New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-29
ADULATION AND ABUSE.

line Man OF hundred 1aceS lately
displayed at the Academy of Music some
extraordinary mutations of facial express
sion. Briefly. He illustrated almost
every variety of internal sentiment inter-
mediate between a London snob and
General Washington. There was one
inimitable contrast. It represented the
smile of pleasure on one side Of the face,
with the melancholy mood Of coincidence
on the other side. This, the Snowman
said, was ''such an expression as you may
put On when you hear the death of dis
tant relative who leaves you . large sum
of money" The decorous respect for de-
parted worth on one side and the subdued
delight of grateful cupidity on the other
was admirable. We had never seen such
facility of change before. It has been
recorded as having been accomplished by
Garrick. We never expected to have seen
it again.
We have been startled by finding the
same family possessed by the Picay1ne.
On one Of its columnar faces may be seen
an expression Of the deepest and most
solemn respect for the military forces and
legal authority of the United States.
Some Of these We have quoted under
another heading. 1t becomes necessary
to signify the delight with which the same
journal witnesses symptoms Of opposition
and even resistance TO the federal govern
ment in she parish Of Red River. Here
is specimen Of what is said in one col.
umn Of the Picdyune about the gallant
officers who have shown the Pic-men such
"signal courtesy and cordiaiity:"
For what purpose are they SO kept here,
giving our city the aspect Of a captured or
beleaguered place, with regiments dis
tributed through the city, and Getschments
of cavalry and infantry gallopng and
tramping through the parishes and fright
ening country people from their fields and
hamlets, with hireling rutfians mot of the
military but party canvasers. under the
command Of the United States marshal,
chairman of the general State Executive
Committee of the Republican party Of
Louisiana, selling and clapping handouts
on citizens, who are pursued for no other
crime but that of opposing the plumber and
devastation Of their State BY knavish
marauders from abroad
This lung-tester Of = paragraph is
wholly contradictory of the honeyed COM
pliments to General Pennypacker and the
officers Of the Barracks. But there fol
lows broadside against the officers Of
the naval force in front of our city:
The troops and chips are sent hither to
brighten and in.imidate the white voters,
and to stimulate and encourage the cOlored
voters. They are maneuvred to these ends
The pFetext of arresting viOlators Of the
law and of preventing instruction is shown
to be false and feigned, by the fact that
the alleged violations of law were perpe-
trated months ago, and no attempt has been
before the election.
Then follows a final compliment: to the
government and its military forces:
If this be the only use and employ men.
of the force which now exercises military
menace over our people. we desire that some
investigative mind will search for the au
thOrity and enlighten US by indicatin.
where it exists in the constitution. in the
laws, or in the history of this republic.
So these courteous officers and orderly
soldier, are sent 20 louisiana as q mill.
Try menace. They are hereto capture or
beleaguer' our city. They go galloping
and tamping through the parishes,
frightening the country people from their
fields and hamlets' voters who
are not frightened from their fields are
not ''people, and escortins ''hireling
ruftians mot soldiers, TO clap handouts
on the people, 1t would be .;;.:icu!t We
think to combine more atiec: adulation
with more insidious abu.. than NAV be
found in adjacent columns Of ia: same
journal.