New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-20

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Yet it is unspeakabiy hard to men o
education, gentlemen Of wealth and re-
spectability."
This distinction between the associa.
tons Of our own citizens and ''gentlemeu
Of wealth and respectability' We attribute
70 the too hasty zeal Of writer too much
excited at wrong to be careful Of language.
We asked ourselves. ''Can such things
be-" Reading On, We found the Fusion
officials who had charge Of these miser-
able prisoners were no: TO blame. We
learned that the Fusion sherlffs, Colonel
Patton and Captain Fremauz, do every
thing in their power to make them COM
Portable.
AS we pondered there arose in our mind
this reasoning: There is nothing in tie
law to FORBID the friends Of prisoner
from making him as comfortable as food,
FIRE. furniture. books. and even society,
can effect. Why, then. is the room of
these gentlemen without carpet? Why is
their window open to the winds: Why are
they without sufficient tood:" Why dine
they on 'nliserable deal table:' Why
DO they sleep on "a hard bed with scanty
clothing: The "stone roof which is
thrown over them to complete the picture
Of their suffering, we suppose, can not be
helped. We can not hold the sheriff re-
sponsible for that. Our wonder increases.
The sheriff is known to be kind-hearted
man; he is. politically, the friend Of these
prisoners. We are told. in the same
publication. tina. these are gentlemen
OF education, .-.c'!: and responsibility.
Our attention is also attracted by the
statemen: that these crueities have been
going on Tor ''some MONTHS" and seem to
have been only discerned ~ The enter
prise Of > newspaper reporter. These
martyrs 20 the abuse Of "a government
which pretends to be free and equal 20
all" mus: have suffered the additional out
rage OF having been :mmured from their
sympathizing friends. These grievances
only see the light by the struggling rays
Of a reporters lantern. We give i: up.
We could, however, but note tia: there
was no dialogue held with these prisoners.
We remembered that these partisan sensa-
ton headings may De first written in the
Office. and then filed in by eayesirocping.
SO we waited.
The omniscient Rous:abou: Of the ines
turns his attention to the facts in the case.
Eoustabou: is nowhere on imagination.
but usually carries the affidavit Of :: cor
or of a special reporter 20
verify his statements. They head two
schools OF Journalistic enterprise
of the paten: headings. aud
Roustabout. Of the plumbline and meas
ure. So Roustabout visits the prison and
makes the record as follows. to wit:
I. 1.-The prisoners al gave assurance OF
kind treatment at the hands of. the officers
>. 1.-The apartments assigned them are
IN what is known as the old debtors Ge.
partment. and not in the cells such as are
allotted to felons."
3. In respect to their supply Q: food:
Those who have no money 20 obtain i:
from the outside, Of necessity mus: be
satisfied with what they obtain iron, tie |
inside
I. The expenses Of these prisoners is
lbout that paid at a respectable hotel,
- 80 per day. OF thi. the Committee Of
seventy agreed to pay one dollar per day. !
Now here comes in the desertion and |
of these victims. Here is
why these prisoners have not
their crying oppression to
he public. The Times says: !!
So far as we could learn. nothing has been
lone by the committee. or other parties on |
he outside. to supply these gentlemen with
,ther accommodations in respect to food.
The statement has been made that the Cit.
,ens' Committee pledged itself to see to it.
hat these unfortunate gentlemen were sup.
died in all their wants. II such promise
vas given It can hardly he said to have
been fulfilled. All has no: been done tina:
VI udNS Dee0 uOu4. lHpTt
houli have been ample provision made for
IMPLYING them plentifully with wholesome
God: especially should arran gements have
,een made for the best Of medical attend.
nee to those who might become sick. Tn.
ortunatelv some of them have been sick.
nd they have been dependent on them.
elves for meeting that emergency: only one
physician. DR.. Ames. having thus far yolun. !
eered his professional services.
When we remember the very eminent
physicians and surgeons who have given
heir services to the Fusion cause. and are
old that when these imprisoned gentle
lA have been sick not ministering
gent or angel, except Republican ply
ician, has been al the bedside, the pic
IRE Of political seduction and abandon
nent is complete.
We look back at the Fusion conspiracy
take forcible possession Of the State
government, OR to force military gov
upon Louisiana:
/. Its combination with Warmoth upon
be avowed condition that he should en-
10y the same means to put his Fusion
artners in power that he had used to es-
.bish and enrich himself.
:. The infamnatory suggestion that