New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-14
CALL OF THE CLANS,

bald nor gray" and then proceeds to es
. plain that this opinion is that the Louis
lana Legion should be reorganized in con
nection with the approaching politica
campaign. To these opinions CORE
spondent responds: The object Of sucl
reorganization should be political, no
military" and thinks ''a company coul(
!, be formed in every ward Of the city t.
report to headquarters. Fourteen hun
.dred to fifteen hundred solid votes could
thus be welded by young men Of twenty
one to forty-ive years Of age."' This plar
is Endorsed in the name Of the Picayune.
The personal description Of this writer,
who assumes authority to thus commit
the paper, renders it tolerably certain
that the article does not emanate from
the published and reported principals.
That is, unless there has been very lately
an extensive buying Of hair dye and
| periques.
Here is declared purpose to dethrone
the bald and the gray leaders Of party,
and enroll 'the young men Of New Or
leans who have pretty well concluded to
dispense with political wet nurses for the
future. We must presume that this edi-
torial has been 'snaked in" upon the
seniors, as they certainly would not con-
sent to circulate a proclamation of their
own dethronement.
We should imagine that this juvenile
editor who salutes his seniors with the
jibe, $50 up, thou bald heads.' may be
one of those fierce spirits which sent the
Picayuns into premature bankruptcy,
under verdict in libel, and who ap-
plauded with both hands the proven in
solvency which they had contributed to
produce. 1t is certainly very much in the
tone of "Action! Action! Action fol-
lowed by riot, attempted assassination,
the invasion Of Grant parish and the
slaughter of nearly hundred of its inhab-
itants, and the arrest, imprisonment and |
trial Of alleged offenders. Accompanying
these troubles were duplicate Governors, |
judges and Legislatures, with an appeal |
to Congress. Coincident and consequent
upon this excitement was the depreciation
of public and private credit and general
stagnation Of commerce.
1t is now proposed to instigate dc MORO
this cycle of horrors and of crimes by the
of body which was pure
y military. All know the history of
the First Regiment Field Artillery" of
he militia Of Louisiana. disarmed at
Davidson Court but no. disbanded. It is
till borne on ''the register Of the military
orce" of Louisiana with the same staff |
nd roster as in 1872. We have no idea
hat this body of soldiers will allow any
'olitician to march them into the next
ampaign as a solid body Of voters for
'usion or anything else. We judge from
his military ignorance Of this editor pro
EN- of the Picayane that his hair has not
cen worn Off by the military helmet, nor ,
as it been rendered gray by the severity
f political thought. Is it now. when
ne country and city is threatened with q
and when ten thousand name S
IS paupers throng around the soup S
ouses and sleep at the stations, tina. scci- v
y is to be disturbed and divided? S
All know the meaning Of the call of the
ans. 1t is not to work on the levees.
OF to help the poor, or relieve the desti- v
tie. 1t proposes no good to commerce. !,
Id no aid to agriculture. It is sowing |,
e seeds Of strife, to reap the harvest of g.
lice. We warned the Legislature to SO fl
1t down the price and perquisites Of Office !,
to disband these Office hunting CONF f.
nations. 1t has failed to do so, and now fl
2 have call for organization, based on .
avowed principle, and directed to no T
rceptible object. For what or on whom Il
e these fourteen Or fifteen hundred votes m
be cast? We presume none are so san st
inc as to expect an election before next 81
l, now nearly six months off. An cleo
n OF members Of the Legislature will OF
IN take place, but surely as a city in &C
ich the opposition to the Republican til
Jority is SO decided, there can be no su
cessity for an immediate and pro-
lged disturbance of the social peace by m
gading the battaions Of Fusion. These jet
itical soldiers might stand at ease or gu
even furloughed for months to come. stl
e city administration is still in the hol- if
: of the executive hand. 1t is to be tra
lsidered by those conductors of the sh
,aytne, whose heads may be gray with ov
'erience or bald with the ehtervesence of he
canic thought, whether this premature ov
wing of troops merely to assert their It'd
lie in the hour Of emergency is COM
ible with the duty Of public journal thu
d abroad as daily indication Of our the
ltical meteorology. The announce esq
1T of an undated purpose to force ito
ion down the Threats Of an unwilling ms
pie, must produce similar caution on the
part Of those it threatens. The execu- aes
whose disposition is to so exercise dis
power OF appointment or to heal and at
to harrass the irritations OF the past, ito,
be warned to restrict his patronage ira,
hose who are alone to be relied on in obs
sordid struggle for place which we ms
to dread. II a call summon the clans we
tack, the strongholds threatened by ito,
'e caterans viii be put in a state to fIoy
ID their siege. There will be none left allie
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