New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-23
CONGRESS CAN NOT INTERFERE.

! an interference with our local authorities
is this: HAS the State republican form
of government" SO long as We. the peo-
pie, fulfil! this duty. and maintein re-
publican form Of government. the State
| 0: Louisiana Dvst forever renaln exempt
iron. federal interference. under the pres
ent system Of the american government
We may convuIse ourselves to the verge OF
bankruptcy and Iapine. an! the nation
must and viii keep its hand: eli. unless
we call fox help. All W. have 20 do N the
premises is 10 maintain d republican gov
errment, which means !: government OF
the people. We sub..i. tha. the above is
fai. Interpretation o: the Law and the
ancien: traditions in rcc&r! % the s1:hjec:
matter under co..s;lerat!on. i! Congress
should attempt 20 interfere. IL any ether
case than the one ". have mentioned.
witt, the regulation Of O:lr !oca! concerns.
il would a: once ,iolate the actions and
customs tha. lave prevailed IL this conn
try for years.
| presuming Shat our pos.uia'e wi: not
be denied. We proceed 20 the mex. PROPOSE
| ton, that since Louisiana has govern
nent that is republican ir tor,a and es-
sence. where can Congress find any war
rant that will Justify it in interfering to
] set aside the authorities :hat We have
! chosen for ourselves: We bad an cleo
| ton. we employed tie usual AGENCIES to put
it through tha: were employed in other
States. fraud was attempted. the remedies
| against fraud were employed to defeat 1t.
the result was declared. and accords with
| wha. all sensible men believed 70 be Inevl-
table before it was announced. ard yet,
out Of this statement of facts i: is sought
| TO obtain an order from. Congress setting
nsid: the election IN order tina. q SINH
Ia. procedure and f. similar .esult
may be produced. And the men who
always insisted that the federal gov
ernment possessed no power to act in the
premises are demanding Of il 20 DO this
extraordinary and Illegal thing.
IN what particular does the government
@. Louisiana differ from that Of It's
neighbors and sister States Of the Union:
If there is any variation from repub-
.icanis,n, it is il older States than ours.
for while Kentucky refuses t. .et one class
of people vote, Georgia refuses to ;a. any
class vote unless they :aii show their pol!
tax receipts. Louisiana is the MOS: liberal
Of al the States. perhaps. except south
Carolina, and is both theoretically and
practically republican il the form: ans:
practice Of her government. Ihis being |
the case. the right o: Congress 20 inter- |
fere with rs ends, for We fl the only bill |,
required to be filed hy TIE laws and cns- |
toms Of the country.
As TO how we came by the government |
that We have, that is another question, !
and it is one Congress has 10 authority 70 |;
inquire into. 1t Is for the psop.e Of ,he
States to regulate their own domestic con-
Germs to suit their own notions Of right |
and wrong. IN some States the inte!li- |
Gencc and integrity Of the voters ere srtl- !!
c;ant to nro+ac+ tfa ballot bo, from being |
p,ea rs the means Of e,evating rascalitv
and ignorance into the control Of the State. |
while N other communities ? ,arc, Dor
tio; Of The suSy2cans a.. so bite.
in the;r rreirdices. and so ralyuan. !
IN their DESIGNS. ,ha. ,hcv WI. coz
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