The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-19

munAty OuEioS tne nOt anu uuAA Sea9''
of the dog days.
But last week the following notice
appeared posted ON the walls through
out the city, and was copied into all
the New OrleaDs papers-thereby at
tracing universal attention, and ex-
TO THE PUBLIC.
PROCLAMATION OF THE COMMITTEE
OF SAFETY.
OUR OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.
I. To insure full protection, in lite,
liberty and property, to all good citi-
zens, without distinction Of party, race
or nationality.
s. To suppress, at all hazards, crime
and rowdyism.
both high and low, to the full, faithful
and to afford them protection in the
discharge of the same.
4, To see that the monies collected
from the people of this commonwealth
In the shape of taxes, licenses, revenues,
etc.. are economically and judiciously
applied to the use of the government
to the payment of the principal of the
public debt and interest thereon, and
to see that the said monies are not per-
verted to the use, support and perpetual.
ton of infamous rings.
s. To see that the laws of the COM
monwealth, especially the criminal
laws, are strictly and impartially en-
forced; and to ferret out suppressed
evidence and unwilling witnesses in all
important State cases.
6. To prevent undue influence ON
the pardoning power.
2. To watch with vigilance the differ.
emit branches of our government, and
whenever aud wherever we find an un-
faithful public servant, or u wrong
done the people, to see that the servant
is punished according to his guilt, and
to sweep away the wrong, that right
may rule.
BY order Of
COMMITTEES OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
We have not the slightest doubt hut
that the criminal law is loosely en-
forced in New Orleans, so that crime
has become shamefully common, and
is committed with impurity even in
the presence of the law officers, and Is
openly connived at by those very men
who should see that the criminal is
brought to Justice.
The question though is not rs to the ex-
lstence of the evil. The remedy which
is TO work cure for the existing pub
lie disease, Is that with which we are
concerned.
OF one thing we are perfectly assured
that remedy will never b. found In
u secret conclave which proposes to
work in the dark, conceal the names
of it's officers and members, and at the
same time hide itself under the high
sounding name Of "Comrnittee of
Public Safety" If this Committee pro.
poses to answer for the public peace, we
would ask the pertinent question who
will answer for the Committees strip.
ed OF all disguises, attempts Of this
character resolve themselves into an
irresponsible mob-rule Of the worst i'm
agtnable character. To show the true
status of this organization we clip the
following from the N. Q. Democrat of
the 10Th:
Last night that very mysterious
body, the c. o. p. s., held very
mysterious meeting, at Gruncwald
Hall, under the alias Of a social club.
so the very mysterious doorl1eeper
said. They gave the grip, passed
through the front door, and made their
exit out the back way, after turning
out the light.
What an edtfyimg sight. The
patriotic citizens of our southern
metropolis, sworn to right their city's
and their country's wrongs, creeping
into Hall IN disguise mt night and
clipping out In the dark at tho back
door. This notice of the Democrat is
sufacient to show that this Committee
of Safety Is u purely bogus affair, uu.
worthy of ours or any one else's atten-
ton. But these notices should have
been sufficient to call to the attention of
the true citizens of New Orleans to the
question of where is tho trouble and
what Is the remedy in their situation.
As an outsider we suggest that the
great evil originates in the carelessness
of the business men of Now Orleans