New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-26

". j. Vance, the gifted Washington cor.
responder. Of :he Cincinnati Commercial,
gives Tie following sketch Of the three men
most prominent IN :Ae Democratic party in
LOUISIANA:
In .rath, Penn = by no means
the sort Of nan - i-c!ta revolution He
has the highest qualifications OF a leader
and commander, bu. Le u not naturally a
restless disorgsaizeY. OF all The promiren
men n Lou!siana Ae is doubtless the safest,
because the os. conservative. lie belongs
70 the class thar suffers most by revelations,
as lie is very wea!:Ey-partly from inherit
ance; bu. the ,nOst Of his money came 20 him
as the result ut LIS own sLrewed business
ability. He IS ye- Young man, rot having
reached the age OF .0-tv, lut has lad an
eyenttul life, fu.! OF hose experiences that
will tt him for the high place he is come day
undoubtedly destined 70 i'll. While he is as
Handsome as a man can be, he has nc pr:-
Vate information OF that point-he has pos.
sibly heard of il on occasion, but the cir
cumscance has not appeared 70 be OF stuff
cieCt importance 70 waste much Thought
upon. His utter lack OF sel:-love doubtless
first conmends him 70 tie people, who,
finding that he has the strongest qualities
vailed under this most unosteutatlous de-
meaIor, become fascinated with him, and
regard him 81 Leader Of divine right, He
was IN Washington last winter, and while
here got such realization OF the length
and breadth, 20 say nothing of the
height and depth, OF the whole lated
States, that he grew from d somewhat
narrow White League partisan 20 be Il
broad, Hberal-ninded, lar seeing advocate
OF the acceptance and faithful observance
of what was subsequently known as the
Wheeler Compromise" When lie came
here he was opposed 20 giving up or coz
ceding anything, ba. his experience here
educated him, and he remains to-day the
sturdy defender of the wisdom which, by
sinking and sacrificing minor points, has
secured peace and brought back prosperity
10 Louisiana. A prominent Democra. Of
caat State said 10 ne few days ago:
WHY, the Wheeler compromise, although
il was adopted only last spring, has been
worth 5000, 900 70 Louisiana already'
And il ;s doubtless true. II brought about
such tranquility that the loafers and bum.
mers, who have heretofore devoted their
mischietn making powers to the upleaval
and disturbance Of politics, have had
nothing else to do but go 10 work, ami the
result shovseuch crop as las never heen
excelled in the Pelican State.
OF this man, K. II, Mari, who has been
appointed by McEnery, the pretende-, 20
succeed hcMillen ss hanger on abou. the
corridors of the Senate N the hopeless hope
OF getting a seat, 20 which he has not even
the shadow of right, the facts are alto
gecher different. Not all the books and
travel and observation that modern times
can supply and AFFORD would ever make
Mari whit broader or more liberal than
the veriest provincial bigo. that ever lived.
He is most able lawyer, Of the highest or
der of talent in the profession tina. 1ar-
row.Ininded man can develop in any pro-
tession. In appearance he las been likened
10 William NJ Eyarts, hut in 10 other
respect can be be compared with that grea.
lawyer He may be quick and shrewd 70
press an advantage on technical point,
but in the higher ground Of the first broad
immortal principles of universal law AID
the effort to apply them to the emergencies
of the present, ne wanders about Devil!
dered, sticking at a bubble, imagining it TO
be the sum total of the question, when il is
bat an adyentitious circumstance OF scarcely
minor Importance even.
OF such man il might be expected that
he would 90 as he has done. As the Cuun-
sci and adviser of the last ditchers' CT
Louisiana, he has led them from one ex-
trayaganca of turbulent, unwise, reyo!u-
tiOuary extravaganza 0! turbulent, unwise,
revolutionary action TO another, and like
the true little lawyer who approaches great
ness in his unwaverlrg devotion 10 conlpar-
atively inconsequential, petty issues, he has
always advised against such minor sacri-
fees as would secure peace and prosperity;
anu IN 60 COlnS 10 LAS leu LIB lOIIoWerS lhIO
such disasters as a thousand times outweigh
the prudent sacrifices that would have
brought blessings in their train. When
seedy, loquacious sdventurer, without sutti-
cient employment TO keep his mouth closed
regarding affairs outside his proper con-
cerns, wishes authority for stirring up the
passions of the rsbble with whom he has
common feeling, he goes TO Mari and is
supplied. Mr.. Mari would have the people |
of Louisiana believe that because all that |
is claimed by the White League faction of
the Conservatives is not conceded, the !
liberties of the people are trampled upon.
He was opposed, and of course still is, to |
the Wheeler compromise, and if Louisiana
was not full OF better, broader, more pa
triutic men than Mr.. MARI, the State would |
to-day be under TIE rule of the bayonet, the |
prey of all the native and foreign born
ieeches that have go long thirsted for her life.
blood. Under the Wheeler compromise there |
is peace. 1t gave the Conservative q part of |
their claim-fully as much, doubtless, as |
WAS just-but not all that they demanded; |
at the same time, and in proportion as the !
Conservatives were robbed, the Republi-