New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-04

| tons, the Response Will be so universal tina
I onl, the nationa. fete dag cau overshadoV
it.
These are cCnsecration- %; iaureis wen
of tot! and suffering and death rewarded
| by deserved success. But when. one yeaI
! from Today. the orato: clothes N glowing
wor DIS bis praises o. tho heroes Of Other
days, one email band should not be forgot
ten. They shed 40 blood but their own
they fell long after The hope OF victory had
| passed from them. end :hers were &C
Tins Of delusion. t:.achery and pride. :he!,
story was tod by :hei. foes. :heir property
cOnfiscated. and their names declared in
fam Gus. In the city they loved. and fox
whose liberty they persisted. there 10 but
one who bears the name Of any OF them.
| L hey died for liberty before the blood q:
| Crispus Attacks Redeemed the stones OF
King street. Or the taxed tea was iung into
the SEQ at Boston. Or rOtted IN the cellars
| of Charleston. On October 60, 1863. five
! 10 ulsianians. who had shed TO blood, vic.
| lated no Haths. broken no allegiance. but
IL VII lOsC w guilty NGASd SAC '1AItCu
p over Of France and Spain. were eho. to
dealt by the order Of tn. Irish commander
in the service Of Spain.
The story OF their hopeless struggle and
the troubles that caused It !. . Tong one.
No historian Of theirs has told it. no friend
has softened their faults or exto!.ed their
virtues. The Official reports Of their execu.
TONERS, their own memorials 70: justice. the
acts Of their council. public proc!amaticns
and records Of court martial a.e almost ali
the matelia! which the researches OF Mar.
tin. MOnette. Forsta.l and Gayarre have
brou ght to light. Their greatest crime was
the love Of liberty .i,ich should endear
them to us. There lie bu, little reference to
shis, but enough TO show that il was COM
mon ak IN the colony, that both the Span.
ish aud French governors believed it to be
the ultimate object of the conspiracy. and
that the last act was an attemp. 20 rally the
people with that cry.
Briefly told. the history - this: For
many years Louisiana had been burden to
France. She had cost more than S20.00O.o 900;
a debt Of 100000 was hung about her
neck: her products were inferior: her pee
pie poor and loaded with boundless private
debt. When Louis Nv. perhaps the most
despicable Of all the creatures monarchy
has ever corrupted. who was without
''either the tenderness OF woman's heart.
the PR de OF King or tho courage OF q
man." lost Canada. nc consumma:ed the |
sacrifice by . gift Of Louisiana to Spain.
That country took it to oblige France. The |
sift was made November :. 1862. and &C.
cepted ten days later. It was surprise to |
spain, and received with reluctance.
out had been determined By Louis
nearly . year before and announced
% kerlerec. Aubry was the French Gov
'rnof at the time OF the transfer. and
Inclination and circumstances caused him
q play the most contemplate part Of ali in
he seven years that followed. The fret
eception OF the news in the colony aroused I
hem to petition the King for revocation
f the gift. Twice did Jean Milhet cross
he ocean to beg .os his people. and each
ime in vain. The petitions and memorials
70 carried were disresarded or unread. and
ven the tears Of Bienville. az the aged
Dunder OF Louisiana, whose life the
trength OF labor and sorrow had prolonged
eyond the allotted four score years, lnelt
the feet Of the minister whose policy had
lienated his people: though they moved
is heart they did not alter his will. France
as sick of Loui siana. and the decree Of ces.
on to Spain could no: be revoked. Milhet. d,
ithout seeing the face Of the King. re-
'rned to Louisiana 20 join in the conspira.
:. behold the death OF his brother and 10 {
Tiled by his execusione,.
Believe the stories Of the French GOV.
nors and ether writer. of their time. and G
ouisiana was indeed a pitiabie place. They g
ndemn her as settled By q set o. repro. @
ties ''infected with the spirit of Repub. f
anism'' which p1unes the thorns from this il
iticism. They declare her torn by in. t
slime discussions. halt constantly arrayed n
ainst the other. and making counter &C. b
sations Of shameless crimes. Her gar. a
ons are ccwardly and d;ssolute soldiery: @
is prey to rapacity: tributary TO the n
dian tribes and threatened by the q
lglish and is without resources or morals. Is
Abadie called the colony chaos of Il
1ulty and fraud. Aubry knew no diff lie
'ence between the past and the present. h
; Ressac speaks of the existence of every ii
rietv OF misery. AFFECTION Of the men, Il
OF the women. corruption and &c
ding Of officers. enslaving Of soldiers, | al
lnder by the governors. drunkenness. IL
avis and duels. Kerlerec wrote from the y;
stile to tlloa: "From the bottom Of NV fr
art pity you for having Lcsn sent to IN
ch country 81
irant that this pic:ur" wss . :sue one, CT
debt OK woe was duo to her rulers. tt
ey came with no other objec. than i m
I'D fortune and speedy return Their &c
government had made the people what to
y were. and tho sin was not atoned for 81
delivering them oves to new masters, tn
'ns IN birth. strangers in language and til
editary foes by sentiment and educa- "a
n. What was to become Of the seven ar
lions OF debt France. by the uniortu- Oh
q advice of Bienville and Salmon. had u
en- them. which passed at . ralue of only ar
snty five per cent: Louisiana was In q to
rvin2 condition. Not man of note but | de
in debt. How was this load to ba pi
own off when Spain would not allow her
acco to interfere with that of Havana. m
her indigo could not compete with that pr
Guatemala The colonists nursed their tn
'es OF aid for France and loyal love of to-
hlng. The French. with all their faults. OF
strongest in their love of country, and sp
Y when this was yepelied nv extort;on in,