New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-23
WHO WILL Re BELIEVED

WHO WILL BE BELlEv6Of
The rapid diffusion Of knowledge by
mail and telegraph destroyed the Demo
cratic party by exposing the palpable
hypocrisy Of its sectional professions.
The same agency is at work to defeat the
murderous policy of the White Leasuers.
1t is easy to suppress any expression Of
opinions or facts in communities where
men know that their lives, their business
and the social comfort of their families
depend on acquiescence and silence. A
man will resign any Office with platoon
of shotguns bearing on his breast, and
other men will acquiesce in any certli-
cate, that the alternative of resignation
or departure was not accepted in "any
fear of violence or danger of personal
harm" But this rule of terror, which
made the children of parish officer cry
out, "For Gods sake, father, resign
your Office and save your ife?' will
be reported elsewhere to those
who believe it, and before the great Anne
rican people who have given and guar
anteed the rights thus nulliied, will ap-
pear the handful of parish tyrants, as
culprits before the bar of national opinion
and national justice The REPUBLICAN
avows that the record of these acts of
violence and terror will be made up, and
will at any time constitute the evidence
that estate of domestic violence" exists
in Louisiana which leaves the federal
government no discretion but to intervene.
The federal constitution says ''the United
States shall protect every State in this
Union upon application of the executive,
against domestic violence" The fact of
domestic violence is already made out and
may be employed at any time that public
order ard the safety of life requires it.
The American people fought a war
and gave the right Of suffrage to the for
mer slaves. The people have expressed
disapprobation of the abuses of taxation
perpetrated in the name of these new
voters. But this is different thing from
approving the notification of negro suf-
frage. Governor Moses may, and doubt
less should be sent to the State prison;
bat it will not follow that the negro
voters shall be driven from the polls with
shotguns.
The statements, then, of Repub-
licans will be believed by Republicans,
while the White League organs can
not expect that their mere denial
of the crimes imputed to them will
receive implicit confidence. Republican
voters may not be allowed speech
or credence here, but they will appear
on the right hand of the great American
people, when the crime of the whited
Ku-Klux shall be in judgment Of this,
men may rest assured
We can very we'll foresee tie result Of
this rule of terror The election Of Re-
publicans will be denounced and resisted
The election of White Leaguers, if effect
ed by the alternative" of voting their
ticket or leaving the State, or of leaving
the state of existence, will be controverted
before the courts and in Congress.
Republicans will repair to Washington,
where they will receive entire credence,
and where their injuries will be redressed.
The terrorists will also repair to Wash
ington, not with shotgun and belted re-
volver, but in the garb Of obedient and
even obsequious citizens. They may be
represented by the most moderate men
who can be found among them. This
deputation will seek Mr.. Carl Schurz and
gain access, perhaps to the Tribune news
paper. They will invoke all conservative
influences, but it will be in vain. The
question as to which of two competing can
didates succeeded over the other by
superior fraud might have provoked and
disguised Congress. The thefts of
carpet-baggers and scallawags is scan
dalous offense, which has enraged the
American people, because it brings dis
credit upon their great work of emanci-
patton and universal suffrage; but to come
before Congress, reeking with the blood Of
poor people, slain for no other offense
than for having offered to cast vote that
the American people have given and
guaranteed them, will be found totally
different offense, and one which must be
atoned for in q very different manner than
by disgust and dismissal.
Let, then, the trial 60 on. Let it be
tested whose statement receives most Gre
dence-that of the White Leaguers who
offer the negroes the choice of voting their
ticket, exile or death on the one hand;
the fragrant proof Of right and law vio-
lated and life taken by the Leaguers on
the other. That court of the last resort,
in peace or war, the American people,
will consider the testimony upon its
merits, and will accord to Republican
representatives the relief to which their
authenticity will entitle them. This open
violation of the constitution and laws may
be finally decided in the halls of Con-
gress and the cells of Sing Sing, accord
ing to the comparative credence accorded
by the American people to the White
League and Republican statements.
THE BEECHER INVESTIGATION.