The daily gazette., 1874-11-10
The Effect of the South.
From the N. Y. Journal of Comm cree.

1T Is now only question of time
when Louisiana will be disenthralled,
and, after her, every Southern State.
The forces are at work which will free
all the South from carpet-bag domina-
tion in good time. First, there is the
general, powerful desire for n thor
ough change at the Federal headquar-
ters. This prevails at the South and
the North. among tho rich and the
poor, among Republicans and Demo
Gratis, among the blacks and the whites.
1t is feeling coextensive with the
country, and rapidly developing in
strength. Had Louisiana suffered no
more from Federal misrule than the
most favored State of the North, she
would still have yearned and struggled
for political reform at Washington.
AS she has been peculiarly q victim
OF Administration interference, she
had the stronger motive and cue for
overthrowing the Federal ring. Eve,
ry other Southern State, in greater or
less degree, has been the special recipi-
ent of Administration abuse, and so is
nervcd up to extraordinary efforts to
throw off the incubus. Secondly, the
wise conservative policy, of conciliat-
ing the negro vote will of itself redeem
the South. At all the Southern cleo
tions on Monday and Tuesday, ne
groes in large numbers voted against
the carpet-baggers and for their old,
original friends. This alliance was
of immense value in deciding the con-
tests, and to it we look for the com
plete redemption of the South in fu-
ture elections. This is the one thing
which the Kelloggs and the friends of
the Administratio have sought by
every means to prevent. But their
bribes, as well as their threats, have
been without avail. The freedmen
have now had nine years experience
of carpet-bag rule, and they are hear
tily sick of it. They see that the car
pet-bagger, whatever his professions,
is the worst foe of industry, prosperity,
peace and happiness and that while
few negroes may be clothed with
office and paid good salaries, the rest
of the race are left to starve, and in all
material respects are in a worse condi-
tion than that before the war. And
so they have concluded to try a change.
Henccforth, if fairly treated by the
Conservatives of the South, the freed.
men may be relied upon to furnish a
majority over the Radicals and carpet.
baggers. Such is the significance OF
| the Southern elections, beginning with
that of Louisiana on Monday last II
| is gratifying to know that these great
results have been brought about peace
fully. In Louisiana the Federal troops
stood ready to interfere with powder
and ball, had the occasion arisen to
warrant it. But the Conservative
voters carefully avoided giving any
provocation TO their opponents, ant
the Administration was left without tn,
shadow of prctext for employing
force. The perfect order which rulet
in New Orleans is the scverest of re
Dukes to the Administration, proving
how useless and needless were its pre-
tended efforts in behalf of n peac,
which no one had threatened to break
After this, we may venture to hop
that the contending powers in Louisi
ana will be left to settle their politi
cal troubles free from Washingto
ncddling. Common respect for til
will of the people, clearly eXpresse
ut the late elections, North and Soutl
trequires that the dragooning policy c
the Government toward the Sout
should be abandoned at once. TIL
Idonc-and the South made free I
work out her own salvation-the poll
ical revolution now going on will hav
accomplished one of the very man
needed reforms that called it into el
ictnpnoI