The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-14
Did PresidenL Grant lOrdeF the New
OrIeaas oafraEe or N0ie


A committee Of Republieans from Lou
isana are to wait upon President Grant
some day next week 70 learn officially
what he means 70 do about the interven-
tion of United sales troops with Gatling
guns to exclude nom the Republican State
Convention at New Orleans the delegates
believed to be opposed to his own renomi-
nation as a candidate for President.
There is every reason to- believe that
this unpreoedentedor crime 0fusing troops to
control a political convention was commit
ted with the sanction of The President: IN
fact, that 1t was done By his order, The
chief agent in the Transaction was his own
brother-in7 law. who had but short time
previously spent some lime With him ~
Long Branch and who afterwsTd, declared
that he had the very highest authority for
arraying the troops at the doOrsof the Con-
vention. 1t is also in evidence that. the
brother-in-law and his associates at New
Orleans sent q Telegram 10 the President
and to some members of the Cabinet two
days before the assembling Of the Conyen-
ton. expressly requesting that troops
should be furnished to cooperate with
them. Besides, it is known 70 be the US
age IN the army that no commander shall
send troops on the application of civil Of
instructors from the War Department
1t is also fully proven that the day before
the Conxention a lsnge number cf prouii-
nent Republicans in New, Orleans, tels-
graphed to Secretary Boutwell, IN Washing
ton, that they had been Informed that
troops were 10 be present at the eonyen-
ton, and requesting him 10 interfere 10
prevent a wrong 50 needless aud aiarIniDg.
70 this JOINT telegram no answer was re-
ceived. but there can be no doubt that il
reached Mr. Boutwell,, and that, il. It had
been in his power, he would have pF3cur-
ed from the President an order forbidding
| the presence of troops. .-. ....rr f.4
These are The facts which 90 TO show
that IT is Gen. Grant himself who is re
sOonsibie for this great political crime.
The conclusion Is strengthened by thslcir-
| cumstance that. although three weeks
have passed away siRce the event, lie has
neither said nor done anything 70 Indicate
\ that he dlsapproves OF the action Of his
brothersintlaW and the other oliceholasTs
in New OElealss or that Hha iHteRds ITO
punish them By remoyal from their afiees.
Nothing else, however, eaA avail ~ any
1 degrees to relieve him FROM Lthe 9Odiuin OF
having himself been the head of the con
| spiracy of =lRhich- they-zere-tirs executive
| agents Nothing elsezeanEvail in any de-
gree to mitigate the indignation with
which the people everywhere regard their
proceeding. But If such an act Of Justice
is to be performed at all. there Is no time
to be lost, Phe demand of1he Louisiana
Republicans should NOT be waited, for If
] Casey, Packard, and Lowell are TO have
thei- just dues, their dismissal should take
place instantly Thus ia may even at
this late day haze BONE apPearance of
having been prompted BY eFeditabis dis
gust for their action. Ii the Rrssidsht in
tends to strike them at all 'let1-Shim strike
them at once, and not wait for the inter
view Of next week.-1Net0 York SIN. -