The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-06-27
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that, in history, will eclipse that of Pau
Jones, as brave and gallant captain of .
war vessel on the ocean. In later times
he took command in the land forces o
the Confederate States. at a period when
by disunion in sentiment among the people
of the seeded States, their cause was al
ready hopeless. he was paroled, will
other officers, under the terms agreed upor
by Grant with Lee, and by Sherman will
Joe Johnson. By a violation Of that pa
role, Commodore Semmes was arrested an(
imprisoned, after having returned to pri
vate life, and become a lawyer among hi;
friends in Mobile This was in plain vic
lation of the terms of his parole He il
entitled to an action at law against all thu
parties engaged in his arrest.
He returned to Mobile, after his subse
quent release. A local election was about
coming off for Probate Judge of the Coun
ty comprising the city of Mobile. The
gentleman nominated for that post by the
people of Mobile, very calamity resigned
his nomination, in order that Commodore
Semmes might receive the nomination
| Commodore Semmes was elected without
opposition.
MIR. Andrew Johnson, by the grace o
God and act of j. Wilkes Booth, Presi
dent of the United States, has declared, il
public proclamation. that peace exists ii
Alabama, and in all the States bordering
on it. In fact, there is no war, anywhere
There is no threat of war; except on the
part of the overbnrdened agricultural
States of the North West, and the laborina
classes in the Central States and this
nert war is not yet developed President
johnson has declared that Alabama is a
State in the UniofF.." All the courts
there, Stateand Federal, are in operation
And yet President Johnson, through his
man Stanton, undertakes to NEEDLE with a
municipal election, in county of a State
in the Union" A military order, by au-
thor ty of President Andrew johnson, has
been issued in Mobile, forhidding MIR.
Semmes to execute his Office of Probate
Judge, and directing some other man, in
the capacity of Commissioner of the
United States Government, to discharge
the duties of municipal county office, in
a estate in the Union" in time, Gf that
could add anything,) of declared peace.
What on earth has President johnson
got to % with the Probate Court of a
county in a 9 State in the Union ?"
Is it any wsiet that u man so entirely
off his legs-creepihg and cropping about, is
pushed to the wall, daylbg day, by the log
ical revolutionism Of Thad. Stevens and
his subservieat tools in what is misnahed
the United States Congress
The Hon. Gideon j. Tucker has, in an
admirable manner, for three years past
discharged, in the county of New York,
the office of Probate Judge, or, as we cal!
it here, Surrogate. But, suppose the peo-
pie of this city and county of New York
not to want Judge Tucker reelected
Suppose a Buck-negro, from Hayti, or ia
maica, not six months in the State, to be
elected by the people of this city, the com.
ing fall, to succeed the excellent Judge
Tucker, as Surrogate, or Probate Judge!-
ltwould be very plain case for our State
Courts, of New York. But, ifno oppos-
ton was manifested in our State courts, or
if there was-what would the President of
the United States have to Go with it, ac-
cording to the Constitution, so long as the
State authorities; did not call on him for
helpto maintain 9 Republican institutions ,"
in the State?
We are not arguing for Commodore Ra-
phael Senlnles- Though we have great
admiration for rim We are pleading for
principle, and for right. While Andrew
johnson, as head Of the Executive, keeps
men in prison, VIC, as having been Amer
lean citizens, are entitled to release, Or to a
/" speedy trial. according to laws Of ours
older than our American Constitutions
and while he althorises interference with
the writ of habos corpus in places and in
a time where there is no invasion or in
surrectiou,' and when he tumbles into such
acts as this inqiisition Into the election of
a county officer of o State that he declares
to be "la the Union and to be at peace
while johnson does this, he cannot expect
Iquare-toed Democrats, like us, to look on
lin as a man either Of personal honesty or
political training and education. 1t is
worthy of serious consideration whether
President johnson has any differences Of
principle, with the Radicals in Congress,
Or whether hi quarrel with them is not of |
! merely personal nature,-N. Y. Free
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