The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-29

about suclrtranquillityz that the loafef
and bumlneIs, who have heretofore de
voted their t1iscbief. making powers I
4 the upheaval and disturbance Of pol
4, tics, have hadAnothihg else to do but 8
20 to work, and the result shows such
crop as has never been excelled In tn
Pelican State.
OF this man, II. II. MARI who ha
been appointed by Mr.. McEnery, tn
pretender, to succeed McMillen rs
Hanger on about the corridors Of tn
Senate In the hopeless hope Of gettin,
n seat, to which he has not even tn
shadow OF q right, the facts IRE alto
gether different. Not oil the book
and travel and observation that moderI
times can supply and afford would eve
make Mari aavhit broader or moro lib
eral than the veriest provincial bigo
that ever lived. He Is u most nbl'
lawyer, of the highest order Of talcn
in tho profession that u narrow minde'
man can develop in any profession. Il
appearances he has been liltened to vii
liam NJ. Evarts, but in no other respec
can he be compared with that grea
lawyer. He may be quick and shrewt
to press an advantage on technic;t
point, but in the higher ground OF tn.
FIRST broad immortal principles Of uni
versal law and the effort to apply then
to the emergencies OF the present. ht
wandcrs about bcwildered. sticking at
u bubble, imagining 1t to bo the SUI
total Of the question. when il is but al
adventitious circumstance Of scarcely
minor Importance even.
or sucn a man 1t might be expected
that he would do as he hns done. As
the counsel and adviser Of the 'las'
ditchcrs" OF Louisiana. he has led them
from one extravaganza Of turbulent, un.
wise, revolutionary action to another
and like the true little lawyer who up.
proacheS greatness in his nwavering
devotion to comparatively incousequen.
tial, petty issues, he has always advised
against such minor sacrifices as would
secure pence and prosperity: and in 40
doing he has led his followers into such
disasters MS u thousand times outweigh
the prudent sacrifices that would have
brought blessings in their train. When
u scedy, loquacious adventurer, with
out sufficient employment to keep
his mouth closed regarding affairs
outside his proper concerns, de-
sires authority for stirring up the
passions of the rabble with whom he
has u common feeling, he goes to Mari
and is supplied Mr.. Mari would have
tho people OF Louisiana believe that be-
cause 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 II Louisiana was not
full Of bitter, broader, more patriotic
men than Mr.. Mari. the State would to-
day be under the rule OF the bayonet,
the prey Of all the native and foreign
born lecches that have so long thirsted
for her likelihood. Under the Wheeler
compromise there Is peace. 1t gave the
Conservatives 9 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 Repub-
leans were put to loss. Mr.. Mari OBJ
jects because all that he and his fol-
lowers demanded was not conceded, in
face Of the fact that his party readily
acknowledged that they perpetrated
frauds ut the election, justifying them
selves by pointing to the indisputabIe
wrong done by their opponents, the Re
publicans. This Is as cheeky us only
n man very small in all respects can be.
This appointment Is farcical, and n
mischicvous, disreputable attempt to
fomeDt grave trouble in the place Of the
peace which conservative wisdom has
brought about. That the farce is 80
married by the miscellaneous intent as to
be too serous for laughter is apparent.
If Mr.. MARI Is the statesman that ~ man
fit to he II United States Senator ought
to be, he would forthwith resign all pre-
tensions to office based upon McEnery's
proclamationS.
IT this were not u dignified, high
toned letter, | would be tempted to
speak Of McEnery rs u man with more
cheek than government mule. That
u man who, while pretending to be the
Governor of sovereign" State, never
does anything more in the way Of exer-
cising the Executive functions than to
issue certificates of election on hearsay
evidence to the candidates OF his party,
and to appoint United States Senators,
whose credentials must undoubtedly be
Of " nature too diaphanous to be termed
such u man should receive
as IN official anywhere Is
ridiculous.
We copy the foregoing from the New
Orleans Repnblican entire It is well for
the anti-Radical people Of Louisiana
to sec occasionally how they and their
leaders are handled by their political
opponents OF the North and West, as
well as to see how the Republican
masses Of those regions are educated
by their organs.
Both Governor McEncry and Hon. r.
II. Mari can afford to smile at tho effort
IF " the gifted Washington correspond
int " to beittle them in the estimation
IF the people Of the country at large,
but it will be hard for our worthy Lieu
tenant Governor to bear patiently the
vile Islander so pointedly put upon him.
70 accuse the Lieutenant Governor
,lect OF Louisiana, who occupies posi-
ion beside McEnery, and who, In the
absence of the latter, led the conflict OF
September IA, 1874, and received the
ems OF government at the hands Of
he victorious citizen soldiery of New
)rleans-to accuse him Of now abandon
ne the platform on which he was elect |
ID by an indignant and oppressed peo-
dc, is carrying political folly II little too
III. The whole correspondence is the
nerest stuff and nonsense.
Rather Awkward.
chicago Times Washington Correspondence
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