrong which he perpe-
trated. not against Louisiana alone, but
against free government in this country, had
stirred the milton to its profoundest depths,
and that some day the wind which he had
sown would burst above bis miserable head
in q whirlwind Of furry.
Like guilty thing he braved for time the
scornful glances OF his wronged fellow-clti-
zens-wa iked through the streets Of New Or
leans unharmed, it is true, but not unconscious
that men shrurk from him as from ieper:
battled with his selt-accusing conscience and
tried in vain to still the alaruIns sounded by
his tlirobbing heart, but at length, unable
longer to endure life so full of mental torture,
skunk away in the vain hope that change OF
scene would Danish the horrid spectre Of
a murdered State, from bis vision. Vain
hope Not Macbeth was more haunted
by the accusing ghost Of the murdered
Banquo, than he by the spectre OF the
State he had rulhlessly strangled. Upon his
guilty lead rests the responsibility for every
drop of blood shed in Louisiana between the
contending factions, since in drunken revel,
at midnight, he affixed his name to the order
which overthrow the legal government and set
up in its stead an usurpation, which was
erected on Layonets and by bayonets has been
maintained from the first moment Of its scan-
dalous existence until the present time.
Thousands of people to-day are beggars, in
this State, by reason Of this mans Infamous
rulings in bankrupt proceedings, and some of
the most beautiful and magnificent Of the al
cestral homes of Louisiana have by him been
p;ilessly handed over to the spoiler; and those
who Were reared in luxury, old white-haired
men, have been sent out into the world penni-
less and without hope, their fortunes having
been absorbed in that dread court over whose
doors should have been inscribed Dante's
inscription on the gates OF He'll: "Who ell
ters here leaves hope behind"
Is it any wonder that the intelligence Of the
resignation Of this wicked judge should send
thrill of pleasure to the Eearts of those who
have lived under his baneful influence, and
have witnessed his contempt for justice and
for everything that should have been held
sacred by civil magistrate
His Withdrawal from the court will be cause
for universe! rejoicing, and growing, as it
does, out Of the 18th Of September, makes that
memorable day more glorious than ever. The
blow struck on that day was even more import
ant than We supposed, and has achieved re-
suits Sa- beyond our most sansuine expec,a+
TONS Let us embalm the day and it, heroes
forever in our memories, and celebrate
from bondage more CALLING than that to
which, Of old, the Israelites were subjected.
The successor ofDurel, Walker Fearn, ESQ,
if the report which comes to us is true, ard
we have every reason to believe it, is a gentle
man in every way worthy Of the distinction.
A native of Mobile, Ala, son Of a dis
t;nguished physician whose fame is cher
shed by all Mobilians even as the name Of
Stone is cherished by us, graduate Of Yale
College, a lawyer Of recognized ability, and a
gentleman OF unbiemished reputation, Mr..
Fearn, if he accepts the position, will adorn it.
His selection would seem to indicate that
the President has awakened to realization Of
the fact that the best way to regulate the trou-
BILE in the South is to appoint gentlemen OF
character and ability, and if he will pursue
this policy undinchingly, if he will make
clear sweep Of the rogues in office, and replace
them with honest men-he Will solve the
Louisiana problem, and restore peace and
prosperity throughout the South