New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-15

upon the comfort OF t0elI uoWeS 0AA~
often in the positive pEivation OF those
who depend upon the wages OF these
young men. If We could draw aside the
veil OF privacy which obscures the misery
Of many an excellent family we should ina
poverty in its most painful form. We
would see women and children that can
not spare from the market basket the
time, wages and waste that are put into
the club, the police Office and the prison.
There have been young men in the
prime of their promise slain by tho poll
ticians in an experimental instruction
in an instruction merely made to compel
change Of government from that OF the
vote to that of the sword. Over the grave
Of these misled young men may De
raised complimentary tribute TO their
valo,; an ephemeral paragraph in penny
party paper may commend their exam
pie to others. Sums Of money raised by
dancing party, or dramatic exhibit
ton received with screams OF laughter, -
may be poured as spikenard into the
lacerated hearts Of those whose lives
were bound up in the person OF that
dead boy.
The papers report the particulars OF
a very sad homicide of a young man. aged
twenty-o one, by another of the same age:
All the participants and witnesses in this
sad affair were very young men or boys.
| On Monday evening, after the dlsband-
| ing of one Of the political clubs 81 tnelr
| assembly room, upon their return from
procession through the principal streets OF
| the city, q party of young men, composed
! of member of the club in question. was
invited to partake of drinks at neighSor-
| ing barrOOln, ON the corner OF Common ana
| Claiborne streets, the expenses TO DO ue-
frayed by the party extending the ,n'ita
ton. Among those present were 'erlon
and Murray. All hands, more or less, aite,
drinking became rather troublesome anu
bOisterOus, and the proprietor OF the saloon
found it advisable to insist upon their Ne
firing and withdrawing to the street; ne at
once proceeding to close his establishment
upon their leaving.
These young men became SO boisterous
as to compel the saloon to be closed. One
Of these turbulent young men then re-
preached another with having abused the
institution by taking several drinks. They
clinched for a fight, but were separated.
! One Of the combatants lett the party, went
home and armed himself. Some OF the
rest remained together. apparently for
some time, for it was then after midnight.
At this PERIOD the combatant who had
armed himself returned. He was assault
ed by his previous opponent, and in the
struggle shot and instantly killed him.
In this We see all the evils Of the club
as q school made painfully obvious. Late
hours, intemperance, disorder, violence
and death. What has caused this fearful
and bloody epidemic? The teaching Of
politicians that all public measures which
do not suit their interests must be settled
by street fights or assassinations. What
picture Of the rising generation does this
present? Is it not crying and criminal
abuse of influence to so use the impulses
of the young as to disqual;fy them for all
peaceful pursuits? To precipitate them
upon society as proAigate desperadoes
ready to follow the lead OF obey the orders
Of any leader even mose desperate than
themselves?
| We respectfully remind parents and
employers that the school in which dis
! obedience 10 the law, intemperance, VIC.
lence and assassination for words Spoken
in drunkenness is not such an institution
as should be patronized by them. The
programme of the White League is writer
in the blood of themselves OF Of Their vic
Tins, and the White League club is thu
primary school Of civil and social dis
turbances. It educates many Of our young
men to their own ruin. and the misery o.
all who are near and should be dear t.
them.