New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-24
cRaUTNa FOR SYMPATHY,

| CRAVING FOB SYMPATHY
The appetite of 'this people" for sym
pathy is something stupendous. They
can not get enough of it; but still, like
Oliver, extend their quickly emptied
bowls and beg for "more.' They are
not particular either about the quality OF
the article, or the spirit in which 1t is
given all is fish that comes to their net.
For instance, every Democratic meeting
at the North which chooses to make use
of our troubles as political capital against
the administration is welcomed as a demon
stration of sympathy with the turbulent,
revolutionary element which keeps Louis
lana always in a ferment. That Boston
meeting is a case in point. 1t was her,
aided all over Louisiana as an evidence
that the people of the old Bay Staten gen
eraI and especially those of the Hub
itself, without regard to party, had risen
en- masse to testify their sympathy with
''this people" in the grievous wrong put
upon them, and their sharp condemna-
ton of the President and General Sherl-
dan, But what were the facts? What
representative men of Boston were pres
ent and took part in the meeting? There
was one, Wendell Phillips, and he was
there for the express purpose of protest.
ing against the condemnatory resolutions
offered, and to expose the meeting, SO
far as it pretended to represent the pub
lie sentiment of Boston, as sham and a
cheat
For years past the same wall of wrong
and oppression and over-taxation- has
been going up from this community, and
the Soutf IN general, until the ear, of the
North is wearied of the sound and its
stomach nauseated with the details, And
what does it all mean? Simply that GER
tain men, reared to consider themselves
the natural rulers and office holders Of the
South, and deprived temporarily of their
places, are unwilling to remain in the con-
dition of forced inaction which the want
of place compels, and are determined at
all hazards to get what they call their
fright" that is, the power of handling
the public money. Who believes that
these men, had they the power, would re-
peal what they call obnoxious laws. No,
when they had the administration of
them, such laws would cease to be
obnoxious. Who believes that the taxes
would be reduced2 They would be no
longer burdensome when the collection
and disbursement of them was in Demo
cratic hands. The fact Is these complaints
are all bosh, for if business here is de-
pressed, which nobody can deny, there is
no reason to olame ous set of men rather
than another, unlaf Nsss the turbulent
element which an. sself armed and
drilled to be ready asoase some emer-
gency might arise requiring the use of
gunpowder; in short, The White League.
Men who keep the pea,a" by bong ready
Sat a given signal to turn ent 5 a mill
tary organization are not IA d frame of
mind to pursue the ordinary avocations ola
settled, thriving, money-making, taxpay-
ing community. Such men will always
have wrongs crying out for vengeance.
Let them forget their so-ealled 'wrongs, "
90 to work, sell their hams lard and dry
goods; their tobacco, whisky and gunny
sacks, pay their taxes, and, when election
times come round again, let them be con-
Quoted as in peaceable communities with
out fraud or intimidation in any form;
and after decently prolonged persever-
ance in these courses there will be no
more walls for sympathy sent up. We
shall find that sympathy is a commodity
for which we have no further need.