The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-10
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We publish this morning a Sdi-
torial from IL P;coysk@ endorsing
the compromi.e and. aso = l-n Thy
article from the shittepert Uaes,
vioIently opposed 81 it. NwesNve
also the official report If the remit
Of the conference, from which it
will he seen that for and in consid
Grafton of the guarantee On The
part of the committee representing
our side. that no further violence
or intimidation would he used, the
Radicals give. ns. twp mf,s sers 81
the Returning Board and two on
the Advisory Board.
The principal objection that we
have heard oprose' 70 the compro.
mie il that ,it iaR r1cogptdon! on
our part Of the de tacto status ofthe
Kellogg government. So tar AZ
thia objection goes We do not agree
with those who urge it. Grant is
determined 1hAt' RelNkg shall he
de facto and it il useless for us to
deny that he il. We have had our
government in full operation twice
and both times the machinery Vt
the United states government has
been used to put Us out and KEEL,
iogg IN. No sane man can doubt
that Grant Intends to carry out his
,, intention to support Kellogg, until
Congress decides, the de jure claims
Of our goverI,mest of-which Gov
ernor McEnery is the, head. :.
We do not sblame the gentlemen
who represented our side for admit
ting this plain fact. We have 10
far done 50 and shall continue to
look the situation square in the face
and shall not deceive ourselves by
attempting to hide it, because We
may wish that things were differ
ent from what they are. This we
think the Times has done, but done
it unconsciously and honestly. We
do not, however, endorse the other
guarantee OF our committee that no
violence or intimidation shall I've
used. We do not mean by this
that We are in favor Of either vic.
lence or intimidation, Tor We are ri.
olently opposed to either, but We
think that the guarantee given was
an admission that that had been
our policy in ,he past aud was in
contemplate" by Us for tho future.
neither Of which conclusions il cor.
rect. More than this, the commit.
tee have given pledge which, they
cannot keep If it should ever be
necessary to rely upon it. They
can no more control sucI, upriSings
as that in New Orleans than they
can dictate to the whirlwind. In
cases like that>at COnshatta when
the negroes werc the aggressors
and were in arms, the commit tee
cannot keep the people from arm
ing in self defense and ii need he,
employing violence {, suppress the
disorders Of the other side. We
have never excused nor do We now
attempt to justify the killing OF the
six radical leaders ut Coushatta af.
ter they had surrendered and had
been guaranteed protection and
were under the escort OF guard
chosen by themselves. The guard
should have fought with the men
who took them and have sacrificed
their own lives ii it. had been neces.
sary. In such an emergency a. that
the committee cannot control nor
speak for the people. "Self pro-
lection is the first law Of nature"
We gain by the compromise two
members Of the Returning Board,
who while they are in the minority
will still be in 4 condition to know
and expose any attempt at fraud -
This il better than We had before
with all FIVE against us The Ad-
visory Board is a tribunal not
know to the law, and without any
authority save what may be grant
I'd by Kellogg. He promises only
to I've cont rolled 10y them when their
advice may I've in consonance with
the laws OF his own Legislature
The interpretation by those laws
il Il matter which under the terms
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