The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-09-30
The Insurrection in Louisiana.
TheIpeoplc of Louisiana, defrauded,

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Il power, having usurpers installed
n Office over them by judicial cor
'uption backed by President Grants
and having seen all hope of
'edress taken away by the refusal of
Grant to interfere in their behalf,
md by h csc usurping authorities
election ordinances and ap-
pointme!fts! that render a fair cleo
ton absolutely impossible being
thus driven to desperation by public
plnnder and BY the closing Of every
channel of relief, have at last adopted
the desperate res ,lution ofrising in
arms against their usurpers and ty-
rants. tsf o.Ig.r ...ri...a, I'M .'''
Is not the act justifable? mo man
can study the facts and recall the
history of the last few years without
admitting that fever any people,. had
good reason for this last dread resort,
it is the people Of Louisiana. If'in-
surrection Gamble justified under any
circums stances. whatsoever, it is right
and just in their case. No body of
men ever had greater propagation, or
more perfect cause for such action;
and never, from the beginning Of civ
ilization to this day, was any Com
nionwealth subjected to- wrong and
Outrage bya more tontemptible set Of
miscreants than these land-pirates in
Louisiana. But for the BRUTAL law
sdefying assistance of Grants soldiery
these wretches could never have got
into power; and their victims, seeing
themselves despoiled not onlyof their
possesssions-the best property in
New Orleans will not rent for enough
to pay the taxes-but of every politia
cal right and personal chance of good.
and having nothing more to lose ex7
.cept life itself, may well choose to
'perish in q last sharp contest, rather.
sthan to struggle On in the misery and
,despair which their oppressors alone
offer them. . a.i -, t t'' !. D..
ss 1t is certain that this rising, would
be speedily successful, and would re-
suit in the wholesale expulsion of the
usurpers and robbers hey md, the
boundaries Of Louisiana, but for the
new intervention of Federal troops,
which of course will not be- delayed.
Grant is under a fatal necessity.
Having begun this business of put
ting down a rightfuIly elected State
Government and installing in it's
place one that the people had repu-
dated, he has no alternative, but
must 60 on aAd MAINTAIN the counter
felt, fraudulent authority which he
has instituted. ','''.
The people ofLouisiana will, there
fore, be suhjugated an e.w. Some
will be killed; many homes will be
ravaged, and the horrors of war will
be felt again in that wretched and
nesolate region. But even in this
they will gain something. Those
who die will DE better of the grave;
and those who live, will at least be
the captiyes of the Federal army, and
Iwill thus for time be relieved from
the maIignity of their local bahditti.
Indeed, this is apparently what they
most earnestly wish for. They pray
to see the false State, Government
utterly swept away, and Louisiana
once more put under thr dictatorship
OF some decent army ofti Ger. In
theii" view, the iron hand Of military
rule is better than the lawless DIES
potism and the unrestricted confis-
cation of Casey Kellogg, Durell, and
their confederates; and nothoughtful
observer can deny that'this is reas
enable conclusion and desire. @% 81.
And such is the result of n n e
years Of reconstruction and six years
of Grantism! This is the sort of
peace whi.c h the country, receives
from military President who annuls
popular election and overthrows a
State government inEorder to take
the electoral votes of the State for
himself, while he maintains h is
brother-i n-law in power to plumber,
and assures to an incompatible gang
lof robbers the prolonged opportunity
of unlimited booty! And there are
tthose who still prate about moral
ideas in the Grant party, and who
(fopdly imagine that the American
people will suffer IL C h a state o f
things to be indefinitely continued.
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