Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1869-12-18
Communicated J.
Communicated J
SPURIOUS RADI0ALI6M
AND
TRUE REPUBLICANlSM.

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the spirit Of God is, here is liberty. The
spirit Of God manifests itself in peace, order,
unity, harmony-al the moral virtues, in short
Now, the Radicals, those wreckers Of tho
fundamental principles of social life, who uu.
blushingly strip constituted States and corpor-
atoms OF the inherent, right 10 manage their own
affairs; the Radicals, who have mutilated the
fundamental law. Of our political existence
the Constitution Of our revolutionary fore
tat,ers-for private interests and malicious
ends; the Radicals, who spurn the sublime
Christian Code, and give their sympathy and
adhesion to such base moral vagaties as Frse-
love, Woman's Rights, Miscegeaa;ion, Amalg.
amalion, Fourierism, Socialism, Mormonisn
e,. ID genus o,ane. can certainly make no claim
to that Spiri, which guarantees liberty. They
have, therefore, no proper appreciation Of trae
freedom; and hence, their incapacity TO UNDER
stand the refusal OF Southern Society to
accept their wild schemes Of reconstruction
on the, barbarous plan Of absorbing individual
and corporate interests in the chief ruling
power Of The Federal compact.
Every legitimate government is a solemn
agreemrnt, eitlser stipulated or implied, be-
tween Two contracting p~arties-the people on
The one hand in their corporate or social
capacity, possessing the '"a'ienao'e right,
conlestAs Oh Them by the Author Of Society,
10 dictate the form and the conditions Of their
governments; and the personal Poaoer, ~exercis'
ing the delegated authority, on the other hand.
Both Of the contracting parties are equally
boupd by the terms of the agreement; and the
failure of either party 10 fulfill the stipulated
tr' implied obligations, aunuls the contract,
and absolves the other from all obligation in
the premises.
Faulsunore: in the event Of the detection
Of .iAe party invested with the Sovereign
authority, from the conditions of the political
com pact, the peop'e--the source Of all power,
ufster God, may take back the betrayed Trust,
md commit il 10 more faithful hands. And,
rs every act Of the ruling power, not warranted
by the terms Of the deposit, is manifsstly a
nsurpalion, il would not be difficult to demon
strate that Society would be justified in
resor,ing even TO extreme measures, in order
to reclily the political vertigo with which, it
seems, all usurpers are wont to be afflicted.
But in this, wo are restrained by motives Of
expedicnrv; although, in good truth, where
principle is at stake, for the expedients and
soi.disam "prnleuce' of .emporiz'ng natures,
We entertain the supremest contempt.
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While, therefore, we do not counsel any
ilnprudenl opposition to the schemes OF
sfrecons,rnctionn devised in 4 spirit of malice
and tyranny by our Radical rulers. and while
we hold that no individual is justified in
Offering resistance TO the laws such as they
are, yet, we have no idea that our Southern
Communities will prove so aposlaie TO ,hri,
ancestral traditions, as TO accept voluntarily
and without protest, a new tangled system oi
government, having nothing Of RepubIicanism
in Il, but the name; and characterized no less
by lis anarchical tendency than by its
audacious despotism.
Neither can we for q suppose, tina,
the Southern people reared in the principles OF
true Chri stan Repubiicanism, and still happily
strangers to the social alterations Of the Rad.
icals,wilI gracionsly approve the administration
Of Southern interests by itinerary officials, who,
aside from their connection with the party Of
''new moral ideas" prove themselves, in ninety.
nine cases out Of a hundred, 10 be destitute,
not only of The FIRST principles Of human
rights, but even Of the dictates OF common,
humanity, and of the most ordinary intelIi'
gence. 1
Enough has been shown from the mouths
of tho Radicals themselves, TO prove the
moral obiiqni,y Of their high functionaries
1t may not, however, be so clear to our
readers, that The undomiciIed subordinate
officials, wandering over the tempting soil Of
the South and other regions. in quest Of
temporary Indications, ore such brainless and
consciousness billiards, as the current ac'
counts Of them would warrant Us in believing
wherefore, in sheer justice TO that very
interesting aud very disinleresled class o.
Recommendations, = as we'll las 10 clear our
selves, from the possible charge Of needlessly
yeniilaliug their mora! aud intellectual poverty
we. transfer from the pnbiic prints, a few items
of the disgraceful record they are ~inscribing
on the darksst:annals which, j, is 10 be hoped
American history is ever destined TO comprise
"A Brilliant Radical Justice Of the Peace
A MI, Bowers Of Hartisonviiss Mo. wa
arrested and charged with .abducting an,
pusasring ~ Young lady. and tried before TN
justice Of Tie peace. While the trial wa
going on, the young lady appeared before TIL
justice; but he refused 10 take her evidence
whether she had been killed OF not; and HI
committed Bowers 10 jail for murder. 'Th'
justice WAS q Radical, aud that was his idea o
Justice. Bowers vas afterwards discharged
on a writ Of habeas corpus"
IAN Orr1clAL OsGAN. The iaiquitous Print
ing Bill. There are elk posi- Offices in the
parish of St. Mary, and The editor of the
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