The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-24

s'ruc,ion. They have precipated
themselves into the very jaws of
death: for they have violated the
/ Constitution of their State, overturn-
ed the law, and are now brought face
to face with Federal power. With
that auiacity peculiar to ignorance
and passion. Lieutenant Governor (?)
Penn Yesterday telegraphed the Pres
ident, declaring sincere loyalty and
respect for the United States Gov
ernment and its officers, With the
lying preten>e that he is supported
by the great holv Of the intelligent
and honest people of the STATE" he
denounced as "usurper" the Execu-
tive of Louisiana, repeatedly recog-
nizcd as such by the President him
self. With the hand covered with
the blood of slaughtered citizens he
penned the declaration of his stability
to maintain peace and protect life,
liberty, and the equal rights of all
classes OF citiz ms" The effrontery
OF the new rebellion is equal to that
Of the old In 1861 the South pray
ed to he "lct alone" The oligarch-
es merely desired to destroy the gov
ernment, and were astonished that
President Lincoln did not follow i'm
the footsteps of James Buchanan,a and
let he gov, rnment, which he had
sworn To administer, go to pieces.
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State by force ot arms, strewing
dead aud wound d Oh his pathway to
power, and coollv requests the Pres
ideni .sto withhold any aid or protec-
tion from our his enemies and the
enemies of republican rights and of
The peace md iherrles of the people.''
Having violated the peace, having
stricken aown liberty, having played
The role If mohocrat until the
streets of New Orleans ran with
blood, this graceless traitor appeals
to the President to be let alone! But
this newest despot, this assassin of
the liberties { a people, is already
answered From his ,nreasoning as
surance that tie Pr 'sident would
permit the regularly v-con>situ ed gov
ernmenI of a State to he destroyed
hv band Of mnrlerers he has been
rudcly awakened In response to
his demand for recognition he has the
Presidents proclamation invoking the
aid and cooperation of all good ci,i-
zens oi Louisiana TO uphold the law
and preserve the public peace. This
proclamation is backed by all the
power Of the Federal Government,
and he government is the people
l. is NJ. Penn Who has overihrown
the law atl oxen the public peace,
and the P.e>ile'nial proclamation is
notice to al the " rid that he is
malrlactor. to be pursued and taken
bv Federal troops and punished by
Federal courts. He holds the State
House aud the Court House, and,
with the desperate Men whose com
rades of the White Leagues have
desola,ed Nnrthem Louisiana, over
awes the people Of New Orleans.
But he is a usurper, a murderer, and,
consequently, an outlaw. He has
pi,ted his fo tunes against the army
and navy Of the Unitcd States, and
all those who stand bv him assail the
supremacy of the law. aud must abide
the consequences. The N serable
pEetel,.s. of loyalty to III" Federal au-
thority will not avail the Louisiana
rebels. Loyalty to the Federal au-
thority involves loyalty To the State
authority, aud it is the latter which
has been stricken down by Penn and
his rebel ctew.
mas o fishing feature OF the stu.
alton is he fact that the leading mer-
chants o. New Orleans are as mad As
their desperate leaders. The Cotton
Exchange closed its doors yesterday
at o'clock .sas "A mark Of sympathy
with the movement to establish the
legitimate government OF louisiana,
And the Piedy"ne declares that
..Here is no oae ,nha dtres To hrdce
He Indignation era great people
ro,,sed ~ last" But to all these iu-
bila'ions of the conspirators and their
wretched dupes comes the response
of the President, solemnly ordering
restoration of the lawful authorities
of the STATE; and, in addition, the re-
mark bv the Executive that ''the
people of Louisiana had misjudged if
they thought that a res rt to violence
on their part would pass by unhecd-
ed by the government. SO also
have the insurgents of Louisiana
"misludged'' if they think new re-
bellion will be suffered to gain foot
hold for further operation by careful
ly avoiding outrages upon Federal
property and protesting loyalty to
Federal authority. For the Presi-
dent also says: prompt measures
will suppress further disturbances,
and similar course would have saw
cd the country from the late rebel
lion" The President evidently com
prehends the gravity of the situation,
and fully realizes the import OF the
movements; hence he likens it to the
rebellion OF 1861. There is further
evidence oi alarm on the part of the
President, in the fact that he supple
mented his formal proclamation by
military orders, written by his own
hand. addressed to the commander at
New Orleans, directing him to pre-
serve life and protect the peace to
the best Of his ability. The procla
nation is recognition If Governor
Kellogg as the legal Governor of
Louisiana; the military orders to the
commander cf United States forces
at New Orleans constitutes militia
ry occupation of the city bv the Fed
eral Government. The next step
will be an order dispensing the riot
ers who now hold the State House,
and the next the turning of Federal
cannon on the enemy equally of the
State government of Louisiana and
of the government of the United
States. To this complexion it must
come, and that speedily. There is
no retreat, and if blood must flow, let
it flow from the veins of the rebels
who a second time raise their hand
against the sovereign authority OF the
people, as expressed in the form OF
State and Federal governments. If