The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-11

CDUSHATTA'S TWITCHELL.
II il said Senator Twitchell expresses
taste for life without tho exhilaratlon
of investigating committees. In TACT,
that ne does not feel. even IN e.rtremis,
that life's rosy hours would possess any
additional zest, coupled wiz n cross
examination by committee from tho
Democratic House Of Representatives
This Is unkind OF Twitchell IT tho
present Congress has shown talent for
any modern patriotic labor, Il has been
discovered in the matter Of invostiga-
lion They arc. In fact, rather strong on
Investigations. The manner in which
this talent has insinuated itself into. and
through, tho devious ways OF Radi-
cal politicians has been altogether
peculiar. II Ia true, Mr.. Twitchell is
not alone amongst his pals In exhibit
ing distaste for this Democratic
pastmc Ho has many great names,
ms Radical greatness goes, who have
led of in this anti-investigating collie
The probability il that the list is not
complete, even with Senator Twitchell.
BOSS Packard thinks he will disapprove
Of this Democratic diet, and says un-
kind things about the Warmoth inllu
ouoe" at Washington. which il urging
the Democratic dogs OF war on TO the
straight and narrow path OF his past
official career Tho sleek and placid
Woolnoy shows great disdain at the alb
surd idea OF Investigating special getting
up of af1idavits 10 carry elections, de-
atroying the contents of mail-bags to
keep politics free from Democratic
publications aud correspondence, etc.
In fact. the entire Radical menagerie
shows great repugnancc to the inter
meddlng Of tho peoples agents in their
charmed circle" Like Senator Twitch-
cll. they don't want any committees
from MI. Speaker Kerr. or Mr.. Cox. and
would be willing to struggle through
the whole Of the coming campaign in
tho same good old plundering way, free
from any and all adverse Investigations.
We are forced. however, TO admit to
Senator Twitchell that the fatcs seem
adverse, The country docs not feel that
II would bo just the correct thing TO
allow SO valuable a citizen as Twitchell
TO lose any portion Of that noble frame
hy tho Democratic instrumentalities so
darkly hintod at in the independent
journals of this city.
80 fully does the Northern sentiment
respond to,the Radical and carpet-bag
teachings, that they snuff the presence
n \ 10.
drop OF blood shed on Southern soil.
Hence. the investigation Of the Coushat-
tn affair We feel sorry for Twitcheil.
We can understand how unpleasant" it
will be for him to have to substantiatc
the Bean suspicion. Dudley might
revisit us. and the disagrecablc bribery
story be ventilated afresh. On the
whole. We incline to agree with the Sen
ator, that Investigation would not help
either hia own record or the Radical
party
Bean ptntcd card in the KcpubH
ean, ia which he denies that he is the
CORY handed unknown of Coushatta,
and the Republican intimatcs that Bean
means to raise the wind, and re-estab-
lish his deplotod treasury 10y sueing the
city papers which published the slander
Of the Red River steamboatmen. We
would mildly suggest to the indignant
Bean that We don't think there is
great deal Of money in any such specu-
lation. The BuIleti,i, Picdvtnc and
Times, II u true, ought to have been
more cautious. and given the story as
the DEMoAaAr did, for what il was worth,
but thero IL not much ground for q
SANDER suit. and If one should result in
o Judgment fer the plaintiff, who are the
experts who can give proper apprais.
mcnt Of the character of the Supervisor
of Registration of De Soto? The
chances are that Bean can knock the
stufling out of the story they printed,
but even if he does, the fact stated by
the DEMoCaAT, that 1t is firmly believed
by the Coushatta people that the bloody
deed was committed by some Radical
desperate whom Twitchell deceived or
aolraGded, remains intact. We stand
10y Bean TO the extent Of saying that we
don't believe he was the killer in this
instance