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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TM, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA, SUNDAY, MAY 28 1871. = NUMNER 46.
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PROSPECTUS
OF
THE LOUISIANIAN.
In the endeavor to establish another
.epoblicaf journal in New Orleans,
the proprietors of the Loszanesxw.
propose to All a necessity which has
been long. and sometimes painfully
fjlt to eaist In the transition state
of our people, in their struggling efforts
to rsSin that position in the Body
l'olitio, which we conceive to be their
da., it is regarded that much inform
stos, guidmace. encouragement, courn.
eel and reproof have been lost, in
ýnequence of the lack of a medium,
!i-ough which these deAicinces might
b qupplie&. We shall astive to make
ii.. Lot rstAnw' a desideratuL in these
POLICY.
As our motto indicates, the Lows
5s!AsWsL hall be " Repubicm= at O
*aa mand eider as circusseasoins" We
shall advocate the security and enjoy. I
moathfbroadoivil liberty, the abeol- I
rte equality of all men before the law,
sad an impartial distribution of hon
or and patronage to all who merit
Itm.
Desirous of allaying animosities, of
oblitepting the memory of the bitter
put.<f promoting harmony and union
swung all clawses and between all in
ter"t, we shall advocste the removal
.t all political disabilities, foster kind.
n- soad forboarance, where malignity
and reseatment reigned, and seek for
asi.ess and justice where wrong and
oppression prevailed. Thus united in
cur aims and objects. we shall conserve
Otu beet interests, elevate our noble
b to an *saviable 7sosition among
har ciater States, by the development
,f her illiumithble resources and secure
in. full btnetts of the mighty changes u
io the history and condition of the
leple sad the country.
i.Iieving that there can be no true 0
lberty without the supremacy of law, a
we shall urge a strict and undiscrimi
stang administration of justice.
TAXATION. e
We shall support the doctrine of an n
Cluttable division of taxation among n
sit clssesa a faithful collection of the
rrelnues, economy in the expendi
tres, eonformably with the exigen- P
iso of the State or country and the ii
discharge of every legitimate obliga
4,i..
EI)C('ATION. d
We shall sustain the carrying out of u
t . provisions of the act establishing el
out common school system, and urge ei
Us aparamount duty the education of
Our youth, av vitally connected with P
ti ir own enlight ment. and the seeur
st and stability of a Republican Gov.
FINAL ci
11y a generous, manly, independent,
5raI indicious conduct, we shall strive a
tJ renou our paper, from an ephem- U
Crul, and temaporary existence, and
5'tablbehsit apon a basis, that if we
rtsonut ' command, " we shall at all p
e deserve " success
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5t seeswed am4 seld.
Khicaonaed to alpotedeMsI a
will be ieoibl h
AIBERT ETRICS,
hkee m** swam...,
~ CN~J, TRE h
o SWEET DELAS&
0. -
IT as ra s m.: racasvom.
Nay, wake - not!
This dream, i ream it is, is fr too sweet
To beanih swiftly; gar in childheede Sees
And merry iesom my soul deth wander
now,
Leaving behind all things that aloud the
"* brow,
LaM cast a blot
Upon the sinking spirit Let - dream
For dresm caa do no harm. They merely
%* seen
To serve the base, the wiaryselt toest,
Ad ebase the btter thoughts that sab
the breast.
So let me dream!
nlow sweet the sleep
Kr That laues me hence that thl smemas et
0 pain;
0 Transferm me to a thoughtM child again;
L Leaves m at peace to ahsem the butte ly,
r To watch inch bird that lits acroes the
sky.
Their songs to keep
In memory! While toward the meadow 1
brook
My footsteps wander, while in every mook
r I peer, to And the lowes that wildly grow,
That I may smell their perbme. Hash 1
speak low!
For I would dream.
With sleep comes rest;
e Now strangely beautiful the musc seems I
r That goods my heamt with ecstasy1 O
dreams C
r Sweet drums! I thank thee for the
melody,
The old time music, that comes back to
me, e
And calms my breast!
I hear its murmurs in the rustling leaves, y
The insects' bony hum; while ever weaves,
Is rippling ril or dripping waterfall,
The sweetest tone. By each asmiliar eal,
base not my dream. a
a
I soon must wake;
I knew fun well this sweetneseamnet slest.
For Life's dull round of grief sad care and
pain, O
I so1 a must eater with the rest spin, a
No shirk my burdnes. But while lingees
deepo
O do not banlsh it; but let me keep b
Until it break
The pleasing spell that ove me is east L1
By deeting dreams
Sweet dreams!
5i
PLAN AND PROPHECY. b
as
BT 4 wortw. W
fc
GAML 3aMT.o1. b
ti
"If women were allowed to vote, I
hold ofilce, and make laws, they
would be the means of purifying
politics and elevating the standard '
of morality among our officers and f
representatives; and we should, w
therefore, have better laws, and ad
criminals would not be so often per
mitted to escape their just punish- c"
ment.. t
So says a Female Suffrage news
paper ; and I ask fora sign, unbe- e
lieving Jew that I am, and read on de
eagerly through a column or more ere
describing the defects and declaim- w
ing upon the disasters of our pres
et laws, till I come to the conclu- l
nuon of the whole matter in the final li
p
paragraph: :
"When young women are permit- ~
ted to vote, they will notbe long in
changing the unjust and tyrannical.
laws which mnaCmade for them;
'at
and we n~~o~ety expect that
they will soon And some way to pre
vent intemperance and the sale of s
poisonous liquors, to shut up gamn
ing-houses, and will prove that the
arm of the law can be made power- a
ful enough to overthrow even the
social evil sl . .. And our legis
lative halls will not so often behold
inch dingracefnlsesrnes as at present,
sad our rejirsesentatives will be
obliged to be more dignified and wi
more alive to the duties which theyUI
are sent to perform."
Certainly the absolute and speedy Ba
prevention of the three great vices cit
of society is worth foruming a newbi
party for. Yo one will deny that y
the rapid wecoess of women in biing- mi
iug about a millemium which men tai
have ben trying and faliag to bring ~
for centuries would he a victory tol
brilliant enough to juetify all their yen
eageraessto share in the ery.
Net, when we asktepanof te
campaign, we And nothing but glt.
teeing and sounding generaistes.. Dh
Mt he.s d..irubl thiaga are to be edi
dome sad done soom; but theanly be61
way.i which iheymaeto bedoe~
*-5*55 UI Appetites, habita mc
which have hitherto bafed sgial ta- i
tion,#m despse asatan. desbd is-.
ligion etbseeig Iyoqn,
mecat '3n so* wu;. The the
imeedulous ad be pardoud if
they withhold their faith until that
way is more defaitely aucked out.
Another organ of the -ame party
wt is suiiantly speeile, and eafrms;
mE "It will be understood thet we
are a unit to help sleet in every
town the man who is our friend; to
help defeat in every town the man
who is indifferent. soon no man
as who is og our friend willstand a
ly chance e! nomination. George
William Curtis says; 'Behind every
bb demand for the enlargement of the
suffrage hitherto there was always a
threat' It wil be so in the preset
emse. Our threat must be an active
a( determined organisation, in dead
eareats to dig a politieal grave Ion
a; every man who opposes the enfran
chisemmnt of the women of Mama
a cbuasttsL
Oneis tempted to borrow the dia
w lest of the street, and ask, "How is
that for high?" The party, it seems
will follow the simple standard of
';that fine old English gentleman who
classifies his acquaintance by one
rule; "D--d scoundrel, sir ; he is
opposed to me I" or "First-rate fel
e low, Smith ; he is my friend !" It
D does not question a man s principles
or character. It is enough that he
be "our friend." However stainless
and able he may have proved him- t
self, however well he may have C
wrought for his country in the ser- P
vice of truth, freedom, and honor, P
he shall give way to any charlatan I
who may choose to ride into office o
on the hobby of woman suwage, s
and who is pefeetly indifferent on
what he rides, so he rides in. o
And is there not shown, in the
construction put upon Mr. Curtis's
words, an entire failure to compre
hend their real scope ?. What sort
of threat is it that has lain hitherto
behind every demand for the en
largement of the suiage ? In re
covering from our late civil war,
we were sore pressed. On the one
side was the danger of putting the
ballot into the hands of an ignorant t
and inexperienced class, out of
whom intelligenee,integrity, straight t
forwardness, independence had
been well-nigh crushed by genera
tions of slavery. On the other side o
were the ranks just conquered in
rebellion, whose monopoly of the tb
vote would be likely to betray the
newly-won states into the hands
from which they had been so hard- 0r
wrested. The danger from dial y
alty seemed more imminent than
the danger of ignorance, and eman
cipated slaves were entrusted with c
the suffrage. Disaster to the nation
was the threat which lay behind
the demand for negro suffrage-a n
demand made not so much by the
negroes themselves as by the nation
which incurred the risk. The
threats which nave induced Eng
land to enlarge her suffrage have in
like manner concerned the public d
safety. A strong and resolute pop- S
ulace has made its wishes felt.
Armed mobs have alarmed the cos- d
todisas of the nation. Tumult, and
violence, and quiet, ferce determin
ation, and despair born of suffering
have menaced the whole fabric of
society, till old power recognised by
new power and granted it seif-di
rection in self-deuena.--relinquiehed
a part of its parogative to retain itas1
continued existence. h
tic
ift
*"CHAMPAGNE AND HEID
SICK." 01
The assertion that "the number ha
who never take Alcohol ([a aisim- tra
alan iss mallfrace
bids alcoholic we dubt..
that half the hum s over ten
yesrs old, living now ormsany for- i
mer age, ever more than barely we
tasted any alcoholic beverage for
We copjy the above from the 4
HineItreminds asof a story .,a
told of Mr. Greeley, who, a few
yearseago, inaneditarialdeseribingPs
a public entertainmeg, stated that the
there was "an sbosdmnt plof thi
wmnes." When heesamedowa to the
Tiabma offie, the morning the .. .
editorial agpiesred. his asoeenates in
be to qmhi about hismanaing a
a ' 'betwemen hepagmeth
sadNa Reieak beng asal
most sezpyheowe, a hmo
adretdds 'Wd4U, thm.,ibm.,
2OIheseem wh - hoeade qI
that albthd-i T. Ldge, son
if REASON POR HARMONY.
Sit
t The New York Ie initA
ty last isses very justly and ably rats
forth the reasons for harmony, in
- the rmaks of the republican party,
to in th. following language:
t "So deeply are we mpr..sed
a union and hareaious'o- operation
among Republicans that we are
1 compelled to regard ailure in this
srpesp as but litti. better than
Is taehwmy to the principles repro
seated by the peaty. lor the pau.
ty, coeilered metelys apolitical
Fe gamimtio., we have no special
asel; we ask none of its avors, and
exzedt no emolument at its hands.
' But for the principles committed to
' its keeping, which it has hitherto
maintained, and which, moreever,
are indentifed with its auccess-as
the party of anti-slavcry antecedents
e that carried the country cutely
through the war, reconstructed the
rebel states on the basis of human
° ri± hts, placed the doctrine of equal 1
civil and political privileges in the
fundamental law tf the land, has'
t planted itself squarely on the side
of national integrity, and withal
made such a splendid beginning in i
the payment of the public debt- r
for thes principles, as opposed to
the antecedents, aSliations, and
pressat purposes of the Democratic
party, we have an eerisst real. y
We believe in the doctrines of the a
one, and not those of the other; o
and for this reason we shall do what
we can to secure the success of the u
one and the defeat of the other. 6
The real question, the ie ques- tI
tion-the one that belongs to the
issues of the hour, that to which all
Republicans should address their ti
most vigorous efforts-iaa not be- ?P
tween cliques of politicians, between 4
Fenton men and Conkling men, w
Sumner men and Grant men, be
tween contending factions clamor
ing for the spoils; but rather be
tween the Republican party as an
organized whole and its common
foe in the Democratic party. The
struggle is between these two great m
forces, and will end in the triumph g'
of one or the other. Which shall q%
win and which shall fail? This is tb
the question for every Republican in
to consider, and for the present the
only question that is worth consid
eration. Republicans who would di
sooner defeat their own party than of
fail in their particular ends, greatly a
need moral as well as political re
conotruction. We contemplate
them with no complacency whatev- ge
ar. They certainly are foolish if so
not false men. th
sit
Could we reach the ear of every de
Republican in the land, we would m,
exhort all to march into line, from it
the highest to the lowest , and be pa
determined to unite together in t
giving the Democratic party a Wa- ca
terloo defeat in 1872. It can be a&
done, and it will be done, provided an
Republicans quit themselves like a'
men, and discharge the duty which
they owe to themselves and their a
country: What they have gained oti
by fighting and voting must not an
now be lost by either treachery or i
lukewarmness. Let the little pot
ty differencesas between men go to as
the winds until the one great ques- of
tion is setted. Thoes Republican. 30
if any there be, who eseek to stir up M
etrifeand get up fections in their
own ranks, and thus play in the tia
hands of the Demoeracy,are aimply has
traitors to the party: and the prin- be
ciples which it represent., and wrill
bemso treated by Tn. Inuraasrn.r
If they cmannot honestly support the a s
Republican party, then Ia them Be
join the Democracy, and be done
with it. This is no timefor half
way Rspuhlinaas, and certainly not thea
for Tammany Republicans. In the am
great struggle befren as Istu s have
"a lo~ngpufl, a stromg pufl, samda
p.1l aliogether.' This will carry tas
theday andmvewth eanss,and so- hal
thing elseawill.
*. ...Aeieat of arvard College san
in the 17th esmtty, was amind P5
Olub... Wham he died, Cotom Ma
thor ..ld tat Mr. (lue. had bean
-rndne int the other world. *to
...Agestleman asked angrobey
if he weul~n'thbkea pih~ofm m
Nas,'.rpei~ th &.ksy, iwy Ye-,
sqeeaihr. ** tank yoa . UV' .ini
3056se benetrmy. **
1633 CIICLI.
TAE TIME TO MAZE YOUR PLA.
its =
If are in a burry, sopand
in the more boease yon are isa ur
Ly, ry. Pcopls who set heasti, end
without eomideratia., seldom= at
a wisely. Whatever you have to do,
of time to plan it out beforehand.
on It has beeona almost a, azim in 1
re military stairs, that victories are
i won mach in the council as in
the Wetd. It is foresight and ampls
m and exact preparation that lensres
a- 68000L,
r. tl klent time to pishest I
$t your plans` so far from delaying the
id work to much better advantage
a. whe you know beforehand, not
to only prciasely what you wish to do, I
to bat how yon wish to do it Thenj
you can travel right straight for
r, ward to the accomplishment of the '
I and which yo have in view. You
Is are not bothered by hesitations to a
ly consider whether you have taken it
the right course, ad whether me n
diferent one would not have bee.
preferable. Young men should eul
al tivate the habit of planning their 14
i work beforehand. Think, every
night what you have to do to-mor k
row; and, every morning, what you
Shave to do to-day. Lay out your
1 work y y; consider what
is most important andattend to the B
most important things irast. e
Seat what must certainly be dane a
during the day, and then idle away
no time until that is eccomplished.
Always plan, in advance, about 4
your expense . Write them down, a
and add them up. Then nevw ex
ceed them, and see to it that they .9
talways fall inside of your income h
You will be surprised to see how
much farther your money will go- hi
how much more you seem toget for bi
the same amount-if yon plan all b
your expenditures, and writs them
down before you make them.
If you take even a quarter of
time for deliberation and the -
of plans, you will perform far more h
in the remaining three quarters
than you ca possibly accomplish
without forethought and system.
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HASTY MARRIAGES AND
DIVORCES. i
vil
co
The Providence Journdl, in the i
subjoined arti.lo, throws out a sg
geetion which is worthy of considera
tion by all who deprecate the fre- lou
quency of divorces, and especially we
by legislators. It may also ho of TI
interest to those people, old and thU
young, who propose to enter into
the state of wedlock:
The lowest view to betaken of a rou
divorce is that it is the correction s
of a mistake. The court examines
and decides that two persons who,
after more or lees acquaintancehave ho
made the most solemn possible con- a
tract with each other, to live to- to
gether for life, have discovered ..q
somnething afterward which vitiates
the contract and makes it impos
sible for them to carry it out. It reN
decides not merely that the contract evi
may be held in abeyance, but that
it shall be annulled, so that both
parties may form a new one with bog
somebody else, perhaps to renew we
the mistake, and have it revised and a
corrected again. Now it is certainly
a grave question, whether it is wise
and for the encouragement of good the
morals to be constantly correcting asa
such mistakes, instead of obliging **in
the parties who have deliberately y
made them to abide by them, as in
other lees important contracts, end
and bear the coasequencee. But
it is also a question worth serious g
consideration, whether it is not the
duty of the State to prevent as well
asto correct. There isgreatfIacility *
Cd divorce. But there would not be the
eo much if there were not greater woz
end, and shut the stahhador aerou
theshorseeis gone. If it wereaslitted1
harder to get married, it would not
benseeeemary soofntomtobedivoreed. e
Once the intention of maagwas
required to be made a
long enough heloshan to arsgei
a prsanture or nssuitetise wedding. ded
ut now it may be theamoct secret Bo
transaction psil.One pcoph a
were obie ofaee the -s sand
openly dee.. sto hand that m
Ibypops arriage. N ow ahboy
angrcome to aprivats undea-p
sadgthey meet at the daior of a
clrmnshomse in the next town, ~
or wheevr he am unknown; Tro
so la, ebrib. answers to a lost
loses abouttheir gv
~will,' andin Ave minutesne4 'e
hastman and wife. Nobody knows .
anything about it Perhaps the a
psemons themedules mre inrprissal,
wde whlaign I $v e ah
have ueg lmulstt ta
other ler Nb. 'Tjhmve beea ien
thn-hefeak or the paeion. Ct
en e..isd hoar. Andahsehed~hy.
ameles ad in the UU,. they self
-.q me.le a dulerk asmaib ilug
seena toasnibh tqiehsr int* a One
dreage dgmns If they
had to .neounter p s
z atop~ an t t h ad even
to o top cu ' eses
ad there would be a dea,' act a
il Ninquismbaent of the project.
r. I
NUN AND FANCY.
Arcibald 8au, the wealry ban. -
in hig dam*Hwas a unall,wiry mun, .
Fkeen and ahrapd, and a great di-h a
0 hr for form. Hi daek wean
Be aware of his preciioa, and !sfled
mot to do theimm. a tgo
t e rulaes ad fartm laid down.
w One day Sant m eis private and
directed him to write to Mr. B- e
a rising merelhant and importer.
At "Write" aid the banker, "that I tt
o, have transacted the business which
n he imtrated to me agreeably to his L
r- wishes."
a The seeretary. at hi deck, wrote`
o and when the body of the commun- A'
a ication had been completed, he
tuned and make.d
"With what form shal I cleee the
r' r, ' ."
º "You may plcer" said Saul, "I -
heam he honor to be yours."
r"my, air.
"Ah I Wait. Tell me.-Has Mr. Al
B-- settled his mccounts to date?'
"Yee. air. His accounte were
settled promptly and cheerully." 1
"Ah I then yeo mayplace-Ihere
the honor be your wry haie serw
wet."
"By the way," aid the Secretary co
"I forgot to tell you that Mr.B
has hartered two new shipe, and -
his ventures are not only brilliant,
but sate. He is regarded by the
knowing onee as a man of remark
able abilities." p
"Ah-lha indeed! Place quickly !
-I hor the honor be, Sir, w( is i
ho econsidemlioand reapect, your
vwy Euimbk and wry f.Adient oer
at." as
....A country paper tells of a
beautiful, amiable, fascinating and
immenesely wealthy young lady in a
illiage in the country who earefully
conceala the knowledge of her
wealth, wear cheap dothede had
works in a millinery sbops waiting a
for an interesting young mas to pM
woo and win her "for herself alone." 0
There will not be a milliner left in P
that village in three months.
.... A landlord recently going L,
round to collect his rent, asnt his
servant ahead to prepare his teantan
for the viit. On reaching the first No
house, and seeing hisservanttMaking
a survey, apparently endeavoring
to gain admittana c he i
"What is the matter, John ? is the veer
door bolted r" "I don't know, sir,"
replied John; "but the tenant
evidently has."
....A citizen of Nebraska was 81
boating that in his town there
wasn't either a doctor, a lawyer, or
a clergyman, and only one rum- -
miler. "How many inhabitante are E
there altogether r' asked a by
atander. "Well," wee the reply,
"therems only my family and my
brother Jakem, and Jake is the rum
maller."
. .. . Aaly old deacon wiahiug to u
give him pactor a hint to put mare 118
juice into him mermama, amid to him "
one day, "Imast get am net earer
the pulpit for by the tiame your MDI
word reaeb my eare the peoplei -a
frontolm have a. taken the pith
out ofthem that they areeas dry as
dimsh-water."
. .. . A Teaisee in Zaglhad bining
annoyed by the camenst bose~ag
as to thefuperiority at lagliab N.w
gina Smelly aiamea huatiam by*
dedlauing that "they had a gmlin
Doeton only delee ye.,s .l& who
mould chew gum in mewe dife u-S
leag~ang with her .yes abut." C
....Pacr Woers Imowane.
Punehamam at amtiama are rarely
lar-gaima, huta aommlsprdote are .
Troubmes am the khaye to silvery
saeek. A mlller isthe ltman to
give bms new ideam Age and en
pinrisame give ay a "wrinkle."
....8...mu im not sallwed in
the stemtmot Doeton; mmd theeher
morming as- ehumieyeag p.'
ilemam arseetea a hamly-peddin
that1a bees mat out to mooli r
-a.a the erdiemem, sed tek
is to the iatlms-hines
~~tlae."
u is
Its. to s 4i 0
be ,tg~s aavelhgmpe Sis.per
r shmm towU a istye neede psit Urneoa
gossd with C a~ee~ mmas"e
4! ndh viiiWt qaleheit dk lqt no.
lob
his LA WTERU' ADYB$zKm~grjgjy
T. A. BAR!LETTE,
an- ATEOUNU400UNOUORATL4W.
he !l**.G.ravase Street. ... 143
be (UP Etauu)
NSW ORL AN)18 LAi.
R4WKDI A THARP,
(a AKU M M~ ~a.)
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