The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-02
OUR ENEMIES AND OUR fklhNDS'

There can be no better evidence Of the vast
amount Of good which has been wrought Tor
the whole country by those tremendous levers
of the press, the New York 1ribn"e, He1abt
and Sun, than the manner in which their
managers and editors have been caricatured
nv that most bitter and unchristian sheet,
Harper's Weekly a journal pr eccellence OF
malice and sectional hate. IN every number
of that intensely partisan sheet Messrs. White
law Reid, Bennett and Dana are held up IN
all the most ridiculous and even repulslve
attitudes, and the pencil of Mast is given
every license to nalign and traduce the gen
tlemen, who have done 50 much to relieve the
country from the horrible incubus Of Radi-
calism, and to relieve til oppressed Soath
from despotism which had grown to such
proportions as to be the scandal Of the cen
fury.
According to this lnrelenting Journal, whose
mission it seems to be to SOW seeds OF dlsseh-
ton and to perpetuate the feelings engendered
by the war. There is no good, no honesty, no
intelligence, no virtue, no patriotism Outside
the Radical ranks, and it makes OF Grant a
sort of demi-god before whom it would have
the entire nation PROSTATE itself, as before
being worthy to be adored The Democracy
it represents as snake, and would have rs
believe that Radicalism is the only sure path
to peace and prosperity.
Harper's |IIeealy is to journalism what
Beecher is to the church, whited sepulcher,
hypocrite, whose tongue is filled with beau
tiful and lofty sentiments, but whose heart is
deceit and wickedness. What mockery to
term it the journal Of Civilization, when
its teachings, followed out to their logical con-
illusions, would inevitably lead Us backward to
barbarism, and convert Us all into monsters,
eager to devour each other.
In marked contrast TO the savage fury OF
this "Journal Of Civilization and to its I'M
christian teachings have been the conduct OF
the great daily papers Of the Metropolis, and
we may especially cite the Tribps,e as an in
stance Of how powerful an instrument for
good newspaper may be made when it is
controlled by men whose minds are not
dinmed by partisan prejudice and who hon
estly endeavor to champion the right, how
ever influential Or powerful those in the wrong
may be.
The correspondents sent South by the 1,ij-
auae have fulfilled their high mission in a
manner that is worthy Of every commentator,
and to their judicial fairness and their fearless
exposures Of the wrongs and sufferings of the
South, is to be attributed much of the relief
which has come to us. They have opened the
eyes of the Northern people and the enor-
mites which have been perpetrated under the
name OF Republicanisln, stand revealed in all
their revolving character
We extract the following from a very COM
prehensive and admirable article which ap-
peared in the 1ribHe Of recent date:
PUBLIC SENTIMENT II LOUISIANA.
3 One OF the best Illustrations of the improved
tone Of Southern sentiment was afforded by
the public rejoicing in New Orleans on the
the Saturday following the election. | was
standing on the gallery Of the ST. Charles
Hotel with Rear Admiral Mullaney while the
Jubilee was in progress. Nothing pleased the
one-armed veteran with whom | stood so
much as tue appearance OF section after
section of the White League, each carry
ing the Stars and Stripes, and each
guarding coored Democrats from the
threatened violence OF colored Republl-
cans, while patriotic sentiments shone forth
from the transparencics, and national airs
long unheard on the streets Of New Orleans
were discoursed by the bands, to the de-
light of enthusiastic auditors. We all
agreed with an impulsiye bystander who said:
.sThis looks as if the last battle Of the war
Of Secession had been fought at last l
begin to think that the war IS over Talk
ing with Gov. McEnery Mr.. Il. II.
Mari, Major L. a. Burke, Gen. Il.
L. Gibson, and other influential
Louisiana Conservatives, found all animated
by the same patriotic and hopeful spirit.
The people OF the North were Il long time
in realizing our situation" said they, 'but
now that they have come to our rescue, they
shall find us not only loyal in the best sense
OF the word but grateful as well. We know
to whom we are indebted and we shall not forget
our friends nor falsify their hopes and predic-
tons. We are indebted to the Democratic party
Under whose banner the fight was won but
as much, if not more, to the immense number
of Republicans who have sacrificed party and
prejudice to meet the claims OF justice, and
above all to the Independent press tor its en-
terprise and courage in ascertaining and tell
ing the truth about the South. We have
always entertained the kindest feelings towards
the negro, but now We shall more than ever
feel called upon to protect him in the
exercise OF all his rights Ii four years hence,
the blacks are not more intelligent, better
educated, and in all respects better citi-
zens tEan they are after a pupilage of
nearly ten years under the carpet-baggers, it
will be our fault Us well as theirs, and we will
be ready to give some other party chance to
experiment in their behalf. Among the peo-
pie generally there is no dissent from the
opinions thus expressed by the men who lead
in the politics OF Louisiana. The same ideas
are heard in counting rooms, offices, edito-
rial rooms, coffee-houses and athe clubs:
new interest i'll the General Govern
ment gratitude to the people and
the newspapers who supported opposition
candidates in the late elections desire for
honest government; good will toward the
negro, and good intentions toward everybody.
A good deal that is said by these Louisinians
I.