The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-23
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MR. ELLIS BOOMs.
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In It's Issue Of the twentieth instant our
and superannuated contem porary
The Pscdvu'ae, printed series Of interviews
with number OF our citizens who are sup
porting Gen. Ogden for the Democratic nomi-
nation tor Governor. Among these interviews
We find one with Hon. e. John ELLIS, Repre-
sentative In Congress from the Second Con-
Rressional District. The utterances OF Mr..
Ellis In this Interview are quite extraordinary
and deserve more than passing notice. Mr..
Ellis expressed himself very strongly and
In favor Of the nomination OF
Gen. Ogden. For this preference certainly
our Representative is not liable to criticism.
Gen. Ogden Is Democrat, and an honored
and estimable citizen, worthy Of any position
the people may see fit to bestow upon him.
Hence, had Mr. Ellis stopped here, his ex-
preston Of preference should have passed,
like that of any other member OF the party.
without remark from this journal.
But the fertility OF the gentlemen's intel
lect is 30 great, and the fervor OF his fancy SO
hot, that his ideas and words. like the
tropical luxuriance OF o Southern morass.
often oyercrop themselves and require, for
any useful purpose, the pruning knife, or
rather, we should say, the ak OF the wood
man.
In another column we reproduce the Views
OF Mr.. Ellis. as given by the Picayane, and we
regret that, In justice to the Democratic
party, we feel bound to call public attention
to them as an attack upon the Democracy Of
Louisiana as bold ss any that has been made
upon 1t by the Republican press and leaders.
Mr.. Ellis sets out by declaring to the
country that there is no harmony In the
party in this State;' that it Is distracted and
divided, and proceeds to enumerate the fac
tions into which 1t is split, as follows: The
regular Democratic organization, the "anti-
ring" organization, the Citizens Conservative
Association; and finally, to use his own OK.
traordinary language, that yet unorganized
but strong party composed OF the poorer class
Of people, who complain Of the rapaeity and
exactions Of Democratic officials, and who
tell that Democratic success has brought them
no relief"
Mr.. Ellis is certainly failure as political
diagnostlcian. He has mistaken very ordi-
nary and frequently recurring disorder for
deep-seated germs Of disease and dissolution.
The veriest tyro In politics can point out his
error, and tell him that the trouble is only that
periodical and entirely harmless restiveness
and abnormal hunger OF "the outs. who would
be In. As for that strong party" Of the poorer
classes, who are complaining that Dem ocratic
supremacy has brought them no relief, we
thought that Mr.. Fills knew perfectly well
that It was the airy creation Of the fertile and
inventive Ingenuity OF the Radical chiefa.
We heard Of the mutterings OF this 'strong
party" before the Democratic government
had been in quiet possession Of the
State two weeks. We have heard Of
1t previous to the assembling Of every
legislature and previous to every cleo
ton since But the complaining voices come
always from the direction OF the Custom
House or from the camp OF some patriotic COM
binations OF outs who devote their exile from
office in shedding tears Of sympathy for the
poor whom the rapacious ins" are depressing
and robbing. But still this ''strong party Of
the poorer classes vote pretty solldly the Dom
ocratic ticket, and have on no occasion yet
manifested a desire to drive the Democratic
party from power.
We ars panied and astonished that Mr.. Ellis
oAoA1l hhFG SAtOA WGi4uU VI fniAG W EllCSO
invented charges" by declaring to the coun-
try that they truly represent the feelings
OF the poorer classes and the wrongs
they are enduring at the hands Of
Democratic officials. We do not claim
that the Democratic party has given the
State all the relief that 1t needs; but we
do claim that 1t has given all the relief pos
sible under the circumstances and that the
new constitution, created by the Democratic
party, promises all that can be desired and
The State a new era Of prosperity and peace.
classes understand this, and notwithstanding
Mr.. Ellis's doleiul diagnosis, We can conf
IDENTIFY rely upon the 'strong party Of the
poorer classes to aid by their votes the cleo
tion Of the ticket to be nominated at Baton
Rouge.
But 1t seems that Mr.. Ellis is as little salts
led with the Democratic administration In
his State as he represents the poorer classes
20 be. Speaking OF Gen. Ogden, Mr.. Ellis
,ays:
He will enforce the law. This is llimport INT.
louisiana euff sfs in tho eyes Of her sister
states from the impntatton that she Is q law
ess State: that life and liberty and property
re not secure. Tbi. Injuries us by Keeping
way emigration. capital. enterprise, and it
Llso Injuries the Democracy Ia the North.
We thought that since the undisputed
Of the present administration
he laws In Louisiana had been as faithfully
md rigidly enforced as possible; and we know
positively that violence has been repressed
md that peace and quiet reign throughout
'ur borders. Indeed, Mr.. Elliss intination to
he contrary, his almost direct charge that
iov. Nichols has failed In his duty as Gov
rnor to do all In his power to protect life and
property, is the severest and most unjust at
ack we have seen upon our present Chief Ex
cutive from q Southern source. We know
hat Republican members OF Congress
rave made and reiterated this charge, and we
NOV that Republican newspapers have also
made 1t for the purpose OF intlaming
he Northern mind against us, and to ac-