The New York herald., 1872-12-15
be consistently longer withheld Disestab-
lishment promises to be one of the great ques-
tions at the next session of Parliament.

The Troubles I'm Louisia iana-Surrende
OF the State Government to Federal
Force.
The citizens of New Orleans have afforded
another striking example of the earnest desire
OF the Southern people to accept the conse-
quences OF the war in good faith and to prove
the sincerity of their professions of renewed
fealty to the federal government. They have
yielded up what they at least believe to be
their most precious rights rather than risk a
collision between the authorities of the State
and the federal troops. Yesterday the State
militia laid down their arms and gave up pos
session of their armory at the summons of
United States soldiers, and the Governor of
Louisiana, with the Legislature and the
Courts of the State, have avowed their deter
mination to surrender their trusts to the keep
ing of federal bayonets and to await
patiently the developments of time, in
the hope that in the end justice
may triumph over brute force. BY
this prudent action they have merited
tho gratitude of their fellow citizens in the
other States of the Union. A resolute persist
ence in their opposition to the Kellogg
usurpation would have inevitably led to blood
shed, and the consequences, not to Louisiana
alone, but to the whole South, might have
been deplorable. AT the same time the peace
full struggle against the great wrong that has
been inflicted upon the State has not been
abandoned. An appeal has been issued to the
American people, backed by the names of the
representatives of some of the leading COM
mercial houses of the United States, and the
committee Of one hundred prominent citizens
are on their way to Washington to plead with
the President, despite the singular announce
ment Of the United States Attorney General
that the President has already decided case
that is still an open one in the Courts
The Pinchback government is thus tenn
porarily installed in Office by the active aid of
the federal troops, but it has not a pleasant
prospect before it. Apart from the few whites
who are interested politically in its success
and the negroes it can control by money or
other means, it is utterly without a following
in the State. The militia refused to recognize
its authority and defed its armed police, yield
ing only to the federal troops. The people are
united against it and will, no doubt, contest
its right to levy taxes or to do any legislative
act While it holds on to its usurped authority
it can only bring confusion, trouble
and discredit upon the State. Without the
federal government at their backs Kellogg
Pinchback and their associates could not re-
main in power single day, and every hour of
their rule will be an injury to the people of
Louisiana. The question upon which the
existence Of the Pinchback government de-
pends is still before the Supreme Court, and
hence there is some slight prospect that the
action Of Judge Durell may be set aside. We
are willing to await that decision before we
refer to the part played by the Attorney Gene
raj Of the United States in the drama or review
the action Of the federal government in this
and other recent political controversies in
some Of the Southern State governments.