The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-15

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the acts and orders under which these thing
have been done, still they must stand. Tn
sic colo sic jube0 OF the President Ii lmmu
table, even to himself there can be no review
nor revision 1t is like the laws OF the Mede
and Persians, which altereth not. The arSu
ment assumes that the code Of these nation
belongs to the American system. Mr.. Attor
ney General seems to have some such notlol
as this In an ancient and an interesting
volume, which probably is not in the hbrar.
of Attorney General, two cases under thl
article of the code Of the Modes and Perslan
are reported. In one OF the cases some coun
se.lor. possibly an Attorney General, obtained
decree devoting an entire race OF people II
spoliation and destruction. Before the exc
cution Of this decree the King became salts
fed that he had received bad counsel from al
evil-minded counselor. The King could mo-
alter the decree. But he granted to the pro
posed victims the right of self-defense, and
accordingly, on the day when the execution
came, they drove away the Marshals, Cover
nors, Adjntant Generals and officers of police
with q strong hand. The King made a de.
cree to hang his counselor on gallows fifty
cubits high, which had been erected for one
of the proposed victims. This case is very
much in point, and we commend the prece-
dent to Nh. President The other case is one
of very righteous man who had excited the
hate Of class Of bad advisers who infest
courts, and was thrown into a den Of lions
under decree which altereth not. The King
became dissatisfied with the decree, but could
only leave the victim to his own devices for
escape. They were quite sufficient and wor-
| thy OF all esteem.
The King Unidentified himself by delivering
his advisers to the same fate, with good result.
We think if the President had confined his
action few days ago by settling his accounts
with his advisers, the country would have
been content. American constitutions inn
pose no such infexibility on Presidential re-
solves The radical difference between ad-
ministrative and judicial action lies here. No
department should transcend its powers, nor
make orders or do acts beyond its legitimate
authority. A President may sometimes palli-
ate the error of his traDgressions by the ne
cessity of the moment, by the empire of cir
cumstances, by desire Of proiting from un-,
expected occurrences, by the impetuosity of
him who puts in operation powerful forces in
department constantly active. But no am
nesty is due to the President who, having
committed an error, pertinaciOusly and obsti-
nately adheres to it, only because he had de-
cided. The. judicial power is concerned to
apply existing laws. 1t has no right to en-
ploy extraordinary or extravagant means. 1t
is beyond the reach Of circumstances and
events, and has neither power, and ought to
have no motive to exceed the bounds of au-
thority. 1t should decide according to law,
and has no concern with public policy, and
above all, none with party dominatio n.
Fifth Article.
We have sufficiently established that the
disorder, internal connections.
anarchy, and what the President has termed
in Louisiana have their real
foundation in violent breaches made in the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
commencing with the delegation to q subordi-
nate officer of a court without any subsisting
cause or motive, OF the entire Executive pow
er Of the United States to enforce DEGREES or
mandates Of their courts bya call for the
standing army at his disposal. Within two
days after-in the darkness of night and the
privacy of conscious evil-doing, a Judge OF
the District Court, the most inferior in the
grade OF Judges of the United States judici;.-
ny organization, was superinduced by some
external influence to make orders entirely be- |
You'd the competency Of the Judge, or of any
court, or of any department of the Government |
OF the United States, OF of Congress assembled |
the State capitol was occupied by portion of
the army OF the United States. Under other
acts and orders, a Legislature, without SEM
blance or claim, was impaneled; a lawful |
Governor was depcsed, an upstart selected
rem the body of citizens to fill the place, and
the ways were paved tor Kellogg and Antoine
to take possession OF the Executive depart
ment Of the State Government The Attor-
ney General was Just as ready to sanction this
As he had been to instigate and promote the
action ub initiO. The embarrassment of the
people of Louisiana has been to engage o
steady and conscientious examination of their
case, with a purpose to apply a remedy. When
We have shown that these acts are
If the same character as those which have
aroused virtuous and brave people, in other
ands and in our own, to take arms in their
OWN defense. They are acts OF tyranny, OPP
preston and injustice, productive of perma-
lent and enduring mischief.
The aims of the tyrant and the oppressor
re habitually manifested in sordid and igno-
Die acts, and their immediate objects are ha-
,itually groveling and 'ignominious. The
ount of additional votes tor Grant and Will
on; the transfer Of Casey to the Senate; the i
ppropriation to Kellogg, Packard and others ,
II rewards they claimed; the revenge upon 5
VarmOth, were in this case obvious motives. {
seyond this was the holding the State of 5
louisiana to the Radical party. Within the t
United States there are about nine hundred ,
VI NOttIS VI Tie dITlCau race, OF [
,hom about eight hundred thousand are to
e found south of the Potomac, including ,
'ennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. These {
oters readily multiply themselves. A few t
avs after Kellogg had opened his registration G
q New Orleans the number of this class I
egistered exceeding by ten per cent the pop S
lation OF that class in the city OF New Or r
,ans. One person was found who had TWEEN '
-seven certificates of registration in different
laces. For the most part these persons are C
,norant of the object Of voting: OF the effect il
voting; of the duties imposed on officers; C
the merits of the candidates. The attrac- y
on OF vote to them is the importance it for
he time imparts to the voter and the COM 81
ensatiOn it invites. This mass has been sub a
cited for six years to organization, discipline, Ct
le habit OF implicit obedience, and is taug It Il
lat all is fair in elections. The making of c,
ection laws by Radical Legislatures in the il
,uthern States has been a favorite employ W
ent. The fundamental principle in all of C
ese acts has been to place the Jolot-Lor with Il