New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-12
THE GILT EDGED

class among US who ENJOY perfect IN
punity of political action. The gen.
tlemen Of Louisiana, as classified by a
Democratic organ, enjoy this high privi-
lege. Il is an unccncealed fact tina;
| these hloods are nominated for all Offices
| by the rank and file q the party, while
the latter carry torches, applaud speeches,
and even shoulder their muskets at the
will OF the gilt edged. We have seen this
higher class laying back in luxurious open
| landaus, while the voters who were &c
elevate them to otfce and salary were
| plodding through the mud or dust, and
| sweating under the blazing camphene.
with which they illuminated and illus.
trated their supe-io-s Wewere saddened
to observe in group Of those who distin.
| guished themselves on the fourteenth Of
September the handsome and Jolly faces
Of the eminent leaders occupy the whole
foreground OF the picture, while the IN.
fortunate martyrs TO that effort showed
their dim and shadowy photography il
the obscure distance.
One Democratic club has, however,
seen through this audacious and selfish
arrogance which nonopolizes the honors
and leaves the toll and dangers to the
masses. 1t has disqualified its officers
from nomination. Like the Cornwall
clergyman and his congregation, there is
TO he a fair and equal start for the right
to plumber the wreck Of city and other
Offices. Another club has had the sa-
gaci.y 70 perceive that under the delusive
name Of 1.-The Peoples Club is concealed
''aristocratic prin cinles' which exclude
the people and admit the few: that the
gilt edged print iet~ list of delegates to
the Democratic convention ION postal
cards, which they distribute among their
wealthy friends and colaborers," while
we, the poor people Of this ward" have
formed no such combinations, and have
no such appliances.
As il is in these clubs that future ad-
ministTators, auditors, treasurers and other
lucrative offices are planted, 1--WE, the poor
people Of this ward, begin to see that
their suarages are the Inere fertilizer that
rears these luzuriant crops. Whether
the many will assert the Republican prin-
ciple of equality aud defeat the few, We
can not anticipate. We apprehend it
will be mere strike, in which the poor
political laborer will be compelled to sue
cumb to the superior cunning of the pro-
feSsional politician, and the compulsory
contributions of the subjugated capitalist.
The most signal assumption of i'm
punity is, however, to be found in the
open corresponds nee Of Mr.. McMillen
with Mr.. McEnery. Dir. McMillen has
thrown up the part Of McEnery Senator
for which he has been for some seasons
past underlined In doing so he takes
occasion to say that he was, when voted
for by the Democracy, "a Republican, and
yielding nothing Of my opinions as such.
In commenting upon this resignation the
Democratic organ says ''he was, and, so
far as We know, still is, an ardent Repub-
lican." I'VE believe" adds the organ,
chat he Kept aloof from the villainous
practices which rendered the Radical
dynasty utterly odious.' This record
will account ''tor the esteem in which
General McMillen has been and is still
held by the gentle men Of Louisiana.
If, therefore, the gilt edged can vote for
one Republican, for President and
another as United States Senator, how
does If happen that if one Of 'the poor
people of this ward" voted for the Re-
publicans, Grant or Sheldon, he should
have been prescribed socially and in
business:
The gentlemen Of Louisiana voted
for McMillen because "he did not join the
gangs and rings engaged in plundering
the treasury Of the State" We are not
to suppose that the fact of his having
invested largely in Louisiana property"
had anything to do with his choice by the
gentlemen OF Louisiana. That Mr.. Nc
Millen had been ian officer of note and
rank in the Union army" augurs well for |
the loyalty Of the gilt edged, but we can
not well see why these gentlemen who
vote for a Republican General of note |
and rank in the Union army should have
prosecuted with such savage intolerance
gentleman of unspotted honor, an officer
Of worldwide renown, who fought in the |
Confederate army, from Manassas to APP
pomattox, was never absent from roll call |
except when furloughed for wounds.
Shame should have pushed ingratitude
aside, and, remembering the unavailing
valor of Gettysburg, should have said |
this mans motives and his glories are
alike saved from censure and suspicion.
1t is little unfortunate for these gen.
tlemen OF Louisiana, because of his hypo-
the.ical innocence of all responsibility
'for the Radical dynasty" or "of the |
gangs and rings engaged in plundering
the treasury, "the party to which these
gentlemen belong should, at the same
session at which they signalized their
admiration of the virtues of McMillen,
have also cast Democratic votes for War
moth, who was certainly reported to have
had something to do with uthe Pa l;ool