The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-17
THE RADICAL ORGAN.

THE RADICAL ORGAN.
Our Camp street neighbor-ln-law, the R,
publican, like some Of the school-mistresse
whom she defends, seems to be little uneas
respecting her status and position in journal
istic society. She talks loud. She dresse
finely. She is found everywhere. She j
journalistically recognized, and among he
partisans she is held in a certain degree o
qualified and reserved respect, and treated
with some display of consideration. Radica
journals of the North and West when il
need of fabrications which they are too lazl
to invent, quote often from the Republican
and any one in want of first.class Radica
sensation respecting Louisiana, knows that he
has an unailing resource in the columns Of
the Republican. If he does not find exactly
the story that he is in search of, he will
stumble upon a dozen others, out of which
he can manufacture a conglomerate romance
adequate to his purpose.
The Republican has passed into her tenth
year, but during the whole of her career she
has not done honest and lawful political work
enough to pay her expenses for three months
She does all the printing for the State, all the
printing for the Parish and all the printing of
the city. All legislative proceedings must be
reported through her columns All laws en-
acted must be promulgated in like manner
All proclamations and all notices and orders
must appear in the Republican or become in
valid. When his high and mighty Excellency
communicates with the people, the proclama-
ton must come through the Radical organ.
When courts issue DEGREES the parties litigant
must learn of them through the Republicans
columns.
After Radical oppression and plumber have
compelled owners to suffer their property to
be sold under judgment for taxes, the time
and terms Of sale can only be knosn to the
public through the legal advertising columns
OF the universal stipendiary.
Like others who fatten on ill-won gains and
spoils, the Republican is insolent in proper
ton to her prosperity. The sheet is practi-
cally unknown to nineteen Louisiana Radi-
calls in twenty, not more than one in ten of
the party being able to read it if they had
chance. To all intents and purposes the
Republican is merely the speaking trumpet Of
the Radical oficeholders, the property of
printing ring, which any Radical Legislature
could have destroyed with single honest
vote.
There is no journal printed on this CONT
nent more absolutely dependent on its party
than the Republican. Divested of party
patronage and the monopoly of all kinds of
public printing it would not earn its salt
While an apologist for partisan scoundrelism, it
no solid interest whatsoever. It's
whole role is to bolster up the Unsuitable plum
derers of the city and State, and to abuse nd
calumniate all who do not bow down to its |
golden calf.
The infinite abuses committed by its party,
for which it industriously apologies, have
filled the State with paupers, while its own
of the public business which would
in the ordinary course have fallen to other
and honester journals, has kept the latter COM
paratively poor.
The printing monopoly has received some
he Republican was issued, some nine or ten
7ears ago. Several connected with it have re-
ired with handsome fortunes, and, in the
style now adopted, it seems to be
he programme to make as much out of the
ew remaining months Of its career as an or
AN as it may be able to make. It has been a
aithful defender of the ringleaders Of its
'arty, and every act of every shade of cor
upton, from the stupendous knavery of Du-
ell down to the swindling reports of regis
us apologist. In all its treachery to the cause
f just government it has adhered steadily
D all the leading members of the army of
Official vampires with which it has been iden-
fed. 1t has been faithfully hostile to almost
II the true interests of the State, uniformly
ordial to all her enemies, persistently true to
le advocates of falsehood, and answering in
8 devotion to all the hordes of political
amps who have swarmed in this metropolis /,
+ spread themselves over the State.
If in this portrait of the Republican our
lends detect lack Of warmth in coloring, it
ill be excused when they remember that
of nine years has in a measure
med down our sense of the sublimity of the
epublican's impudence, the stretch of its au-
acity, the range of its cunning, and the uni
trinity of its hatred OF the white race. As
urnal, no other resembles it, and when it is
one, as soon it must be, it will be hard to
'nvince free community that any such in
tuition had an actual existence here through
series of years.
AN IMPERTINENuE.