The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-16


people to grapple wi h great az and wi alflcqls UT
pproblsins too vast for their inteiects9 we fh'pk
So And this was gEoat hana is Il true
thaf tha Major and Council thought that ~
panderipg to The Radical Governor. and li,l.' ms
nioas tbsy esas hsre sT are many n psops
Who think so. aud the whole career Yf the Mayor ,t
and Council fully warrant the e9neisns,,,9nd ss,, - .s nu
what VIM no,y napirea to be Governor We prefer TO
tiuk that The Mayor was too weak 70 master .le
difficulties bco5,es y h mind 70 and aefRea 4sn "a @ him i'm
gmiifv of the political folly Of wandering 70 MOI
inpp in order to save the parish OF orleans.
would be p3osb pbes, spPepI' nditsesI postion NH in This
"ny great crisis. And yet we cannot aiiord u
,venk and unsagacious Governor.
+ ii,iriup the few weeks previous W the mem
= nbla iath Of September. the oowafdly despot,
Kellogg. had inaugurnted his system q SEIZURE SEIZURE
Of pivate arms, and i was soon sv,aent 1,ie,
nronosjtjop that the pan was " invade every
bousahold Against such an evil but one fem5s,
dy noulj be brought to bear and the woIiu
knows how ye the remedy was apRlea e.e ion"
MaEnaTy. was far away from the city on busi- bu
ness Ifad he been here he would undoubtedly
have been at the head Of the outraged pe2ll9. III.
place. ,n. .i,a ,,,u;ta, ~ tbia xyas at
Iia,t Gov Penn's headquarters. aud. by lnylta-
tion and appointment. from that hour until ths
next morning whom the enemy was dlsporseo
and the state in tho hands OF the legltlmat99
authorities. again and again. in the trying nnd
m ngi9us hours u that memorable day and night.
did we hear the questions asked, Where ~ ~ 9
The Mayor and 4op"e Are h. not nvsr our e 9Gp f tbs
agony was completely over. meyer. ,pntil the
Siate wns In the hands Of Lieut. Gov. Penn ana
9e people da Mayor ds W, ,aa9p a9p'a, t at TIE the
peoplo by tho hand and To issue hls procla-
nation. -, 49, a..a a.
hear anv exclamation Of the absence OF the APP
proylnR face of the Mayor in those trying mo
mepts but we do know that tha Mayor never
appeared at headquarters when ms, e0uhS-
nance would have been most grateful ana On
VVi' G. Wien the great and trying crisis Of The
| organization OF our Legislature in January
1 ls7b came Mr. Wltzwas acknowledged as leader
| of the House. Throughout the trying scenes O
organization and of military disperslon we ~, H.
| troubous DAYS Of efforts at compromise VIC nc
| knowledge that he was cons stent to the last.
But i Z Just such trying circnms'ang,ss s m ,ssd as
10 govern. if you willard Mr.. WIZ was. ues
| pifa himself. found wanting; Ills shlp1,th'
| State-was going direct for the wreck r9ck Q
| eompromse. aud his crew mutinied right before
| his eyes Was il his iault His iriends VIII siil
no. But that IS not the question. I've sh,l
| went on the rock with tho crew in mutiny. Ar
the underwriters satislied2
1t is rs true in politics rs In war dha gener
ais must be suecessftd. Has hlr. WIZ been
We say no. and he II not " lshuer III bouiSi''at
\ We need not dwell on tho leadership Of Mr
| WiItz in the last session Of the Legislature. W
have n doubt that hp aud all other Conservative
| Representatives did their best but We know
| preet many msp who would like To forget th"r'
| ever was such a session. The House ceftainil
| exceIled in oil except discrimination to DO som
I positjye thing aud MIR. Witz was the leader.
| For ono net Of Mr.. Witt, as 2 inelnber IN
oyertnxod property holders Will always hay'
| cnnsp to remember him. He introdueed IN
4 New Orleans Pacific ltalroud Bil into IN
/ House and IL went throught SO strangely ina
| when the House found they had done ~ th9
| we're astounded aud by u largo vote thqy tried y
recall the bill from the Senate. But the Sennt
wins Radical aud therefore, deaf to the call. Y
have never seen "a satisfactory explanation oi ti
affair. . .s ,4. 49,
| In making this cursory reyiow of tho later po
i litcni cureer Of one OF the more AMBITIOUS As
pirnpts for the gubernatorial chair. we have as
s,lmed n most unpleasant task under cQnvic
| lion IL duty We have, therefore. studied Z
| make our review thoroughly political and aecu
| rate according to our humble knowledge an
| iutcrpretntiou, We would not, for our rlgh
arm wilfuly misrcpresent the subject oi on
review and this for both public ana private rel
sons We could not wantonly attempt 70 clus
honorable ambition in any mnn, ana Goa know
Louisiana Is not so rich in lofty ana sagaeiou
leading political spirits as to warrant bio'
against ono Of them for petty motives. a.
No our aim In the pubic Weliare.tor. WIZ
we are willing TO suffer much. TO do at oi whlc
wn are capable. In this spirit we declare. tlat
in our review we have erred as 70 lact. le. u y
shown and we will promptly acknoWledRe J
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