New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-05

republics in al times that their maintsn
ance demanded harder virtue, . nl0ra
ragged cast Of mind than was needed uude'
the fostering care Of m0narchs. When thu
people govern they must be brave, and
patient, and enduring. looking on indulgence
with suspicion, iDclining to sclf-depie
through preference; they must bear thei'
own burdens. solve their own problems
cure their own evils, reach their own ende
If they faiter through weakness or fat
through impotence they can not fail back
on class stronger. and wiser, and drawer
and richer than themselves. Their fate il
is in their own hands. and they alone shape
their career for good or i'll, and this RESPONSE
bi!ity makes them not only workers. but
thinkers; demands of them not onlv the
| muscles that conquer toll, but the minds
| that conquer DOUBTS and difficulties and
achieve great and distant results.
We apply these cannOns to our own re.
public, and we estimate its probable dura.
ton by the clOsepess with which we have
| maintained as nation these characteristics.
Our accumulated wealth and easier coDdi-
ton, and the stability assured by q century
OF perinaneDce, have permitted Us to relax
from the severity Of earlier days; but We
are still q grave and serious people, re.
strained in our mirth, home like IN our
tastes, and looking with doubtful eyes on
doubtful amusements with which foreign
caterers tempt our pockets and our destiny.
We, do, indeed, patrOnize the ballet, but
the first American male ballet dancer is yet
to be found land we hope he will be killed
ON his first appearancr). We hover between
the uncOnsc,Ousness OF innocence End the
uncOncern of depravity, as We look with
eyes askant at tho gauzy beings with
foreign nance who fit across the stage in q
dissolviDg vision OF flesh cOlored tights and
wooden grimaces; but the leg drama, the
masked ball, the intrigue and all that are
things that we take to only as cat does to
water. We derOgate from our own worth
when We look on Others taking part in
them. We can not take part in them our
selves without sense of degrade ion.
How, then, shall We account for the per.
petuatiOn among us If the highest develop
ment Of the carnivals What shall We say
of the people who enter into its enj ,yment
With the keenest relish. and look on the
privatiOn of it Ms the emblem and type of
all miseryS Simply by saying such people
are not the stuff out Ut which republics are
made; and We may have less hesitation in
saying il. because the people Of New Or
leans who are so clnmorous over the inter-
ference with q republican form of govern
Inent, have not the slightest appreci4 ion Of
republican government, nor the slightest
intention of abiding by its processes. A
which defends the violence of
Wiltz in gaining parliamentary chairman.
ship BY unpariamentary means, and using
bis position to override the rights of the body /
whose presidency be usurped, is far beyond |
the reach Of any appeals based on those |
principles which republics recognize; and |
from the vote on secession to the vote on |
[he admission OF the five members, the read |
mess to appeal to force has always been |
more prominent than the willing nees to /
submit to law. The maintenance Of the /
carnival and its abolition are trifles-mere
travis to indicate the flow of y current
'ut they indicate it clearly enough; and
While We would have welcomed the aboii-
ion if it had proceeded from . realization
# the stiffness Of the performance, the evil
ent complaeency with which it. abolition
j regarded az great sacrifice for y noble
urpose, is even more silly than the worst
how they could get up; and if the people
+ New Orleans are not wise in their amuse |
,ents. they are certainly not wiser In their
.asons for dispenring with theu.-&
ouis Globe.