The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16
Let Well Enough Alone.

We concur entirely with the Pieayune il
the following sentiment which we extrac
from it's columns of the 18th inst
With our local elections near ut hand. ant
SO long as there 10 hope of those elections
our surest plan of action lies in and through
them. Let us give the Radical leaders no ex
cuse for hedging in the polls with bayonets
no shadow OF ground for resorting to- any Of
! those expedients and tricks which have nere
! tofore been used to defraud us of our suffrage
When it becomes Enthusiastically evident that
we are not to have fair dealing, there will be
ample time to consider other measures.
There is a certain fire. and tow element
in this State, as well as in every other
community, which is more distinguished
for energy than wisdom. In other words,
there is a kind of madness which occasion
ally seizes men and makes gamblers of
them. Sometimes they gamble in cotton,
sometimes in money, and ometimes i'll
blood. That is, they take the chances
blindly without any definite reason to pre-
sumo on success more than failure Now,
it is well known that the Carondelet specu-
lators generally die beggars 5. we know
that the more undisguised gamblers of st.
SuailGS SbICOU arc HUI cuuO"eu WlIu uuCl
of the respect and confidence of their fel
low citizens and what are we to think of
the other Neutrality-suspicious. who gamble
in revolution and blood
In our opinion and in that of majority
of this community, 80 far as we can Judge,
political questions at the South are rapidly
working towards favorable solution. In
the opinion of certain Hotspurs, they don't
work fast enough. At least we SO suppose
from the drift of our exchanges. While
is progressing most desirably
for US while Northern sentiment is fast
approaching a reaction that must break
up Southern letters with the hand of
giant, while the President himself is getting
disgusted with the deceit and villainy of
so called Republicans at the South and
beginning to suspect that he has been
made the victim of their lying representa-
tions; while Texas and Arkansas and Vicks-
burg, all tell Us plainly that he will never
again permit any community to be Durelled
out of its elective franchise at this very
instead of being willing to let
we'll enough alone, the gun powder politi-
clans must be getting up little local coups-
7etat of their own all through the country.
q The morale of the thing is bad. While
it confines itself to country cross-road viii |
lagos, it may not attract much attention.
but the danger is that, if too much ap.
plauded there, it may infect the Metropoli-
IAN atmosphere and invade New Orleans
Itself. Now it is quite evident that the
white people of this city will be permitted
% protect and enforce all of their rights
or the future, but to suppose that they
IAN go back upon issues of the past and
et them right too, is totally different
hing.
If there are any enthusiasts so wild as
20 be willing to take the chances of such
IN attempt, let them reflect that the mai
ritysof our citizens, are not willing to try
such risky experiments. They are not
Wiling to gamble in blood. And, unless
re are quite mistaken, they are not going
0 permit their fortunes to be wrecked by
he lawlessness of a few wou}d-be pa.
riots.