The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-09
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, DECEMBER .. 1874.
A GLIMPSE AT THE MESSAGE

The Presidents message, published through
out the country yesterday, IS very shsiiie-
f,l 1ocrment, and will not fell to call down
ceasure upon the Administration nom rians
thinking men in all quarters OF the country.
n Il d lamcntable confession OF weakness ana
. proclamation Of the Presidents incapatity
for dealing with questions OF national ilnpor-
t,nce Ire presents the country to the world
in the attitude of a badly governed nation,
with tendency to disintegration, and fiutters
il the face OF the world dishonorcd flag.
Nine wears after the close of the war be-
tween the States, he exhibits to the gaze q
the world a country onc-halt free ana the
other half under the rule OF the bayonet'
though al the States are nomiAaily equals III
in TIE confederation. He points his bloody
sword towards Louisiana as an iitHstIa'ioh o.
The wisdom Of his rule and caiis Congress %
witness that in depressing her people and IN
maintaining a usurpatlon Oyer then ne mas
simply carried out the threat he uttered when
he sent his first message to them on the sub
jcct. II is grand thing for the President 81
the United States to be able to say to Congress
81 said would do wrong, and / have done
wrong"
Having committed an error IN recognizing
Pinchbacl first as Executive Of the State, and
subsequently Kellogg, neither OF whom bad
been elected by the people, he claims credit
for continuing in that error and rather glories
over the fact that, so far, the people OF the
State, though almost unit against Kellogg
have been unable to place their chosen officers
in power. Notwithstanding his shameful and
utterly unwafranted interference in Louisiana,
and disregarling the fact that the infamous
JUDGE whose midnight order he SUSTAINED
was compelled by the fear Of impeachment
and by popular scorn, to resign the position
he had disgraced, the President has the hardi-
hood to declare that
The whole subject OF Executive inter-
ference with the affairs OF State Is repug-
nant to public opinion, to tue feelings OF
those who from their official capacity must
he used in such interposition and to humof
those who must direct. (?) Unless most clearly
on the side of law, such interference becomes q
crime. With the law to support 1t, 1t IS con-
DENIED without q hearing. | desire. there
fore, that all necessity for Executive direction
in local affairs may become unnecessary and
obsolete.
After this hypocritical profession he goes
into somewhat extended argument to prove
that while the citizens Of the Southern States,
1.-THE better part of Them" desire ito do no
violence, either to individuals or to laws
existing" they have been guilty Of jIstifyipg
OF denying violence in certain localities
violence which they could have prevented.
We believe it was Andy Johnson who first
publicly achieved the distinction Of proving
DIr. Grant to have Intentionally AVOIDED tell
ing the truth, and since that time We have
never heard anybody sickle for tie presi-
dents ycracity. Certainly there is a boldness
and dash about his false statements which
lift them very far above the ingenious evaslons
and despicab,e lies retailed for party purposes
by his hired tools in the South. The follow
Ind extract we commend to onr readers as
specially rich. rare and racy:
Let there be fairness in the discussion OF
Southern questions, the advocates OF both orlll
political parties giving honest, truthful re-
o
and upholding the right and soon I'll will be
we'll
This, III view of the insolent attitude as
suned by himselfand his bully of an Attorney
General towards the people of New Orleans,
and to the delegation sent by them 70 respect
fully petition Tor relief, is decidedly refresh
inc.
Ills fairness to Us, under all circumstances,
has been conspicuous. Numbers OF people
remember as if it were yesterday, little man
standing like bullied school boy confronting
the eommitte from New Orleans. in the White
House, while in every lineament Of bis bioated
face was d stold determination to defeat the
men who had dared to defy the mandate OF his
Attorney General, and come to Washington.
They remember, too. the insolent bravado OF
the military Attorney General who stood Slar-
ing 1T tie committee like an orgc, resenting
their presence as an insult to his mighty self.
They are both Of them superb samples OF .faa
men: Heaven preserve us from all such
The very next sentence in the message
might he al extract from a Radical stump
speech, and we suspect, was intended as a
plank in the Presidents third term platform.
Under existing conditions the negro votes
the Republican ticket because he knows his
friends are of that party. Many good citi-
zen votes the opposite, not because he agrees
with the great principles of State which sepa-
rates parties, but because generally he Is OPP
posed 60 negro rule. This is 2 most delUsiye
cry. Put the negro rs citizen and voter Is
lie is and must remain, and soon parties viii
be divided, not on the color line, but on prln-
ciple, and then we shall have no complaint Of
sectional interference.
That Grant did not write a line Of this mes
sage we deem 50 certain as not TO need argu-
ment, and that Williams wrote every word OF
i we believe is equally sure Il bears al
through the Shiny impress Of the man who
has led the President 10 the very brink o.
destruction. We regard the message alto
gether as an excellent Democratic card fol
fine camOaipn of 1915 and ,,raxrc cnrclv