New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-13

speak, for notwithstanding the enthusl
astic determination of the partisans to run
two machines in preference to surreQder,
there's but one of them can last the game
out. We're immensely sorry, but not Delng
our fight, we perch ourselves hrnly on
neutral ground We await further intelh.
gence with anxiety.
The Shreveport Times reviews the situa-
ton, and adds
But there are features in the tumults OF
Thursday. that wear an Ominous aspect,
and. it seems to us, indicate the fact that
another and holder step has been taken
toward the subversiOn OF the individuality
of the States. In these proceedings the
hideousness of the ku-klux bill is fully re-
vealed. and the Outrages perpetrated by
| the United States troops on private citizens
Of South Carolina sink into insignifcance
before the high-handed arrest, by the au-
thorities Of that government, OF the Gov
ernor, four Senators and seventeen Rep
resentatives of a sovereign State II this
outrage is, cOnsummated, why longer pre-
| serve the forms of republcanism Why
longer pirate of elections by the people,
| representation and the rights of States (!
| We believe Governor Warmo.h to be cor
| rupt man, politician capable Of any crime,
! or of a possible usurpatiOn, but we do not
| believe his antagonists have any advantage
of him in public or private virtue; and the
| thinking men of this State will he convinced
that his arrest, under the circumstances,
was designed neither to stay his career OF
corruption or to vindicate the laws, but
simply to punish his opposition to President
Grant.
The Times reminds the Democracy that
"any alliance with the Customhouse wing
will result in sacrifice of principle, and Of
the interests of Che country" We copy
the remainder of the editorial from that
paper:
In the passage of certain bills looking to
a reformation in the legislation of the State,
which are proposed by the Carter Radi-
Gals we desire the Democrats in the Legis-
lature to cooperate, but any alliance with
the CustOmhOuse wing we are certain will
result in a sacrifice of principle and of the
interests Of the country.
Those who believe that Grant is a fool or
an imbecile are mistaken. Let them remark
that this man who talks gibberish to the
people at railroad stations, trOts horses on
the beach at Long Branch, and smokes in
silence on the piaZZas of the White House,
tOday has the Congress of the United
States at his beck and call yields a power
greater than that of the Gear; controls the
revenues and armies of the country; die
tates treaties and legislation, and arrests
with impunity the Governors and Repre-
sentatives of sovereign States. We insist
that Grant is a more dangerous man than
Warmoth; the first, it strikes us, has much
Of the Oliver Cromwell in him, while the
latter is SIMPLY shrewd and accomplished
rascal. Let the Democracy consider well
before they take the ground, that if Grant
will give them the State. they can afford to
give him the Presidency. Give him the
Presidency again, and the State will be
myth.
Since the above was put in type, later
dispatches somewhat change the aspect of
affairs in New Orleans. WarmOth has re-
ceived a dispatch from United States SEN
ator West, dated at Washington, embody-
ing a note from the President, expressing
surprise at the action Of the marshal in
arresting the Governor and others; while
Speaker Carter has apparently abandoned
the contest with Warmoth. and is proceed
ing to organize House of his own. From
all this, it seems that Warmoth at present
holds the trump cards. Further develop
ments may reverse the situation. We are
not disposed to credit the President with
any great amount of astonishment over the
occurrence Of events which have been uni
versally anticipated for weekss
As the matter now stands, it is impossible
for the spectators to tell what the issue
will be, and we must await the further
movements of the managers. In the mean
time. with divided Legislature, each wing
claiming to be the body proper, what is 10
become of the Carterite reforms! Ii the
President concludes that Warmoth is
stronger in the State than his foes. and
deems it injudicious to crush him with the
strong hand, may not the imbrogliO result
in a reunion of the factions of the radical
I - I'll
WarlnOth as its leader! But then what
about the reforms!
The New York Ecening Telegram men
tons the arrest Of Governor Warmoth ard
Senators and Representatives by United
States marshals, and says:
OF course such proceeding as this could
not be tolerated in any constitutional State;
but it would seem as if any outrage can
be perpetrated in the South. Anarchy OF
the worst kind would be sure to supervene
if assaults on representative government
like the one in New Orleans became a regu-
lar thing. The action Of the United States
officials IS most extraordinary, and if Grant
gives it any cOuntenance it will be bad for
his Presidential prospects.
The States have some few rights left that
the national power is bound to respect.
The Telegram, also says:
The revolutionary movement in New Or
leans, which was inaugurated for the pur-
pose of upsetting the State government and
turning out, vi ct arms, the regularly con-
stituted authorities, is carried on 10y the APP
pointees and friends of President Grant.
He must now disavOw the action of the fac-
ton which has been bounded on by the adj
ministratiOn, or acknowledge himself no
friend of peace, law and order. Matters are
coming to head
The st. Louis Journal of Commerce says:
The unparalleled legislative anarchy in
New Orleans, which has arrested the atten-
ton of the whole country, and caused many
to think that the problem of free govern
ment is far from being satisfactorily solved,
presents no new features. The condition of
things is unchanged. A-member was shot
in a melee caused by an attempt on the part
of the Carter faction to arrest Warmoth
member.
The Chicago Tribune says:
In the class of reports and cOunter-re
ports from the seat of war in Louisiana, it
is difficult to determine the right and wrong
of the case. The New Orleans press seems
to be bound up, body and soul, in one or
the other of the parties, and teens with de-
nunciatiOns OF Carterites and euiogies OF
Warmothtes, or vice versa. We have yet
to see candid review of the situation.
Praise and blame are lavished indiscrim-
nately. The Times, after column of yitu-
peration of the ''diabolical devices" Of the
desperate adventurers,' g cormorants,"
"perjurors,' and their 'bribe-bought allies"
who are at least i'll their place in the House,
notices approvingly 1.-THE joyial crew of the
Wilderness"
The Wilderness is Uaited States reve-
nue. cutter, and its '.iovial crew consists
of Senators who are serving the State by
cruising up and down the Mississippi, and
overhauling steamboats, in order TO swell
their number, and, by keeping the Senate