New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13

'z''ss NEW UKIE4NS RE
nominees for Southern. Democxatic- sup
port, but to have voted for any other Re
l publcans was treason against the nom
contestants never to be forgiven. These
! non-combatants exhibited to the officers
! d CONSUMPTION, certificates q exemptions
onaccount oetwenty oiggaH ghey were
! deeAae6 undes the ssltpetse bureaus
I They GmpsA up with = surgeons survey
foo weak lungs, lives OF heart VbeD the
fsdeSal ooscs came sheg weee 0on-cona'
batauk. and took all Wann0 4 saths like
a drink Of whisky, but neveS until the last
notes II waI were beard did these oon-
Ioombatants become really indignant with
those who wished peace, and We1e willing
to accept the situation We prick on the
! poinS Of Che pen small specimen Of this
4 non-combatant wrath. It viii sesye %
show She world the insolent intolerance
with ~hich every Southels naA sho
iabors undee the delusioe thai he Is
free % choose bis OVID political position
is treated 4 gentleman. oS st. Mary
! parish has ehosea 70 unite himself with
the Republican party. and has been hon
orea with Az Official 0ositioa. Eos no
| otheS cause alleged be has OeeA subjected
10 defamstion by the Enterprise. village
pares Of scans proportions bus ample
powers Of abuse. FROM some columns Of
this ve extract ME cist Of objection 70 Mr..
Gordy:
! In all fairness We merely essayed ~ give
1 tho history of . sleek, scheming, salculat
! ing, cold blOoded traitor. In his life we
! found che best timber out of which to
! construct this aespicsbls and sickening
Then Why should aos Che Gallon, heart Of
this veteran and perfidious traitor wax
sncy and apostacy9
We rather judged this was published by
no comrade of bhe Confederate camp
by no brothes-in.arms who. when the
command moved steadily to breast she
ball and bayone~, would have stood over
q wounded conrade and protected him at
the peril Of life OF have borne him 70 the
ambulance ana watched owes him in the
hospital We Judge the publisher Of such
abuse never knew what il was 10 answes
roll call after the fight and drop soldiers
tear over the memory Of the brave men
who had falleD al his side.
Such defamation as We have quoted Of
course gives pain 70 the relatives Of Cap.
tain Gordy, and letter from his father,
DE-. John c. Gosdy. addressed 20 one Of
our most respectable citizens. has been
submitted 20 our inspection. From this
letter We CLEAN the following facts: =
DR.. John c. Gosdy. the Gather, was .
citizen Of Maryland, in which State Cap.
tain NJ. T. Gordy was born in 1880. In
1887 the father migrated 20 Franklin,
where the son has lived tor thirty-seyen
years. His father says:
He 10 devoted to his parents, brothers and
sisters, honest and honorable toward all
men. Politically. he was an old line Wing,
strictly conservative. opposed to secession;
strictly Onion man: voted the Bell and
Everett ticket. After the act of secession
| NJ. T. Gordy volunteered at the first tap Of
J the drum in the Confederate service as .
/ private; was then made first lieutenant in
| the st. Mary's CannOneers, and was subse.
quently promoted to the captaincy of said
! company. At the surrender he came out Of
the service with l56 men, enjoying the love
! and esteem of his whole company. He con.
scientiOusly became q Republican. and has
been true and faithful to that party to date;
is the sheriff Of this parish, and naught can
b said against him in his official capacity.
This statement raises several questions:
I. Is . man who was an old line Wing
bound to do service under the political
executors Of John Slidell the balances Of
his life? 2. Is . soldier who went to war
as Z private, rose TO command and came
home aonorsbly discharged after the sur.
rmde, Of Lee. liable to imputation as
cold-blooded traitor? Is his history a
record Of ''recseancy and apostacy:"
These are questions Of much import to
those one. who from convictions of
opinion entered the Confederate army and
maintained these CONNECTIONS to the end Of
\ the fight. They do not address themselves
to that long roll Of true scallawags who
escaped service by exemption OF de-
sesting their colors and taking refuge
in the mountains Of Carolina and che
svamps Of Louisiana We deem our.
selves undes Obligations 10 defend these
soldiers who gave their pa,ole and have
keptil With General Gsant when pro.
secting Generals Leo and Johnston
from the Attorney General Of President
lndrev johnson We Deem the aational
henoe involved in guaranteeing the rights
accosded in Sheis surrender. II IL not
foS hoAorAble men to promise protection
and escort 10 prisoners and then suffer
&em 20 be jayhawked by such angry non
combatants as the Hranklis Enterprise.
Al heo are now politically equal.
The acs Of amnesty disables none
for military service IN tho Con-
fedesase ssmy.' The Democratic party
has no bill Of sale aos eevisionfy
interest In these soldiers. They are Ctee