The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-29

All sorts or political tricks are TO be
expected In these times but the COM
position Of the suhioined poem goes far
beyond the allowable limits OF partisan
invention
THE aRAY's ON DECK AGAIN.
why. bless ~ h hearti Say. look hyar. Jim,
When did ron get to town.
Dog'on II | NJ glad, old boy.
And we'll have tn Of the ole. ole time,
And Of the beitlss not fought In vain,
For the tide has turned. the Yankees are ruined,
And the Gray's on deck again.
It's many a day sinca we last met
In the trench uear the old mud fort,
We're We ofttMes piled tho Yanks up high
yes, thcy scoored us in at the end, know.
Though ven, against our grain; ,aa,
But the tidp has turned, the fanks are ruined,
And the 0rsy'e on deck again.
Who do YOU think that seed this morn.
As walked d rsn the Avcnoo,
But old Ben Slime f-you know him wei
He war captain of gun number two
And he eaid a. how we were liked By ling
You oughter heerd him proclaim
How he got tie possh II u armed Yank
For the Gray's on deck again.
Yes Congrees In hou d for to fix them now.
And to each them lesson or two,
We're gwne 70 get baps M thG niiggers i they stole
Then won shout hurrahl for the Southern star
Eor our var of jubilo has come.
And the uraYs on deck again.
The Republican journals attribute the
authorship OF this poem TO the New Or
leans DRNoCRAT. The DEMOCRAT is a
journal Of the Democratic party, and is
supposed Go utter the sentiments and
opinions Of Southern Democrats gener-
ally: The truth is the poem was not
written by or for the DEMOCRAT, and
was never published in 1t. 1t appeared
first, We believe, In the New Orleans
Rep,lbltcu,t. and there is no doubt that
IL Is the work OF some clever Republican
writer The attempt to palm 1t of as
An utterauce Of Southern Democracy Is
an imposture.
The New Orleans Republican yester-
day copied the above and appended the
following remsrks:
For The Information Of the Sun, and
to illustrate what that good Democratic
organ considers to be 'the truth, it is
stated chat the above poem-which
"g0es far beyond the allowable limits
of partisan acknowledgement in the
New Orleans DEMOCRAT. To be more
particular, it appeared first in the col
simns Of chat paper, January s., 1876.
when the DEMOCRAT was only eighteen
days old, and full Of youthful ardor.
y
a good thing, fairly representing the
Fityhugh sentiment. and republished 1t
the next day, January 3, giving the
proper credit TO the New Orleans DEMO
GRAFT. or course the Su, would not lie
about little thing like that, but it de-
ceives its readers when 1t SAYS the poem,
because Che DEMOCRAT sis supposed to
utter The sentiments and opinioffs Of
Southern Democrats generally was
never published In that paper. The
dates are given, and the files can be
examined,
'Tha 20 called poem was written, print
cd and circulated in Washington short
Iy after The organization of the present
Democratic House. 1t was, as any man
with twV grains Of sense Must see at
once, circulated by the Republicans to
create o mean prejudice against the
Democrats II was contemptible in
purpose. and born OF the spirit Of Nor
tonism and Rlaineism. Washington
correspondent OF the DEMOCRAT. appre-
ciating its character, embodied 1t
in Que Of his letters published
in these columns on the sth
Of January 20 show us down here the
mean and dirty tricks the Republicans
were rcsorting TO. illustrating, as the
New York S'tn says, that they were
going far beyond the limits Of partisan
invention Tho Sun is therefore sub
stantially correct. It meant to say that
the New Orleans DEMOCRAT never pub
lished this foolish thing as uttering its
own or The sentiments of the Southern
Democrats We thank our able and
generous New York contemporary for
its kindness in defending the DEMO
CRAT from slender we did not know
was on the wing.
And now. III what light does this
place the Nov Orleans Republican !?
That paper rerublished the poem on
the 9th OF January as coming from the
DEMoonAr. without explaining the cir
eumstances under which the DEMOCRAT
published it. and now it has the effront-
cry to charge again that the DEMOCRAT
published T. as the utterance Of
Southern Democratic sentiment.
When We thus fix falsehood
upon That Journal. are we to be
cCnSurcu uF our oNeT-nlce IrlenuS
for plainly saying the New Orleans Re
publicaWlies for the mean and vicious
purpose Of misrepresenting the Demo
Gratis and Conservatives OF Louisiana to
the country : Or for ch arging that, in
the interests Of Radicalism the New Or
leans Republican is using all its energies
and ability To damage the best interests
of tho Statef
Subscribers to the DEMOCRAT will con-
far q favor anon IlS by renOrtinC at this