Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-10
The Crisis.

The Crisis.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, 18th.
We hope, and therefore we shall not try, to
give satisfaction to any of the many partisan seets
which muddle and disturb the course Of truth and
justice in this Louisiana business. But think we
offer to reasonable people few facts and sugges-
tons which are worth considering We write under
| liberal and national patriotism. Intelligent
readers will bear witness 10 the faith
iuI zeai Win Sheh we nave served tne lheIests VI
law and order; the loyal earnestness with which we
have sought to establish good feeling between the sec
tions; the freedom from partisan lying which has
marked conduct in treating the most exciting pub
lie questions. We have always fought for the weak
against the strong for right against might and, con-
sequenty, have found ourselves for the most part
in opposition; in opposition wrongheaded power at
home; in opposition to wrOng-headed power abroad.
The time has come for even palmer language than
that which we have habitually employed in address
ing the people, collectively, for at no time have We
confined ourselves to partisan audience
The present crisis illustrates all of the position,
from time to time laid down in the Courer-J ournalS
and that most fOrcibly. It illustrates the ruinous
character of the Radical policy the time that
ii illustrates the hopeless character of violent resist
anee the part Of the South. The South has never
realized the fact of its thorough and complete subu-
CATION. The North has been steadily deluded by the
fiction of nationality put forward by partisan
oigarehy intensely prOscrptive, sectional and des-
potic. There has been freedom, in the broad,
publican sense since the war at the South There has
been merely the p-etense of it. Between the negro
and the Democratic party, the scheme OF peaceful
and equitable reconstruction of society has fallen to the
ground. The North has been mislead by the negro.
The South has been misled by the Democratic party.
The result is passage OF arms, in which find the
great city of Kew Orleans arrayed against the Federal
Government the whole South and half the North, ar
IDENTIFY sympathizing with the revoluuonists, the
army and navy, commanded by dominant political
IactlOn' siuluS win usIpalon anu coLLupsIoHi euu
organized TO suppress an honest, conservative COM
mercial metropolis.
The end as far as the passage at arms is concerned
not be doubted. 1t is settled in advance by the
simple law Of force against force. The power which
put down fifteen States viii not balk before one; the
letter of the law is pain the Radical party not mere
ly has legal pretext but 1t has malignant inclina-
tion and partisan interest in measures the most Wig
orous matter how arrogant, destructive, and un-
just
IfGov. Penn and his advisers and followers pro-
eeeded under the idea that the full power of the Fed
eraI Government would be put forth to crush the
revolt in which the people of Louisiana engaged
they maze woeful mistake If they understand this
the logical consequence Of their movement must be
bold and resolute resistance, by which, if they hold
out long enough they force the addition OF at least
fifty millions to the national debt and may, in the
end, preeipitate general civil They have moth
ing TO lose, and everything to gan by carrying out the
measure OF revolution they nave begun II they Go
not they rioters, exposed to vndcuve prose
eutions for murder In the meantime the honest men
of both parties know that PENN as the representative
of the people of louisiana is right andthat the Ke
lOgg usurpatiOn is than any Of the vihanies
praeticed bv European despotism in Ireland Poland
Hungary, OF Venice the last fifty years
If Gov. Penn backs down. and If his followers dis
perse in response 10 proclamation which was GER
tailtV advance Of their movement, ana Wnlcn, IL
they have any fitness for their work, they ust have
considered beforehand, what will it imply? 1t Will
imply that all future resorts to violence are not to be
countenanced and that the South eonde in legal
remedies eonsolng itself with patience and forbear-
| ance. This latter policy we have steadily
advised We prefer to advise it now. But If 1ue are
10 act on different line let as act together forcing the
North to Tee0aqaeT and gre military Government
or else to do justice. The Government haze Is
farce. The V0loLe South prefers empire, King; there
fore let tCe are going 10 be gOUeTed by peaceful
suggestions eOPeTthe North, By state Of tr, .kieh is
form of 0oyeTzment: 10 hold the Soui6 as vGRquished
propjace reliaqGSh The revenues drGtgE from pros
perity and to turn US over to the negroes bag and baggage
bofy and brsechss Let crush out the miserable lie
trRich RzdieaIiSm keeps before the country and The scord
thai this free country. Else, let the marpots and
the theorist who will do nothing but thwart the
efors of those who seek different and peaceful ave-
nue. of escape through nationality and reconciliation
forever hold their peace Let us do the one thing
theother fight out of the ryingpan into the IRE,
ouench the fires of civil by the process consistent
" advocated in these columns the process of making
friends abroad and Of keeping the peace at home, Of
dividing the Radicals and uniting the con-
servatism of the country upon sound, national
and rational basis OF paeiication and reunion
To Northern bigotry Of the subjugatng sort have
to say this: 'sYou have US in your power undoubt-
edy If you think, however, that you can persecute
ms 10 the DEATH without entailing on yourselves
of the consequence of your malignance aod your folly
do your work like skilful executioners quickly and
thoroughly. We hate you, certGtRy; hate you t0ith jus
ffsd and cordial hate. You not merely set Of Iice
fous kyDocres and cruel liars but base GRd e0leardl
Gang Of political eUthrOGt tro, II you Tired IA the
S1uth IrOHLd be t0Tfr1 fnQ1SuSlu6 negro D0ncn ana
ckidre-buraing the cabins Of poor pe0pLe-Gddag az
fr0cfy 10 rioIszee and teaching the R-KEr lessons Of
cruelty only oonestudbs in the theology Of PyMoEh
Church in he journalism Of the Cincinnati Gazette, iB
the nGstineSs Of the eEds-sGc from Uhieh the Inter
Ocean Is issued"
We are not writing under excitement. Every word
that we put down has been coolly revised and ex-
presses exactly and precisely the sentiment OF the
least impulsiYe section Of Southern society Matters
have come this people Of the North, you have got
to do us Justice, will force you to accepts third
term and military despotisn, in order 10 secure your
conquest
This is as much our country yours. We1oTe it as
dearly as yoh do, We ready to unite with you on
equal terms in restoring perfect union and splendid
republieanism. But, il you won't do this, you will
have To EXPOSE the coven foot of despotism you have
concealed the last ten years, and, it presses upon
our neck yours must and shall feel the print OF it.
II GoUeTnOT Penn does not s0dRt 10 hdng as an assassin
he bear himself like hero; and u dHotSr reb e
o and civiI IS the consequence let them come. The
Spor that can happen IS TO make Grant Emperor,
and The South ready to DO that The Democratic
party Of the North is g0ne swept out Of existence by
these acts it swept out Of existence in 1861 by
secession IJEbe at the South 1rh0 haze refused
ddUics and gagged IN this business iR spite Of as,
sinosye-f tksy "bsiaesS-oWi Is their time. They
crawl away eonessng that all their assaults upon
have been mere windy bravados-"sound and fury sig
nifying nothing"
In short and IN fine tr1f are mean Is this: There Is
trying peaceful agencies as long as the mGrPtok
engaged IN stirring strife; the R1drplots haze
pretty quarrel stands; let them gh out or abdR-
don their Ssnsesss and reckless policy II is fight
are dVith them II Il Is not, t0dat 10 EH0D II The
| South i5 tired gf.USeleSs sacrifices.