The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-28
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AN ANSWER TO A THREAT,

, AN ANSWER 10 A THREAT.
nomehody. unauthorized. ~ we auprose, ha
pu! op tho Nflclal .maak, and taken ~ The pen
Etl Marshal wervlch,' the Carnival kins'
ss ss sts 15 e seGss s s E as.
KeleaE which We hobe aud expect The real ali,
good Earl Warwick will hasten 70 dlsaypw
! % any proper and lnstimain communicated
FROM laas but rahnot he expected tu relish helha
! salleq usafpet aud pretEnaet even N fvn.. IN
Swallowed IN Tho letter p,fpoitIns Il, have bntl
M,ltten y Bic PANE 70 lhe uosesrhor, we slal
u s Hss feoaM v k F. asa' and better
The above extract Ii taken from an
article In the Republican Of Wednesday
morning, which had escaped our atten.
ton and was not pointed out 10 ,s early
enough a. be noticed sooner. The tone
Of the whole article n Ia keeping with
the usual incidence OF journal which
has become odioua to every honest
man. from the fact that II has grown
rich and fat from the plumber extorted
from poverty-strieken people. We
should hardly dcign to notice the article
IN question. were II not that Il wears tho
appearance of having been "inspired'
from what. by oourteay. In called high
quarters" and of conveying threat to
tho people Of this community from the
Executive of tho State or his henehncn.
In that respect II calls for notice aud We
losc no time In rcbuking. ~ II deserves,
this latest exhibition Of inaolonoe from a
source from which we are disposed not
20 tolerate anything Of the kind.
We are told that the individual who
styles himself tho Governor Of this
State does not reliuh being called Il
usurper and prctcnder. even in fun. aud
Il threat IL made that unless Rex behaves
himself better" this community may
ilnd itself deprived Of the pleasure Il
anticipates from tho accustomed Wait of
Rex.
Indeedi Matters must hava come to
a pretty PASS In this State when n pack
OF alien adventurous arrogate 10 them.
selves the right to exercise censorship
over the language Of their masters. and
To regulate their feasts and pleasures:
when a handful Of corrupt and con.
temptiblc carpet baggers presume to
dictate to u sovereign people what pas.
times and pleasures they may indulge
In. and how they must doport them
selves In the presence OF an intruder |
into tho Executive chair. who looks for |
protection and support. not 10 the conn. |
dence and affection Of tho people. but
to the power whose chief aim has been
TO crush out tho liberties of the people
~ h.,S -
offer 70 those who bascly truckle 10 their
authority, and threats and inso-
lence To those who have manhood
enough to despise and defy them.
We have had enough of this sort
81 thing. Kellogg is usurpor
md cowardly ono at that. as
his flight to tho Custom-house on
The ever-to-bc-r remembered lath OF ,
september proved to tho country,
md we shall continue to call him
70, In jest or In earnest. SO long as II ,
,leases us, until, after the LIST OF next
January, he will, It Is to DO hoped, rid ,
IS OF his presence and take refuge In 9
ONE remote spot whittier the know
edge OF his iniquities has not yes
His associates in the con
uct Of the pseudo-government which ,
7efghs so heavily and ruinously upon !,
$, are, with few exceptions, set of !,
ascally political ''bunko' men and =
whose ways are as Crooked" !,
the worst st. Louis whisky. and who \
re never so happy as when they hear =
he groans and witness the humiliations :,
u proud people held In bondage. We !,
arm the whole gang Of them that they b
Ill gain nothing by attempts at in .
midation. II bullying, hectoring and :,
luzzling OF the press are the means = =
pom which they rely for coercing :
admission to and acquiescence !,
| their Ubiquitous rule, thew = Z.
ay conflne their efforts in that direc- -
on to the so-called Conservative Jour -
lls OF Camp street that sought, first. =,
lavailing themselves Of their monopoly =,
the Associated Press. dispatches, to Il
event the appearance Of the DEMOCRAT. i;
Id next, when that obstacle was over. 60
me. 70 suppress it by resorting to the
west ana most unworthy tricks. The M
EAocRAr was established because the ola
felt the need Of a mouth di
zee Engaged and untrammeled bv ri
ags and monopolies. It has come to Or
by, and to wage unceasing war upon cit
Eruption wherever it shows itself. and on
ather the paper, in its public corporate tn