New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-03
A NEW REMEDY PROPOSED.

from Washington to the New York an
Western press, it appears that the doctor
in the metropolis have expressed tn
opinion that all the offenses committe
. by and against poor Louisiana can be es
plated. and all the gods propitiated by
simple sacrifice. Accordingly al! eyes ar
turned upon the surrounding figures !:
light upon proper victim. This solution
is not quite new. as the proposition 70 sac
rifce somebody 90 appease the angr
deities of Democracy has been :reauentl.
) made before, in one shape or another
, The Senate Committee on Privileges an,
Elections with the assent Of the major
ity- thought general slaughter o: all tn
innocents. including Kellogg and :h'
| Republican State administration ca ONT
side. and McEnery and his hungry aspi
rants on The other. would be q handsome
and proper way TO dispose Of the knott,
question. Du: tie Senate very properly
rejected this proposition as too bloody,
and SO Congress adjourned without do:re
anything about it.
The mex. suggestion was 20 throw
| Pinchback overheard. as being somewia.
of Jonah, whose absence from the ship
would still the STORM. But there were
| those who vigorously protested agains:
such treatment, and the final vote has no:
yet been put. It now occurs 70 some of
the members Of the grand deiiberatiye
council that the Judge who gave effect to
| and enforced the United States law .'rela.
five Go elections in the late insuryectionary
States" would make a handsome victim,
| and that it is the duty Of Congress to use
! dispatch in applying the newly suggested
| remedy. But there are fSo parties on
board. The Democrats. who are chiefly
anxious to find a victim, invariably select
one for the purpose from the Republican
| ranks, while the other party stoutly con.
tend that if the Fusionists insist upon
there being a victim at all, he should he
supplied from their own number.
The change of the point Of assault: in
this case will haze little or no influence in
modifying the ferceness Of the defense.
The Republicans Of Louisiana will make
as stout q resistance to an attack Oh their
rights and interests in the person ofJudge
DuTell as they did last winter when Gov
ernor Kellogg was threatened. or during
the early part OF the present session Of
Congress. when rinchback met with oppo-
sition in claiming his seat. The REprB-
L!cAS informed the subcommittee Of the
Judiciary Committee during last month
that the ,noyemen: upon Judge Durell
was simply shifting Of the scene Of
strife from one place TO another. II the
Democracy succeed in breaking down any
part Of the Republican iefenses. the diff.
ticuities Of ,epe!ling al assault and cap
:u:. vii! be greatly increased. More
than one year ago. our party deemed i:
had rights which it was found physically
unable TO enforce withou: the assistance
o: friendly power sufficiently puissan:
TO furnish :escue. Appeal was made. as
was natural. to the paramount authority
Of the United States government. and the
result O.: the appeal was success. Every
scheme tia: the fertile ingenuity Q: oh.
s.:na:c men could devise was imme.
!!a.ely suggested as . Sc. of: to the /.
advantage thus obtained. The Judge !
VII" gave ii. decision was attacked |
il the most shameful manner, and the !
gentlemen who had been protected by his
were reported to Congress in
such 8 light rs would lead one not ac-
qua.nted with the exaggerated style pecu-
liar 70 bafied roguery TO suppose they
were no: it to live certainly not to en-
Joy office; of trust and emolument. But,
either from the BUSINESS Of their cause. or
the wisdom which prompted them to in
woke and receive the powerful aid alluded
to above. it has been found impossible
heretofore to dislodcc Governor Kellogg
md the other State officers from the posi-
ions to which they have been called by
he people. and to which all the legal tri-
Junals. State and federal. that have passed
!pon the question at all. have Gecgeed
hem to be entitled.
But our opponents are determined to 90
o the source, and make Il clean sweep
rom the top down. Passing by our own
supreme Court as OF no consequence. they
.ttack Judge Durell. under the mistaken
notion that if he is stricken down his
most righteous Judgment vii! fall with
lin. and then the hungry hordes of Dem.
cratic Office seekers will have nothing
eft to do but to reach forth their hands
nd clutch the coveted prizes. to obtain
Fhich they have broken every moral law
hat stood between them and the objects
f their selfish ambition. Let the fight !
axe such shape if they SO elect. The
have never yet refused to
acct them anywhere. They accepted the
'ager of battle at the polls. protested .
gainst the subsequent cheating that char
cterized the work Of counting the votes.
onfronted boldly in the legal tribunals
ppolnted to decide such issues. gave ,
hem battle again and beat them in the
enate and the Supreme Cour: of the
'nited States. and will Individually follow
lem into the House TO ,epel the threat.
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