The New York herald., 1874-10-28

W the cOnbtl uteu autnorltieS ana Is A LIEN On
THE RESOURCES OF THE PEOPLE. THIS vast
debt ia not compensated by correspond ing benefits
for most OF the money has been squandered or
stolen. The State and local taxes are so enormous
that In some sections the land at Lte present de-
pressed prices ,ctu not bring amount suDgcient
TO pay the assessment upon it, Even with such
sacrifices some or the States capnot raise enough
mouey to pay the interest accrung ON the puolic
debt Men OF property, education and culture
take no part IN directing public affairs. The
state and local goyernments are IN the hands
or the corrupt and ignorant. Strangers, with
out character or capital. who after the war
settled down upon the South like swarm or
ningiy operating on the minds OF the creduious
blacks, hare toith ne aid or the general g0reyn-
he .ohfte people there IN bondage worse In some
OF It's features than the slavery tnat existed BEFORE
the war. Not only are the white people here
ruined IN estate, Dut through terrorism exercised
BY those In power aided by federal troops tney
nave practically novoice IN the government II
In the strength OF desperation they attempt with
the ballot to throw on the YOKE OF despotic power
the men they elect are not suffered 10 hold their
offces, but usnrpers lord II them with tenioId
more rigor. The result is that in country OF vast
resources and fertility there IS an Impoverished
IN heart aud with no hope unless we OF the North
apply the remedy vhicn l snail presently recon-
in ne n1a y .as ~ NO pars ~ ,as sooe y
exercised over sumo ol the States Of ms Uoasted
land Of ireedom and y mistake not TINS tyranny
and msruie will Ia alter years be stigmatized
oaSs IN sSFa rhE hEA
to look lor moment vt tue condition OF other
sections sect, Of the country. AZ parayzed
where we nnd one portion OF the country pros
trate we Muss expect to find the whole body
lore been our oosst and which In great degree
determines The PROSPERITY OF nation, y
Sss within .ns lew yesss e Seea rss ss
Than ose-thud W cte FORMER number. and the
tonna0e 70 less thsm onehaI while the tonnage
OF Great Britain, that was formerly less than ours
has more than d0atbied. In the North the goods
OF the merchant remain Ia store for want or GUS
toners. Manufactures are closed or running on
nalf time; labOrers are out Of employment and
cannot ma work even ut starving prices. Taxes
value to such an extent that where the owner Is
IN dcot anu na property Is forced into the market
one.nali OF the price paid Tor it lew years since
cannot be realized. and the man VINO thought hlrn-
sell In comfortable circumstances finds that he Is
. bankrupt aud is obliged IN his Old aye perhaps
the world anew. ihe prostration Of the
sns M q Asl grops PoS or
OUK GOODS AND MANUFACTURES. The city or
New York and the State OF New Jersey aie perhaps
the e, eatest sufferers from this cause, but while
they suffer all sccJiOns ee the effects OF the great
stagnati0n OF business Nearly ten years nave
the country is daily growing worse. residence
has not visited the land, the crops during all that
merchant, manufacturer. mechanic and aborer.
are alike feeling TIE rui"ous W1p " .chdt Is cdled
TIE nlIT0 ttNeS. we now come To the second IN
quiry, vlz:-What has produced this conditlon or
Things Who are responsible for the nard times
In my opinion the chief cause IS the
radical policy or reconstruction OF the Southern
States adopted aud enforced at the point OF
the Dayonet by the dominant party. At
policy were open TO the national administrator.
Que founded on amnesty and reconciliation recog.
nized the Iact lnat the acts o! secession were null
and VOID, that the states had never been out Of
the Union, but their relations with the national
siderable number desired to renew those relations
It could be accomplished under the consultation
and laws that existed In the state when the war
commenced, on cOndltion that slavery should no
longer be lawful and, further, that they who were
the PresIdential election In 1860, with few
exceptions sn0uld enjoy the right OF suffrage
in substance the plan proposed By Mr.. Lincoln
In the pr0clamation appended to his annual
lie. After the death Of Mr. Lincoln presiaeEnt
Johnson endeavOred TO carry out the same
policy. and before the next session Of Congress
state officers and members Of Congress. Notwlth-
standing the people oI !he south mad done all tnat
was asked OF them, had abolished slavery and re-
GRANT BEFORE syai Hi JOIN joiSED TaE sApicAL HAD
IN REBELLioN III On WE'RE hi % SINCERE T in THEIR II '16 De-
SIRE TO HAVE THEIR RELATIONS TO THE
were relusses ses;s. ana then was inaasurated Dy
the radical party that fatal policy or hate aud
woes. charge that the rs..icai admin
istra'ion 1t Washington. regardless Of the
the" the vagaoond arpet.oaggefs In rooSinS aSnS
the people OF tne South oi their property and
liberties N consideration mat they, IN M .nrn would
party: rne evidence IN proof 81 this is full and
cumulative In respect to all the reconstructed
to q few facts IN the case OF louisiana.
In the Iall OF 1872 an election Tor Pres-
held IN Louisiana. The conservatives carried
the State py large majority; As soon as the
tue otncial returns should be disregarded and
the defeated candidates installed into otice
AIDED ~ Oy 'is ane natena sasy
tut ming board that had no legal existence,
without without any oficiai returns returns before t. upon
candidates elected In the meantime the legal
turns submitted to il by the Governor, declared
the conservative candidates elected. But before
ture and the Inauguration OF the Governor, o
federal Judge presiding IN the district OF Lout.
court but in his own mousse at midnight lssued
an order directing the United states Marshal I'm
edsss n% to . tsks p0sssssion Of tue state House
ture which had been declared legally elected
by proclamation OF the then Governor. This order,
tho federal courts had no jurisdlctlon. was actr.
conciusively That the order Of Dnrellp was was
mSue upon oovlceS from washington IN 0ova0Ce,
aud lnat the seizure or the state House aud the
consequent expulsion Of the legitimate govern.
ment 0f sovereign state was the result or 4 con-
SrlRACY BETWEEN TIE AUTHORITfES AT WASHING.
TON AND THEIR TOOLS IN LOUISIANA, TO DO THE
VERY THING THAT WAS DONE. Never In the his.
tory or our country has So gross an outrage been
perpetr0ted upon state sovereignty.
The speaker rec0unted Gil tile well known facts
regarding tle LOUISIANA uSurpatton. claiming that
they proved c0ncluslyely that the Parry IN power
was deliberately responsible Tor the wrong
and violence. All the circuMs auces 10 10
prove that the case was from the nrst preiudQed
and that no amount OF representation or iacts or
argument could induce the administration to
recognize the officers chosen by the people Of
LOUISIANA. 1t Is true that the President alter
wards called the attention oi Congress tU tile SUBJ
Ject, bus Congress failed to do any ing but talk,
AMI the uAurping government OF LOUISIANA is after
tie lapse OF two years. stii occupying the places to
when others were undoubtedly elected aud ae
this moment Is engaged III projects to cheat the
people oL that state out OF Iair election BY