New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-15

wrong. That gentleman was not mem
Der Of the subacommittee which investigated
the King -Twitchell horror at Coushatts,
therefore he could not have acquitted the
people of cemplicity in the outrage and
diveeted that outrage Of ell political sig.
ni6cance" On the contrary, Mr.. Darrall,
like all other fair minded men, thQRght Mr.
Twitchell was right in declaring That the
committee acted more ~ il they were sent
to try him than to ferret ont the assassin.
Nor is Mr.. Darrall tho sort of man to stul-
tify himself by declaring an inability to
discover any clue to the murderer or his
motives, and, in the same breath, that those
motives were not political.
As for the Feliciana outrages which he
did investigate, the Bulletin gave ont that
Mr.. Gibson would report them of a non-po-
litical character, Mr.. Darral concurring;
but the latter and his friends Indignantly
denied it when the REPUBLICAN called At
tention to the astounding statement. If
the Bulletin is in doubt about the political
character of the crimes of the FelicisAe
Regulators, it might peruse the sf6davi's
printed in Sundays REPUBLICAN advan-
tageously. e ~ ''f
Sieel fehts init Tilden. This portends
disaster to Shammy, if we are to Judge Dy
his recruits war services.
Sigel was inst the sort of General IT,
den wanted in tho Union armies, the Con.
federate- Democracy could lick him - easy;
but We thought the great railroad wrecker
was too cunning to take him into his own
ranks.
The city oficials want to borrow &l00, 600
from the merchants to repair the streets.
The Bulletin retorts By showing that the
Mayor, Administrator e Finance, the city
and assistSnt city att6Dsy togethef owe
tho corporation more than fifth Of that
amount in delinquent taxes. How ID this
for $1,000 year salariess
Tho Democrat warns the country negrces
against rushing wildly and msdly into
Radical politics. It says: -.
It is death, certain desth to them; NO one
can withstand fts baleful influences; NO one
csn hope to escape the death that ithaste0s'
For fuller particulars see the history Of
Coushatts, East Baton Rouge and the
Felicianas during the past few months.
The row in the Democratic ranks 10 sas-
suming an intensity that must force sur
render Of the ring men, or the putting Of
two tickets in the field. Every honest man
desires the defeat of the ring. for Official
pfunder 10 the sole end sanas suim for which
it 1abors. Republicsns look upon this
struggle without partisan bias. They know
the opposition will combine against any
ticket they may put in the field; but ~ tax
payers and good citizens their hopes and
wishes are with tho side that wiz give -
real ability, rigid retrenchmeat and inteli-
gent enterprise in the administration OF the
city's affairs. Does any one think the
ringites will relinquish . dollar which can
be squeezed from the people9
The parish committee makes desperate
effort to clinch its fast waning power by .
call for unity" in Opposition to Radical
ism," thus endeavoring to shift tho attack
which an indignant people are making
against itself to Q foe which 10 not feared,
because virtually without power in this
parish. The committee closes its special
and specious plea by calling upon oil anti
Republicans to register upon its central
ward rolls, thus submitting to and recog-
nizing its authority; but the open revolt in
several powerful wards shows that tho peo.
ple are thin king and acting for themselves,
and repudiste beth rings and ring crea-
tions.
For ourselves, We wish nothing better for
New Orleans than 70 80 elections for her
local government separated from tho gem
ersl State and national contests. We urged
such separation upon the attention Of the
last Legislature, and hope tho next one will
not neglect it. New Orleans wants clear.
headed, practical. energetic business men q
the head Of her affairs; regardless of what
they may think of tho tariff or the currency
1t is men they should be allowed to vote
for to run the corporate machine.
SO" I've think it must surely stand for
"Quiz'D writes . pathetic sppesl for the
negroes in Sundays Democrat. "Qs heart
strings are riven because the Republican
party of Louisiana don't give the colored
people more fat offices. The csrpet-baggeri
and scalawsgs, he says, seize the lions
share of the spoils and. throw only ''the
scraps and bones to the blacks" at the
same time illogically declaring that nine
tenths Of the delegates to the Republican
dominating conventions are colored men
This Quiz, Quack Tor ID he disappointed
Q-uadroon) concludes - fellows:
How long will this state Of things con
tinuei And when will these people lesrn
that their true interests consist in aCcng II
concert and in accord with the Democrats
and Southern whites9
Now, admitting that the Republican
party has not conferred nine-tenths of the
Offices on the colored people-to be more
precise, that this majority class Of tho party
has taken but tour of the seven principal
State ofdces-will this political qusck ol
our neighbor's show wherein . change te
the Democracy offers them any betterment
Does not tho oiacial head Of that party
with al the solemnity Of IN official edict to
his followers, proclaim these very negroes
as virtually without reason, and only to b'
convinced by displays Of forces 1s not tn
ticket of the Democrats and Souther'
whites" drawn up ON . strictly white line
Is not 20" in this very appeal, treating tn
colored people - being without judgment
common sense or ssas(ping powerss
No Republican objects to . colorsd ma'
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