Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1866-08-11
MY Policy in. New orleans.


isy. In the name of the Constitution"
and Of IS law and order" President johnson
has melted and spurred on q mob in New
Orleans, whose acts of diabolical bloodshed
are only equslled by the atrocities of their
"brethren" at Fort Pillow. 1t appears that
the Convention of Louisiana, which in 1864
amended the CONSTITUTION of that State, an
ticipating that some emergency might arise
requiring their action. dld not adjourn sine
die, but adjourned subject to be called to-
gether again by their President. The call
for the re-assembling of the Convention on
the 30th of July last had been duly issued
and the Governor Of the Str e had issued his
proclamation. calling for elections to fill va
cancies in the Convention. There was no
legal reason why the Convention should not
have assembled as lawfully and peacefully as
in 1864 Under the policy of President
johnson. of pardoning and rushing traitors
into office. while Wells, the Governor of the
State, is loyal, VOORHEES,. the Lieutenant
Governor, Heron. the Attorney General Of
the State. the Mayor, Sheriff, and other city
officials of New Orleans, are rabid rebels and
''my policy" men. The secessionists of Lou
isiana, under the lead Of voorhees,, Heron,
and that ilk, determined that the Convention
should never again convene, if it was in their
power to prevent it /; for the avowed object
Of the Convention was to ratify the Amend
ment to the United States Constitution pro-
posed by Congress, and place the State with
in the Union upon a loyal basis. This would
have been DISTINGUISHING Iohnsen's pardoneb
pets and ousting them from the offices which
they now hold. Such an indignity was not
to be borne, either by johnson or his rebel
friends. So it was arranged between them
and him that the Convention should be sup
pressed by violence. The Chairman Of the
Democratic State Committee visits Washing
ton, and arranges, in an interview with john
son. the part which the President is to play,
and telegraphs the result 70 his eo-conspira-
tors in New Orleans. Then the Lieutenant.
Governor snd the Attorney General telegraph
to the President, and he answers, according
to the programme, and the ball is put IN mo-
ton. The President has decided that the
military shall aid the rebels, and not the
Convention, which, stripped of all effective
protection, is exposed to the fury CT its ene-
mics in e hostile city. A mob, led on BY ti,e
bal aF oH,oJ ~.
bers OF the Convention in their hall, and at
tack the freedmen. their only defenders in
that great city. Of course the loyalists are
overpowered and dispersed. over one hun
dred of them being manned or slaughtered in
the hall and in the streets and alleys. Of the
members of the Convention, all who were
rot murdered ON the spot were arrested and
thrown into the city prison, some Of them
being wounded By the mob while in the
hands Of sheis eaptegs On che way to jail.
Not until TIC bloody purpose Of the mob has
been accomplished, and the Convention bro
ken up does the military interfere to stop
further carnage. General Baird then inter-
poses and takes command OF the city, placing
it naeer martial law. President johnson is
NOT satisfied with the work cf the mob, but
thinks it is ,nccznplets, and questions .te
Constitutional authority of the military co.--
mander to proclaim martial law; and asks
if the civil authorities of the State ard city
with the aid of the military, could not en-
force the law and preserve order without the
necessity of martial law-as if he is taken by
surprise and does not know that the city and
State, under his policy, are all, except the
Governor. whom he ignores, in league with
ihe mob, and glorying in its bloody work.
The surviving members of the Con vention,
who represent all there is of loyalty in the
State Of Louisiana sse 1or lying in Jail un-
der indictments found by rebel grand jury,
and Will speedily be breogh. to trisl before O
rebel Judge and petit jsry, amd will he con-
vieted of whatever offenss theis ensmies esn
trump up against them. Shesld their SEN
tenee be deathr johnson will furnish the mil.
itary guard at thei, execution from TIE Array
of the United States. Governor Webs wss
loyal, and recognized the right Of she Cor
vention to meet and hold its appoinssd ses-
sion. That was his ofense, and caused the
President to ignore and pass him By snd, IN
violation of law sad his oaicial duty to ente,
into an intrigue with the subordinate ssace1.
of the State. For this the President should
be impea ched and removed from office. The
days of Lecompton have come again. and the
Executive powers of the Government are to
b again welded in the interests of slavery
ard stssss' rights. This should be stopped
The FIST eass-ess CT Congress, in December,
should Be 60 see that the fruits Of the victory
achieved by the blood esyeased By eAe 1oy-
atty OF the eosatfy in the war Of the rebel.
lion, shall not be robbed from the nation by
treason in the White House. At this crisis
the power of the President for good Is almost
omnipotent. and when perverted to evil it is
too tremendous for us to afford to let it re.
main in disloyal hands. While not q trail
tor hes been punished for his reasonable
acts committed during the rebellion, the 10y.
alists of Louisiana are now in Jail awaiting
trial AID sentence. How strong is the Law
T. reFress Freedom, and how weak to punish
.r'eaes sgsi~st Liberty.
| Ger HIS REyARp-O. Ii. Browsing hal
been appsinsea seesssssy q the Iaterior
rie< N%lssr resigned. Bsc~nax was az.
pointed Senator from Illinois, to saa Ms IN.
expired terra Of Sesatcr Ebsglas, bus fat
the man whose dirty work he Is rE,x .soi.p