The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-08
Communicate ted.
DE MNI!NIS NON CURATUR.

The question "Shall we accept or reject
the compromise approved by the Conference
COMMITTEES ?" is, on all sides, being put with
more emphasis and warmth than It's import
ance justi6es.
It's solution either way, indifferently, may
involve sacrifice Of sentiment, but 1t cannot
faint the principle for which we contend, nor
vet prejudice the cause which we are deter
mined to maintain.
The opponents Of compromise, Jealous be-
yond the requirement of their cause, urge
That to avail ourselves of this seeming con-
cession OF Kellogg. will necessarily imply a
more absolute recognition OF his government
than coul be inferred from our voting under
his election laws in ,eir entirety; that, III the
presence of two of our representatives upon
tue Returning Board, we must logically
silence any burst of Indignation which the
looked-tor enormities of the majority OF that
Board will inevitably provoke.
On the other hand, the advocates OF COM
promise point to reform and correction OF
| abnses already made by the Advisory Board,
| and claim that facts weigh down eHpec'a-
tons.
they deny that recognition Of part can
produce more effect than recognition OF the
whole. They advance tn It, while a minority
of the returnin. board may be helpless to pre-
cent fraud, their voices raised aga nst 1t (hey
being at the time officers of the de tacto Govern
,,e,H would he listened to with an attention
| and effect that would never be given to unoth-
cial clamors. That, finally, the presence OF
the two Conservatives, if not acting as check
upon tn majority. would at least insure a full
and complete disclosure OF the enormiues
practlscd
Has not the heat of argument exaggerated
the importance of either view? What credu-
lous man among us is so easy as to believe
that the duplicity and cunning OF Mr. Rel
| loggs tortuOus polio can be reconclled to the
straight forward good faith essential to the
honest execution OF the compromise :,
| And is it not we'll to bear in mind that II
acceptance of concession be recOgni ZION, the
effect of the same in only the acknowledg-
ment of a selt-evident fact, viz that Mr. kel-
logg is the de fdctO governor, which acknowie ig-
ment neither reaches nor disturbs that higher
lawful positi IN, upon which we placed the
title of our representative.
While, therefore, any advantage to be gained
bv the compromise is doubtful, it is equally
dubious if its acceptance can in any wise pre-
judice our cause.
What should be done is to remove the ques.
ton from its present prominent place. and
leave it in its incidental position, where it
properly belongs for while under ordinary
circumstance, its disc nssiun would be harm
less at the present momentous perlod OF oul
Struggle, any issue which dlverts mems atten-
ton from the all important questions OF cleo
ton is deeply injurious to our best interests
An opinion formed thoughtlessly, and con
frmed and hardened by discussion and the
action of a wa club meeting, may become
an insurmountable barrier to any advance o.
public progrt SIS leading over it. and may con
denim many men to an inactiOn which to-day
would be nothing less than criminal.
Let us, Their lore, all register and vote
Then, if the fruits Of our labors are once
az lin snatched from the toilers' hands, there
will be an issue raised before the magnitude
of which these little questions of the day viii
sink into merited inslgniticance. And IT WI
reap. in ioy and glat.ness, the harvest whic
we have soWn in toll and sorrow, whc 10 The
fullness of his heart, can then find place fo
the fading memory of those senseless qulb
bles which now vex the peoples mind?