The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-31
A BEATTIE TO THE RESCUE.

Mr.. Taylor Beatties canvass gives very
little promise OF reaching respectable pro-
portions. The same bleak and chilly recep-
ton that was accorded him In Thibodaux
seems to have met him In Baton Rouge, and
will, presumably, await him elsewhere. 1t
may vary-just trifle L. re- and there, for
better or for worse, as the case may be. In
some remote jungles where cotton picking Is
over, and there has been a long dearth OF
circuses, the idleness OF the hour may posi-
bly, warm up an occasional audience into
brief, hysterlcal enthusiasm; or, mayhap,
the side show Of Burch, with his loud
bray and really meritorious fangs,
will, once In awhile, attract the
sensation-loving Sambo on pleasant
balmy afternoons. Perhaps, IL Judge Beattie
could carry with him large and grooming
commissary train wherewith to gorge the
party, he might improve the shining hour of
digestion and induce them to assi1nilate his
eloquence along with their bread and meat.
On the other hand he might. striking the trail
OF Witt, with Its wake OF cold remnants OF
barbecues and torpid trenchermen and BAN
quet halls deserted, encounter an even more
inclement shore than usual. But 1t Is safe to
say that he Is booked for fine clammy aver
age which will strike deep with . foretaste OF
the polls.
Even Judge Beattie's most uncompromis-
ing political adversaries must be satisfied
with the sinister and forbidding auspices I'M
der which he has launched his campaign
Following the triumphant progress of his
competitor, the Democratic nominee, Louis
ybp hac hot1o pharo bv
enthusiastic crowds, composed Of the
wealth and intelligence. the patriotic senti-
ment, and the industrious yeomanry of the
State, white and black, Judge Beattie's pal
try caravan plods along Its cheerless way,
commanding neither the encouragement OF
friends nor the notice of foe. Before this
canvass becomes fairly warm, Judge
Beattie will make the important dis
covery-already patent to everybody else
that the Sherman Custom-House convention,
OF which he is the nominee, does not speak
even for the frayed and tattered shreds which
now represent the former fabric OF the Re-
publican party; while Louis A. Wiltz and the
gentlemen who accompany him enjoy the
confidence and affection Of q real constitu-
ency whose front is solid and whose esprit Is
irresistible.
Judge Beatties campaign scarcely rises to
the dignity Of a serious question. 1t Is even
lamer and more impotent than we had ex-
pected. Perhaps there were some buoyant
and fantastic souls, who told themselves that
when the name of Beattie was called, a gal
liant and Respondent champion would leap
into the lists with vizor down and swathed
In sylittarinu mail from head To foot to do
stark battle for the cause. But not even the
dllapidated hero of La Mancha In his
sorriest plight, ever cut meaner figure than
this poor reality. Fat Sancho, with his
stupid leer and honest gluttony, made a far
more respectable retinue than now attends
our modern Quixote, and Rosinante, MANNED
and spawned though he may have been, lent
greater dignity to his rider than does the
hating beast whom Taylor Beattie disconso-
lately bestrides.