The New York herald., 1868-03-21


starvation in the wood.
The "carpet- -baggers" began it, Under this ex-
pressiye term it pleases the old residents-Union
men and rebes-to include all the needy adven-
turers who came South under the wing OF Banks,
Butler and the Freedmen's Bureau, or as corre-
spondents OF radical newspapers North, who have
since squatted here and divided among them
all profitable city and State appointments.
The "carpet-bagger3n began Ii. For five
years they had had 1t all their own way and each
successive act OF Congress added power to their
elbows. The Union men OF the State, the men who
suffered and fought for their principles found them
selves in the position OF unsophisticated hedge spar
rows who had taken cuckoos into their confidence.
Thrust out OF the nest and left shiver eatherless
in the cold, they have at last raised the standard OF
revolt and are making vigorous fight OF 1t. War
moth is the gubcrnatoral candidate OF the carpet
baggers; Rev. 7. b. Conway and Il. l. Cr0m-
well are among the ablest and most In.
huential of his hackers. Judge Taaferro
Is the chosen OF the resident republicans
and white men. His bottleholders incl ude exGov-
ernor Wells PltSln, Page and Mansfield. Taliaferro
as president of the late convention, has standing
among tne blacks, many OF whom have deserted to
ms s,ahuard. Ills sturdy Independence ana unim-
peached honesty OF fanaticism commend him to the
iavor OF the even EXTREMIST radicals and besides all
these elements OF strength the local press Is throw Ing
the exrebe influence into his SCALE on the principle
OF choosing the least OF two evils.
Into the contest also came the Commanding Gen.
era and the new Governor with the most destructive
weapon of al-the revision of the registration
lists. AS has been more than once stated in the
HERALD among the suffraged citizens to whose en-
lightened wisdom the formation OF sovereign con-
sttuOn for the State has been committed nearly
a thousand negroes born in Africa and never natu-
minors OF ages varying from fourteen to twenty.
Sheridan sheridan BY his, his registration orders ex-
thing that could be construed into a public
ofice under the Confederacy, down to tho
revising order declares that serg ANTS in the
Confederate army and aldermen are not "oiicersr
he lays down that the mere assertion Of a mans
having been engaged In rebellion Is not sufficient to
dlsaaay h nm o+b from I'M rresserng reg provided he
registrars. These provisions and the exclusion OF
Illegally registered voters open the door to wide
modification OF the electoral lists. Governor Baker
has had the control OF the registry appointments,
and OF course has taken to name tle most
servative men to be found In the republican ranks.
Enough. The Governor has thereby committed
high crimes and misdemeanors The Governor must
The impeacher OF the Governor OF Louisiana is q
coa-black negro who signs his affidavit with cross,
and who of course is the mere puppet in the hands
OF the carpet-baggers. The farce comes for a
first representation Wednesday,, before the First
District Court OF New Orleans.
Amid all these disturbing clements the cOnstitu-
tion Is having hard time Of 1t. The committee
style spent fortnight in vain efforts to lick into
negroes insisted upon preamble which set forth
that they were dependent upon Almighty God for the
with the American Union, but that they, .'.Jor the
more certain security M.eieW and for the
government OF this State, did ordain and estab-
constitution makes misdemeanors baiable after
vlcon, and apart from Its social equality provisions
strikes down every security for law justice Order
partly through malice prepense and partly through
sheer ignorance OF the meaning ana effect OF words
Judge Cooley, one of the members OF the conven-
ton, In pubic protest against Its adoption says:
rhe oath OF office required by article ninety nine Is
Of
venton TO fulfil the mission confded to them. What
security viii the colored race have In the oath OF an
Office II the constitution which he himself has made
does not afford 1t to thems Tne whole article
was antirepublican, in direct conflict with
OF the Bill OF Rights, and will disfranchise q
large class Of the people OF this State; and that
events have proved to we must draw FROM If we
wish competent men to manage the affairs OF State
else OF the elective franchise and capacity to hold
ofice Is UNJUST ilibera, ungenerOus and humiliat
Ing, and unworthy OF being considered emanating
from an American head and American heart"
With regard to the judiciary he shows that the
qualifications required insufficient to secure
Court 'the last buwark for the security OF titles
In this State, win be bench totally unfit by previous
education to understand and consequently ex-
pound our laws.n The PROBATE Courts will be
even worse. In tribunals shaving to pass upon the
lating to matters OF succession the Judge is made
elective by the people, and he is required TO
possess no qualification except that he shall be ci
| cation OF learned in law was stricken out And
heard delegates say this was done to enable the
freedmen to hold the place OF parish judgesn
On the social equality, riding and hotel Sleep
ing clause Judge Cooley Is equally emphatic. lie
wrtes-"Article IL, title Bin Of Rights violates
the rights OF private property, and this TO do that
which Legislation has always failed to effect, viz,
social equality, and social equality which
is abhorrent to all our traditions, and
repugnant to the laws OF nature That
this violation OF the rights OF private
property for the above purpose was deliberately de-
signed and intended Is evident from the proceedings
OF the convention. Article Is was hurriedly passed
under the operation OF the previous question: which
prevented all amendments, that, with q view OF
testing the sincerity OF delegates VINO disclai the in
tention Of forcing social equality, offered the FOL-
lowing provso TO all article No. H. Provided
Nothing contained in article Is shall be construed 70
or COLOR than are now possessed by persons OF the
voted down. Thus the cOored delegates declared
lsfed for themselves with the rights possessed
by white men,
Denounced by its own framers imperilled by the
revision OF the registration laws, and still further
menaced by the divisions IN the radical camp, the
LOUISIANA constitution stands fair chance Of going
under. It's atrocities are agrant that some Of the
leading republicans OF the State plotting against
IL. But In this age OF reconstruction nothing Is i'm
possible and by the aid OF Congress and the grace OF
General Grant the middle Of April may the
stitution adopted.