The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-15
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| In the sparsely settled sections Of the South
and West family and social feuds frequently
occur, and ere pushed to the most violent
and sangunary extremes and tragic results.
Such feuds are inseparable from all societies
| organized as our rural populations are.
They existed among the clans of Scotland
when It's population was more than double
that Of the sections OF our Union refer red to-.
They have always existed In Ireland. They
existed among the tribes Of Judea even under
circumstances Of the greatest pressure for
united and harmonious action against q com
mon enemy. They will exist as long as the
passions Of revenge, and the spirit of clan
ship sway and control the minds and actions
OF men. They viii only cease when, By enlight-
eminent and moral influence, and by the rig
orous enforcement Of law, they are restrained
and suppressed. To bring these influences to
bear requires social and political organza-
tion which demand time, education, settle
ment and populations, drawn closer together
In bonds OF mutual interest and sympathy.
This ID a fact In the history of all commune
ties.
1t is no truer Of the South than OF any other
community organized as ours is.
It Is not true, however, that these feuds
originate in political passions and animosi
ties. Individuals who become involved in
such conflicts frequently seek to make their
own private feuds and quarrels those OF some
political party, and if they suffer In such per
sonal quarrels their friends are not slow to
claim them as martyrs of the political party
to which they belonged. Thus ruf1ians and
bad men frequently attach themselves to a
| political party In order to secure hackers and
defenders, sympathy and the glory OF mar
tyrdom, while In truth they are engaged In
the prosecution Of private and personal re-
sentiments and revenges.
| There is little difficulty among honest men
and politicians to detect the false pretexts
and dishonest assumptions OF those who
steal the livery Of party In order to mask the
pursuit Of personal malignity. But persons
| infamed with the bad passions and preju-
dices which have possessed a certain political
class In this country, are incapable of detect
| ing this imposition and making this discrim-
| ination. This class embraces the bloody-shirt
| stalwarts and sectional enemies of the South
who seek to infiame the passions Of their party
against our people by adopting the cause Of
every ruffian VINO may assume the guise Of
| their party in order to pursue some end OF
personal vengeance against a private enemy.
There Is something very ignominious and
despicable in all this on the part Of political
or sectional party. This is not only SANDER
GUS and malicious, but it is an immoral OBJ
struction to the administration Of justice and
law by introducing partisan and political
prejudices to influence such administration.
Our sister State of Mississippi has been re-
Gently seized upon by these partisan mag
mates as a favorite victim OF this defamation
persecution and interference with the admin
istratlon OF justice and her law.
This has occurred in two recent examples
OF notorious and violent ruf1ians, who died in
| private contlicts-such conflicts as they had
| previously invited and Of which they had, ia
fact, set, In their own lives, the most fragrant
presidents.
| We refer to the cases of Chisolm and Dixon
Their careers had been marked by a boastful
defiance and dependence upon their prowess
and physical courage and general challenge
| to all adversaries and bitter pursuit OF per
sonal enemies. Their careers terminated as
the careers OF bad men generally terminate.