The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-18
sopHrsrRY or wrcKEDNEss.


The organ Of the Radical party in
this city has grown fat on public plum
der and insolent under prosperity. The
paid advocate Of Kellogg and oil the
other Radical plunderors of the State !;
the advocate OF every job or scheme
OF robbery and inlquity the Radical
party has put upon Louisiana, It daily
refers In the most contemptuous terms
to the classes Of our population who have
been tho victims OF oppression, and
who presume to assert their rights
or to protest against their
wrongs; while gentlemen. honor.
ed and trusted by the Democrats
and Conservatives OF Louisiana.
are insolently ranked In tho category of
agitators, place-hunters and fools. The
Republican has but one measure by
which II judges the wisdom and patriot
ism Of Louisianians. Any one who will
join tho band 10 which 1t belongs, is u
patriot, and any one who Is willing 10
condone tho vilIainies OF tho Radical
party, or advise his people to pursue u
lOuCy w oSuVoI
of political crime OF all descriptions, is u
wise and discreet leader. whom the
idlotic white people Of Louisiana
ought TO follow. There IL an
audacious and cool impertinence
about this which challenges astonish-
ment II not admiration, ard which
could only be equnled by that Of
highway robber advising his victim to
submit INTERESTINGLY to the riiling
OF his pocket, and get even, ulti-
mately, by turning freebooter himself.
Doubtless, In such case as the latter,
the thief would regard the man fool
II he refused the advice and insisted
upon maintaining his integrity and APP
pealing to the law for redress. But
then individuals, form their judgment
Of actions and things according to the
bent OF their moral nature, and what
q sharper regards rs wisdom, an
honest man understands to be
crime. The forger, the. burglar, black
mailer and bunco thief has arguments
at his tongues end to justify his depre-
dations upon society, ,and there is no
class OF rascals In society who cannot
and do not, from their own premises,
vindicate all their villainy. Admit
their premises, and their conclusions
are just, and perjury, and robbery,
and Matchmaking arc. entirely justin-
able and proper. Now, then, the casual
reader peruses the columns Of the New
Orleans Republican and wonders that
Its writer's reason so well and 80 conclu-
sively in bad cause; but the casual
reader should note that the Republican
has profound disrespect for facts 1t
lays down Its own premises and builds
an edifice to suit its own fancy.
It regards the bayonets Of the
Federal Government as of more
authority in civil government than the
constitution OF the United States, or the
Constitution Of the State. It regards the
dictum Of q Returning Board, composed
OF the henchmen Of its party, more con.
elusive OF an election than the votes in
the ballot boxes, and the decisions of
courts, organized to sustain a bogus
government, more binding upon the
people than the laws. Because there
have been public printers elected in
other times and in other States who
were unreasonsbly compensated for
their work, it assumes that sc,.nda. |
lous law creating q vast printing mo-
nopoly in Louisiana. through which
the taxpayers have been swindled |
outof hundreds Of thousands Of dollars