New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-19

enter!
These arc the people who intend to repre-
sent the sloyaltyr of the South They are
certainly fair samples Of their class. Counter
felt Sontherners, daserters and false Witnesses
they will be received with warm welcome BY
their radical allies.
MILITARY. INTERFERENCE IN CIVIL Az
FAIRS.
It seems from reports that the legislature OF
Tennessee came to hitch on the 18th. The
radical majority Of the House, after effeotual
drilling and schooling by the urbane, CHART
able and forgiving Rev. Gov. Brownlow, were
trying to force some measure on that body il
opposition to the views and wishes Of a very
considerable minority-in other words were
about to commit an act of that most tyranni-
cal character, the tyranny of the many over
the few. Yesterdays reports did not mention
the subject under consideration when the con-
certed absence of a large number of conserva-
tiyes reduced the roll Of the House to less
than fifty. The presumption is that the pend
| ing vote was one of very great Importance,
| and it may have been nothing less than vote
| on the acceptance of the amendment to the
United States Constitution proposed by Con
gress, and originating with the celebrated
committee on reconstruction. The tactics
resorted to by the minority, though not strictly
in accordance with parliamentary rules are
not without either precedents or possible
| justification. While there must either be an
end to legislation OF an eventual submission
to the will and decree of a majority,
| it sometimes happens that little delay
in passing an obnoxious, odious and IN
just measure can be obtained by no
other means than breaking the quorum.
The remaining members have their remedy in
the universally given authority to send after
and compel the attendance of absent mem
bers- a remedy, however, which does not ex-
tend to incarceration or unusual continuance
of custody. The moment the House adiourns
for the day the member who has been
brought up by order of the House is
again at large, and may not even
be annoyed by the surveillance of the ser
geant-at-arms on his deputies during the in
remission between the daily sessions. While
the process of collecting absentees is going on,
the House, being unable to transact business
usually takes an informal recess, members
being ordered to remain within the bar or
other prescribed limits within hearing Of the
speakers hammer or within reach of the SER
geants staff, The right to compel the atten-
dance Of absentees is strictly limited to the
employment of the men and means at the
disposal Of the House. to-wit the sergeant
alarms, his regular deputies and such other
deputies as he may select by consent of the
House and without demanding their compul-
sorry service. Under the auspices Of theirI
governor the Tennessee radical legislators an |
pear to have employed means as arbitrary as
they were useless in their attempt to secure a
quorum for a specific purpose
The refusalon the part of Gen. Thomas to |
allow his officers and meu to be employed as
runners and deputies Of the sergeant-at-armg
was entirely proper, except that his resolution
should have been taken at once, peremptorily
and without consulting the commandeFlih-
chief AS long as civil and military officers
move respectively on their prescribed lines
collisions viii be avoided AS long as the
great police force of the Union is employed in
the laws, upholding the authority
and yindicating the rights of the federal GOV
soldiers will neither be looked upon
with dread by peaceful citizens, nor will thew
be called to the aid of partizan State officials
for the promotion of partizan schemes.
This appeal for military cooperation is
another symptom of the growing and repre-
nensible disposition to make the United States
government and officers, and especially its
army arbiters of local disputes and auxiliaries
n the accomplishment of party purposes. We
can readily imagine how with an enormous
army in his hands corrupt, INSCRIPTIONS and
President may at some future ne
nod permit and direct the employment of mil
ltary force on every occasion when it shall he
asked for and that the invocation of military
may become SO frequent that the
whole country will be ruled by bayonets and
army orders. This is one of The sions Of tl,.,t
tendency towards autoclacy now evidepa,,
rising IN the United States The hrst stan
Will DO the completion of the process Of con-
'entrating all power in thefederaI government
md the practical obliteration Of tia bopnao
les OF States. The second step will he M
nassing Of ali power in the hands Of ,naiority
which shall be represented by plant courts an
Congress and an ambitious exc
utive who shall also be q member Of the dom
aant faction or party. The third step viii be t
sken when military interference and long l
aries Of burdens, insults and expressions shall j
rive some portion Of the people into revolt, +
hieh will give occasion to raise large armies. i
the incumbent executive is at such time /
ON popular'with his party and enjoying their
nfdence, fhe is at the same time fond of a
ereise Of power, he will find little trouble Q
successive steps in extending the chains Of G.
aTtial law over the entire republic. Our it
untry is ripening for an absolute monarchy a !
d vast military despotism. The
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