New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-11

ical squabbles among Southern States off
cials, except where it is necessary t.
| preserve the peace and the live.
| and rights of the people. SO long as The
| squabbles are confined to the Politician
they should be let alone.
The Chicago Jo,.r,a! says OF the arrest
of Governor Warmoth and members Of
the Legislature by the United States mar
sha:
This Of course was q high-handed out.
rage, and will be disavowed and censured
by the authorities at Washington.
The Chicago Erening Post says:
In two or three of the States OF the Union
there has been going on for many months a
sort of internecine warfare in the dominant
party, which the people at large are getting
heartily disgusted with. Not to mention
the chronic fight, which will probably never
cease, in New York, the more serious quar-
rel at present engaging public attention is
that going on in the city of New Orleans.
between the wing of the party of which
Governor Warmoth is the head, and the
other Of which the CustOmhouse is the
head centre. 1n two cases within the year
resort has been had to arms, either to
maintain or break the peace, and very
tppIcdCu 10 DlODlsAtO HAS Detu IIt
result. We shall not stop to inquire at this
time upon whom the burden of RESPONSE
bility for this state of affairs mainly rests
We are heartily glad to know, therefore,
that the President has taken the matter in
hand, and will make an effort to investigate
the whole affair thoroughly and imrar-
TALLY, and, SO far as it is in his power, ap-
ply the remedy. The noisy feud at New
Orleans has obtruded itself upon the coun-
try long enough. The disgrace of it will
finally attach to the whole party.
The Philadelphia Erenin GBulletin says ::
1t is very satisfactory to know that the
President has declared his intention to un-
dertake an investigation Of the conduct of
the federal officials who were engaged in
the disturbances at New Orleans. We
can not pretend, in the absence of clear and
positive information, to determine which of
the factions is in the right.
But one thing is certain, the officers Of the
national government can have no excuse
for using United States troops and artil-
lery, and the vessels of the revenue, for
the purpose of intimidating their opponents.
They have obtained assistance of this kind
twice, and upon the second occasion it was
by mere chance .hat bloOdshed was
avoided. The officials who have been guilty
of this scandalOus abuse of their authority
should be punished with the utmost Sc
verify, whether Warmoth is pure or cor
rupt, and his cause good or bad. The Pres
ident owes it to himself, to his party, and to
the country to make thorough investiga-
ton of the subject ani to be unsparing in
his administration of justice to the of
tenders.
The Philadelphia Ercntng Telegraph takes
an original view and says:
Slavery as recognized. Legitimate and
tangible institution has been swept away,
but the restless spirit of characterization
which it inspired has not been eradicated.
and ever since the close of the var il has
been running rampant and riot0us through
the land The best method of dealing with
this tendency to lawlessnes5 has become
the great problem of the hour. Until it is
crushed out, peace and prosperity must re-
main strangers to the Southern States
while it continues both capital and labor
will seek other fields, where they can be
assured the protection and stability essen
tial to the success of industrial pursuits.
The sOcalled ku-kiux legislation of Con-
gress appears to have been precisely what
was needed to encounter and overcome
one phase of the spirit of perversity
which hitherto has regned supreme
in the South But there are nauitesta-
tions of this anarchIcal tendency which
the Ku-klux law will not and can not be
made to reach. In Louisiana a spectacle is
now presented which affords a striking IL
lustration of the wOrthlessness of the aver
age Southerner as component part OF a
wellregulated community. The fight is en-
tirely "a home affair, and is not complicated
by carpet-bag or any other extraneous in
tluences. There are whites and blacks on
both sides, and the blacks apparently are
no worse, while they are evidently quite as
bad as the whites. To the leaders ON both
sides the idea of settling the dispute by an
appeal to the forms and precedents of law
does not occur. The Law is invoked, it is
true, but only as one of the agencies for
getting the better OF an antagonist, and be-
cause the machinery happens to be in the
hands of friends. Armed policemen, colored
troops and Gatling guns take the place of
parliamentary precedents; law and de-
cency are alike detied by both sides, and
the end is not yet
Not until the anarchicai spirit
which permeates and pervades Southern So
clety is supplanted by complete subsection
to the forms of law, and entire acquies-
cence in its behests, can Louisiana or any
other Southern State hope for permanent
peace and uninterrupted prosperity.
The Buffalo New York, Courier, Demo
cratic jou inal, concludes an editorial in this
manner:
Ostensibly the fight is between Governor
Warnoth and the combined retormers, but
behind it all there is another complication
which has a national bearing of no slight
importance. 1t seems that in Louisiana, as
in New York, there are two factions among
the Republicans. The one is headed by 5.
B. Packard, United States marshal and
chairman of the committee, and the other
by Governor Warmoth and those who
ba Ntota Cnpy
ton last summer. The former controls all
the federal officials in the State, while the
latter has hitherto ruled the Legislature
and State patronage. The struggle is now
to defeat the Warmoth party in the inter-
ests of Grants administration, and it is one
of political life and death upon both sides.
If the Packard faction is successful in the
struggle now going on, the administration
forces in the State will have unchecked
sway III the Presidential election, and if it
is defeated, Warmoth can dictate terms
and maintain himself in power.
Such, in brief, is the explanation of the
political imbrOgliO now existing in New
Orleans. 1t is disgusting to all good citi-
zens, ana disgraceful to the State. In the
general interests, IL is altogether unimpor-
tant what the issue of the contest may be.
Upon principle, however, the same question
of federal interference is involved which
arose in Missouri In 1870, and which is now
agitating political circles in this State. A
very similar experience has just been had
at Albany, and the federal authorities pre-
vailed. Here the administration used only
money and official influence; but in LOuisi-
ana federal troops, and powder and ball,
will be brought into requisiton, if it is
found neces sary.
The Vicksburg Times says Of the affairs
of the past week:
Arrests and cOunter-arrests were then
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