New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-04

IouIiiAIAs ykuITEER j nEI1ofoas
Unless sevsu thousands Of t1ese who
are working in 1.-THE cause Of k6oisiana'
in the various political centres of the
country, will consent to take thanks foz
their pay, the old Pelican will be forced
into bankruptcy. There are 90 many Of
them at the business, and they have such
very slight effect on ''the cause" one
way or the other, that when the final
crash comes, and Louisiana's enemies are
all overthrow, she will have most I'M
comfortable time of it with her friends.
Perhaps, when we come to think of it, it
will be cheaper not to be saved, redeemed,
released from handouts, turned out of
prison, and otherwise relieved of her
troubles at all, for we must bear in mind
that all of the professional saviors who
are shrieking in behalf of this State are
Democratic politicians, and every one Of
them expects an Office or pension for his
services.
II am ever mindful of Louisiana in
terests, writes an ex-marshal of the old
Constitutional Club, from New York city.
1t appears by An examination of the rest
Of his letter that the bulk Of his efforts is
confined to cutting slips from the New
York Herald and sending them to the New
Orleans Picayune for republication. It
will thus be seen that if ''our oppressed
and downtrodden people" are not served
with plenty of Herald hash it will not be
the fault of this volunteer conserver of
tho States interests After this flourish
he discusses the probabilities of New York
politics from Tammany standpoint, and
leaves US to draw the inference that Lou
isiana's interests are in tie hands of the
friends of Mr.. Tweed, now on his way
home from a short trip to vigo, and these
friends expect to be assisted by the
Knights of the Golden Circle in Indiana.
Another batch of Louisiana savers pro-
pose to do their work by expatriating
Northern Republicans and Union men,
shutting them out by wall around the
city, with small gate to be left open for
the Irish and another little wider for
the French to come in. Our local Demo.
Gratis find that these aliens make much
better Southern men than the average
American descendant of revolutionary
parents, and that they are ready for i'm
mediate employment when first landing
upon our levee. Our deputy sheriffs haul
in these superserviceable alien Southern
ers every time they 60 fishing for jury
men. They are generally served by these
irritated court officers as the experienced
angler treats dog fish-ttrown back into
the water with an exclamation that sounds
very much like an oath. It is the custom
with these aliens, moreover, to postpone
naturalization till the prospect ofan Office
looms up to the view, when they walk
into Democratic committee room and
leave their order for q certificate of citi-
zenlhip as they would one for section of
tripe from their butcher. Some of them
even forget to comply with the legal re-
luirements of previous declaration of |
Intentions. But the moment an Office |
appears possible, they suddenly become
leeply impressed with the woes Of Louis
ana, the degradation of the South, and
lbove all the necessity for immediate re-
jorm.
We have now presented to us in q
limited way repetition of the means en-
oloyed to help the Southern cause during |
he Confederate war. When that unhappy |
conflict had progressed so far that cotton
vas worth about fifty cents pound every.
where except in one of the Southern
States, there were numerous birds of i'll |
omen who perched on the spires of Mas
'au, Havana, Matamoros, Paris, London,
Montreal and other safe places, where
heir ostensible business was to croak of |
the wrongs of the South, though they
gave special attention to the more remu-
nerative occupation Of smuggling, block
ade running, disposing of rebel bonds to
Is many foreigners as they were able to
hoodwink, and being mindful Of the in
terests" of the South and themselves in
various ways. Of course no appreciable
results to anybody but themselves ever
,ame out of these patriotic endeavors.
Like those who made an honest penny by
.etailing cheap ballads ''recounting the
wrongs of Poland" generation or two |
before, our bomb proof. sympathizes |
picked up few European pennies by |
hawking. their country's wrongs in the |
capitals of the world. The star of the
Jonfederacy sunk in gloom and disaster,
md our ravens focked home to accept |
and exc out scant, subsistence |
n their ca,cs of individual States. For |
ONE reason or another, Louisiana seems |
o be afflicted with more of these bores |
han any other State-more perhaps than
IL others combined. In every city of the |
North, these itinerant mendicants appear,
nd wherever they can find listener or
newspaper to give them hearing they |
prefer their petitions for aims and SYM
,athy.
We can assure the people of New York
hat these sympathizers at long range