New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-11

Wnlle ne might not consider 1t proper t
interfere. in State which voted with his
own party.
1t is thus that the Democratic principles
of. Jefferson and jackson have been sc
diluted and forgotten that the disciples
of the one oppose popular suffrage ard
education, and those followers of the othel
oppose the resumption and maintenance
Of specie payment
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE ORGAN
| The immense amount of vacant time
and means which the Democratic poll.
ticians have had on hand during the hun.
CRY and heated term has led to an early
organization and choice Of champions.
We had first a prospectus of strictly
Democratic paper. which seemed put out
somewhat as the boy put the suggestive
salt upon his plate, sin case any one
should ask him to take potato As
this issue was to be under auspices which
had been supposed to have led the Bul-
letin in the last contest, it was supposed
that two such planets could not move in
the same orbit. Then came rumor that
afine old Democratic gentleman all of the
Tyler time was to be imported and put in
command of bran new Democratic daily
This conflict between former allies, and
the fragrant reflection upon the capacity
| of both has awakened contest for the
Democratic championship which leaves
Maggioli, Miller and the whole billiard
ring nowhere at all.
The Bulletin shakes its shillaleh in the
| faces of the two papers each having ''the
largest circulation in the Southwest" and
claiming to have "the largest circulation
in New Orleans This first great ele-
ment OF organism having been assumed,
it proceeds to exhibit such credentials Of
scurrility and grasshopper logic as ought
to satisfy the most "rancid" Democrat, as
Mr.. Bates has styled them. We can see
necessity for bringing in a better article
no from abroad when we have one so much
worse at home. Of course the Bulletin
continues its abuse of the REPUBLICAN
newspaper. With much experience of
unwarranted obloquy we can testify that it
is as well qualified for misrepresentation as
unscrupulous in its imputations, as AFRO
CANT in its commands and as thoroughly
communistic ia its teachings as any Dem
ocratic organ could possibly be. To
prove the sincerity of our opinion, we
will state that We prefer its selection.
Filled with violent defamation, animated
with gnawing appetite and an mate love
of strife, the Bulletin neither knows nor
cares anything about the business inter-
ests of the city. Its only use for the
young men is to vote and carry muskets
under command of the Democratic lead
ers. Sheriff's sales for city taxes, the
pursuit OF men for the crime of selling
cheap meat to the people, the suffering
of destitute thousands, the decline in the
value of property, the diversion of a
fourth Of the trade from the city-all
these are trifes. The Bulletin smells blood,
hears .he clash of arms, and the sordid
interests Of trade are unworthy the high
souled aspirations of the warrior.
We infer from casual comparison of
the patronage of the Bulletin and the
more conservative papers, that those who
have goods to sell, or property to rent, do
not take much stock in journal which
beats the war drum, and call upon men to
quit their ignoble shops and counters and
fall in on the white line. Business men
see an election year-always injurious to
trade--a year of, and do not like this
perpetual dill. Customers are kept away
by the Democratic drum, they fear being
shot by mistake, or assassinated by some
accident of mistaken identity. They lis
ten to the notes of other drummers-
proper fellows, these last-who come from
Baltimore and st. Louis, and who pull
papers from their pockets, proving, in
print to the customer that New Orleans
offers more chances of mortality to the
visitor than any other city, and counsel.
ing the customer to adjust his worldly
affairs before he risks his life in town
where the organ .breathes smoke and
flames, like volcano that never inter-
mits its sulphurous breath or its insurrec-
tionary lava.
These journals which had some hope
of decent campaign seemed in training
short time since, but since this demon
stration of superior qualifications. seem to
have withdrawn from the contest. There
is, however, significant symptom which
accompanies the moderation of these local
journals. They boast largely increased
patronage. One of item displays large
amount of the best advertisements, while
another was SO crowded with conservative
favor that it was compelled on the first
instant to lay over fifteen columns of ad-
vertisements.
We translate this to mean that the
business interests of New Orleans think
they have some other mission in this
world than to conduct series of riots
until every leading Democrat shall have a
handsome salary with an appointment for
every one of his soldiers.
The Democratic championship ia. how