New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-10

legal Investigation 70 which it's being
subjected, We feel no diapositioa to exas
perate il misery. We would like to &c,
even the ghost of grin upon its agonizei
countenanoe, and contribute our iooos,
Suggestions with motives of the pures
humanity. It.is our mission 10 comfor
the afflicted Yet We did expect littll
more endurance from the Pic. :,
It is 30 used to the process Of having
Its business insides revealed, II has *
often LOOKED dissolution square in th.
face, that ~ expected it to stand all thu
anatomical denominations and 10 hsvl
risen rejuvsnated from The political con
tagions to which it seems to have beer
subjected. We, however, derive profes
sional instruction from the consultations
of political surgeons who surround this
bed Of affection. The following astound.
ing complication Of functional disorders
has been exposed upon the sworn testi.
mony of IN unexceptionable expert. II
really seems worse off than Commodore
Vanderbilt, upon whom there has been
lately held medical survey. In both
cases it would appear, as according to the
report of Falstaff's physician, that there
are "more diseases than the party wots
Of"
According to the testimony of q sworn
witness the Picuyxne has at the same
time represented the interests of an
aspiring Lancaster in politics, while it
solicited and received assistance from the
political competitors of Lancaster. This is
the strategy Of disabling political oppo-
nents by borrowing their money on slow
notes. 1t, however, forfeited the support of
an able and veteran Journalist by publish
ing ''eulogistic articles in. favor of prom
inent and ambitious politician. The
Picayune has. moreover, employed the
influence Of ian unexceptionable family
newspaper" 70 remove the false prejudice
against purely philanthropic institution
dedicated to the support Of schools and
hospitals. We call for further. illustra-
tt on, varying our figure from physiology
to philosophy. The Picayu,s has Wanted
its independence. It is a casket sus-
pended by cords, each of which counter
acts the attraction of its opposite. These
equipolent forces so check and suspend
the law of gravity, that the fall of the
casket is prevented by the common con-
tribution Of antagonist forces. 1t is the
of Mahomed's coffin.
Thus sustained by powerful and con-
flicting friends, each afraid to acknowl-
edge its own agency or to expose that of
its opponents, the 'independent'' press
has had little to do except to keep "a
way on" as the sailors call it. by catching
the steady breeze Of public prejudice
against the Republican party, against
,olored education and popular suffrage as
applied to real estate.
Yet we owe acknowledgements to our
possibly monbund compatriot. Its abuse
Of Republicans has been in the lump. It
has not attacked personally the leading
officials of the Republican party, calling
hem thieves, liars and niggers as the
Democrat has done. We admit the valu-
Ible aid given by the Picayune to the Re-
publican State government in the matter
# the compromise. This it rightly con-
trued as guarantee and safe conduct for
he executive incumbent to the end of his
erm. 1t also gave substantial aid to the
anne government in repelling that absurd
The Picayune would seem,
However, if the testimony of the witness
Walker be admitted, to have violated even
he comfy Of political warfare. 1t has
recently imputed almost criminal re-
'ponsibility to the executive rights which
lad been sustained with SO stalwart
n arm in the compromise and i'm
'eachment. The Picayune has recently
rgued that the pardon Of Newton pal
lated, if it has not tended to occasion, the
murder Of Collector King, the mutilation
+ Senator Twitchell, with the crippling
+ negro ferryman thrown in by way of
agniappe. This last imputation would
Gem, according to the testimony Of the
fitness Walker, clear breach of aln.iy.
Now, if from. this wheel and rack of
udicial inves cation upon which the
'icayane is str, tched; if under this pub
C gaze of Pity and establishment to
'hich the Picdsune is sub ected, it can by |
ny process Of abstraction or induration |
} pain and shame derive relief from
busing the Rel ublicans, we co uld not in |
ommon kindness object. There is even
D argument against the use of any opiate |
! other palliative of pain. 1t is that the
oignancy ofintense excitement stimulates
le nervous system and counteracts the
thargy of the anesthetic.
A healthy old yell or two at the excru-
ating exposure of the witness Walker,
outburst Of profanity against Grad
ais and carpet baggers, criticism on
"a grammar of Roustabout, or galvanic
IMAGE at the humor of the REPUBLICAN
az, therefore, relieve the torment of our
ffering neighbor. Neither the witness
alker, s'the disguised stranger, nor other
rites involved in the agonized impreca-
ms will, we are sure, object. We are