Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-01

THE NEW ORLEANS TROUBLES.

from MAssachusetts (Mr. DAwesl is entitled, \
ia my Judgment, to the thanks Of the ooun
try for the independence Of his conduct 10
moving the proposed investigation. He is =
leader Of his party, and the effects of his
measure must fall upon his political friends.
His oonduo, IL all the more commOndabls
for that reason.
Sir, VIVA, do we behold in Louisiana |
An American state has been trying for two |
weeks 10 convene her Legislature, aud trying
10 vain. She has been endsavoring to as
semble the lAv.mAkiuR branch Of her gov.
eminent. and up 70 this hour has failed.
Daring that time We have seen an Ameri-
can officer IN command Of United States
troops, moving them ever day to aud from
the government barracks, Interfering in the
struggle, under orders from sOmev here,
until ~ last the mob arises aud goes to his
headquarters. IL there makes demand,
disgraeeful TO them aud 60 the age in which
we live-asks the officer 70 proclaim mar
hal law. The answer given by him was not
creditAble to his uniform or rank, but Il
was, perhaps, just to the servile mob,
clAmoring for tyranny TO be Established on
their Bonded necss. He tells them TO &c
away, or he will give them the martial Law
OF grape and canister. These are strange
events in land Of law. y
And At last there comes this morning a
declaration Of war. | know not whether
the intelligence is true or false--I know
not whether the Louisiana officials have
acquired Mexican habits Of issuing pro-
clamationa for amusement and not for
purposes of battle. BE that as il may, the
good nswe Of the whole country is dis
graced; public decency is outraged; the
leader Of one faction proolAims that he
wall, 81 given hour, proceed in battle
array 10 open one branch Of the legislature
BY force Of arms, With due military regard
10 the safety Of non-oom batanis, he tells
them 10 close their houses aud places oil
business aud 70 keep out Of lhe streets
This is = declaration OF civil war This
time 10 Is noI slAyeholder's rebellion: il
Is = war Of two wings ofA great and pow
erful political party. Has !, com msnced ?
Who can tell me2 do not know whether
II has or not, but IL this matter does no
call Tor prompt action on our part, iSsn
can conceive Of no outrage on Americar
soil that should challenge shs attention o.
American congress.
Sir, this trouble arises from the system
upon which congress has acted 10 reeoa
sIuoting the south.
have been in tae south this summer il
connection with an investigating commit
tee,And | assert thai the worst government
m the whole world without any exception
ore the govsrnmonts Of tho southern. statel
at shis hour. There 10 nothing COMPARABLE
TO them. They are unparalleled for thei
iniquiiy, their iufamy, and sheir outrages
Their law makers are Incompetent TO max
laws. With Legislators, f1ur-flths o
whom eau neither read or write, aud wh,
pay not even poll tax, enGoilug laws and
leyying untold millions OF taxes upon th
property Of the state, what can you ex
poet except the worst goverpmsui beneath
the SUM-
This ssA,e Of things exists not merel
To Louisiana, but every where else in to,
south in the states that have been recon
siruoled.
In Virginia, il 10 true, thas matters az
not so bad, bus she too, has been plunge
into an enormous debt since recous,ructo
commenced. IL is the fault OF perniciou
system. You have called into power a
influence aud . GLASS which would parAlyz
and destroy any state that exists upo
earth. Ia Louisiana to-day IL isa conIes
between two fsotions Of the same part,
but there is this excuse for Que Of thos
factions that Il represents the popula
sentiment rebelling against nnmitigA
and Undesirable wrongs. The present stat
government Of Louisiana has crushed III
people BY force OF its infamous laws, an
by the imposiIion Of taxes, until the instin,
Of resistance is too strong 20 be longer r,
pressed. do not say that the one par,
IN this contest 10 better than the other, {
that one party would do better ia coutr,
Of the government than the other, but tn
Yarmouth nd minigiralion has ruined ii
state.
To-day there 10 debt Of between Gf,
and one hundred million dollars res,in
upon the state Of Louisiana and the city
New Orleans. AT last this AdministrAtio
Of pillage and crime has provoked the sci
timsnt Of the state to rssisi IL. You q
this TACT recognized by Governor Wa
Mouths own conduct. When q few do,
since the United States troops ceased
pass back and forward from the barrAol
OF the government 70 the Mechanics Inst
tute Of the city Of New Orleans, when the
we're told At late hour from bore to stay
their quarters, aud Governor Warmout
found himself stripped Of their support.
then FASTENED to have repealed q list Of o
no1ious laws, a system Of Internal and o
pressive legislation. | say TO the hou
that care little what becomes Of eth
one Of these factions, but 1, does matt
much TO the character OF the AmsricG
government whether = state shall literal
disorganize itself and dissolve into elemen
Of anarchy. As well almost might you il
stall the BsrAtariA bay pirates again upo
the coast Of the Gulf Of Mexico Ns 10 q
low these people their unbrided swa
VIVA, the remedy ia involves too elAborA
and too vAst n question for me TO enter {
now.
Upon some more fitting and appropria
occasion, may submit my views upon th
subject. 10 my deliberate Judgment, Il
the governments have been built in u
southern states, If you will allow the .
preston, upon the wrong end.
The pyramid stands, not upon its has
but upon is apex. You have found
your governments upon the vice, upon 8
Ignorance, upon the irTesponsibility Of ma
kind; not upon .he.s.abli.y, not upon 4
intelligence, no, upon the classes shat a
responsible for the peace, order, and welfa
Of society, and now you are resping sou
Of the fruits Of your sysIem. DO mi
gather grapes Of thorns, or figs from thu
lesy' No neither will you gather q
blessings Of good government from 50
TEN which has brought into power al
place the worst aud most ignorant classes
the human race. allude not merely to q
black element Of the south | allude also
the opportunity which your plan Of recon
truction gave to adventurers from the norI
aud to the vicious and corrupt Of oil rae
and from oil quarters Of the world. /
lude to that feature Of your policy disirAnc
isinR the Intelligence and the virtue Of 4
south, which a distinguished Rsntlemi
from South Carolina, few days ago in ii
capitol, declared mad N ade bis state COVER
men, disgrace to the civilized world
Is confined, however, to no one state r
evils Of your Legislation are spread broA
cast throughout all the south II salut
the eye everywhere. Your failure to esta
llsn peace and prosperity is universal.
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