The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-19
A REDLAR BUNnsTARTEE.

A RE- LAR BUNosTARTEE.
i II has bren come time since tho Tiues gave
Va ono of It's gloomy md poeuIn, articles IN
that tiue, hectic geln for which, IT. Ia justly
celebrated just before tho assembling of
tho nominating convention iast October the
mir he,ea',oui was rent with tho deafeuing fe-
port ~ tho famous "penduIum." but nltane
TINT time tho most powerful Efforts of tho
7imea havs, been compressed Into fearful anil
wonderful Wittnams upon opelatie perform.
anreR with an occasional Toray Into tho do
iuntn Of insuat paragraphs, IN this Geld tho
Iinta has not, commanded the applause It's
merits really deserve. First. leoause there
are n great many l,,d and industrious idiots
engaged IN writing musical md artistic ea-
says. end aaeoudly. because the itfauhne has
so eTrrt,,ally mnnopn!Ize'l tho business ri
hang vartlnla hy retail as Ia leave almost no
opening Tot u rival IT, Is with iu,nkl joy.
therefore that wy welcome the Iimfa IN lta
return ton sphere where II enjoys uneontaeted
and lncont.stal,le pre- ennenee we aIude to
| tho sphere III epic bllnenmipa In this sphere
tho 71n,ea tay safely bid defiance to em',la-
tion my. sarnIy glrtl Itself ABOUT witt, tho
chntnuionshlp and smile npntempunllsly
upon all eomera.
4 Doubtless somebody noticed the leading
editorial in Wednesday mornings Hmrs. It.
was entitled Tho Foot of Clny." and was OF
n fza a. euggeat at least No tG irugnt,,
| We do moi undertake. Ia sny that we nre pre-
pared to explain our neighbours position.
We slmpy Mvire to cnlI attention tn 1t 30 far
MS will awaken tho peoplo tn seuse Of tho
emergency and set tham ~ thinking before 1t
Is too late. ~ Ia clear to our mind that we
arc tho brink NJ something unutterably
dreadful Tho 1fnea aeoa IT.. Tho Tiunea'
onta are erect and uuivnring. and lts eyes
have the phoRplnresrent glare which tolls Of
cntaapsy Thus must tho late GnasAntlrh
have looked upon n certain memorable ocna-
sIon which neo not be dssnrbad nj present.
Lot MS appro ,ch tho auhjnt cautiously
Tho 1ir,ea says:
| Our country Ia u hnrrnl whose hnnda are tho
ehoras Of two nonnhR. nrl'' wa finva boon bllndlv
| hoopipg 1t from head to bead with mr. ltlc,i
r'h' ne' ra'lwa's WashIng,on wa a enm .a
aityof tho Mi,assippI. otto Jararson
ho wevor saw TINT tho Misslsslpp v,ley wns
barrel md no therefore bought tho rerrtory
| OF IlouIalsnn 10 ksop tho hoop tight by ffee
navigation.
| This Is bad enough, but H. tsnt nil not by
any mnans. A brave md Intelligent p"opls
might put ,,p with country TINT was Only
barrel and thai dldn seem to hnve ~ hung
hoo, They might even. Ivy brncing them
selves No to II. consent To being hooped In.
tightly or otherwise. IT we do not pnusa
here to wrcstle with ths oon'Indrum of
free navigation M nouns OF Tightening
| hoops, It ii because thero IL so much moro
and of such u darker quality coming. Tho
plot thlekens:
| Tho commercial hoop on tho Atlantic end of
tho national barrel ia bent round from Now York
to tho gulf. md wo begin to 800 that our tom
| porary snvs fence running enHt md west Wait
| neesasartly Uphold by lnllrm. rotten posts. Our
southern people wont to war to mninh'n tho
f. " 4 sMah nn Ma ~ha
neeta and mon could invade h"r.. A long as
tho fense could bn guarded tho Western aud
| Atlantic States Of tho South hnd ~ common in
terert In drfanding thrir chnttals within IL with
tho fall " tho fenae expired tho pnrtnership OF
| of ,rt and tho South discovered that for yours
she hnd boon faclnR sideways.
II we catch the Times meaning. then. tho
case rs about thus: Tho country ls n barrel.
with II hoop meandnrnR about over Its sur
face. There used to be n slave fence tangled
up In this hoop aomehow. And It was slightly
rotten near the ground. And M soon ns We
saw thnt we went to war. But we were tlln-
neIed, md OF course there WAS no lse In light
| Ing for u rotten fence after the enemy had us
tunneIed so tho fence fell and we discovered
that we had been facing sideways. II we had
discovered this sooner we might have saved
the barrel or the hoop mightnt have tlln-
neled tltF"<ence, or the tunnel might have
been used AZ IL bunRhole, and the fence could
have been hooped by free navigation, or
something might have been done to soften
the crash. But we didn't, and that's what's
the matter with the gunboht. For. as the
| Times goes on to show
day to her aistsr ctiaAf commercial ON
! press TO be- liacrowned M soon M possible st.
Louis stands Mt the elbow OF da,y''hfon. Nash,
willie mt the elbow Of Pensneola. Baltimore and
4 Philndt lphia ut the elbows Of Charleston and
Savannah 70 invade our marine realm. white
New York Is actively plowlnR Its waters with
commercial cruisers
And this is what we've como to. fool!ng
with II rotten fence and facing sideways with
out knowing It, st. Louis Is standing at ono
elbow and Nashville at another, and New
York and Philadelphia at others. Everybody
seems to be provided with an elbow to stand
at, excepting US. We haven an elbow In the
world. Nobody will come up with knuckle,
even. And, meanwhile those other cities are
comfortably planted at elbows, to invade our
marine realm. All you need In order to in
wade marine realm Is to get somebody's ell
bow to stand at and the things done. The
marine realm is invaded and the jig Is up-to
say nothing of New York charging around,
blowing up waters and making trouble right
and left.
And now If there's any worse fate In store
for us, we say Trot 1t out Either the Times
Is wrong or the bottom Ia going to drop out
OF something in this neghborhood pretty
soon.