The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-24
aRELrNa uHERUDs.

the Times finds II impossible Il, reprsss ts
natural instincts, and has got up little shirt
Of its own, sneared II with what ii calls Mis-
sssippi ''nigger'' blood. and hung II rs q bat
tie flag upon the outer wall with blast 81
editorial horns and fierce chatter Of rletor.
ical tin pans 80 loud and long aH to "malte
the warriors stomach come" The patriotic
Ire Of the Pie has been aroused by its next
door neighbot
Whose noise whets yalpr sharp. ike beer,
Hy thunder turned to vinegar
and 1t sails into the Tnes with yieor and
spirit as refreshing aH IT Ia unusual and was
unexpected
As the question about which these siamese
twins are pumtnelhg each other 50 Justify is
public one we presume 1t Ia n free fight.
and that we have a perfect right 10 ''shy our
castor Into the ring" and take hand We do
not propose to do 80 however. The Outrage
business out Of which the 7ymes Ia trying te
construct the m,id-sills Of new Radical OF
Republican party belongs 30 past era Of
political yirnlence, and tannot be Incorporated
into any modern political e5ifice. Indeed, the
effort OF the Times to use such stuff only es.
hibitH ita utter deficiency III originality and
brains. aud Ia hardly worth the vigorous and
just denunciaton the Picap,t,,e has given IT,
The fight therefore, though free one, does
not interest us sufficiently to induce us 10
'pitch In II is proper for us 10 remark how
ever that though the Outrage business can
not be again made political capital Of such
charges az the Times has recently made
against the MiHsiHsppians and Gov. Stone
are well calculated to seriously damage d
movement now in itH infancy. and Of the
greatest Importance to both Mississippi and
Louisiana. We want immigration. and All Of
fort is taking shape In both States to present
the advantages Of our soil aud climate to
the working white men OF other localities.
Buff the men seeking new homes are told by
our newspapers that buldosing Is triumphant
In our midst; that whole communities are
terrorized: that negroes are whipped and MUIR
dered and that our governors sherifs and
law officers refuse or neglect to enforce the
laws and protect society against the rutrians.
1t will be many long years before we eolonise
our waste lands with white immigrants, and
the Immigration Bureau had better suspend |
business until we have new style of journal |
Ism. No one will deny that In some localities |
In Mississippi and In this State there have been |
some rufiianly outbreaks: but under the cir
II liz conspicuous illustration Of |
yhe vigor Of the administration Of the Inv
n Louisiana and mississippi. and Of the law
abiding spirit Of the people Of those States,
hat there have not been ten times az many
'uch outbreaks. For many years there was
10 law In either State except what was adj
ninistered TO protect thieves In their
Under tho new order of
hings the negroes In many sections Of the
ountry. emboldened by long protection, have
ept up. and In others renewed. their depreia-
Iona upon cotton fields, hog-pens and barn
ards. stealing cattle. horses. and every
hing they could get away with, In some in.
tances this has provoked sudden ehastise-
aent where tho thieves have been captured
dprdtte deiicto. Rowdies have not. Of
curse, been slow 10 seize such opportunities
b perpetrate outrages upon the negroes
hut In all cases the officers Of the law have
nally, and as speedily as possible, restor- I
1 order and afforded full protection to every
lass of the community; and we venture to |
ny that there is now. and for months past
lere has been, less violence. murder or crime {
any description In the country districts of {
ouisiana and Mississippi than in any of the I
orthen States.
II is cruel and unjust therefore, to the COM
unity in which 1t Is printed. for the Times to
'ize with the ravenous greed OF that journal
tic ghoul, the Inter Ocean. every temporary {
sorder In our midst, exaggerate 1t and pa !
ade 1t before the country rs a political out
lge.
In conclusion, we feel bound in justice to an
ninont citizen of our sister State, to repudiate
D behalf of the people Of Louisiana the rude !
al diseourteous references of the Times {
morning to Mr.. Catchings. Demo-
ATTIC candidate for Attorney General of /
Mississippi. That gentleman was in the city |
, business and the Picayane very pro- I
on to the Pike county troubles ,
@ Ia prominent citizen of his State, a {
lndidate for high Office, and Il was reason G
Die to assume that he was aware of the real 8
cts Of the case. We saw nothing in his
terview with the Pic. reprehensible indeed, t
seemed to us that Mr.. Catchings spoke with J
reat moderation of the Times attack upon the q
and he certainly was entitled q
common politeness and decent treatment
our hands But the Times thought differ T
lily; he did not agree with that journals /
ew of the Mississippi outrages," and so l
ssterday morning It broke out into wild !
Id furious denunciation of Gatherings" vul-
n rs 1t was uncivil and uncalled for.
But we have devoted more space to this t
Inject than we at first intended; and, coun- p
ling both combatants on Camp street to .
Liberation and decency of speech, and ex- 1
'essing the belief that the Mississippians, d
+. Catchlngs, and the Democracy generally, s.
Ill not be badly injured by the virulence Of
mper and bad manners displayed by the a
ines, we withdraw from the discussion. G.
ST. LOUIS VS.. NEW ORLEANS, y
The st. Louis Times has an article which
serves the serious attention of all our mer- IL