New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-05
CHESS WHAT STATE Is MEANT.

GUESS WHAT STATE Is MEANT.
The following is an extract from Joul
nal which expresses our sentiments in
manner SO forcible, that we ask the reade
to guess from its perusal where it wa
penned:
Next to the subject of constitutions
convention, the Legislature will be callet
upon to consider the condition OF those com
munities where lawiessness has run riot ant
PLAYED such havoc. 1t will be necessary TO
some decided and vigorous action to b
taken to prevent continuance OF those VIC
lent acts which have brought such reproacl
upon the principle of local government
which have disgraced our commonwealth
and made a mockery of our civilization. W.
do not presume to suggest the best mode Of
suppressing the evil, but it is quite clear
that the Governor must be clothed with
more power than that which he now has;
| that he must be authorized to search out the
offenders and bring them to justice, and
that he must have the necessary force at
his disposal to do so. The responsibility
| which now rests vaguely upon the local a1-
| thorities, and which is divided between
| grand juries, sheriffs, constables and exam
| ming courts. will then be more concen-
trated; it will rest upon the shoulders OF q
more conspicuous and a more important
officer; and it is but reasonable to suppose
that, charged with that such commission,
his action will be more prompt and decisive
and less subject to local prejudices and ter
rOre.
The reader has attributed this para
graph to Senator Burch, Hon. w. Jasper
Blackburn, or to some one of the numer-
Gus able Republican journals Of Louisi-
ana. The only difficulty lies in deciding
among them by comparison of styles.
Open your eyes, reader, and prepare for
surprise. 1t is not aH extract from any
Louisiana paper. 1t does not refer to
Louisiana at all. 1t is the language Of one
of those volunteer aids of Fusion which
has been dashing around to call for na-
tional uprising in behalf of the downtrod
den and DISTINGUISHED and utterly disor-
ganized State Of Louisiana. 1t is an e1-
tract from the Courier-Journal, of Louis
vile. 1t exposes the social condition of
Kentucky. In effect it asks for metro
politan police and an Ozark for the Gov
ernor Of Kentucky, and demands that
"those communities in which lawlessness
has run riot and played sad havoc" shall
be drought to justice" So, while this
physician has been prescribing for his |
neighbor his own household has been |
from concealment Of the same
malady.
Read the demand again. ''Communi-
les where lawlessness has run riot" Is
his said Of Grant parish or Iberia?
Violent acts which have disgraced our
and made a mockery of
'ur civilization" Were these acts the
Wholesale slaughter of more than hun
lred colored men? Waylaying and
hooting judge and a district at
orney to defeat an indictment? An at
empt to assassinate the highest officer of
be State? These acts here have not been
bought by our volunteer abroad to JUS
fly any discomfort on our part. 1t has
cen even intimated that it was about
hat the colored race deserved for daring
, accept deed Of emancipation. 1T is
ute clear that the Governor must be
othed with more power than that which
9 now has, that she must be authorized
} search out the offenders and bring them
justice, and that he must have the nee
sary force at his disposal to do So"
evertheless, because the federal govern /,
EFT has interviewed in Louisiana to en-
rec its own laws, because the Governor !.
Louisiana has the authority to ''search
It the offenders" and has ''the necessary
rec at his disposal" to bring the offend
8 to justice, he is to be denounced as a .
rantand usurper Kentucky is a favored :
ate. She can enact and enforce her own
VS.. She can proceed against lawless !.
She can search after offend
J" and employ the necessary force
bring them to justice. Louisiana, how :,
ar, has no such rights and any attempt y
exercise them exposes her to denun- :
tions from her outside superiors. We :
uld like to now ask our ''co-operative" >:
lsins why the President made no men
II of Kentucky in his message? IN u
S the powers asked by the Couier-Jour- .
shall be granted the Governor, and :,
ectually exercised, Kentucky had bet =,
be placed under military govern -
Mt, and remanded to q territorial con-
ion. This is what has been prescribed -
Dad. ard asked by the Fusionists at :. IS
ne. If it will strengthen the applica. ~
1 of the Courier-Journnl, we will testify
t the exercise Of the powers asked
the Governor Of Kentucky. have had
happiest effect in restoring public y,
er. when employed by Governor Kel- w
8. Let the two Governors confer on o'
situation. We can, even in the force ID
our vivid imagination, see Louisiana, We
he tanned shrew advising her forward av
er Kentucky. in the very words of fo'
kespeare: Or
therine-Fes Fie: unkhit tina: th9eatains. wi
unkind brow H.
dart not scornful eiances from those eyes. Ma
1ound thy lord thy king, thy Governor. tbs
ots thy beauty, as frosis bite the meads -
onnds thy fame, as whirl~ nds shake fails loo
buds
in no sense. is meet or amiable. 90
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