The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-11
HOW TO ACHIEVE PERFECT PEACE


Emory, and thinks the following language
used by the General il his recent report de.
serves rebuke:
"It cannot be denied that the presence Of
troops is necessary to the conservation OF
peace in the Southern country, and, in my
opinion to the existence of the Government
itself I therefore do not consider it too
much to ask that the whole subject OF these
duties in the Southern country may form Il
subject Of consideration"
We are very much OF the opinion OF the
Landmarks and are indebted to il tor calling
to our notice the Generals report, 1t having
quite escaped our attention. The truth Is we
knew the General to be 50 comfortable ana
easy going an old veteran, so fond OF good
living and good horses, and have seen nm
trundling along on orr smooth and level drives
with such monarch fail -I-survey air, that
we did not suspect him of harboring such
belligerent and Savage sentiment toward
the people of the South
And so, the General, who has been called
upon to do but little since his service in the
South but smoke his choice Havanas, and
take regular constitutional drives behind
very miiitary-looking horses; the General
who has always found the people here ready
to submit to properly constituted authority,
and quite as "loyal" as even his loyal self
(Was the General always SO saragely loyal y;
the General who knows that the efforts of the
people have only been directed toward rid
ding themselves of lot of graceless and I'M
mitigated scamps, and who is personally
cognizant of the tremendous burdens we
have been called upon to bear the
General who has always received
from the hands OF the people here
the greateet courtesy and kindness:
even his General. finds it in his heart to
malign the people OF Louisiana and the South
by asserting that the presence of troops is ne
cessary to the conservation of peace, and not
content with this goes so far as to say the
very existence of the Government isef' de-
ponds upon the presence of the troops In
other words, if the L. S. troops should be re-
moved from the South, the Government Of the
United States would cease to exist. That is
q very remarkable assertion truly, but quite
as correct, quite as susceptible OF proof as
that which precedes it.
OF course, therefore. in the face of this
threatened calamity, in view of the certain
destruction which awaits the Federal Govern
ment the moment the 1000 or 5000 troops
stationed in the various Southern States shall
be withdrawn, there is every reason to look
forward to prolonged military occupation.
It is serious question, and one well worthy
OF the consideration Of the military brain Of
Gen. Emory, whether Republic which can
only be maintained by placing one-half of
the States under the heel Of military satraps,
to be robbed and blundered nd lbituns by Ad-
ADMINISTRATION thieves had not better cease to
exist.
SO far as the Soutn is concerned, if the rob-
berries and outrages Of the past nine years are
to be continued, if notorious thieves are to he
permitted to plumber us and shelter them
selves from the Just wrath Of the people be-
hind the bayonets Of U. S. soldiers, and to
convert U. S. Custom-H Houses into houses of
refuge, then, in the slang language of the day,
we don't desire any more Republic sin ours
But we deny the Generals proposition and
assert that it is the presence OF the troops, or
rather the knowledge that they are kept here
to Cypress the people and maintain robbers in
Office that makes the trouble.
Remove the troops, take away your epau-
lettes and shoulder-straps and bayonets, or
let them remain with instructions only to pro-
tect the interests Of the general government
which is the creature of the several States
and the peace which the General fondly fan
cies he is maintaining would maintain ITSELF
and the South, relieved of its crushing bur-
dens, would start forward briskly and brayely
on the high road to prosperity to achieve its
glorious destiny.
Like the philosopher who ordered his SER
want to remove the fire in his fireplace, as it
was growing uncomfortably warm, not re-
aecting that the simpler plan was to move
himself, Gen. Emory would have the South
garrisoned with troops to preserve the peace
and preserve the Government, when the SIM
pier plan would be to remove the troors-a
maneuvre that would accomplish both results
with but little expense and no inconvenience
to anybody except a lot of penitentiary birds,
that would soon take unto themselves wings
and flee away.
For Gen. Emory's sake, We trust the gov
eminent will continue to exist, for its annihi-
alton would probably leave him stranded like
another great soldier of whom we read. who
SO bitterly wept, his occupation gone. We
want to see the army maintained and put to
proper uses, for we know full we'll there are
gentlemen among its officers who would do
credit to good cause, and whose blades drawn
against foreign foe would flash brightly in
the forefront Of battle
We know Gen. Emory to be brave sol
der, but, alas (! he has been placed in posi-
ton where but little reputation is to be made,
and the language used by him in his report
proves him to be essentially wrong-headed in
a matter of vital innnortarca To tho So,+bo,,,