New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-02
Peace Ech0eee

for su!phurous fame, the leaders of the
enemy-who in compromise guaranteed a
peaceable election have undertaken a
huge task. The gentle Democrat, of Alex.
andria, discourseth on the thirtieth of Sep.
tember more foul than fair on Murdered
Louisiana
As we toreshadowed, nay, stated in our
last. the last turn OF the screw has been
Luuisiana's fate. portion and dispensatioD.
and again she lies crushed, prostrate and
! murdered BY tho crowning wrong which
has come to put its cap-stone on the pyramid
! of private and public iniqaity. The Presi.
| dent of the United States. bloated and
gangreened by continued debauchery.
lured, charmed and controlled by Cab
| met courtesan. whose base womaniv in.
| stincts are yipered against US, never once
| paused to reflect or investigate our true
| situation. but, with vengeance in his de.
praved composition and blasphemy on his
! accursed lips, decided against US, and once
more we are down. Never for single mo.
ment did it occur to him even to pause and
| appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober,
| but. sans sOuciS and with malice afore.
| thought and indecent haste, did he hurl
| the thunde % Of bis harem against us. and
bis perfumed chambers OF power were con.
1 verted into Louisiana's Tour de Nesle. and
| thus once moro are we at the tender merces
! OF Laundelet Williams. who assumes com.
mand of the army and navy Of the United
States. subject to orders from his wife. so.
I called, Grants chief OF staff for this fight.
Sad and dt sperate. indeed, must be the
ends and tribulations yet in etoro for us,
| aid still more narrowing the patience and
Christian meekness we must assume to keep
! pace with the bayonet tread Of the Presi-
! dental tyrant, the tool of Radical dema.
| yogues and the burning disgrace to the
once honored White House! But for de.
! PRAYED public sentiment at the North
against us. famed and famed here at home
by the worst Of the human race, these
/ things could not always exist, and the day
! Of our deliverance must sOOn come, but Of
! this we have SO often written, that our pen
! paisies at the bare repetition OF the jnfa.
! mics. Robbery, frauds OF all grades in
Louisiana. by these enemies OF Onr people.
bolstered, encouraged and voted in by tho
| negro race, and compromising felony 1t
! Washington, plant their roots in a yitiated
| political conscience, have darkened the bet.
| ter judgment Of the popular mind, and thus
| the record returns and blackens against us.
What matters it that Senator Carpenter.
| prophet-like. sees and fOretells that these
| continued wrongs would lead to "anarchy
and bloOdshed," and warns his countrymen.
and particularly his party, against their
continuance: what matters it that the
national Democracy have given the same
warning time and again, but al! to no avail,
the Republican party down South must be
though the very stars fall and the last white
man be denuded of his last rights, So it
is, thus it has been and thus it will ever be.
SO long as Grant. with the present Radical
party ut his back. and Mrs. Williams at his
side, are permitted to rule the destinies of
our country. We offer but little hopes. out
side OF another effort in November. to our
people as panacea to our wrongs, and this
we cODjure them to look to and grasp as
las. dying chance. and may God protect the
right!
The Natchitoches 1'indica'or, of Septem-
Der &c. is vindictive and warlike. 1t says:
We complain of grievances thousand
times more mOnstrOus than Boston bort
bills or paltry taxes upon tea and stamped
paper. For eight years have we borne this
taxation without representation pet
idea of New England statesmen it now
seems. and it is only intended as maxim
in liberty when applied to their immaculate
setres. and no petition, no remonstrance. no
suppllcatlon, and no prOstratiOn before the
throne at Washington, have called forth
one manly friend to arrest the tyrannical
hands of the Radical government in the
South. tucked by Northern sympathy and
heated ty the scun Of Northern society. We
have long since lost all hope of redress-of |
even fair justice-at their hands.
We will not keep back our opinions in |
such times as these; We will not fear to
give oftense. and we say to our countrymen !
OF the whole Union, and particularly of
Louisiana, in the language of Virginias
patriot son: ''There is no longer room for I
hope. II we wish to be free, if we mean to |
preserve inviolate those insstimable privi- |
leges for which We have 60 long contended,
IT we mean not to basely abandon the noble !
struggle i'll which we have been 50 long en-. |
gagged, and which We have pledged our.
selves never to abandon until the glorious /
object of our contest shall be obtained, ,rc
mast .hyht! An appeal to arms and the |
God of hosts is all that is left u.s.
The surrender of the insurgents in New
Orleans will in no way affect the. country.
according to the Indicator:
We ask the question. could this Kellogg !
monstrosify have been a government of the |
peoples choice! It's ansmered: We want |
TO hear no more then Of the claims of Kel.
l"gss this, or kellogg's that. No matter
what step may be taken by McEnery in this
matter, we OF the country parishes demand
ana a 'ht. nd TO enforce hearing. No hel-
logy Official shall ruic ocer as. this is our
pea determination. come .rhat may.
1t talks to the United States as follows
regarding the reinstatement Of the legal
officers OF the parish:
II Myers, Boullt. Blunt and that ;ik are
to be our rulers. President Grant, we ad.
viie you to send 5000 federal bayonets to
stail them, and after. you must keep them
efe to' all time. for by the Iipiny God
aanyht but death shall make us submit to
heir presence.
The Southern Cross. a Democratic ban
Jam. now growing for the first time in
Narksville. parish of Avoyelles. is loud in
words. but less thirsty in gore. 1t first ap-
1eared September "a, and said:
September IA. A. d. 1874, will be printed
n golden letters in the calendar of hero
IN. 81 dear to the lovers of liberty every
mere, as the date when the people of this
,tate rose IN their majesty and overthrew
lad SO long groanrd. With the detestable
ielioss usurpation fell the Radical party,
lle most corrupt, hateful and plunder.
women organization that ever preyed upon
ne Vltals OF a State. This unscrupulOus
'ahu OF robbers. who had stolen our State
government. was routed and dispersed. as
We 1ondiy hoped, tor all time to come But
bostered up by the United States
overninent and propped into seeming life,
ot Grant, with both his military and civil !
rlnies; not Congress, with its tremendous
1aa OF corruption and oppression; not all !.
ne saVages OF the North combined, can re-
abil;tate the foul concern nor restore it to !.
ne nnholy sway and extravagant power i. ..
aa but yesterday above us.
Inc republican party in Louisiana is. in
Apply truth. as dead as any mummy whose !
pitt quilted Egypt thirty five hundred