The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-01
The New Orleans Riot.

Lie NOW Or10dub 1S1Ots
The doubt and uncertainty which for awhile
hung around and partly obscured all particulars
of the recent bloody riot in New Orleans, is
clearing away, and the shameful outrage perpe-
trated upon Union men, by officers acting under
the orders OF the rebel authorities of that city,
encouraged By the President cthe United States is
coming clearly to light. A body of nen-com-
prising some of the best citizens of the State
had announced their intention of assembling in
New Orleans, for the purpose of consulting upon
their political interests but scarcely had they
gathered at the place selected when an indis-
criminate attack was made upon them and a
scene of horror ensued which battles description
Many were slain, and the hospitals are full of the
wounded. Not content with this, the rebels
engaged in the massacre turned upon the unof
Tending negroes of the city, and the result Of
their attack may be briefly summed up in the re-
port of the Committee appointed to investigate
the affair-ffty were killed and nearly two hun
dred wounded.
Gen. Sheriden, commandant of the Depart
ment of Louisiana, was not in the city at the
time of the occurrence, but his subordinate, Gen
Baird, declared martial law in the city, an action
s0hich President johnson condemned. Louisiana
has Governor, elected by her people, but hewas
Union man, and would not suit the views Of
Andrew Johnson, nor would Gen. Baird. An
drew S. Heron, Adjutant General of the State,
and late an officer in the Confederate Army, was
made the recipient of communications and des.
patches from the Executive. One of these "or-
ders " reads as follows:
"Suppress all illegal or unlawful assemblies
who usurp or assume to exercise any power OF
I" authority without first having obtained the
consent of the people of the State. If there is
to be Convention, let it be composed of dele
"gates chosen from the people Of the Wholesale
Here Andrew johnson passes judgment upon
Convention of distant State he attempts to
dictate to " sovereign State " how a Conven-
ton should be called and who should sit
therein. Is usurpation in President more to be
tolerated than in State Were all the delegates
to the Copper johnson Convention at Phiadel-
phia chosen from the people any more than were
the delegates to the Louisiana Convention Yet
Mr.. johnson encourages one, while he denounces
the other; sends congratulatory messages to
Philadelphia and infamatory appeals to the 9TH
err. Johnson's policy is responsible for the New
Orleans massacre, and will be responsible for
many more that are to come.
But this is not all. When Gen. Sheriden
heard of the outrages in New. Orleans, he has
tened from Texas to the city and instituted such
proceedings as speedily put an end to the distur-
Dances and forwarded an account of the whole
affair to President Johnson, severely denouncing
the rebel authorities of the city, contending that
the Mayor is not the proper person to prevent
the assembling of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Judge Abel as dangerous man-saying that
no steps have been taken by the civil authorities
to arrest any concerned in the late outrages, and
advising the removal of Monroe, the rebel Mayor
of the city. This despatch a0as so garbled and al
tered at the White House before being publicly an
nouaced as to appear favorable to the rioters, but
as soon as this garbled statement came to the
knowledge of Gen. Sheriden, he caused his real
report to be made public, and an open rupture
between himself and the President is the conse-
quence, Gen. Sheriden even going SO far as to
threaten resignation of his position in the army.
As a consequence of his action in the NATTER the
Southern papers are abusing Gen. Sheriden on
every hand. AS a specimen of what the re-
constructed - think of him now, { and of some
others of our leading Generals, we give the fol-
lowing extract from the Union Springs Alaba-
ma Times, of August 21st:
General Phil. Sheridan grew, during the
war, to be quite notorious. His blood is Irish,
and, being an Irishman, he was full of fight
He commanded Irishmen. They would fight.
Hence, in an army of Yankee blue-bellies who
were most splendidly drilled in retrograde tao
tics, and against man whose taste for peach
brandy was stronger than his sense of duty this
little fve-feet-eght of resolute Finneganism made
some reputation. We rather liked the little fell
low on account of his pluck, and were glad to
see him promoted, even in an army of cravens
and thieves He studied hard at West Point !;
he behaved well in Washington Territory, and
it pleased us to see him escape the paternal pick
and shovel which had contributed largely to the
internal improvement of Ohio.
Why, then, has he spoiled all by his foolish
show of authority Why has he proved to the
world that be is only vulgar ditcher at heart
after all, and that his high rank is not the re-
ward of merit, but the mere results of fortuitous
circumstances This is really too bad We have
henceforth to acknowledge these Yankee hybrids
as countrymen, and it would be gratifying to
Southern gentlemen to know that some of them
had just claims to decency and respect: But,
one by one, the leaders of the Northern army
show themselves to be only blackguards and
braggarts.
"Butler turned thief at the start Turchin
was natural born imp of perdition |: Thomas
has displayed a remarkable aptitude for giving
white peoples churches to his black betters Sher-
man found the torch more congenial weapon
to his unknightly nature than the sword Grant
tried to be politician, and failed as signaly as
aOhen he attempted to defeat Lee fairly; and now
one of the small frya short-tailed, sling tadpole
Of the latter spaaon, the blatherin disgrace Of an
honest father an everlasting libel upon has Irish
blood, the scorn of brave men and the synonym of
infany Major General Phil. H. Sheriden, has ad-
ded his name to this list Of outrages upon human
ity by the issue of General Order No. ID, Militia
ry Division of the Gulf"