New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-12
BLOODY INSTRUCTIONS.


/. That the manipulation of poll booths
and ballot boxes are pardonable if en-
ployed on the Fusion side. 9. That the
| decisions of State courts, if against the
Fusion side, are the result of perjury and
| bribery. 3. That taxes not to be DIS
| bursed by Fusion magistrates are nle9AI
and should not be paid. 4. That the
utterances of members of Federal rep
resentative committee, not embodied lhlo
law, are paramount to State law and JUS
tifv disobedience to State authority. D.
That where the Fusion party IS IN local
force sufficient to Stay or expel It's oppo-
nents, it should, if permitted to do SO by
tba Federal authorities, proceed to '!clean
ont" the minority in twenty-four hours.
! These doctrines have been so constantly
taught as to have produced a strong and
| intolerant sentiment in their favor. 1t Is
only on the last item Of doctrine as above
stated that we propose at present 10
comment. The REPUBLICAN has con-
tended that a people is bound to
obey the State administration so
long as it is conducted in accordance with
the usages established by the federal and
State administrations. Many Repub-
licans under John Adams believed he was
a monarchist; many Federalists under
Thomas jefferson regarded him as the
type of Anti-Christ. and apprehended all
manner of denominations from his rule.
Thousands Of people believed that Henry
Clay, by 'bargain and corruption. In
stalled J. Quincy Adams in office. His
tory has disproved all these suspicious.
Yet no one at that period took the ground
boldly argued by the Picay1se and its fol-
lowers, that the personal conviction Of the
citizen must regulate his obedience and
will justify his resistance 20 the authori-
ties constituted according to che eonstitu-
tional form of government. II has
been q few weeks since the Fusion
party, believing Governor Kellogg IL
legally in office. organized an armed
force 20 displace his government This
effort failed because the people OF New Or
leans could not be enlisted in a move
ment so revolutionary. The effort was
quelled by the ordinary police force Of the
city. Very recently an intrusion into
office in the parish Of Grant was deemed
by that population illegal. The majority
of that people were freedmen. 1t is not
claimed for them that they have the same
experience or political intelligence Of the
Fusion leaders in New Orleans. Per-
haps they may have . less clear percep-
ton Of the appellate equity Of public
opinion. Not impossibly they may be in
clined 70 seek redress by direct violence.
But one thing seems apparent: the local
majority of Grant were prepared to "clean
OUT the local minority in Grant. in
twenty-four hours or less. if not inter-
fered with. We should deplore this yio-
lence. We regret this alienation of the
laborers from the interests Of the employ
er the arrangement of the revenue; the
interruption of the courts: the arrest OF
immigration. and the decline Of produc-
tons come upon our mind like successive
blows of misfortune. Information. deemed
by us reliable, assures US that there was
entire harmony between the races in Grant
parish. That great many colored peo-
pie were cropping with the whites on
shares. and that all promiseda prospecting
crop and peaceful season. The invasion
of the Fusion nominees alarmed these peo-
pie, and brought on an armed collision,
which, We are thankful to believe. has
been adjusted. But if the colored Repuj-
licans of Grant had resorted to the
remedies inculcated by the Fusion
organ and orators. how difficult 20
have convicted them Of wrong before
an impartial tribunal believing in
the Fusion doctrines. It would only
be necessary 20 compare their acts with
those of their example. Compore Colfax
with Jackson square 1.-The fight for Flu
sion office and the resistance TO Fusion
rule. Can any impartial mind see differ
ence between them? Are they not both
the same deadly potion. brewed from the
same ingredients and poured from the
same poisoned chalice? No impartial
mind can fail to see the identity Of the
acts in both cases with the instructions
OF the teachers. We were triumphantly
pointed to the superior warlike forces of
the Fusionists here. Long lines OF hand
some and stalwart young men filed
through our streets in civic professions
who would. when armed. make
formidable army. In Grant parish,
it seems there is local majority
of colored men not only trained In actual
warfare. but armed with the most APP
proved weapons. This local majority in
Grant is more supreme over the local
minority in Grant than the Fusion majority
here was over the Republican minority
here. Suppose the fusion majority here
should arm md marcel. on theS" colored
meu in Grant: T.en We may apprehend
that FAR stronger power than both would
ares, any conflict between them. And
this inevitable consequence demonstrates
50 clearly what the RErUBLIcAH has al
ways Taught that we rest this public con-
domination of these dangerous doctrines
upon the comparison Q: thei. effect as
presented.
1t may be there Is party playing Cor
one of two things: