The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-06-07
SHALL A CANDIDATE BE
\ DICTATOR.

Iuo country uuS AUuicisleu lCS llSSut
Of self-government during the Presi-
Dental election. The law empower
ing the President to suspend at his
! discretion the writ of habcas corpus
yesterday passed the Senate by
vote % to Is. There was little gon-
; uine discussion in regard to it. The
partisans of the Administration and
the men who hope to he reelected
by bayonets, wasted - few hours in
vague or scur,slous talk. The ashes
Of the extinct rebellion were rakcd
and blown upon in every sense, to
see if some lingering spark Of dam
ger could not be coaxcd out Of them.
The fact that seven years Of con-
stantly increasing quiet and tram
guilty have passed since the war !;
That throughout the South it is the
| first wish of nine out Of ten Of the
population that peace and order
should prevail, that immigration
should Increase, and good will be-
tween the races and the sections be
restorcd--all these evident facts pro-
duced no effect upon those stolid
politicians, intent only upon drawing
a possible ephemeral advantage from
their reckless and ungracious act
They have seemed to care as little
for the North as for the South
Every utterance of public opinion
has been against this deplorable leg
islation. The great majority. even
Of those papers which sustain the
Administration have deprecated the
further extension Of this Ku-klux
Act, as useless and dangerous. But
certain Senators of the South have
appeared to think they could gain
more from the presence Of the sol
diers than they could lose by voting
to bring them, and their Northern,
allies have steadily supported them,
with sullen contempt for the uni
versal voice Of warning they have
received from their constituencies.
This is fact Of especial signi1i-
canoe. It would not be difficult to
imagine the reasons which might in
.duco Senators, anxious for influence
OF their own people, to vote the
forco bill against any objections
But the fact that the Alministra-
ton members have supported it in
solid phalanx shows that it is earn
estly desired by the Executive, and
that this strong and unscrupulous
will is silently excrting itself to ac
complish this temporary Dictator
ship. If it were not for the slinu-
lus Of a powerful sclf-interest there
would be no disposition to endure
the open illwill which even the pros-
poet of this legislation las excited
in every part Of tho country. The
measure is clearly political one
Its object is to use tho army in the
canvass in the interest of the faction
row in power. Tho present military
Administration has determined to
remain in office. The men who are
strongest in it are men who know
but one way of accomplishing their
purpose-by direct and not very
punctilious action. They can easily
persuade themselves that tho good
Of the country requires that they
shall be continued in place. When
you make a soldier Dictator and
President, and virtually give him
The classic charge, "to take care
hat the Republic shall receive no
letriment"-you give him very
vide range. In his opinion the Re-
public could receive no greater det-
iment than to fail to re-clect him, ,
We still have strong hopes of the ,
louise of Representatives.. They ,
AVE once Or twice shown favorable +;
ymptoms of a Discrimination to be ,
Mounted by the rough riders of the s
Government. They are nearer to {
ne people than the Senate, and this .
net serves to preserve in them GER I
ain sense OF responsibility. We a
elieye they will refuse TO io;n in !,