New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-02
TIME To END THE MATTER.

. When the present disorderly condition
Of affairs set in. the authors OF the move
ment declared that they simply desired 70
be let alone until Che question between
themselves ana the government could BE
searched and decided upon. The @uthora-
ties. not desiring TO provoke those who hon
estiy thought they had been ~rongtully
beaten, as many Of The :usionist3 no doubt
did, tolerated che action Of the McEnery
party, even il it. assumption Of The insiS-
ria Of office. as The easiest way TO dispose
Of a v.xei question. beiieVing that when
the participant. in the same were ad-
Judged % be in the wrong, they would
quietly s'Iiai: and iisperse. The State
government has consented 90 see itself IN
suited daily Dy counterfeit and usurp'hg
authority, mot because il Was recohciieo 10
allow eye!, buriesque ~ itself to exist Ia
de,cgetion Of Law. bur because 1t expected
that ,Le members OF the same would put
q sso,. 90 :ileis """ folly and stupidity
when the- discovered how incapable II was
of imposing upon the public.
This charity Oh the part OF the "uthori'
ties has proved itself 10 have been ILL
timed, q. all hesitation III the face of dis
order usually does. for il has misled weak
people into doubts and uncertainties that
they hay. no time nor ability to under.
stand. They attribute the ieniency OF the
government to doubt as to its own authen-
ITCHY. and they become confirmed in then
disposition TO disregard all laws by seeing
that Che laws are nos strong enough 10
maintain themselves.
The Odd Fellows Hall demonstration is
an pffense that has been allowed 20 dis.
tract the State end insult the laws quite as
long as it should The fedora! eutheri-
ties have recognized which is the State
Government. the local tribunals Of every
Grade have done the same thing. the COM
munitv has committed itself ia the same
direction, SO far as the law-abldlng por"
ton is concerned, and now it Is time that
the three or four score of individuals who
hang upon the verge of Office, pretending
to be holding a Legislature in Odd Eel
lows Hall, should withdraw their pititul
rebellion and submit to the government
that has been more delicate with them
than it has been respectful to itself or just
to the public. The last hope Of the Nc"
Emery faction has faded or is slowly fad
ing away, in the evident disposition
of the congressional committee to end its
labors as useless. That body can not dis
cover in what has been done, or in what
is being done, any reason for the interter-
ence of the national authorities, since all
the troubles that have been related IN
Washington originated i'll Louisiana, were
done to citizens Of Louisiana, and were
cognizable before Louisiana tribunals.
More than this, the proper authorities OF
the State of Louisiana haze decided upon
all the points involved i'll the controversy
presented at Washington, which must end
the matters unless it is proposed that IN
all future difficulties between citizens OF
the sane State Congress shall have power
10 set NJ, one side and pull down the
other. according as il can be made 70 look
az facts carried about i'll trunks.
The entire trouble III Louisiana ~ set.
tied in so far As the same san be
settled by the regular machinery OF State
Governments. and now it becomes the
duty of the place-hunters to recognize the
government that the people have elected,
and which tie State has accepted. 10
allow the present disorderfy condition of
affairs to continue IS to tolerate an abuse
that is disgracefui to oug institutions. and
that shakes the reliance OF the people IN
the American system OF government. IT
impairs public and private confidence, and
weaksns the faith OF the people III their
It adds large expense 20
the burdens that gre already accounted
as jnsupporta5le 1y the fusionists them
selves, and this expense is @Xacted from
men who feel every disposition to see the
fusionists put their abilities TO better uSess
but who are afraid they will be ostraclsed
in theig business If they are not counted
as contributors to every fund thasis SET on
foot to beat the Radicals with.
For these and other reasons It IL time
the authorities took steps to pat an end to
the Odd Fellows Hall travestie u: ONCE