New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-02
THR CoIoREssIOIAL oolnnrTEE.

: in testifying to the high character OF tn
members of the congressional committee
!. The fact that three of them are pro
nounced Republicans may be cited to en-
nance the wonder of this singular e1cep
ton to Democratic usage, though per
haps, a very natural reason can be foune
o why abuse should be held in check. al
least until the gentlemen have made theil
, report to the House. Messrs. Hoar,
Wheeler and Frye are on triaEN Mr.. Mar
shall's reputation, SO far as our partisan
journals are concerned, is assured. They
are as sure to sound his praises hereafter
! as be is to endeavor to make the bes!
showing he can for the White Leaguers.
! But the case is somewhat different with
the other three gentlemen. Everything
for the best will be hoped for from them
until they begin to tell the nation the
truth, when the honeyed lines Of praise
which are now lavished upon them will be
recalled, and the gentlemen from New
York, Massachusetts and Maine will
probably be accused Of having abused the
hospitality" of this peculiar cold-victuals
community. All the gentlemen, however,
appear to be able to stand it. They are
as little likely to be cast down by DEM
ocratic censure as they ere now elated by
lip praise from the same source. They
are men who are above such puerile in
fuences, trusting probably more to the
estimation in which they will be held by
their own constituents than to any SUBJ
stantial certificates which they are likely to
obtain from party that justifes denial Of
Christian burial to Republican babies; that
rejoices in Republican widows, and even
refuses to reap the benefits derived from
the labors of Republican field hands. A
gentleman like Mr.. Hoar, who has inn
posed upon himself the duty of coming
here to see for himself is not likely to be
deceived. Though kind hearted man,
with Christian charity stamped on every
lineament he can turn frowning look
upon the perpetrators Of the inhuman out
RACES about which he has been compelled
to listen for fortnight, and the tenth cart
not yet told. Unless we are greatly de-
ceived in the physiognomy of this distin-
guished son of Massachusetts,, he can look
upon wrong with a sternness which his
usually genial face could hardly be
supposed possible of accomplishing.
Mr.. Frye, of Maine, appears determined
to hear everything that is worth knowing.
He is gifted with the knack peculiar to /
eminent men in his profession art of |
getting at what a witness knows, and not
only that, but what he is thinking about.
While the manner of Mr.. Wheeler is ju- |
dicial, that of Mr.. Frye is that of skill.
full reader of character, OF one who can |
almost tell at a glance what witness
would answer to a direct question, and |
who is rarely ever at fault Had we not |
read SO many of Mr.. Marshall's speeches
in Congress, we would mistake him for a
fair-minded politician, though Demo-
GRAFT. He is, at all events, a man of fine
abb lities, though shockingly addicted to
the prejudices Of his party. Like Ed
ridge, of Wisconsin, Kerr, Of Indiana,
and Mungeon, of Ohio, Mr. Marshall is
one who can see no good in the Repub-
lican party, but will make the best case
he possibly can for the Louisiana Democ-
racy.
There is a reasonable prospect that he
will have to present minority report, as
the other members of the committee are
not hide-bound enough to be unmoved by
the testimony they have heard. They are
men and Christians, as we'll as politicians,
with the latter quality subordinate to the
others. Mr.. Marshall may be equally
but our experience of West
ern Democrat does not lead us to hope for
much from one SO pronounced as the gen
leman from Illinois
Some Democrat is responsible for the
alse report that prominent Republican
If this city telegraphed to General But
er that this committee is worse that the
irst. This dispatch could never have
'een sent, because it is untrue, and no
prominent Republican official would send
UGH report. On the contrary, all four
# the members have thus far shown a
trustworthy patience and perseverance
q the tedious investigation they have i'm
'osed upon themselves. They have
stened attentively to simple recital of {
4ouisiana's shame and woes for a couple
weeks or more, and we may confidently
xpect they will present the subject to
congress in a manner worthy of Ameri- 6
an statesmen, and not distort the evil Il
ence after the manner of skillful at q
'rney. One Democrat charges them u
18th having come here for whitewash for P
le Republican party, while another re-
els the insinuation with the fiattering o
'mark that neither of the gentlemen Il
ould lend himself for such a purpose. n
o this we cheerfully assent, and add, b
!ere is no whitewash needed for the Re- al
lblican party Of this State. Nothing CT
1t simple justice and the protection of o.
e laws are asked for by us, and we feel
'nfdent that the three Republicans on a
e committee will give US that much. TT
e hear on ell sides from Republicans IN
gh concentrations of the manner in IN
hich the examinations have been con- &C
'cted. No plea of want of time has IN
er been successfully interposed to stop CO
witness just as he began to testify to st