The New York herald., 1866-08-29

| and banished there is nothing to be thankful
| for to his Excellency in that much coveted con-
summation.
| The New Orleans Riot-Report Of the Mill
tary Commission.
| Our intelligence from New Orleans enah les
us to anticipate to some extent the report Of
the Military Commission, Of which Major Cen
eral Mower is the presiding officer, on the riot
| in that city. A vast amount Of evidence was
taken from all sides, and from both white and
colored people. The Commission appear to
have worked hard and conscentiously to get
at all the facts. II is understood they will re-
port pretty much as General Sheridan reported
| to the President as to the cause Of the riot
and the conduct of those who participated in it.
| The immediate cause, then, according to
! these military authorities, was the assembling
| of the so-called convention under the lead of
! King Cutler, Hahn and others, those "politi-
! cal agitators and bad men," as General Sheri-
| dan designatcs them. There was no necessity
for the convention to be called together at that
| time. In fact there was great necessity, for
the sake of the public peace and welfare, that
| il should not be reassembled, even If it had
| been called together in legal and proper
manner But it was an illegal body, assuming
to meet for the purpose Of changing or
superseding the existing State government of
| Louisiana--a government which was in sue
cessfal operation and recognized by the
federal government. II was neither more nor
less than revolutionary junta of radicals. We
are astonished that General Baird or any
other person in authority there could regard
this assembly in the same light as public
meeting, claiming that II had right to meet
the same as citizens have in ordinary public
meetings II assumed authority to take action
for changing the organic laws of the State,
without having legal existence, and therefore
was an unlawful aud dangerous assembly. The
Governor Of the State himself could not invest
il with legality. II was the duty of the local
| authorities to prevent . violation of the laws
and public peace. More than that, it is the
| duty ,of q local government to prevent any
public meeting being helc, when it ia known
that such meeting will cause riot The in
flsmmatory language Of DR.. Doshe and others,
the arming Of the negroes, and the whole pro-
ceedngs Of the radical frcbrands could hardly
result in ga piece Of harmless pleasantly" to
use the language Of General Baird. The
Mayor and white people of New Orleans might
well dread the consequences and take mea-
suros to avert them. There is probably
larger colored than white population in the
city. What horrible deeds might not these
ignorant blacks do il not restrained! We may
imagine the peril to the rest of the community
from excited crowds of negroes, just emanci-
pated from slavery, with arms in their hands,
and led on by dcvilish white mep. We can
know nothing of this in New York, but the
people Of New Orleans can realize the peril.
The horrors OF st. Domingo are appalling and
constant warnings to them.
We understand that the military commission
will designate the killing ut the riot as mas
sacre, and attribui. il to the city authorities
and the police, and that they will go further
than General Sheridan even in characterizing
| the killing as murder. We must wait for the
opinion upon H. II is proper to remark, how
ever. that The tenor OF the information received
leads us 10 suspect that the report will have .
strong radical has. II has been called Gene
raj Bard's commission, and If it has been or
ganzcd by him, or under his influence, its re-
port might be looked upon with some doubt
Army officers even in these exciting times, are
Influenced by political bias and affiliations.
We will not attempt 10 justify the mscon-
duct Of the Mayor Of New Orleans and the po-
lice Of the city il they be guilty. We admit,
too, that there may be an intractable and Bit
ter feeling existing in some Of these old rebels.
That may he expected for a time and
ill restoration and renewed harmony
shall obliterate the memories OF the war.
There are bad men in the community Of New
Orlcans, ~ everywhere else. But IL is absurd
10 suppose that the mass Of The people there,
! and particularly the more intelligent class, do
not desire peace. They know nothing can be
gained by disturbance, but much he lost. The
only parties Interested in agitation are the
white radical politicians, who are Insignificant
in number, and who wish to attain power by
arraying the Southern whites and blacks
against each other. This is the only dangerous
class in New Orleans and throughout the
South, because the negroes will behave well
enough II not led astray by them The South
erners generally are kindly disposed toward
the negroes, and much more 10 than Northern
crs. This must be the case from the former and
present relation Of the two races in the South.
They arc mutually dependent upon each other
for their existence snd prosperity, and tran
quillity Is necessary for the we'll being Of the
whites ~ well - blacks. II is clear, then. that
there 10 but one explanation Of the troubles in
New Orleans, and that is, that they have been
fomcnted by parties not interested In the vel
fare Of eithcr--by . wicked act Of political
agitators acting In concert with our Northern