The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1873-04-12

~ ''Ahe OF suffrage. and from its opera. .
''o" candidates tor seats in a State L.eo;s.
AZURE are specially excepted. But sucb
provision of law. while it NAV sarvo .. :.
P's'eAt' can not be plead to authorize such
saoveTs'on of State Government "a va
IRE considering. Could it be 30 used
a-H' government in the States wouid he
~ an end. II, as is conceded, the setting
~ OF 'i's uSurpng government 10 Louisi.
'na was wrong, it is wrong still, and
every Gay 0: lis contenancs is an apprava.
'ed wrong. That the Governor and leo.
stature who have been thus wrongfa;iv
snperceded should still asser. their claimsto
oihces to which they believe they have been
t''r'y elected by the people and firmly
n"''t"'n their protest against the FedersI
'nte'ferencc which has forbidden them
the exercise Of their rights, is a dutv to
their State and to the cause Of rennAl;.
can liberty which they cannot honor.
ably avoid, and in the discharge Of
which feel they are entitled to our
largest sympathy and moral support. Be.
sides, their cause is our cause: for THAR
danger is cur danger. The bitter cup which
fhey drink to day may be soon com.
mepded to our lips. For the Presidert
OF the United States, in. his last animal
message has declared, in full view of hi.
case, that mo executive control is exercised
IN any one Of the Southern States that
would not be exercised 10 any of the States
under Ike circumstance. We must recol.
'fct that tbs present ststus Of Louisiana il
yte different from that Of the secadino
,sss sss after the late civil war. The then
sr-,s2rd'nary and unconstitu,ionsls mea-
thcse.do in the reconstruction OF
| boya 22easu'cs acknowledged to be =
v;th .o,r beside the ceaaitution-were
adyoc..s,a a'ausibiiity, jastiisd by their
ca.s fror, the grounds that being 4
comnac, otyery nature Of the Federal
t;on ths v;c;yided for in the constitu-
te,,n. to the Il pad the right to dictate
csptional leg,sl.sished-aOd much *,
maxim that athe p.. was excused by the
Fest lsw." In fact, tif safety is the aighs
sion u the Sou,betin tin'uccessfaI seces-
poli.icas revolution ints.es wrought .
| the in<kisdbis results Of entire Iat'on,
cessity accepted. But If were OF me-
this act Of usarpstion wasY' as when
Louisissa is rocoustructeau upon ns''
entitled to all the rights guate' tuiiy
the constitution. to the sotesei6eed by
dependent States Of TIE Federspd In
aud whep any Of those rights are p'cl.
'lin her they are potentially and vieed
Iinvsded IN sIl. To abandon her "
abandon the common cause Of State rig2
the preservation Of which is tho only Boz
which can perpetuste .oui cherished Fed,
ersl Union. If the great wrong which
has been perpetrated, against her shah
pass uuchailenged and unsedressed nov, L
may servssas precedent to render resist
Eance TO eimitar encroach ments rnore
dimrult ID the future. The rolling stonSss
which child's hand may easily arrest ia
its iIat cascer, often becomes resist!ess.
cfnshinl savaianchs that no obstacle can
check Surely If IN earnest appeal Be
made io{he Congress Of the United States,
there will be found 10 our national couu-
ellis statesmen enough patriotic, just and
wise of heart, to rec.ify the wrong which
hss been committed and restore to .our
sister State the tights and benefits Of self.
gosernment. a.as,. .
I / therefore recommend that respectful
but earnest and solemn protest sgainst the
unwarrantable Intervention of Federal au-
thority in the State OF Louisiana, U which
your attention has been called, be pre-
pared and uttered BY the General Assem-
-, + .ho State Of Kentucky, in auitabls
form 70 b. laid before the Congress Of the
United States. and that our Senators be
instructed and our members in the House
Of Representatives be requested to give all
proper aid in supporting the appeal pro-
posed ~ b. made BY the people Of Louisi.'
anasiof sedrsss Of their grievances.. ,l'f'
f. PREsroN Fl. Leslie. ~