The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-26

asying from the beginning cohuenli.eu
M ia called the military reconstruction
n X having denounced all and singular OF
Epsurpations that have come It'. OF II, JUST
/ mioht have been expected from such
sn,lora's box of evils, we can perhaps
\ 40 better thing than to showhow some
lgibe most thoughtful of the Northern
! regard the state of misrule now ex-
SSp OF the South. In connection with
4,ssnbieet, the stern question thrusts it
3,Iike iron into the minds Of men OF the
Inn az to where usurping overthrow OF
I and liberty at the point OF the sword is
ston2 When is it to stopI
The class of demagogues who are en-
cd directly and indirectly in hundreds
nodes of furtiveness to excite the blacks
raee to 90 in solid ranks against the
1Etps of the South, as in Washington and
lFhmond. talk openly and audaciously of
lno;ne the Border States under Theron
n Of military ustrpatioh. 1t will be but
l5av before they will menace the enforce
Int of republican government, as they
Iderstand it, upon Northern communities
Here alleged disloyalty shall crop out to
' overthrow of the Radical ascendeucy.
neither we look to the merits of the mill
h usurpation bill, in letter or spirit in its
3israceful inception in Congress, or to the
Inner in which it is carried out by that
lnerlative transcending of original aa-
britv (which knows no ebb, but keeps
h on" unrebuked by the Chief Execu,
h Of the United States, uncpndemned
but few of the more conservative OF
jminal Republican papers, and gloated
Ter and triumphantly endorsed IN the
lime Of right by party presses aud orators
bo sneak like oracles in the name OF
lit of liberty whose DEGREES are blood, and
hose deeds are destruction, nothing can
seen around US but a broad sea OF hide
d dangers, which should inspire all true
len in Joint manly efforts to the common
bd of ayerting terrific menace to constitu
lopal government, and bring confusion up
N the nameless multitude of plotting dem
koques who have, thus far, had licensed
6punity from rebuke or penalty. With
nj further comment, we publish extract
Iom presses Of the North, before referee
b, as follows; a3* 9l3@
'h" tttrom the Boston Post.]
This matter must be dealt with plainl..
md now. If q military commander, 81
liver a number Of States In order to SUI
bort the civil authority, may proceed to 81
hat authority aside altogether, or, what
he same, to make it dependent on h
naked will, where is the guarantee that y
hall not have the same experiment trit
mon as here at the North? And ifV
submit to the sight of such conduct in Of
hart of the country 10 silence, witho
RAISING even protest, do we not deser
the worst which these usurpers may
time dare to visit upon US? 1t used to
4 maxim that liberty could not be woaf
led in any one of her members withc
causing the whole fair body to suffer tn
the pain. But now we sit by and see t
States virtually Topped from the body
litic. and trust to the fond delusion
shall not be summoned to share the per
ty. Whatever wrong is done to freed
lin the South is sure to react upon Us OF
NORTH. We have lifted our voices in
TEST against tyranny in Greece, in aoia
Lin Austria, ID Ireland, in South Amer
because of the love we bore the price
lgift against which the outrage was dir
Nisd shall we deem it of less importa
that the same odious monster shows
q head on our soil and among our
brethren - -
General Schofelds order, appoin
sub.officers to the control of the mag
rial, police and judicial authorities OF
sub. districts into which he has div
Virginia, is simply usurpation OF
whole civil power of the State. Iitc
upon the people Of Virginia like q thun
clap out of clear sky, so little cause
there for the PRONUNCIATION of al ord |!
Mextraordinary. General Schotield had
considered one of the most moderate 0
five commandments OF the South, and
people of Virginia were known to
carried themselves with unexceptonal
priety. The reason for this astonls
edict is therefore the harder to discov'
On a sudden, without the least war
the liberty and property OF the peor
Virginia are at the mercy OF military
Ter, which has thrust its hand into ever
calty. Military officers "are given,
command of the police of cities and
Ipower of the countless" and "ali ?
oficers, sheriffs, and constables ore
@uuired to obey and execute the ord'
1.-THE military commissioners" in cases s
lied. 1t rests with the military to q
whether persons charged with crime Q
Mbe atried by 0 military commission,
I 3be brought before a civil court" It'll
down that trials before civil courts W
|preferred "when there is satisfactory
son to believe that justice 'piH De IL
hut it is directly ordered that "until t
lders Of the Commanding General are
known in any case, the paramount
s dictien assumed by the military co
]sioners will be exclusive" "All pc
civil officers and Others are require
obey and execute the lawful orders
military commissioners to the same
as they required by law to obey an
cute writs issued BY civil magistrates
General Popes course In respect
, Mobile trouble is not less open t.
Reclamation at the hands of all freer
: AStationed at Atlanta. he preshmes
. 3cide a question over the evidence OF
|. ral Swayne, who was on the ground
r notorious, in the first place, that the
ao riot, which was the very thing
desired by the Radicals. General
own report states that it was not o,
the zeal Of the Mayor or the Chief
Q lice that the riot did not assume TO
n ble proportions" which is positive
% that it did not. He says he remove
y two civil offcers-the Mayor, beca
went off home and left affairs in tn
/ of the Chief, '.probably because
l. posed the sentiments of the speake
70 bot be pleasant to him'.and the
!. Police, because he "either SYM
- NTH the rioters or was wholly inef
n. md both OF them, "because there
N ikely to be confidence Of any
ID whatever hereafter while they reta
II lihces." rrs
The common sense Of the peopl
,ountry will refuse to permit such