The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-05
The Coming Revolution in the
United States,
From the New York Herald

4 United States.
| From the New York Herald.
All the signs of the times indicate that
sweeping revolution must come at no dis
eant DAY IN this country. Not revolution
OF the barbados or at the point of the bav
onet, Tor that is necessary here, where tn,
people have the power to accomplish i
through their voter, but revolution, new
eftheiess, as thorough and complete
through the ballot box. Hope deferred
makes the heart sick, and the American
people nave been vainly hoping for /.
ehange IN the administration Of the gov
eminent, which has become in every de
partment the most corrupt and extraya
CANT one on the face of the EARTH The,
were patient during the war, though it wa;
well known the corrupt rings and shoddy
contractors were then robbing the govern
ment of hundreds of millions a wear ba
| cause the greater question of putting dowr
the rebellion and preserving the Union nj
any cost overwhelmed all other questions
linen, again, during Mr.. Johnson's admin.
istration they still bore patiently the
irl2hlfnl extravagance, corruption and mis-.
management in the government, for thev
SAID that was the result of the conflict be.
tween the Executive and Congress-. and
tnat with new President fresh from and
elected directly by the people all would be
changed and the government reformed -
BESIDES, 1T was said little time was need
ed to cure the evils resulting from the war.
such were the arguments, the hopes and
the patience of the people, and they bore
their burdens accordingly.
The 4th OF March, 1869. was to be the
new era OF reform, retrenchment, economy
and the restoration of the government to
something like its original functions and
practice. The new President bad uttered
words to that effect. The popular hero
who, by his military genius, had conquered
the rebellion and closed up the war, was
looked to with hope to bring about the
much needed change. But he has been
subjugated and brought under the power of
the Old corrupt rings which control the
whole machinery of the government. A
few weeks after his Inauguration he has
suceumbed to the Senate ring of corrunt
politicians, around which all the other
corrupt rings in and out of CongrossW the
WHISKY rug .ne Pacific Railroad ring, the
'al bank ring, the Treasury ring and
all the other corrupt rings There
never can be any reform in the government
and country until the power of that ire
sponsible and inscriptions oligarchy be
broken up. With the surrender of Gen.
Grant little hope remains that this can be
accomplished during his administration,
unless, indeed, the people become within
tnat time so impatient and disgusted as to
turn our the present members of Congress
and elect better ones. Gen. Grant means
right, and should body of honest and able.
men be sent to Congress he would work
with them; but having succumbed to the
existing Congressional ring OF politicians,
which sustaips all the corrupt aud plumber
ing rings that deplete the treasury and
overwhelm the people with taxation, he, in
the meantime, Can do nothing
Nor is there any powerful voice among
the three hundred and more men of both
houses of Congress raised against the wide
spread corruption and extravaganza that
prevails. Mr. Sprague, it is true, has
spoken out boldly and told some truths
very unpalatable to his Senatorial COL
leagues. He is independent enough, and
has the resolution to hammer away at that
citadel of corruption, but he lacks the abil-
ty required, and the Senate ring politicians
only laugh at his effots. Still he is doing
good. Almost all the members of both
the House and the Senate, especially the
Senate, especially the leading members, are
interested in the railroad, whisky, Treasury
and national bank rings, and they play into
each others hands. How is it possible,
then, to reform the Government? How
can corruption and extravaganza be check
ed when all the power is in the bands of
the very men interested in maintaining
such state of things, and when the Presi-
dent has resigned himself to them?
There appears to be but one end to this
state of affairs, and that is revolution
an uprising of the people at the ballot-box.
1t is certain they will not continue to pay
taxes to the Federal Government to the
amount of four hundred millions year.
No people having universal suffrage ever
did or ever will bear long with such as
extravaganza, corruption and
Encouragement and overwhelming taxa
lion as we. witness without revolving. In
faithful representatives may pile on the |
debt and taxes, but the limit of forbearance
will be reached, and the voters, in their
urn, will have something to say. five go
On as we have been going it will not be
oDg before we hear reputation uttered as
\ popular cry from one end of the country
10 the other. The party which has brought
upon the country these evils and burdens
will be driven from power, and the one
that will succeed it may take short cut |
10 relieve the people of enormous taxation
aud throw all the odium OF reputation
1pon those who created the burdens. This,
really, is what we are coming to this. is
The revolution which the political oligarchy
IN Congress and the corrupt rings that re-
7olve around it will soon force upon the
country.
Letter From General Early;