, 1866-08-15

States, when he notified the mob of New
Orleans, that tnn military should not be
permitted to protect the Convention. !
And here it is that VIC wish to note the zeal
with which the rebels Immediately became
inspired &oz the supEemacy-ef the law. Hay-
Ing rebel Colonel In one Court and rebcl
Bigadicr in another, md rebel Major Gen
eial In the Office OF Attorney General, their
hearts became filed with patriotism TINT
could not tolcrate treason, SO these Courts
and Attorney General summoned grand |
jury composed of other ex.rebcl officers, |
agents and strikers, and ascurtaining the !
names of the members Of the Convention |
who had not been assassinated, they induced |
this grand jury to iudict these surviving
members Of the Convention for the crime Of
treason-of conspiring trcasonably to over
throw and destroy the Government OF Lonisi-
anu They were prompt. While the dead, and
dying, and wounded were lying in confusion
in the prison at New Orleans, Mayor Mon
1oc's police kept guard over them, lest some
body from which the life had not been crush.
cd might bo carried of, and thus escape the
fate that was due to treason. When 1t is re-
membered that there Is not a policeman In
New Orleans, nor judge, nor q judicial OIL
cct who has not escaped the gallows by
means ofa pardon, special or general; when
| It is remembered that the Attorney General
\ whose duty 1t will be to prosecute these men
| for treason, was Major General in the rebel
service, and holds Office only through par
don for treason against the United States, the
zeal displayed by the local authorities
In hostility to treason, and in favor Of bring
ing trnitors to the block, may be fairly csti-
1nntcd. When the Confederate flag waved
| over Louisiana, md when treason consisted
il hostility to the Confcderacy, the Mon
roes, Abells, Hetrons and other mon of like
character and political integrity, ruled with
strong hand, and Union men had either to
fly tho State, or submit to personal jcgrada-
tion. When the Codfedcracy collapsed, aud
the Union 1ag was restored, the people Of
the country had right to expect that trea-
son against the United States would be
the only treason that would be punished, and
that If the Executive clemeney selected aicw
to be made examples Of, 1t would be tic Her
rons and A1onrocs. But Andrew John
cons policy has been different. He
las displaced what few Union ,ncn had been
elevated to Office, and committed the Govern
mcnt ofthc State and the administration o1
the laws TO these same ucrrons, Abclls, md
Monrocs, who, have as matter of course. re-
su1ncd Just where they left OF, mud through
tho instrumcntali:y of grand jurors Of kin
drcd sentiment, they have undertaken to
make treason to the Conledcracy odieus, sy
indicting these Union men who have, with
maincd bodies. escaped death at the hands oI
the mob.
The speed with which these cx-rebe1s pro.
coed in tho administration Of the law against
Union men, is very suggestive. Treason
against the Confedcracy has been repeatedly
punished in Louisiana during the war. Tues.
, present officers OF the law know how it Ia:
been done iu the past, and know how
to do it now. It Is necessary it
view Of coming events, to make Unionis:,
and treason Identical, and as such to punisl
S the guilty If there is to be another civi
D war, Louisiana is in The right hands to whec
5 the State into rebellion once more. But II i
: thought best to take time by the forclock
G aud to get rid Of any faction Of Union me
c who might be disposed TO object. The vi
c to do this Is TO indIct them for treason 0gaius
: The State of Louisiana, which, in plain Eng
lish, is treason ngainst the rebellion. "
= suppose Governor Wells will eventually h
IS included in the prosecution, and deposci
: and thus TIE last step taken to place Louis
Is ana in the hands OF Andrew johnson, nrme
It and equipped for any emergency which ma
ID arise for him to revo1utionfze the Cover
C. mcnt Of the United States. In tic meautin
. the Union men Of the North Will watch vii
t. interest the prosecution Of their Southe
e. brethren by the Hcrrons and Monroes,