New Orleans Republican., 1875-12-29
THE FR0WNs OF THE PEOPLE,

Heretofore, the frowns of the people
have been leveled at the Republicans ex.
clHsively. All the Democracy were in.
cluded in the great army of frowners, and
written down under the comprehensive
title of ''our people," This while there
was something like unanimity i'll the oppo-
sition to radicalism. 1t is not so easy now
to keep up the illuSion. A great contest
is now going on in the wards for the con-
troll of coldly authorized convention
which was originally designed as the
means by which "a Democratic Con-
gress' (meaning the House of Repre-
sentatives), was to be aroused to the point
of hurting the 'usurper" (meaning Gov
ernor Kellogg from power, and restoring
''our rightiul Governor" (McEnery) to
the office he supposes by some means or
other has been conferred upon him by
the various Fusion returning boards
which aourished here during the last part
of 1872 and first of 1873. The action of
the clubs being founded protessedly upon
the basis of personal fitness for the busi-
ness of drawing the greatest amount
Of salary for the least possible
service, instead of any definite or fixed
principles of political economy, there is
necessarily great deal of contention in
the ranks of the faithful. Every voter in
the ward thinks himself as good as any
other for the purpose required, while
there are enough who think they are
much better than their rivals to make
things lively. The Bulletin is doing its
best to acc omplish the vain fc It of har-
monizing. 1t evidently fears there may
be revival of the ancient tactics, espec-
tally those which saw the streets of New
Orleans flowing with blood on the four.
teenth of September and the churches
opened in day or two after to thank God
for the miserable tragedy. If Republicans
may be killed for standing between pub.
lie positions and those who covet them,
why may not Democrats be served in the
same manner According to the Bulletin
there is a great difference in the two
forms of violence. The prosecutors of
Republicans were hailed as heroes and
the fallen enshrined as martyrs in holy
cause. Fairs we're organized to appeal to
the charitable, the tuft hunting and the
deluded, which realized large sums, of
which small percentage was actually
distributed to some of the more wealthy
families which had been stricken with
mourning. Oilers were piously sent to
the hospital, where they received every
attention nee -ssary from the surgeons
and nurses, and died thanking those who
had contributed to make their last mo.
ments as comfortable as possible. Such
was the estimation in which the victims
of the fourteenth Of September were held
by the survivors. But there is another
tone and different style adopted toward
those who assume bellgerent attitude
in the clubs by those who are trying
to put them in leading strings:
Any display of personal ambition on the
part of any professed Democrat, young or
old, calculated to disturb harmony or pro-
duce cl.ques or factions at this crisis will
/ regarded by the great body of the parry
as little less than crime against the State.
1t will be frowned upon by the people as
an unworthy effort to advance personal in
tere It's at the expense of the public good.
That is to say: Unless "the people"
accept and ratify the cut and dried pro-
gramme of half dozen demagogues in
each ward, they will be regarded as public
enemies-little better than Radicals, in
short, and drowned upon by the people"
When this grand visitation of frowns
takes place we shall stand chance to
know who are people and who are only
enemies. 1t does not require very pro-
found judgment to decide that the voters
1t primary elections who rebel against
their leaders are their enemies, but that
they thus manifest enmity to the State is
not such plain and undisputed PROPOSE
hon. Those who are bold enough to dis
play personal ambition in the clubs will,
doubtless, have the cheek to deny that