National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-16

iy, the Metropolitan Police Of Nsw Orr
leans were ordered to seize certain coz.
signments Of arms which had been shipped
to dealers in that city for the syowed pur-
pcseof arming the White Leagues. IThsr
I objects for which these leagues were or
ganized IS sufficiently known, and the idea
that as political associations they were en-
titled to bear arms would never
have been entertained by honest
lawYabiding citizens Remembering
i CONSTANTS, and knowing thst the
time for temporizing had passed Gov.
Kellogg did not hesitate to issue the order,
but his enemies, the enemies of the Gen
eral Government, and the McEneryit@,
made that order the pretext Of new com
plant against his administrations Repeat
ing their fslsehoods regarding the legality
Of his election. they added to them fur I
Their falsehOod that the seizure of the arns
referred to was 8 violation OF that provision
of the Constitution Of the United States
which guarantees that the right of the
people 70 keep and bear arms shall not be 4
''infringed. This was made the basis Of |
q call for public meeting, at which reso-
lutions were passed demanding the abdica- 4
ton Of the Governor from his Office.
Strange as these proceedings may appear 1
as the result Of political movement in an i
American city, they were carried %. their
logical result and, as the world now knows, 1
an armed conflict has followed
i We submit that no unprejudiced
man can analyze the foregoing statement
of facts without reaching the conclusion
that the persons who are responsible for
the outbreak, the leaders Of tie mob, and
the promoters or organizers Of the public
meeting which developed itself into body
Of rioters, were guilty Of the overt act Of
treason, not only against the State, but
against the General Government Every
step that has been taken by these men since
the adjournment Of Congress GIVES indubi-
table evidence Of the progress Of CON
spiracy, the elimination Of which was to-
have been the overthrow Of the Kellogg
government and the defiance OF the man
dates of the Federal Judiciary and Exeou-
tive authorities This is theaEiewlwhich
the President and the members OF the Cabi-
nent with whom he has advised regarding
the matter, have taken, and as Gov Kel,
lOgg has called for aid, the proclamation
which we print in our news columns was
issued with the avowed intent Of nipping
this new Southern rebellion in the bud. d
Sad as the necessity for the use of the Gov
eminent troops and the interference Of the
General Government is. the urgency Of the
occasion viii justify it. A few days Of un-
interrupted not and this unexampled iusur-
rection in one locality would have been
followed by similar outbreaks all over the
South. The White Leagues Of the country
parishes in Louisiana, it is known, only
awaited the signal of their chiefs at New
Orleans to begin . general movement
for the displacement of Republican,
ofice-holders. Even now it is not
improbable that this movement has
been carried intoA partial effect, and |
that before The. information Of the |
actiol OF the President was, received
the conspiracy 10 revolutionize the State
was in part completed. In other Southern
States, in South Carolina, North Carolina,
Alabama and Mississippi. the effect would
have been the sameg The violent. prejudice
of faee, added to the hot hatred Of all that
pertains to or savors Of Republicaaism, is
as rife in those States IS in Louisiana, andA
the example Of the New Orleans insurgents
would have found willing imitators in huns
dreds of han1lets. towns and cities in which
the moral effect Of the proclamation win I,
now serve to keep the peace. The OaEiIs
bound organizations which exist either as
the pefpetuation of the Ku-Klux Klans or
as the legitimate successors OF those in
fsmOus associations win receive it as an
admonition that the Ienient power, which
three years ago did SO much to destroy
them, hns again been invoked--this time
with relentless rigor. It is a lesson which
the Haicontents Of the South needed. one
which they will long remember, and which
win be sustained, no matter what the result 4
may be, by every loyal man in the country
As a matter Of course--thc telegraphic
communication being under thecontrol Of
the insurgents and their ftieads-the dis
patches received from the seat Of war are
colored with the preiudices of the enemies
of tle Government, and it is not improba-
bic that she successes reported 70 have been
gained by the 1fcEnery militia, under the
leadership Of Lieutenant Governor Penn.
may have been exaggerated. But be this
as II msy, we may rest under the sad as
surance that not 1.-THE Of their excuses
have been reported. That they have muir
dered black and white Republicans who
were in no way connected with the con-
tending forces may be accepted as s fore
gone conclusion, and we may as
well make up our minds now shat
when the truth is told, as # eventually
wiz be, a tale OF horrible butchery, Of in
discriminate slaughter and Of relentless
cruelty win startle the country, disgrace
the name Of American citizenship, and re-
call the bitter memories If past which i
should have been buried in forgetfGlness
long ago Under any circumstances the
verdict Of the lawssbiding sections tf tie
country wiz be recorded against the rioters.
No excuse OF sufficient palliation can be Of
fered for them when il Is remembered that
they have taken the law into their own
hands, as their leader boastfnlly declares,
and that the result oftheif act has been 10
shock the very foundation OF our govern
mental system. Their crime isalmost unpaE-
donable becarse iiisarepetition Of the crime
for which they were gratefully pardoned At
kppomsttoxand at Greensboro. They have
proved themselves tobc iraitors ofthe most
irreclaimable kind because they have
added to their double crime Of treason that
lbaser crime of lngratitude. They may
strive to justify themselves with the belief
that their sets were warranted by the al
legged usurpeiioH Of Gov. Kellogg. bat 70
do CHS they must ignore the fact ilias he
vas sustained BY the United States Govern
ment and that their paroles Of honor and
oaahs, when thy laid down their arms and
renewed their allegiance At the close Oft
war, contained solemn pledges that they
would never again make war against the
authority Of The generous Goyerpme1
which 50 cheerf,ll, RESTORED chem n, citi