New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-18
ME. WIITZ AS ACHILLES.

Of the tide will bear lighter objects t
and fro, according TO its fuc.uati ons
1t would be as unwise for Representative
men as it is impossi BILE for the chips an
drlitwood to control the power to whicl
they owe their motion. To fall out will
and abuse the popular current because
goes counter to the wishes Of him t.
whom 1t has given political action woul,
| be nc more sensible than i; was in kint
Canute to belabCr the North Sea. O
| Aer1es to cast fetters into the Hellospont-
| we believe it was
Mr.. Wilt was borne by tide Of in
tolerance into conspicuous position
He was chosen as Mayer. He was sub
seCuently and by the same sentiment
proposed for Speaker Of the House. Ht
now denounces public opinion because il
has receded TO a more rational view
Public sentiment is like the element te
which We nave com pared it, and the
depth Of the trough is exactly in proper
ton to the height Of the wave. This is
alike a law Of ethics as OF physics, and
Mr.. Witt need not rave because the wave
which bore him to Office has subsidized tc
q comparative calm.
Mr.. Wilt complains Of those friends
who deemed him TT for place at one time,
but who do not consider him al appro-
pirate officer at another. The people have
done precisely the same thing. Clay,
Douglas, Calhoun ana Webster complain
ed Of just such treatment. and some
Of them reproached their friends as bit
terly for not doing the impossible as Mr.
Witt can possibly do. MIR. Witt next
charges that his defeat was accomplished
by Governor Kellogg, General Sheridan
anl the Republican party. We infer that
he means that Governor Kellogg con-
trolled the lower branch Of the Legisla-
ture by personal influence with the men,
bers, brought to bear or the floor Of the
House."
This is III indirect imputation upon the
political associates Of Nj. Witt, because
this personal influence, if exercised with
the Republicans, could not have affected
the right Of Ny. " lit to the vote Of his
own party. We have seen no other init
nation that the Governor employed any
inference to change Democratic
or Conservative vote. We can very well
understand why Governor Kellogg may
have desired compromise Speaker. He
has been pursued for more than two years
by the most unrelentinc endeavor to
ard annul his official authority,
'nd to drive him to resignation. lie
wishes peaceful and permanent asser-
ION Of his right. For this he advocated
he compromise, and By the election
II a Conservative Speaker he has
secured such recognition. What would
Governor Kellogg have had to expect from
speaker Wiltz' Nothing but a renewed
I'd formidable endeavor to annul his
commission. Mr.. Wilt can not have for
often that on the fifteenth of September
rs. he, as Mayor, published proclama- |
ion in which he said:
After enduring for nearly two years the |
ontrol OF usnrpers. their acts of tyranny |
ave at length called for resistance.
Governor Kellogg and the other State
'.tnorities having been driven by force
rom their duties, were denounced as
surpers, and proc laimea guilty Of
yranny. We 90 not think Governor
,ollogg is a vindictive man. nor
. We suppose he would visit
pom Mr.. Wilt any injustice; but, as Mr..
'ilt1 has reiterated the same opinion of
le illegality Of the State government, in
is protest against the compromise, it
as scarcely 10 be expected that Governor
ellogg would wish, Or indeed refrain
GIN opposing the appointment Of MIR.
'iltz to position il which he could
new the expressions ana acts which he
l. mover disavoYe2 or recanted. It is !
u usually the case, that when one |
an deno2noes another, and puts q
stol in his pantaloors to kill him,
at the party in peril will afford a posi-
il or proyocation to his enemy to
rry out his purpose. We can, there
re, see in the anxiety of Cover
7 Kel1ogg to resore the peace OF
eiety, give satisfaction to the business s
terests, insure his own official position ,
4 stop the fancy practice of taking
Of at him when he rode out for an air. =,
:, q sufficient motive to prefer the cleo :
n of a peace Speaker. We doubt
ether in his great solic;tude fer the in
RANT objects stated he ever though. Of
-. Wilt at all, except as an obstacle to q
success ofthese objects. The popular I
e has washed AIr. Wilt up to high '
ter mark and t.oated him back again to L
J iow wafer mark. !. may wear him e.
itically cut by this process He should ell
complain. t IS 8 way the political #
eIs have with them. Governor 3
i1:s1 Lneither raised these waters b,
did he cause them to abate. N
leral Sheridan and Marshal Packard "
equally innocent OF these tidal az
How could either of these pl
named officers have influenced the su
ads of Mr.. Wilt to desert him? It Of
Id be attributing to those friends tel
actal Of abuse Of which We do not tn
eve them capable, because we credit ha
with the merit Of entire sincerity. col
r. Wilt will perhaps retire, like Sc
lies, to his tent. The refusal of fair tn,