Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-20
THE NATION AROUSED.

This is an appropriate. inierfoSa, .
DRY to submit to the clique who
haze succeeded in so extraordinary
4 manner in arousipg the alarm and
Indignation of previously calmly
Country. That the whole
Country is aroused is patent, for
from the moment that the telegraph |
flashed the startling intelligence |
over the land, that without the
slightest Indications of disturbance
warHnting Federal interference,
without the remotest danger to Re
publican liberty, without request OF
any one, outside of the clique, with
out an appeal to the ample and ef-
fcient police power of the State to
check or prepare to repress any dis
turbance that might have been ap-
pretended, from that moment to the
present one, the soul of the entire
American nation has been profound
" stirred. The entire Press, that
palladium Of peoples rights, has
with one united voice lifted up its
tones of denunciation against the
enormous outrage and abuse OF
a "little brief authority" Demo
cratic, Conservative and Republican
newspapers are standing shoulder
to shoulder, and in serried ranks
confront and give uncompromising
battle to the invaders OF q people &
rights, the disturbers OF a nations
tranquility. The issue cannot be
doubtful. The highest authority,
under whose great shelter design
ing men sought TO protect them
selves from the fury of "the pitiles:
storm" that threatened them, ha:
repudiated their conduct. The re
sponsibility has been narrowed
down to an individual Federal ap
pointee-United States Marsha
Packard. On his expanded should
ders now rest the blame of Thu
great wrong. Like Atlas he /
doomed to bear the incumben
weight of this world of odium
! Unlike Atlas, he cannot sustain it.
But why has this enornit..
= been committed? Obviously, tw'
: answers are given. One, by tn
friends and supporters of Messrs
+. Packard & Co, and one,' by thei
opposers.
The friends of the perpetrator
of the outrage, urge estheir strong
est arguments, that they would un
: questionably have had ''no show
l. under ordinary circumstance
That the State Government wonl
have made use of its power an
II patronage in the sole interest Of it
d friends, to the utter exclusion {
g all the opponents of the Governor
II and therefore they were compelle
, in their own interest and for th
n protection Of their friends and a
" hes TO hold the convention in a plat
S where the Slate with all its righ
t, and with all its powers would !
p ignored and couH be easily col
e, trolled.
III The plan was good enough, b,
s. it lacked the essentials of legali'
IN and right, to sustain it when cha
rs lenged. But suppose we admit ii
u plea. Who constituted those bus
bodies, the custodians of the RICH
and privileges of the Republica
- of Louisiana? Suppose that eve
" word they allege be true; where I
- they derive their authority for fe
" eral interference at all in the peac
u BILE squabbles inside the ranks
the Republican Party Say tn
from Congress. We say advised
that it was never in the contempt
- ton of Congressional Legislato
~ that such an Interpretation could
put on the Act authorizing Fedel
interposition in State election
~ And the head of the National A
ministration repudiates the unw'
ranted nets in to-to. So then, IL
- the best reasons which can be
legged, are groundless and the S
" constituted protectors Of rigl
" which were not in danger, find IL
they have not only performed
~ than kIess task, but are likely
m suffer for their grstuitous inter-
r sition.