New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-05
POLITICAL NOTES.


First Democrat-"Well. Judge, your COM
mitteemen have done good work. read
the figures in the papers. and see We have
rot the id Radicals after all. The peo-
ple are grateful, cir; the people are CRATE
full"
Seoond Democrat-"Those majorities, IN.
dorsed as they are BY distinguished men
who once were Republicans but are now
acting with the Democratic party, must
convince, sir, the nation, sir, of the justice
of our cause. l may say, sir, and without
Aattery, that judge, the country is saved.
Let's take drink"
The Judge-"Tes, gentlemen, We have
made great advance. With proper en-
ergy from now until 1878 We can elect q
Legislature which will impeach Packard
and bis hireling crew, and restore us to our
rights. Thank you, will"
Three drinks are imbibed in silence, and
at least two disgusted patriots temporarily
withdraw from politics.
OF course there is no intimidation In
Morehouse The witnesses before the Re-
turning Board have sworE so, ard the
Democratic organ has simply prayed for an
opportunity to write an obituary upon the
daring Republicans who testified 10 the
contrary. But there is patriotism in More
house, and of quality as fiery as Nasby's.
It is to be hoped it will bs kept as well IN
hard, so that neither deputy marshal nor
q straight jacket will bs needed for the
editor of the Clarion. He fears that it
General Nichols should be deprived of the
proud privilege of appointing tax collectors
for Morehouse, that
We are forced to believe that we are not
living under q government for the people.
but for the Republican party. Oh, spirits OF
Washing ton and Franklin! gnide and direct
us in this hour Of our peril. We are goaded
to madness, but raay no mad act of ours
cause MS to forget the noble deeds OF our
revoluticns sry sires
Issaker Gsvitt's bomb-proof proviso is
well matched here.
When there are distinguished visitors in
the State, and the Democracy is on its good
behavior as it were, what can be more irri-
tating to the eoul of an exPectant patriot
than for the young and unterrified bull
dozer to exhibit his lively instincts in
public. Jastremski. the Democratic mayor,
is the Herr Lengel of the Baton Rouge
bulldozer menagerie; but this lion tanner
had to come to New Orleans to testify to
tho peacefulness of his animals and the
purity of the election, when they at once
a. tho hNr ross
were Just hungry for niger or Radical,
and made the town hideous with their
orgies and dangerous with reckless pistol
firing.
A private letter from there says all de-
cent people are disgusted and heart-slck
with Democratic rule and that even the
bulldozer's defender 1.-THE AdrocateI has
been constrained to call halt upon this
vile lawleesness.
When the entire facts Of the Louisiana
election and the preceding campaign are
given to the country, in the conclusive
form they will be in few days, and one
which will furnish an army of half a mil
lion of men TO defend Rspublicanism in
this State if need bet is not to be expected
that the arraignment will be attacked. Not
q bit of it, The Democracy will at once
assail the characters of the witnesses, the
Republican managers and the gentlemen
who are the medium of developing the ap-
palling astrocities committed already, and
in anticipation, has the assault begun. The
Times raises its voice in "bloody Caddo''
in denuncistion of John Sherman as "a
country pettifogging lawyer" although
he has served a dozen years in the
Senate representing the great Buckeye
State; Garfield is DUBBED "a great
man" with many sarcastic exclamation
points, while Eugene Hale, Job Stevenson,
Stoughton, Stanley Matthews, Governor
Noyes and the remainder of the visiting
Republicans are punched as "men OF no
reputation" and "mostly Grants obscure
friends" The same enthusiastic and en-
lightened journal can find no language too
exuberant for depicting the manifold vir-
tues of Julian, Trumbull, Palmer, Doolittle
and the other Democratic lights who are
depended on to save Louisiana and the OF
fees to the Democracy.
This sort of slobber may deceive a few
narrow minded Southern partifans, but ID
telligent people throughout the country
will be reminded Of the showmans famous
ostrich who, when danger threatened,
buried it's head in the sand and whistled
defiance at the foe through its tail feathers.
The bloody spirit Of civil wax seems to
wholly possess the mind of the editor OF the
Houston Age. Texas is rather out OF the
line of march of devastating armies, which
NAV make it rather safe snd cheerful to
warlike natures there, but still such ex'
tracts as we quote are Indicative OF spirit
of hate to the government that conquered
their former treason which is rife through
ont the South. This is the Ages latest idea
of the situation:
By the utterance of a single word, Tilden
could lead q military power that would in
aure his own right and those of the millions
of the Northern men who cast their ballots
for him in the late election.
IF. therefore, the ides of March should wit
meas a usurper thrust upon the country, or
General Grant eeizing on the govern neent, 1t
ia expecting too much OF human nature 70 oe-
lieve that these Outrsges on popular rlgnts
will not be followed by terrible, bloody
and general war-nOt between sections, out
narties-and wherein every State would be
: military camp, every county battlefield.
In eDite of the wishes of every good citizen
to the contrary. it looks as If the repubiic
were on the brink of civil coEf1ict, TO ne
foIInwed either by q total disruption OF the
government into fragments, or Its erection