New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-21
TEN DAYS Lie ENsE WAITED.

LA IIO bNNOA Vt IL -4!-'
The Pjcu,ptn- take ' issue with the 'e-
port Of the Commits, on Elections III Re-
gard % the effect 0: } udge Durell's order
in enabling the Legislature to org;nlze
under the injunction Of L.:e-tenan: Gov'
ernor Antoine. Senator Carpenter reports
that the order Of the judge VS. the source
Of protection 70 the Legislature. bit the
Pjcay1n. repudiates this statement anu
declares that the soldiers OF the tn!'eo
States were the only protectors OF the leg
islators as they met in Mechanics hStl-
tute unde. the proclamation OF the ''o'-
ernor. The well meaning and peace!Al ei'-
izan NAV not discover the meaning OF this
suggestion, since such citizens lave a" mao
ambition TO satisfy az the expense OF the
peace Of society and the blood Of innocent
,artie,: bu; the.. j., * meaning t" !: tna'
signifies massacre and CONFUSION IL
on, midst and diso.de. and trouble
wherever it can BE- produced.
The Interpretation OF wha: is here
stated is this. tina. despite Judge DurelIs
order. despite the orders ofal. the authori'
ties. il the peace Of this community vas
not preserved by federal soldiers. 1t would
be broken by fusion mob. This Is the
plain English Of the announcement. that
the vii. of the McEnery faction would be
enforced as the law and the govern
ment, if it could'dn 80 without coming
in conflict with the United States
t,oops. ".Just take away the soldiers for
ten daya. and .here Will be no further use
for congressional investigation, says the
Picny7tn.. and we have but little DOUBT
that the partisans who set forth this bra
yado would prefer to be left alone with
the Republicans in Louisiana to deal with
them as the chances Of success nigh: dc
tate. Congress ard the nation can dis
cover in this suggestion the animus that
actuates now and that actuated last No
vember the fusion party, and they can
estimate the extent of the frauds that were
committed then by the intensity OF the
desire to be violent at present.
/. is truth that the order OF Judge
Durell did protect the Legislature IL as
sembling las: December. because that Or
der justified Marshal Packard in calling
the troops to his aid Oh that occasion. 1t
is not a creditable fact to repor. OF our
city that soldiers had to be called 20 en-
force respect for the government and for
judicial decree. for it has been the boast
o. our people that they respected both the
law and the authorities: but while we have
political organs tba. demoralize the pub
lie. or rather its own selfish mob of par
tisans, by teaching them that they may set
the constituted authorities at defiance at
will, we must expect to be disgraced by
such transactions being reported Of us by
Congress to the world at large.
In ordinary times. and il all orderly
community, the mere fact that an order
Of court decreed a certain order Of things
would have been sufficient to ensure re-
spec. for what was ordered until ii could
be reversed by higher tribunal. This is
the basis of our government. and is above
all constitutions and statutes. But in this
community. which has suffered from re-
bellion. and which has been made to walk
in the paths Of adversely because il would
not cease to be rebellious, the mob has
overawed the public into an attitude that
represents assassination and disorder OF
the most extended character. Nothing
else can be made out OF the challenge
to the United States authorities that
if they will stand aside the government
they have recognized will be swept away
i'll ten days. Even the leaders talk this
sort of rowdyism now. although they
denied any such inclination months ago.
when we charged upon them that they
meant to use force where they could not
succeed by fraud. They We're satisfied
then, that they could win their point by
cunning; but having failed, they are now
willing to take up that more congenial
agency, the revolver, which they laid
aside when they affiliated with Warmoth.
1t affords us large degree of sa.istac-
ton to be able to say to them that the
troops will not be withdrawn and that the
ten days will not be granted to them
within which to clean out the Kellogg
government. On the contrary. q pretty
bright watch viii be kept on them.
WILL THERE BE A NEW ELECTION?