New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-12
A PLEA OF GUILTY.

The Picayune makes another sickly at
tempt to sheer away the CHASTITY record Of
crime which its party has made for Louis
lana during the past few years. Such an
exhibition of demoniacal glee, of dancing
on the graves of dead patriots, is not
characteristic of the Picayune, and creates
surprise among those who have SO long
supposed the venerable editor incapable
of such unseemly manifestations. But
we regard this plea Of on exception as
being tantamount to confession of guilt
on the main count of murder. General
Sheridan has been informed, upon what
he deems sufficient testimony, that thirty
five political assassinations have taken
place in New Orleans since the Democratic
party has been retired from active duty.
Since then frightful list of the names
of murdered men have been sent
to headquarters in confederation Of the
charge. The numbers foot up 2141. As
this is not quite so many as the original
indictment calls for the Picay.ne falls into
a fit Of almost hysterical glee, and smil-
| ingly informs the small world in which it
| circulates that Sheridan has failed in his
count. That the Democratic assassins
have been convicted of only about two
thirds Of the crimes imputed to them.
Probably the missing one-third of the
victims have been buried in ran1eless
graves, where they can no longer be iden-
tilted, and the failure to produce their
CHASTITY, fostering corpses must be con-
strued as conformation of the murder Of
the twenty-one hundred dead proved and
admitted. We sincerely hope the vener-
able editor of the Picaytne will moderate
his joy atthe discovery be alone has made.
At his time of life the danger Of. epoplexy
is ever present. A valuable life might be
untimely cut of, all for the want of few
dead Republicans. For unless the thir-
teen hundred dead bodies which are
at present unaccounted for in the oAi-
cial lists are found, there may be a
relapse Of the hysterical laughing
fit, and the tomb be opened to receive
another victim. Just think of it The
chivalric Democracy have so far curbed
their numbering propensity, or so securely
hidden the evidences of their crimes that
only little more than two thousand dead |
bodies can be found at present, when the
friends of the murdered people feared
there were many more. They knew there
were, but as they have been unable to
supply the full quota, are compelled to 60 |
to trial with two-thirds majority. This |
is much more than quorum. Does the |
Picaytne wish all proceedings to be
stayed until the thirty-fve hundred dead
bodies can be found. As politics have
been conducted here of late it will not
take long to fill the complement with en-
tirely new victims.
Let US ask our gleeful neighbor eues-
ton. Suppose we were to prove that, in
order to capture the public Offices, the
Louisiana Democracy had dispatched one
poor soul to its final account-that but
one murder had been committed. Would
the Piccy,me justify the single assassina-
ton? Does it wish to see the precedent
established in American politics of achiev-
ing party successes by means of crime?
It is admitted that more than 1000 muir
ders have been proved Is avenging JUS
tice to be delayed till this number be
doubled or quadrupled?
In our opinion it is about time the Re-
publican party demanded vengeance for
those who have been murdered, be the
number more or less, without waiting
FOR the number which the Picayatne thinks
necessary to constitute a full crime. A
little Of the Mosaic practice of life for
life would, if it had been introduced at
he proper time, have had powerful
effect upon some OF the
people Of this bigot-cursed State.