The crusader., 1890-07-19
A COMMOTTON.

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in the Customhouse last week.
There never was such a. commotlon
in the Granite Building before.
Every fellow was thrown on hia
head, and such swearing and cursing
has been seldom heard. We did not
hear directly from Collector War
moth, AS he was in New York, telling
an unsophisticated reporter OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer what a good
thing the Louisiana Lottery was when
it was instituted in the days he was
Governor, to prevent the degenerate
Creoles, octoroons and Negroes from
throwing away tLeir money in worth
less foreign lotteries, though he was
mum on the part he played in tbs
Constitutional Convention OF 1879,
twelve years after he had squslched
all foreign lotteries, in Incorporating
this tender offspring of his admins
tration in the organic law of the
State. Nor did he tell how an en-
ploye OF his was in the Fslicianas
In the interest of the Lottery, a
mission that cost the employe his life;
nor how many Lottery men are on his
official bond ;nor why the bonds of the
abortive Ship Island railroad OF
which he is president was foated by
the Lottery people.
But if we did not hear from the
great Manitou himself, his Chic
Deputy stood in his place. He was
no longer red, but "blue". He
swore and threatened, and wanted to
know what The CRUSADER knew and
what it represented. We will inform
Gen. McMillen that The CRUsApER
represents what there il OF virility
and integrity in the Republican party
of Louisiana. What il knows, too, ia a
heap, and VIII at it remembers is plen-
ty. It remembers particularly y the
opinion Gen. McMillen expressed OF
the worthlessness and unftness for
citizenship of the Negro, on whose
bounty he is to-day feeding at the
public crib, when he hied to bis
home in Columbus, Ohio, after War
moths discontinue 40 candidate for
Governor, and unbosomed himself 10
a correspondent OF the Commercial
Gazett,. But we are not going into
''records'. We prefer to Judge men
by their present actions, praise or
blame them as thev do Roa|a or evil.
We therefore advise the General to
keep cool and not let his temper get
away with his judgment. Let him
do what is just by those who consti-
tute the party, and even he shall have
our praise.
But our old friend Capt. Win
berly was he who was more wrathy,
II appears. He fairly executed Q
war dance, ii is said. Now, Captain,
like all the brave sons OF Mississippi,
you are little too impulsve. You
must not get mad and go off half f-cock-
ed; it is not just 10 yourself. Granting
that you have done better for the
colored Republican than your brother.
heads of departments, have you done
all that justice demanded? You have
appointed an equal number of white
and colored deputies, and we have so
stated, but how about the inside
clerical places We don't want you
to do better than the others have
done. We want you to do the right
by the colored Republicans and give
them ell they are ent tied to. When
you explode this notion that no
Negro is fit to enter the charmed
aristocratic clerical circles of Uncle
Sans departments, which is of late
growth here, we'll take you by the
hand and say, we'll done, thou good
and faithful friend-but not until
then shall we do it. But especially
don't tell Us what fellows here told
you, that the more you did for the
Negro tls more he would ask. It will
serve no good. The aspiring Negro
OF to-day knows his worth and be
wants his equal share OF rights and
patronage. He asks no more, and
will not accept less.
Sub Treasury Hero, the fghtiss
Msj. :, the most nervous of 'sm all,
kept coolest, and was The wisest.
He admitted the justice of TIE Gnu
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