New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-30
OuR PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

The oft repeated threats Of the Fusion
sts to bring their case before the next
session of Congress have borne their le-
climate fruits. and the party organs are
So long as the Committee OF
Two Hundred, the subcommittee Of
Seventy. Governor Warmoth. .. ID genus
omni. were making up "a case there was
great satisfaction and much coup.acent
among the expectan. pension
ers in case Of succ ess; but now the tide IS
turned. The members of the several COM
mittees are loafng around the fashion,
able Northern watering places. thinking
of anything but this oppressed ard down
trodden community. They are IN easy
financial circumstances aad have generally
quietly paid their taxes. thus gener.
ously surrendering the privileges Oh
martyrdom to Booth. the Psca'
yure and such aspiring spirits as
thought to overcome the whole power OF
the State by brave words and obstlnacy'
warmoth is also away, probably perma-
nently alienated from the little flock OF
politicians he lately led on to defeat and
disorganization. Senator Carpenter be-
Gins TO sour on his late clients. which
gives them a hint that he thinks he has
done enough for as graceless Sc: OF po-
litical bankrupts as ever rose to the top OF
any pot.
Yet. Notwithstanding all these signs
of threatened asphyxia. the threat to
bring the Louisiana case before Congress
in December is yet unrecalled. 1t stands
good as a promise of renewed hostilities.
and is accepted as challenge by the
Hence, we see committee
of Louisiana colored men engaged IN COL
lecting information to file by way OF
answer. in case the matter ever again
comes up. which is an extremely improb-
able event. The small shaking up that
the Senate committee gave the Louisiana
case last winter disclosed s:upendous
frauds at every turn. Before the session
was over Senators saw that such strenuous
efforts to cheat were made on account OF
the necessity Of the case. 1t was the sup
plemens of cunning to exc on: the def
cheney in strength. Without this resort
to fraud, the Fusion State ticke. would
have been in hopeless minority, and. as
il had no legal effect in their favor. its
disclosure was simply a confession Of
weakness and defeat. But some Of the
advocates..of Fusion gravely demand the
right to be put in possession OF the thing
for which 50 many active young men OF
that party last fall violated their oaths OF
Office, until at least the fact can be judi
ciaIly established that there was cheating
at all. Says the Herald:
But assuming tina: there were frauds
great frauds in that election, and tfat they
can be shown by fair and contradictory
investigation-will such grounds justify the
action by which such frauds are presumed
before they are proved. and upon the mere
allegation of the same, the offices OF the
government assumed by the parties alleging
the frauds! Was it ever before heard OF
that the government could be ocerthrown,
public officials ousted on such bare aver
ments! Is not this revolution. .:w!ess v!o-
lence. sheer usurpatiOn by force!
Well. perhaps it may be amenable to
some such charge; but it certainly pos
sesses one negative virtue which more
than offsets the postulated errors Of the
Herald. It does not offer much ercour-
agement for a repetition Of the 'Tabu-
lated" election. 1t pays no premium to
organized rascality, and depriVes the cul-
prit of the fruit of his wrong The pre-
sumption CT guilt in the case was SO strong
that the United States government was
fully justified in requiring the Fusionists
to first prove their innocence before they
were entitled to be trusted with the con-
troll of the State. The Herald should re-
member that its party never enjoyed
the advantage given to a contest
ant by possession. and that its
being detected in the act Of fraud
was not calculated to strengthen
its very weak cause. On the whole, then.
we may answer that rs the Fusionists
never were intrusted with the possession
of power at all. and as their reputation
for fraud rather preceded their introduce
ton to the public. the action by which
their frauds were presumed before they
were fully proved before jury. is justif-
able. 1t is one of those cases. perhaps.
of political lynching; but as the culprit
was caught by the vigilance committee
in the very act of crime. there could have
been no other result had the strictest
forms been observed. The sin was boldly
committed. but the punishment was
prompt. decisive and just. The Fusion
lists will find out before the first Of JAN
uary that there can be no appeal. that
there will be no new trial. And that the
efforts of Messrs. Burch. Morris. Ingra-
ham, ETC., to collate rebutting testimony
are justifable not so much on the ground
that it will be needed, as the well known
principle that he that is prepared has
already half won the victory. The sooner
the Herald dismisses the idea that Con
gress will order a new election in this
State, the sooner it will be prepared to
resume its legitimate duties as a very
readable journal with rather limited
local influence.
THE DETHRONED.
We have heretofore explained the two