The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-03
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MDSpsY......... ..MARCII 3, 1873.
Louisiana-The Farce Ended.

be surprised 10 learn t't'' t"a 2'''. '
turned over TO the tcUder mcrcIrs OF '''
kELIoaG government. We 'n'er1sit'e" "t''
erai Gp,Sr's message on the s"'l''' W ~
;,,st what the result indicates Us meahhs !"
have becn--nsmcly, an indirect appear 20
cn,,cress TO allow the corrupt Rad!Csi scoun-
drcls who have ,,surped power III tiiat state
:, retain the offices which they have stolen.
We also referred TO CARrENTER's wel-known
professions of regard for the rights OF the
S,.tes and ridiculed him for having reported
bill TO provide for the holding OF State
election under the $upcrinicndcncc OF red
ora, Judge. He, too. has justified nil that we
said of his perplcxcd feelings by voting for
nm amendment 60 his own bill, which was IN
tended to continue KELLOGG IN power LOT
four weeks, and by deserving Ills own pro-
ieet. as Senator TRrMBuLr. charged INN "!tll
having done. We do not know whether 10
cens,re him for reporting the bil. or for de-
ser1inc it. The dilemma was one which
might have pcrpicXcd more honest man.
There was but one thing which, regard for
honor and for the principles OF republican
government demanded 10 be donc-to wit,
the installation Of the MCENERY govern
mept; and this, Of course, was not to DC
expected Of such party as CAHiES-
TER's, nor such q man Is CARPENTER.
To do this even would have been to put
Louisiana under Il government crca'@l III
effect by the Radical Administration III
Washington and as this same ADMINISTERS
ton had already created tie KELLOGG gov
crnment and forced it upon the Louisiana
people. horc.t Senator CARPENTER and his
honest associates concluded that Il, The i!:in=
was already rs lad as it could be they would
not change the status OF affairs. but "oe'u
keep General GRANTS bFothcr.in-la" . tic
ton in Office.
The Presidents message was like CnARLts
LAMBS advice to a party Of boys who had 4
poor yagabond in charge, and were subject,
inr him to all sorts of indicniiics. "Donl
put his head under the pump, bo%s,' cried
out LAMB. OF course they reversed his ad-
vice. and had the old i0pnr'S head under Il
shower Of water in short order. So GRANT
told Congress that il they did not compose
the Louisiana troubles he would do it l,y
using the army and navy to keep the peace,
and retain KELLOGG and his minionS IN
power. OF course Congress desired nothing
better than that this threat, if threat it was,
should be carried out.
Soon We Iilay read the announcement that
"ordcr reiglls in Warsaw They make
not desert aud call it peace, rcrhaps-iut
dcspoiism and call il Il republican form OF
government. Yet the Constitution may he
searched in vain for the clause conieYriDg
upon Congress or The President the power
thus to thwart the will of the peoplc--thus
to drown tie public roiccthuS TO deprive Il
State of IFS dearest rights. It cannot too
often he repeated that all these minor evils
or wrongs are the logical result OF that great
est political crime that was ever committed
the suhjusation of the southern States. The
Federal Government has become the sole
government worthy of the name in all tlilS
wide Union. The States are such noml-
nally only. They cannot be States unless
they have the rights for which the South
contended in the late war. &c not surprised.
reader 1t is this conviction that has made
lis SO emincntly practical ever since the war
ended. 1t was this that induced Us to advocate
Il return to the Union under the first bill
Sassed to allow us that privilege, aud
which did not provide for negro suffrage.
It was this that led lis 10 advocate the " New
Movement =; TO take part in the caucus that
sent the famous Committee OF Nine to VI ash.
ington; to clll for the dcclinatiou Of tie gal.
liant WITHERs as 4 candidate for Governor
and the ratification Of GILBERT G. WALLER
We saw from the beginning that the Stat,
had not single right left cXccp. such as sht
held at the option Of the Federal Govern
i ment.
This Louisiana affair has not taken Us b,
surprise. We have tried to open the eyes o.
the northern people TO the fact that THEN
States are just in the condition in which
Louisiana now finds herself; but we have
not net with much success. The reader,
therefore, need net suppose, when we Speak
that we are any less practical pow than mere
tcfure, or that we are going to cry over the
state Of affairs in Louisiana. We wish TO
keep the truth before the public, and at the
same time to follow Il line of conduct that
shall prevent our own State from ailording
TO the despots at Washington any excuse for
throwing the trap in which VIC have been
caught.
II is not necessary to rehcarse in detail the
history of the affairs in Louisiana. In bricf.
the Radicals, backed by corrupt Federal
judge, turned out the Board authorized to
count the returns of the November election.
and put in new Board which fraudulentv
counted in the Kellogg officers; they turned
out the real State judges and substituted
others appointed, we believe, by the negro
PNcnBACK. They were not supported by
the people. Their governments even now
would not last twenty hours if unsup-
ported by Federal bayonetS. Yet this frauGu-
T lent, corrupt goyernment-this thing of
shreds aud patches-this Usurpation which
can find no apolosist anywhegc-is put upon
the point of General GRANTS sword and
handed to the people Of Louisiana. 1t is
not necessary to say that they will accent il.
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The NORTH PoLE.-Wcare glad that steam
er is soon to go in search Of the north pole.
We do not believe that il will ever be found ::
yet we have often wondered why somebody
didn't run LID to 90 dc@rceS in q stn:m>Iin