The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-05
,T.e campaign of 1872 Decided

-,r1L PHILLIPS ACKNOWLEDGES
w., DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT Is
VIRTUALLY ELECTED. :
A blow sometimes stuns a d'nnkar" I
Ito sohriety. Possibly the Insult OF !
i s.od and the peril brought t" the Re
i is,I,iean party by the removal OF Mr.
pn,ner may have this effect on the
e". l:an We may see the loyal men ct
Ia'' Tnrth rally to the defence OF the
tht W. lfnot, then there is bnt one
Luz more for Congress to do IN "rnef
th'"s the death warrant of the he
to s sls marty, and possibly Of the
P pun Let Congress now a"j"nrn
u i.','nt authorized martial law ut the
Within ,,, ~ cnrb the Ku-Kiux, and they
sou'" sSu,ed the election of Demo
nav - the Presidency. Indeed the
craV of Washington i'll regard to the
mo'" ~ If the South is such that we
ahal ';.lar ,he matter about settled. The
t tsrty, three Rep"bt'egns ''ho r a,ntoI
n nsmoeratic President for 1877. W le'h-
~ Grant will consentto ran on Dem
aratic ticket is OF course uncertain.
probably lie does not himself Know
rl -. Rat evidently Buffers bill on
&C. Kn-KIux is not likely to become
~ The same subserviency that ate
',;rt in the Sumner matters stands ready
o. defeat that. Any substitute that
IDS Southern assassins to be tried Ivy
iurv of fellow -assassns Is q hlockery.
Waiting short of shooting half a dozen
sonthrrn Mathematics at the drum
head will awe the kn-Klux into sub,
mission There seems no iikelihooo
ofsuch vigor either in Congress or al
The White House. The Santo Domin-
no collar on Senatorial necks shows
That they belong to man who has en-
tored on the course where Andrew
Johnson persisted. How far he intends
70 advance on that pathway he doe
mt himself now know. But the DIES
cent is fatally easy. We did not eX
meet much from General Grant. bn
when he so unexpectedly arose to III
level of craftsmanship in the matter
the fifteenth amendment: and OF the III
dams, we smothered all our donh an
gave him large confidence. The la
few months, leapped by this lhS"iei
interference with Congress, reVeaiS u
man. We persisted in believing tn;
Mr.. Motley was removed for adeqna
cause until Mr.. Secretary Fish's elnms
letter dspelied the illusion. That az
seen in the light of this attack on
Sumner. was evidently dictated sImp
and solely by spite toward the gre
Massachusetts, Senator. James the
said, when he came to London
mount his throne and found OF
blundeling officials, 'they have CIV
me a secretary who cannot write, a
a speaker who cannot speak Or;
il understo d to he in the same affi
ton. And the Massachusetts renegi
who helped Mr.. Fish to his boy
rhetoric did his work so poorly that
betrayed the secret, and let the Wo
see that, after six months lncuhau
the department conld not hatch IL
cent excuse. Just as that discred'
BILE act was floating away into obliv
comes this usur pation, which puts
Dresent Executive into the company
Jackson's bank intrignes and J:hns'
attack on Stanton. The revelatlo
mekes of the servility of the Senat
dishearteuing to all lovers of free g
eminent. Every man knows that e
Senator who voted for Mr.. SUNNI
removal did so solely because
President had let him understand
only on that condition could he h
to have any influence at the dep
ments in securing office for his trie'
Wetell only what is an open secre
Dali
tudinizng on the floors OF Cong'
use words in Pickwickian sense
yarnisll base acts with cnmely phI;
BUTT is fit the people should X
the plain truth. The President
bought off his opponents by ref'
all winter to listen, IN tie matt
amendments, tnlthe recommends
of any member OF Congress VIII" Y
with Mr.. Summer. The only excus
dividnaf Congressman make tor eli
ing their votes is that to he ign"'
the departments, when asking "
for their supporters, is death t"
nolitlcal hopes. If Santo Domino
annexed, Grant secures it by til
and brides. The poorest mem"r!
need but little effort to recall the
embassy that bought Keystone
the iudgeship which won ii W"iv'
and the herring post that made
other Senator put on the Doi
collar. Of course, wien par,
comes merely a ring" to divid
spoils it touches its dow mall.
sad to think that the po,cer Of a
4 Dartu should hare fallen into the
of such iow, mefcenafy se.fs"ncss;.
sid that we can oppose to ontli
sassins at the Sonth, banded tns
mercilessly aud at every sactliic
at least great ohject--secesslon
i we can oppose to them only ga
i Swiss, shamelessly exhibiting
i selves for sale to the highest /
4 And so cheated of half our gan
4 traved i'm the house of our trlen
4 must rally for another such II
1 that Which crushed Davis and
i johnson. To precent the cho'c
/ Democratic President may be imp
/ But our effort must go deepe
that. We must begin to ednc
i people into the determination,
1 encouraged by rebel Preside
cession ever lifts it's head again
i South, the North will sweep re
4 with the bosom of utter des'rnctl
A leave il; no ruler bu: the swoi
/ every now living white man
craye.-INational Standard.