The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-10

EONIlNh Lover
The Great Musical Festival, etc.
New YORK, May l3, 1882.
EDITOR CHIEF:
In my letter of last week spoke of the
labor troubles, and from recent develop
ments it would seem that we were on the
eve of a new departure. / think it was
the immortal Jefferson who declared &.
century ago that Error of opinion may
lie tolerated when reason is left free to
combat it," but all that is changed now.
As above remarked, we are about begin
ming new era; if a man don't agree with
You, don't reason with him, blow him
up; if he happens to have more money
than you, he is villain, of course; so
all you have to do is to make up nice
little package Of dynamite, drop it into
the post-office, and then-what then =
well, if we may judge of the effect-by o
couple Of recent experiments, should
say this mode of assassination was like
Paddy's gun, a good deal more danger
GUS at the butt than at the muzzle. The
clumsy villains who tried to assassinate
VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt and Cyrus Field and
Commissioner Davenport, did not come
within mile of either Of them, but they
did succeed in nearly killing poor
servant girl and manning letter-carrier
for life, and numbering car full of peo-
pie on the elevated road. The diabolcal
villainy of these acts has not been ex-
ceeded in this country before, and shall
have very poor opinion Of our detective
force if the scoundrels are not hunted
down. I think we are improving in our
methods. 1t is dangerous to shoot at a
man, he might possibly shoot back at
you; throwing bombs, like those which
sent the Russian Emperor on his journey
to paradise, is not unfraught with peril
but to blow up a fellow with his morn
ing mail is all exquisite idea; to knock
him clean over to the other side of ;Jor-
dan while he is discussing his coffee and
mullins, it's aesthetic, nothing could be
more ess-ss-so-yes, that's it.
| A few years ago a couple of vulgar
rufians tried to initiate the brigands of
Europe, aud they kidnapped lovely
little boy in open day. The name of
Charley Ross rang all around the world.
The robbers found no rest; driven
from place to place at last they killed the
child to hide their crime, and in the end
both perished miserably. They perished,
but the murderous effect of their crime
still remains. Among the Pennsylvania
hills are two aching hearts who have
watched and waited all these years for
the return Of their golden haired child
their suferings were terrible, but the
publicity given to their loss and the un-
relenting pursuit of the robbers made
this crime almost impossible again in the
United States. And now, should say
would be good time to make an exam.
| pie of those would be assassins. Iwould
turn out all the detective force of the
United States, and if it cost million Of
dollars it would be money we'll expended
in hunting the scoundrels down. It is
\ not matter that concerns Vanderbilt OF
Field only-every man or woman is just
as likely to fall under the ban of these
cowardly rufians, and it is duty that
the authorities owe to the people to blot
out this terrible crime now and forever
The Socialists wanted Sunday parade
and such exhibitions are expressly for
hidden by law, but law or no law, they
were determined to parade; the chief o
police stationed his men so that thu
rioters, if they attempted to break til.
laws, could be easily arrested, and the1
they finally gave up. They afterward
called meeting in room over bee
saloon in East Tenth street, where the,
denounced every body and every thing
/ A Chinaman by the name of Eerrenc,
IO'Farrell swore that things were wors,
in New York than they were in Tipperar,
! or Connemara; all lawmakers we're ty