The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-25
A LIVELY FIGHT,

lively reading to the public generally, and
especially to Collector Smith and Marshal
Wharton. The Times correspondent does
not sign his name but we are much mistaken
If we do not recognize the ears of my dear
Pitkin." Only first class hater of the Dem
ocratic party, who has also some deep
seated and rambling grievance against such
fellow-stalwarts as the Marshal and the Col
lector. could have written the dispatch.
Who, save the ambrosial Pitkin, could have
said referring to the Democratic city OFF,
cials, ''the city must suffer for two years at
least. the crushing weight of O band Of thieves
who mock at her misery while they exhaust
her substance and disgrace her name,' while
he was denouncing, in terms even more oppro-
brious Smith and Wharton. than whom there
are no more stalwart Radicals in Louisiana?
Pskin entertains melancholy hatred Of the
Democracy, a hate inourahe as melancholy
insanity This accounts for his wholesale
and ribald abuse of the gentlemen who COM
nose our city government. Wharton defeated
him for and ousted him out Of the office of L.
S. Marshal, and Smith helped Wharton in this
little scheme Hence Pitkin, who loves all
other Republicans, hates Wharton and Smith.
as intensely and solemnly as he hates the
Democratic party
Now we do not know that MY Dear Pitkin'
Is the author of the specimen of Radical tele-
graphic literature we print this morning.
and, Lord love us, we don't care continental
whether he is or not, Or whether or not he sue
ceeds in having Wharton and Smith boosted
out of the Custom House It's none of our bear
fight, and we don't care id which whips.
But there is q phase Of the squabble more
interesting to the public. The New York
Times joins in with its correspondent in the
fight. and goes for Collector Smith and
Marshal Wharton in regular bruiser STYLE
AT the same time all the stalwart Republican
papers are reviewing the District Attorneys
record during the famous campaign OF 1874 In
Northwest Louisiana, when he was the ex-
tremest of the iast-ditch white mans party
men, and are throwing all the responsibility OF
that semi-revolutionary canvass on his shoul-
ders. And what Is the object Of all this
There is no doubt that the purpose Is to
crowd the Marshal, District Attorney and
Collector into fierce and vndictive prosecu-
tion Of Democrats in this city and through
out the parishes. Smith and Wharton
have followed faithfully the banner Of War
moth, Kellogg and Packard; neither of them
has ever Topped, except from the retiring
Governor into the bosom Of the incoming
chief. Yet neither of these is stalwart
enough; neither of them has yet succeeded
in sending any leading Democrat to the Peni-
itentiary, and combined they failed to send O.
single Returning Board candidate to Con-
gress.
Smith and Wharton are not Radical
enough; they have notdone their whole duty
| they have not been sufficiently fierce and
| unscrupuous-hea the Northern stall
warts are exacting-hence they are threat
ened; their heads are endangered. District
Attorney Leonard is expected to take warn-
| ing. He must eclipse the bloody-shirt re-
cords of Smith and Wharton; he must wipe
out the memory of his course in 1874, which
every Republican paper in the Union is in
dustriously airing, or off will go his head,
The trio must arouse themselves to action
The bloodhounds of the law must be turned
upon the trail of the citizens of Tensas, Con
cordia, Morehouse, Ouachita and Caddo, to
hunt them down and drag them to New Or
leans for prosecution before the partisan Fed
eral courts. Spies, informers and periurers
must be organized and drilled into experts
sent to make charges against New Orleans
Democrats and to swear to them. In short
these men are admonished that they must
organize hell In Louisiana, keep the fires red
hot, and singe and scorch every Democrat
against whom they can hire Or persuade q
hungry scoundrel to swear a lie.
This is what they are admonished to dc
| - bpir WbRfhn1
they will run the programme or moi
we are unable to say. We hope they 'ctH
We are O Last Ditch Bourbon Democrat
We believe in g. solid South and a sole
Louisiana, and we know Of no move
mont which will so well insure the latte
as the attempt of the Federal officials here tt
institute these iniquitous and Infamous prose
cutions. Mr.. Leonard knows, as well as W.
do, when he was one of the leaders OF th
white mans party In Northwest Louisiana
how the attempt Of the Federal government
, to browbeat, intimidate and overawe the peo
pie OF that section Of Louisiana operated FL
remembers quite well that when Dog Merrill
'the vulture of the Army" arrived in Shreve
} port and, with his band Of brutal cavalry
selected from the army for their villainou
instincts, attempted to ride down the whit
= people OF that section that the latter droppet
, all differences and became united as one man
= The Vulture, on obscene wing, sWep
7 through Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, dow
= through De Soto, Natchitoches and Re-
So River, arresting our citizens, Handwriting, In
. sulting and robbing them. But he overawe'
, no one, Everywhere, as he and his band
ruf1ians, who disgraoed the United State
t uniform, rode with their revolvers and hand
r cuffs, wall Of hearts and hands arose il
, front and around him, solid, compact and i'm