New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-21

set aside the election. But we were
met with the proposition that states
rights would bs.atterly destroyed. l was
always States rights man. l am so TO-
day and shall be until the constitution is
SO amended that there are no States rights
LETT Chief Justice Marshall said truly
that in the sphere where the general gov
eminent is supreme the State is subordl-
nate, and where that of the State is SUI
preme that of the other is subordi-
| nate. But the widest theory is the
pretenee of States rights which John e.
Calhoun advocated in the South Carolina
notification business. And the Democrats
in Congress were 80 fond of the phrase that
Senator Morton led them all to oppose the
bill tor your relief, because if We set aside
the government that the United States
court had forced upon YOU we would have
destroyed States rights. The constitution
saws that Congress shall guarantee to every
State republican form of government, and
it is the business OF Congress toSee that it
has it.
A republican form of government is a
government Of the express viii, OF the peo-
Die. and when Congress sees that govern.
ineut Of State is not 80, it is its business
TO make it so. If it can not do SO in ore
way il must in another. 1t it can EOt do so
under a State government it will make
territorial government OF it. Suppose New
York should vote upon an amendment to
its constitution abolishing its State gov.
eminent Is there anything to prevent
that. There is nothing that ! know OF.
Congress could not compel them TO have
Sta.e government, but il could and would
establish a territorial government. and
hold the soil, which would revert 20 the
United States, and hold the people and edu
cate the children until the people reached
such a state that they were tit to haze
State government.
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that we ought not 70 have a new election.
because the colored people are in such
,erro. of the whites that they would NOT
dare TO 90 to the polls. Ii that i. so. then
the people of this State are not tit 10 goS-
ern themselves.
l. is hard thing 20 say, hu: there is nc
escape from it. And now Ill say wha: ]
think ought to be done. After the United
States court had put the State government
in power, the Presiden: had but one thing
to do. He could only execute the order. Now
there NAV be a mistake IN the form OF law.
! but the President can not reverse It. That
| Durell's Judgment was absurdly erroneous.
| have no doubt. That the President was
| justified in ordering the troops to support
| it, l am equally certain. Now. vixen this
| was done. the only thing was to wait TO the
| legal remedy. When the President was .edt TO
recognize Kellogg as the de Jfacto government
then he sent his message to Congress. tell.
ing them he should continue to do SO until
they took some action. The bill failed
| through your Democratic friends. Now.
there is 10 remedy till Congress
meets, and any resistance to this gov.
eminent will be resistance to the United
| States. All acts of lie .facto authorities
are legal as to third parties. This gorern'
ment IS the present de t0ctO government.
and you. as good citizens, owe allegiance to
it; and it isn't the way to do to keep ap a
resistance to it. And any such affair as
that of Grant parish does more harm than
you can imagine.
No man can tell me that this massacre
would have occurred If the victims had
been white. That only two white men
were killed and seventy nine blacks Carries
its own condemnation. In the midst OF the
war; when the passions of the whole cOun.
t v we're flaming and blood ran from ocean
TO ocean. no such deed as that vas DONE.
In the meantime beac obedience 20 the
constituted authorities. Every act OF TINS
government is valid. Taxes are legally
paid to il. 1t was the remark OF Lord
| Hale, when he continued on the bench
during the usurpaton Of Cromwell. that he
sat under the law and not under the king.
Don't tie the hands Of your friends by DIS
obedience. Get together your proofs and
present them to Congress early in the ses'
sion. and if they are the same that they
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election.
Unjust thank you most sincerely for the
attention with which you have listened 20
me. You have Gisproved al impression
have had for twenty years that Northern
man could not come to the South as d
Northern man and be listened to- and
shall 90 20 my friends, at home and in Con-
gress. and tell them that l have had the
most attentive. the most interested. and the
most :espe .tful audience | ever addressed
/ have spoken of the value of the Miss!s'
s;ppi which binds eleven States. and what
God hath j. ined together, let no man pat
asunder." / want to call your attention to
Mexico. England is to-Cay carrying all OF
her trade. Get your house n order and the
trade will reurn TO you where 1t belongs.
The San Domingo trade should be
yours. and the day will come when the
! crea- regret will be expressed chat
the Presidents scheme of purchasing that
island for a million and a half Of dollars,
which we could have paid before breakfast,
was not carried out. II would have gwen
Us Cuba by this time, 10 whom we are pay
ing $50, 900 600. which flows into the Golfers
OF Spain to aid her in supporting the most
damnable despotism tina: ever cursed
people.
What a destiny is before you! But you
can see it as we'll as can tell you. But put
YOUR house in order. The whole North.
west is beseeching you TO get your stores
open and leave the ID politics alone
The whole nation is waiting for you. Set
YOUR house in order and move on 20 TIE
prosperity that awaits you.
Senator Carpenter was frequently inter
rupted by applause, and at the CONCLUSION
of his address Colonel Lawrence called 1ol
nine cheers for the orator. which were g!veI
witt: will, and the audience commenced