The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-03
A GENERAL BUGAB00.

Perhaps no section can be said to be truly
happy and prosperous unless II has buga-
boo. The Hindoos have silva, TO whom they
attribute every calamity and curse, and the
Yankees have the Southern flre-eater upon
whom they can vent NIL their spleen when
things 20 wrong with them. We are not pre-
pared to say that the Hpdoos or the Yankees
are really happy and prosperous, as We ace
the matter: but the Yankees say they are
and tho British proclaim that the Hindoos
are. and this, az things go. is testimony. Ono
thing, however, IL very certain: IL II were
not for silva and the Southsrner, tho Hin
docs and the Yankees would be less happy
thar they are. 1t 10 tremendous consola-
ton to DO able to tell yourself that misfor-
tunes or failures are not the result OF your
own stupidity or Encouragement, but OF the
Intervention of some evil and M ystsrious In
fluenoe. People pass through long llves
without ever discovering that they are idiots
and humbugs, simply through this faculty OF
asorlbtng all their errors and plumbers and
meannesses TO some hidden but potent
agency.
Having promised this much OF It. II is with
honest gratitude that we recognize the pres
enoe OF bugaboo In this section. We expe-
rienoe q genuine Joy In oopgratulatng the
fools and weaklngs and frauds upon the pos
session Of first class DOGGY. Some days ago
we called attention to couple OF blooming
lunatics in Memphis namely. Capt. John
Cowden and the editor of the Apatanche. who
seemed to think that everything would be
lovely. that the jetties would be destroyed.
and the BaratarIa canal completed II only
Major Burke had not sold out to the thieves.
What they meant by this only their own
frothing brains could conjecture, but they
evidently harbored melancholy doubts as to
Major Burke's freedom from the thieves. II
occurs to us that we demonstrated with this
lovely pair. Now comes that very remark
able paper, the New York World, with tho
following remarkable outburst:
GRANT IN LOUISIANA.
Especial Dispatch to the World
NEw onnEAss Dec % Quite an active Grant
movement has begun here. The Now Orleans
Ledger. edited by Gov. Hahn, viii start In few
uays ii shn claims to have been badly treated
by the sdmnsr,op an VIII psce,s s,, use sen 81.
man. b whom. Ksllogg, aud The Custom House
people have pledged the state IN coDvsntion.
Gov Warmoth as chief. to send . drant dsiega.
tion to Chicago Ftshiusss on the Grant aues.
ton exiats aisl among some OF the Democrats
In this city Mr.. Burke. editor OF the DEMOCRAT
aud chief cook Of the ring hero. Il believed to
have been negotiating with GRATIS henchmen
on The strehRth 81 rotations growing out Of
laT1 They .uettninlv claim tint he hns such re-
lations. and II !. Il untrue he controls paper
and should be able to deny II.
prominent Republican stated n day or two
ago TINT II 9rHnt was nominated Burke could
b depended on 70 support him. Certain It IL
they have Taatt rms arpwlsR out Ut Burke's
connection with the negotiations Ia 1877.
And the very latest comes to US In the form
Of an anonymous letter to the Postmaster,
which we have been kindly permitted to Pc
ruse:
Nmw ORLEANS December 71, TO-
Hon. VIM. L. MeMiilen Post Mater
Dear Sir--t IL we'll Known to few or your
enemies and others that the Safe Treasurer
I'D burke Esar has no ess than eight men who
opens letters 10 Republicans. and furthermore
say they can the clerks who read AID destroy
such. now Ia your service.
have the names III three of them when ]
select ilsh for not propose to catch AT feast
twi 9 three more ana chow how the old thing
works.
II Will not DO long. ID.
Now, while IL ID doubtless a great public
boon to have some common object to which
to attribute oil tho dark and sinister and un-
desirable events that may occur, we question
whether the happiness thus obtained IL worth
the having. or course every fool must have
q ssfety-valve. Every inflated ass must have
4 foil. When any dull and unIlluminable
IDIOT wants TO account for happenings that
strike bis foggy brain as being phenomenal,
he finds 1t very convenient to refer them TO
recognized drefu agency. When spiteful |
newspaper soavengers want TO lie ut will, to |
SANDER by unbridled innuendo and to feather |
shafts Of envy with their finest libel, they are
Rad to have the use OF some universal butt to |
rive substance to their creations When q |
,razy drunkard has exhausted oil his snakes |
md other reptiles, how grateful, how ines
Unable to find boundless field for mania IN |
he imaginable performances of tho public
,ugabool
Certainly Major Burke ought to feel phi
anthropio pride In knowing how useful he is
o the great army Of fools and frauds and
lars 1t may be growing little monotonous,
tut II must always be- gratifying and con-
olng TO feel that without him the average
blot and sanderer and maniac Ia these parts
would be like a ship without q ruddsr like
light without q morning-like anything for
orn aAd pitiable and friendless.
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