The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-31
TME PlCAYUNE AND "SOUTnEisN
} HONOR.n

TnE PlCAYUNE AND "SOUTnEltf
MI HONOR"
Our nciEhbor appears to feel mucl
more seriously than we thought coult
possibly be the cisc, our remarks
on It's double-icaded "car hire ar
ticlo on Christmas d day as u dis
\ played advertisement In illustration
Of Southern Honor" The Demo
CaAr regrets the unexpected irritation
4 u has occasi0ncd It's aged friend, but
cannot permit any misrepresentation OF
Misrepresentation rs TO tho remarks
which seem - pnccessarily TO have
Il prov6kod him. One, indeed, might sup.
i pose that tho exaggerated and un,
founded statements rs to the feelings
which the DEMooRAT Is made to enter.
! tAin. towards the people OF Louisiana
Wef2 not written by a veteran
editor, cautious OF what he puts
upon paper, but by some youthful
and imaginative young gentleman,
d doallng rather In fancy than facts
;Ig there DO any substantial issue In the
comical question ut all, II does not con
Germ the people OF New Orleans. but
only the Picowa,e, which published Nc
& consequcntially It's somewhat laughablt
piece OF pompous douJlc-teading. There
Il much In Louisiana TO be admired and
nothing to be deplored more than the
undcservod political misfortunes OF
= her people. II II true we have been
until RECENTLY. u stranger tothe State III
I spolnt OF residence, but never, since We
, posscssed the strong sympathies which
all true Southern men should enter.
Z tain for each other, have we failed
10 cherish tho warmcst interest
IN Louisiana. No ono more adlnires
tho heroic traits Of her people, often
\ Ynemorably exhibited. We have per.
nonal friends and kindred here, too,
which establishes an additional bond.
= Besides, no matter where Southern men
have lived during the past ten years,
they have common cause OF oppres-
! sion and OF struggles for social and po-
littCal preservation. that has made each
moro or less acquainted with the other.
As the Saviour, on one noted occasion,
Y In speaking to Israclltes, preferred the
good Samaritan to the selfish jew, In
the definition OF the character which
constituted neig7,bor, so a stranger,
or the reverse, may not always be So
Teckoncd as a matter OF local habitt-
tion.
As for the rest, the Picay,t,e has most
ridlculousLy made another mistake cal-
culated to excite the good natured risi-
bles Of many, OF confounding Itself with
the people. Il cndcavors hard To shell
ter itself from the fun and amiable
aibes caused by its extraordinary cx-
/ empliflcation OF Southern honor" by
IN effort to invoke some prejudice to-
! wards us by ascrlbing to the DEMOCRAT
sentiments Il never dreamed OF POSSESS
ing. and has therefore never expressed.
We certainly think the habit OF our citi-
Gems In paying their fare in the street
cars, without being watched, Is a lauda-
bic and honest one. II saves the
expense OF tho employment OF
conductors by the companies, and
induces every man to produce his five
cents promptly, and this without the
fear Of coercion or supervision. We like
3hc practice as commcndablo one, and
think that n photographic notice OF it. II
any notice were thought in good taste,
drawing the difference In this respect
between tho habits OF our people and
those OF New York, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Boston, Washington, Baltimore
md Philadelphia, where tho conductors
oeS that the fare is collected, would not
have been out OF place. But we have
criticlsed, and still object to that
douhle-leaded composition OF the Plea
ystns's on Christmas day, advertising,
TO Gil intents and purposes, this particu-
lar habit Of our citizens as marked
demonstration OF "Southern honor"
Our contemporary wishes to know
whether the Wheeler compromise twas
. compromise with wrong and a sac
Tifice Of principles?o This is a much
more serious matter. We did not sup
pose that It was necessary to ask the
question. 1t was a compromise with
military tyranny and the Kellogg usur
patton. and 1t was, IN the estimation of
the last man who voted for 1t, a sacrifice
Of political principles, sacred to every
freeman and dear to the hearts Of all
Louisianians. II the Picayune means
10 inquire whetherwe think the MAORI
~ Of the men who consented to it in
caucus were deficient in moral
principle. in yielding to what they un-
fortunately conceived to be a pressing
necessity demanding their action, and
with the further hope OF some possible
advantage in business, and otherwise,
ve answer at oncc in the negative. I'll
must be admitted that the Wheeler
compromise does not stand out in the
history Of Louisiana In very favora-
bio connection with the ever-glorious
1eeh OF September, but II carefully and
olutely confined TO its actual terms
R0 operetion It Is assuredly no cause
nv permanent breach in the
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