The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-08-19
Warmoth's Fright-A Carpet-bag
Government with Republican
Form.

Something has frightened the loya
governor of Louisiana out of his wits
He has made an~application to tn
President of the United States for al
additional military force to aid him il
administering the affairs of the Stat,
on which his. government has bee,
forced at the point of the bayonet. :
With Warmoth's SANDERS on the peopl,
of Louisiana, contained in this letter
we shall have nothing to do at present
Their falsity is known by every unpre
JUDGED citizen of the State. We shall
only make a few observations on th,
necessity, whether actual or feigned
which called forth the communication
Ever since the passage of the recon
struction bills, the Radicals have de
nounced those who opposed them al
opponents of the pacifcation of tn,
Southern States, and as anxious tx
keep them out of the Union and undel
a military government for an indefinite
length of time. The militarysomman
ders, the contemplate tools of revol.
utionary faction, punished with reno.
val every Southern officer who was
supposed to be an impeachment to re-
construction. The Radicals finally
triumphed over all opposition and most
of the Southern States were at last
brought into the Union under the mill
tary bills. Congress, we were told,
had at last guaranteed to the Southern
States a Republican form of govern
ment, and that it was the offspring OF
the will of the people was proved,
they said, by the fact that the several
State Constitutions were adopted by
overwhelming majorities. Every one,
then, had right to expect removal
of the military and the commencement
of the reign of peace and harmony
which had been SO confidently promis-
ed the Southern people.
1t is very astonishing, then, that be-
fore the Governor of Louisiana had
been many weeks in his seat, he should
have petitioned the President for an
additional military force instead of
the removal of these troops who had
been stationed here ever since the close
Of the war. Why is that, with the i'm
mense majority of the people of Louis
lana supporting his government, he is
unable to maintain the public tranquil
ty 2
The question is susceptible of very
easy answer. Governor Warmoth has
discovered that so far from his govern
nent resting on the will of the people
It is loathed and detested by them, and
hat every act of his Infamous admins
ration serves only to increase and in
ensify those feelings. He never pre-
ended that his government was the
of the will of the white peo-
lie of Louisiana. He boosted that he
epresented only the "loyal" colored
masses, and the large majority ofthese,
We hope, would be sufficient to hold
he white people in subsection while
lis wholesale system of public plumber
vas carrying out. But in this he has
'een mistaken. His loyal colored
masses have been deceived so often
hat they have deserted the Radical
and are making common
ause with the Southern whites. War
10th sees white and black Democratic
,ass meetings all around him.. He
ees the people in blaze of enthusi-
SIN, and his fright magnifes this en-
lusiasm into an intention to do vio-
nee to his Republican form of gov
The military is insufficient
} protect him, and he cannot rely on
is "loyal blacks" whom he is unwill-
g to trust to vote for Presidential ell
,tors. Hence his call for more troops.
This condition of things is not confin-
to Louisiana. In every Southern
tate the government has been forced
pom the people against their will, and
upheld by the bayonet. One Con-
'essman said at Washington that he
as afraid to return to the State from
hieh he professed to have been elect
l. If these governments are to be
they must be upheld by the
ayonet in all time to come. The mil
airy force which was sufficient to
aintain order before reconstruction
Ill have to be increased. The people
ill have to be taxed still. further for a
rger standing army which already
'sts Sl30,000,0OO per annum. That
eace and order which reconstruction
as TO inaugurate will never come I'M
the work of reconstruction shall
I've been undone.
While politicians are discussing the
ode of undoing the work of recon
Gov. Warmoth has furnished
70 key which will unlock the whole
after. If Seymour should be elected
is bound to remove the military
om the Soufbarp Ctofo, o;,,o, IL.