The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-18
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I,sseryieys with de Presfdcn :. q.
enfesentsfiye Of The M tiosdi hs,sy,s6lt
,nu md an audience Of the PreBld lent.
Durine thelday the President received 9
iar.pe number M dispatches from New Or
.Iray,s, many Of them signed by old -frierds,
entreating him not to interfere In the pre-
saut disturbed condition or affairs, and con.
tyeying the assurance that out Of the present
seeming fawlessr,ess there would come peace
and tranquility. Some of them were from
officials Of the Penn government declaring
their plans and purposes; others from per
sons In, private life, identified with this
and that commercial interest, all asking
for non-interyention upon his part, and
promising, in the event of their petl-
ton being granted, an answering devotion
TO his fortunes Id the future. One informed
him that petition, numerousiy signed Dy
the merchants OF the city, was on ITS way oy
express ! that the insurgents were entirely
fright, ard that Louisiana was at last free;
Upon the other hand, kilograms were lald
upon his desk that the proceedings IN Lou
islana were OILY the preliminary steps TO an
outbreak throughout the entire South; tDat
Georgia and other States would be certain 10
follow in the line marked out by the Eel
lean State; that from all quarters dlsaffect-
ed white men were pouring into Louisiana,
determined to aid the White Leaguers IN
their effort to take the law into their own
hands and inaugurate new Feoeilion
throughout all the southern country. %
all these dispatches no reply Whatever was
made. iiaF$
In reply to question as to whether ne
had thought of calling an extra session OF
Congress, the President said that he did not
think the situation absolutely demanded 1t.
He called attention to his message to Con-
gress upon The subject ID February, 1878,
upon which that body failed to take definite
action, thereby practically demanding the
whole question to him. To call the National
Legislature together now would, IN his
opinion, have detrimental effect upon the
business interests Of the country at home
and abroad, and tend to magnify the
situation, causing s&rm and distrust ID
commercial and financial circles, when, ne
was especially anxious to avoid. He had no
doubt that the rebels, as soon as they were
informed that the Federal Government IN
tended to deal with them in hrm way
would have the prudence to submit 10 What
was inevitable. He desired to see the South,
and especially Louisiana, at peace, happy
and contented, but in the present SITUATION
there was only one thing for him 10 40, anu
he would do it to the best of bis ability
National Republican, Tin.
rFrom the Louisville Courier-JournaLJ
Merely Straw.
THE news from New Orleans is, exciting
and sudden, but it ought to surprise no.
body, 1t is the Legitimate fruit OF wretch
ed partisan policy carried out by unscrupu-
lous political adventures. ! We do not mean
to call names, nor to appeal to violence of
any sort; bat long ago it was foretold by
rejecting men in both sections of the Union
that nothing less would come Of the Radical
ism which was foisted on the country by the
triple leadership of coarse Vulgarian like
ThaddeuS Stevens, base charlatan like Ben.
Butler, and bunglng marplot like Andrew
Johnson. To-day is only a result, logical
consequence, Of yesterday.
We do not pretend to justify the Senseless
and reckless outburst Of Governor Penn
and his adherents, who, whatever their in
stigation, have placed themselves not merely
in the wrong legally, but in the power of a
cowardly and malignant despotism, which
will gloat over their folly and stamp them
out BY the force of an irresistible muscular
power, equally unreasonipg and merciess.
The only pity is, whilst the killing is
going on, that, since it is sure to be ruth
lessly punished, it is not more thorough and
discriminating. The South might as well be
sacrificed for sheep as for lamb, because,
in any event, ruin is the price demanded OF
it by cold-blooded, calculating partyism.
the end of which must be civil war, reyolu.
ton, and, ultimately, dictatorship.
The whole power of the Federal Govern.
ment will be directed against Louisiana. No
questions will be asked. The next House of
Representatives will be more proScriptively
Radical. Thus the President moves up TO
the military, partisan preteXt for third
term, which is, within itself, the overthrow
of republican government, and the Idiots in
the North, who have cried down the idea,
will have themselves to thank for the general
civil war which these things in the South
betoken. The North will yet have its fill OF
this business. Its day is mere question OF
time.
1t is bad advice to say to Infatuated Louis
lana, "aim we'll and shoot low; you cannot
make it any worse than it Is !; and, as you
are resolved to sacrifice yourselves, you
might as well be gratified whilst you are at
it." but it is natural advice. The letter OF
the law is against them. They are in rebel.
lion against constituted authority, which
the Fedora! Government is bound to sup
port Kellogg, infamous as be is, and vile
as his gang may be, has only to call for
troops and get them. He will do so, and
the end Of it all will be renewed successes
for the Radicals.
For our own part, being hopeless of jus.
tice from the North, or of any good from
the Government as it is now constituted, we
regard the whole affair as, politically, unim-
portant, merely straw showing which way
the wind blows, and only little more
noticeable because t is bloody straw.
Sympathy for Louisiana.
AT LOUISVILLE.