Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-18


WEDNESDAY. MARCH Is, 1891.
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Recalled TO Memory-New Orleans,
Again.
That is q familiar name which came to
Aus yesterday from Italy-to wit, Don
CHrscrorK DELLA MsScIA." Surely this Is
our old acquaintance Don QUIxorr DE Ia
MsScHA. And his language seems TO have
been somewhat Quixotic. too. There
would be as much danger in tho threat of
q modern DulcInes del Toboso as there Is
in the Don's brave words: Italy ought TO
dtmond that instant measures be taken to
protect the Italian colony In New Orleans"
Really this language reads as il the Don
had been intent upon making joke. Aud
yet he seems to have come to the right
point before he finished his remarks on
this interesting subject; for be said in ex-
tenuation of tho acts Of the New Orleans
avengers that it was but Just to recognize
the fact that "such acts would not occur
il the towns on the Atlantic coast were not
infested with the ex-galley slaves of Eu-
rope" Well said. Don.
But that word demand" II is histon-
cal in our diplomatic circles. While Gen.
oral JACKSON was President of the United
States he had misunderstanding with
with France. In the course Of the CORE
spondence which ensued, the English
word demand" was used by the trans
lator where in the French language the
word thus translated meant nothing more
axf 81 H.. al Inv
the eternal" that he would listen to no
demands y; and it was some time before
shis fierce wrath could be appeased. The
translator substituted ASK" for de-
'nand." We advise our modern Don Quix-
ote TO follow that good example. ASK"
is good word to use when talking to the
head of a nation of sixty-odd millions OF
people who are at the same time as intelll-
gent as they are numerous.
And this reminds us of what DANIEL
WEBSTER said in the famous KATzKA case.
He did not by any means mince matters,
nor speak with bated breath nor whisper
ing humbleness," but said outright that
the United States was country compared
with which the possessions of the house of
.HApsBuRa were but as patch upon the
earth's surface"
This Italian Government is substantially
the same one that pronounced Mr.. A. III.
KEnKY, of this city. persona non grata-ape
son who would not be acceptable at the
Italian capital.
The italian colony" in New Orleans is
not in danger of being molested, unless
indeed O secret oath-bound gang of con-
spirstors is to be recognized as the repre- |
.sentatives of that colony. If these con-
epirators constitute the Italian colony |
then this colony has been somewhat re- |
duced-more than decimated, perhaps. |
But the best Italians in this country are
not going to put themselves upon an |
equality with such o gang. As was e1-
planned in our columns yesterday, there
were no italians killed in New Orleans last
Saturday in their character as Italians.
The miscreants slain there on that day
were assassins. Their fate would have
been tho same if they had been English
men or Americans. Be sure the Italian
colony will not suffer as Italians. Be sure
also that the atmosphere in New Orleans
has been cleared. The London papers
seem TO be rather proud than ashamed of
these performances of what they style their
" Anglo-Saxon" kinsfolk on this side of
thewater. But If there be a city IN the
United States which is dominated by per-
sons not Anglo-Saxons it is New Orleans.
Oh, no. The New Orleans mob" was
mob of gentlemen belonging to the eau
casian race. 1t answered Mr.. DIoKENs's de-
scription Of a mob in this country when
he said that an American mob was "a mob
In broadcloth." What inexcusable non
sense to talk about firing upon such
"mob." Why. if the city officials had
dared TO fire upon them the fierce indigna-
ton OF the people of New Orleans would
have been visited upon those officials, not
one of whom would have been left to tell
the tale. One messenger was left in each
case to carry the news to jon of old, but
if one of the New Orleans avengers had
been shot down last Saturday by the city
officials not one of these officials would
have survived that memorable day.
We can easily believe that the better
class Of Italians in New Orleans are as much
opposed TO the Malta as are the people of
other nationalities. New Orleans Is a
cosmopolitan city. Her people have no
prejudices against persons from any coun-
try in the world. They would not allow
man Of any nationality or race to be
wronged. Even CoRTz, the italian consul
at New Orleans, expressed last Saturday
the hope that the assassins of Chief HIM.
Messy would be punished. OoRrE had been
threatened and the King Of Italy spoken of
IN disrespectfnl terms
When the Governor of Louisiana desires
aid from Washington he will ask for it.
Meanwhile he knows that the Constitution
Of the United States provides that the
President of tho United States shall pro-
tect the State against domestic violence
only upon application of the Legislature.
or, If this cannot be convened. the appli-
cation of the Governor himself.