The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-21
THE FEDERAL REBELLION.


"The mills Of the gods grind slowly bu
they grind exceedingly 6ne." There is con
fort in this adage for the Southern people
Prosecuted for years by the most devilish an
INSCRIPTIONS wretches ever spawned upon
country by war, robbed of their wealth, denie
the poor privilege of labor except for the har
task masters who have been placed over them
deprived Of every right and privilege c
freemen, tainted with cowardice TO
submission to monstrous wrongs, thei
passions played upon with artfu
hypocrisy until hope is dead and the
have been reduced to the depths of humiia
ton and despair, there is savage comfor
in the reflection that the mills Of the Gods ar
grinding on and grinding ever, and that tn
time is not far distant when those who hav
crushed us will themselves be ground t.
nothingness.
little sooner than we expected but not
moment too soon tor the political effect de
signed, the reign Of terror has been inaugu
rated in the parishes.
The clank of sabres, the tramp, tramp o.
armed men, and the low, ominous rumble Of
artillery, have awakened dreadful echoes in
the peaceful forests and fields of Northern
Louisiana, and myrmidons of Williams and
his superserviceable jackals Packard and Beck
with, roam from domicile to domicile arrest
ing gentlemen who have committed no crime,
wbn how not hao,, {aI Of
wrong, but who are troublesome by reason Of
their avowed hostility to Radical misgovern-
ment, and who dare to side with the people
in their struggle against organized rapacity
and legalized robbery.
The spectacle is more than sad and humili-
ating it is dreadful, and portends trouble and
commotion in the future, which the scheming
villains who are bounding on the officers of
the central despotism little calculate upon.
The man must be an idiot, born blind, who
see that the great heart of the people
will rebel and throb in indignation at the
fragrant outrages heaped upon ,ohHe men and
citizens Of State in the Union
1t is no longer question of North or South,
it has risen into question inv olving the in
tegrity of the Government. If the citizens of
Louisiana can, upon the mere ipse dart Of the
Attorney General, be arrested upon afidavits
made before a United States commissioner.
purely imaginary or which clearly come within
he jurisdiction of the State if they can be |
ragged like felons from their homes and cast
Without benefit of bail into prisons and
70 held there as long as it may
nit the fancy or Infamous purposes of
he Federal ring which runs the State in the
interest of the men in Washington; if citizens
an be arrested and imprisoned by the score
or simply exercising the right to employ men
Without regard to color who are not inimical
0 their interests the Republic is farce
nd failure, and the sooner it is ended the
etter for the people of the South at least, and
ossibly for the people Of the whole country.
We charge that the General Government is
! rebellion against the States and that it is
ne deliberate purpose of Grant and his Cabi-
ct to strike down State sovereignty until the
ederal power shall be recognized as supreme
| all things and State courts are virtually I
polished.
We charge that there is now q conspiracy
| Washington to effect this radical change in {
If system Of government, and that if the
overnors of the various States and the people :
large do not soon take the alarm and check s
e movement it will be accomplished before t
eir voices can be raised in protest. {
This may seem wild prediction, and we $
'pe it may prove SO, but all the indications !;
w point that way. i