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and intimidation introduced as to serious
ly threaten the legality Of the election.
Mr.. Curtis reluctantly admits that our
Returning Board acted in obedience to
law, but thinks sovereign State can not
afford to enforce such laws as an interested
party may choose to object to. Governor
Wise once remarked on great occasion,
elf Virginia can not execute her laws in
safety, then she has ceased to be State. :"
And SO it is with Louisiana. If our
election laws can not be enforced there is
no State authority here. The Democratic
party may be able to win by force this
time, but they will be liable to be ousted
by superior force at any time in the future
if the precedent once be established and
adhered to. If ours be government of
law, then the law should decide all dis
putes. If force is to have effect, then
there is no longer any use to even talk of
law. For the party which can bring the
greater number of fighting men into a
canvass or even into the court rooms will
always carry the day. 1t will not do to
say that a timely surrender now will en-
able the Republicans to gain the ascend
ancy next time, since the success of q
resort to violence will always encourage a
tumultuary party to employ the most
eficacious measures to carry their point
If the Republicans surrender the position
now for the reasons assigned by Mr..
Curtis they can never regain their lost
ground except by bringing similar and
superior tactics to their assistance.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10
rnR pnIITInAI. RPpRnT.

II is very common to charge that the
shameful acts of violence published to the
world as having been committed in the
Southern States have been perpetrated by
Republicans in defense, or by the Ku-
Klux provoked beyond endurance by the
insolencs Of the negroes. When we see
our State House barred and barricaded,
and find the streets filled with men carry
ing bayoneted muskets, we may appre-
bend that should any violence result, it
will be at once alleged that the Repub-
hcans have put up the job Of . Demo-
cratic Governor and Legislature. The
people Of the United States win be told
that the sole object Of the Republicans
in organizing and inauguraiing q State
government has been to provoke
their lamb-like antagonists to put on
their war paint and 90 whooping and
tomahaWzing through the country. We
can only say that those Who would peril
their own lives and social peace for the
benefit Of 3 national tissue must Be parti-
sans Of q claes 50 desperate IS to have pre-
sanled no such specimen within our knowl-
edge or ballet The only effect 81 this
practice, - stfemplsa on the fourteenth
a September, waa % alay . good many
men. while tls s'poliaieal eject has been
ihua fax 70 peops tlat such aecfiaces
neither pay sho sa6easzs nor survivors.
Al
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10
TIE DEMOCRATS PROPOSE A RETURN
ING BOARD.


The Democracy does not seem satisfied
with the recent doctrine-every candi-
date his own returning board. The white
gentlemen of Louisiana associated in eau
Gus have adopted resolutions expressing
the opinion
That board of canvassere, to be com.
posed of the Lieutenant Governor, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and three Senators to be elected by the
Senate from the different parties-a major.
ity of whom shall constitute q quorum
should be created and empowered to can
vass and make returns of the votes cast at
the recent general election in this State for
all officers other than Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor, and for and against the
constitutional amendments.
We see here an acknowledgement of the
principle that some scrutiny is necessary
to distinguish between the false and true
votes put into the ballot box. Why it
should be so limited in its powers that no
contest for the Office of Governor or Lieu
tenant Governor will be tolerated we can
not imagine. The claim of eight thousand
majority for candidate Nichols is 1ot to
be questioned In what then does the
difference consist between the Returning
Board as to commission to Mr.. Nc
Emery under one set Of members, and to
Mr.. Kellogg under another differ from
that recommended in the Democratic
resolution quoted? As this board was
as first constituted, previous to 1872, it was
composed of the Governor, the Lieu
tenant Governor, the Secretary of State
and two personal commissioners. It is
now the opinion of the Democratic gen.
tlemen that il should be constituted diff.
ferently, yet the principle of preliminary
scrutiny is the same.
It is an acknowledgment that the rough
vote as got into the ballot box is moi
conclusive Of the rights Of the candidates
or of the people. How does Mr.. Nichols
stand in this Eegard2 He has just claimed
to be Governor through
The call of my fellOw.oitizens as expressed
| through the ballot box by q majority Of
Have these votes been subjected with
his ascent to the scrutiny of the law
Not at all.
He claims that his political crop should
be weighed in the seed. The law says i
shall be ginned and weighed fol
the pure lint. These pretentions trieC
by the resolutions quoted viii
prove Mr.. Nichols to have claimet
an Office against the principle
conceded and claimed by his friends ant
associates. It is true that the member
would recognize Mr.. Nichols as an hon
orary citizen, exempt from the obligation
which bind others, yet the doctrine is ad
mitted that there must be some distinc
ton between counting the vote as it ha
been got into the ballot box, and separa
ting the good vote from the bad. We ap
pIaud the Democracy for having recoe
nized this indispensable principle, but Il
would be more consistent if they confne,
their duty to their doctrine.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10


Scarcely q government in Europe but
but has been changed in its form since
the declaration and establishment of
American independence. Under this
government interests of great consequence
have grown up-manufacturing, banking,
the shipping and railroad interests, and
agriculture, the greatest Of all, and upon
whose prosperity depends the prosperity
of all.
Among forty millions of people there
are, perhaps, five or six per cent of politi-
cal Office holders. The rest are farmers,
mechanics, merchants, mariners, capital
lists and holders of four or five hundred
millions of national currency and two
thousand or twenty-four hundred millions
of national securities. There is an i'm
mense special investment in the means of
internal transportation and far greater
value m the Importance of uninterrupted
travel and transportation throughout the
country.
We need not compute the money val
ues involved in the maintenance of peace,
but we may safely say that the time has
not yet come when the oppression of
these interests or the deprivation of the
rights of those who represent them has
become so general as to involve the coun-
try again in civil war.
All these preponderant interests prefer,
therefore, government sufficiently strong
to keep the peace within the several States
or districts of Federal administration,
and all these interests will observe with
satisfaction the supremacy of the law
over the ambition or discomfort of any
faction or Of any section. That these
great interests are content with the mani
tested ability of the Federal government
to maintain the peace of the whole
country is shown by various facts;
l. The enlarged production of American
manufactures now established to such an
extent as to have seriously diminished
the revenues on imported goods. This
interest neither wishes the blockade Of
their domestic customs nor disturbance
of the law under which their industry
has been established.
2. The decline in the premiums on
gold, or advance in the specie value Of
national currency, with corresponding
stability in the price of national securi.
ties. This proves that neither the
bankers, nor others who have invested in
these securities fear such disturbance Of
national authority as will render theil
ultimate guarantee and redemption pre-.
carious. It may be very true that capita
and industry will not venture into those
districts upon which the power Of the
Federal government may be necessarily
exercised, but this timidity is local and
not national.
We look, therefore, to the conser
vative interest in an able and StatC
government to preserve the form and &C
ton of Republican government. In thu
midst of storm every man looks to th'
roof tree above him, and rejoices him tina
it is staunch and steady. In like manner
amid impending and ominous presage
of political tempest, every man who has I
dollar or days work at stake will lool
up at the Federal arch and feel secre
satisfaction that it has proved itsel
strong enough to bear stronger pressur,
from without and within than it viii
likely be called on to endure in the fu.
ture.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10
LOUISIANA AS 1T Is.


ash PAGES.
It's Topography and Valuable Resources.
ny DANIEL BENNETT.
Prise, Fifsy CenGsl Postage, Twelve Costs.
liberal Reduction 70 Dealers.
10000 CoDiss Jass Publishsa. 3O00
Coples Sold.
Tbs EditoFs 81 Kew oFleann have given this Book
strong lndornensnt.
Opinions 81 New Orleans Booksellers
Il Is . book which ha1 been long wanted, and
often called loE. am selling copies daily that a1s
mailed 50 al parts Of the world
0zoR0N KILLS, Dooasalloz,
Opposite tho FostenasA
During ny Ions experiences - boaHssist h this
olty, have haa thoueands q inquirea 1sr ansh
work. M, DsnnatEa LOUISIANA ~ II Is. l. PIE
aisnly the book that has hean eane1 foE Il gives
eanarai aatintastfon 20 my paiz8nn IN city ana
cauufEy. u iie true character were generally
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

dence PFsss ssks: What la Il
a aonaatatlon al the human mind that
So tHs poetry out Of Ophelia'a wees
aasideati cough reveals thai aha
a aaldi In TIA hadi GIVE II aE bui
nis gin.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

What is the use of wearing striped stock
ings If the wearer must always stay in the
Aeuse when the crossings are badi
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Cremation viii make it possible to have
the ashes of relative sprinkled on your
slippery sidewalks.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

an appeal to the nation are correct
Possibly the impotence of the irrepres-
sible White Leaguers can not be con-
trolled, and q military solution viii be
impelled. Until then we rest the ques-
ton of inviting massacres and inaugu-
rating instruction for political effect.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The street cars of Cincinnati are warmed
BY bot blocks of iron, placed in register
furnaces under the seats.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The schools Of Nashville have been closed
al aooount Of Indictment weather. The
children greatly enjoyed the opportunity
for sKating.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Ia New York it Is said that the name Of
sriIe. Jakeuhcvissh, the new pianist, is in
every mouth, and il that eaes there Is little
leon for anything elas % BE- said.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

James Gordon Bennett appears to have
anae lucky escape from the Nay family;
6nt then If he had not been rich be might
neVer have been engaged.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

hIr Moody said, eIf Noah had waited for
~ committee to build the ark. the keel
wouIdn't have been laid to this day.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

zE1. George L. Cstlin, Of the Now York
creial 4d0yassr, has been elected
nessldan1 81 social organization called the
Razagraphsrs Association.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Maeanlay is credited with saying that -
civilization grew poetry declined; and yet
walt Whitman and Sidney Lanisr are not
discouraged.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Shakespeare used a comparatively small
number Of words, yet he placed them in q
very effective manner.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The FlattO Brothers are shoe dealers in
Galveston. They keep also square tOed
shoss.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Vanderbilt will get his picture in the
papers, and his heirs will squabble over his
property.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Grapes have been drug in the Cali
fornia markets, and many farmers have fed
shem to hogs,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

It Is q queer country that allows DR..
sehlieman to 20 shout breaking open the
tombs Of respectable old people like Aga
nnsmnon.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

There are men taking no pleasure in life
who are allowed to live on as if they had
been forgotten by time.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

If a person bcrrOws your book he is ex.
peoted to keep it until you can get it back
egain.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

ssThe Last Loaf," is the title Of a new tenn
sperance play. 1t should be produced on
every street corner
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Venison is selling in Wisconsin for i've
cents q pound, which is cheap for deer.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

An exchange says: "Tennyson wears blu
,spectacles and is shock-headed."
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

II is said the average hen ought to lay
about 100 eggs per year.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

George Eliot says it is the want OF mo
sive that makes life dull and men feel old
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

CrOniu made some reputation aud $SOOc
by his Oregon sCcentricity,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

II said the Pope will soon appoint an
other American cardinal.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

"Papa is Growing Bald" is one of the
most pathetic ballads of the day.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

There is complaint in England that al
the gin is largely adulterated with water.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Captain Howgate wants to run up the
American flag on the north pole.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The young man who is chip OF the ole
block is none the better for that.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Louise M. Alcott brought ont ner "ROse
in Bloom" in very cold weather.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The sponges of Key West are more nu-
merous than ever.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

"a wonderful stream is the river time
It never freezes over.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

As soon as man gets sufficient piety he
should rent pew.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Tom Thumb is showing himself in the
West.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

The BeeCher case is likely to be revived
again.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-10

Not = sparrow falls alive without know
ing It.
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Governor Sam Bard has arrived in the
city.
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so TIRED.
''The valley Oi the shadow Of DeAth,''
approached by Poor Fallen One.

1.-THE valley Of the shadow Of DeAth,''
approached by Poor Fallen One.
a woman's love Is often the means
of her ruin. Like the ivy, it clings,
and clings to its object, till 1t is de-
pendent on that object. A woman's
love is like n climbing plant that
twines its tendrils round about tree;
that tree removed, the poor plant is
left without N support, to wither and
to die A case which appeals to the
sympathy of all charitable persons oc-
Cured yesterday, A magdalene who
for four years has been the devoted
slave of man in this town, was de-
serted by him, and took refuge in the
only place open to her. Loving her
master with all the deep fervency of
a woman's nature, and feeling keenly,
the estrangement which had taken
place between her and her friend, she
sought oblivion. The facts, AS we
gather them, are rs follows:
A girl named Minnie, 1--WE suppress
her other name, has been living with
man well known in this city. Two
or three days ago, she went TO the
we'll known resort, on Commerce
street. She loved the man with all
her II cart, and as he absented himself
from her she felt lonely and desolate.
Yesterday, I'm company with a girl
named Mollie Hascall, she went down
in town. On her return, she left the
house, stating that she was going to
see her washer-woman. While absent,
she gave away all her jewelry, which
was considerable. BY some means,
she obtained quantity of morphine,
which she swallowed. The fact that
she had taken poison, was soon appar-
ent from her rambling talk. A ply
stefan was sent for, and DR.. Field i'm
mediately came to the house, and nd
ministered antidotes. She had taken
u drachm Of morphine. She had writ
ten note and pinned it to her
chemise, to the man who was the
cause of her attempted suicide. We
append it, Withholding the name for
the present.
To my Dear -:
I waited and waited, until | was
thoroughly convinced you did not
want to come near me any more, and
life without you, would be blank
so Tend il By aging. Darling, | only
loved one man, and that was you
For you lived; for you l die. Sing
the hymn for rae, III would not live
always" In death, | am forever your
dead. MINNIE.
[P. Stake all my jewelry, 1t is
yours only.
This note was written in beautiful
hand, showing the woman to have
con siderable education. When our
reporter arrived on the scene, he found
DR.. Darlington present, who had done
all that was possible to do, and the
patient was out of danger, though suf-
fering the most acute pains, and beg
ging for the man to come and see her.
She is probably out Of danger for the
present, but the probabilities are that
she will attempt her life again on the
first opportunity.