The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-30
WHAT MUST BE DONE?

WHAT MUST BE DONE?
The question now agitating the mind OF the
people of the entire country is, whether the
seventy-three thousand freemen Of Louisiana
who cast large majority Of the votes polled
at the late election intend to abide by the
decision of partisan and corrupt body COM
posed Of four men, who, by reckless disre-
gard Of right and justice, have attempted to
defeat the will of the majority. -Four men
who, transcending the powers even Of the in
famous law by which the Board was created,
have declared elected men who were noto-
riously defeated; have substituted the will of
the minority for that of the majority have
found that Dubuclet, who received only
GO. 4S3 votes for State Treasurer, was elected
over John c. Moncure, who received 70, 400
votes by their o,rn canvoss and compilation.
1t is an interesting query It is interest
ing also to inquire what the people Of the
country parishes especially will say when
they all discover that their heavy majorities
at the polls have been CONTEMPORARY flung
aside and reversed, and that their will has
been defantly set at naught by the Return
ing Board upon er pdrte and trumped-up
evidence
| Will they quietly submit themselves to be
represented by those whose only title to
office is that four Therapeutics of a
usurper in sympathy and utilization with his
crew Of plunderers- issued their fiat
and declared that the men who were over
thrown at the polls shall be their masters?
Great God! And has it come to this {!
That in a republic, where not kings, by their
divine right of succession, but where the
people, by their ballots, are supposed to rule
and govern; that in a republic the liberties Of
State are to be forever at the mercy Of a
gang Of adventures, who, holding the reins Of
power, intend to perpetuate their rule by
Vaccinations as vile as they are destructive of
the principles of free government. Legis-
lature foisted into power by an illegal order
Of United States judge and sustained by the
power OF Federal bayonets, creates a Return
ing Board, which is expected to return Rad
ical Legislature, who will in turn create
another Returning Board to return another
Radical Legislature, and SO on nd iefatmn..
Must we submit to two more years of Radi-
cal rule: Are we quietly to fold our hands,
be spat upon with impunity, and jeered at by
freemen everywhere, because four men, the
plant tools Of usurper, have defied and set
at nought the voice Of the people Of louisiana
because, if we resist, the whole power Of the
Republican party, commonly called the Fede-
raj Government will be employed to crush
US? We will not submit to it /! There is q
power behind the throne in all civilized coun-
tries whose voice cannot be disregarded with
impunity-a power whose controlling infu-
ence has moulded the destinies Of nations and
made kings tremble- the po,cer Of public opin-
ion. It is a power SO potent, that Grant him
self will have to listen to it. and there are
steps even he will not dare to take in defiance
of it. Aud relying on that opinion for a justi
fication of our cause, we will maintain our
rights as become men.
Although the contest may seem unequal,
history is full of glorious examples of great
results accomplished by perseverance and
determination in defending the right.
The Christian church was subjected to the
most cruel prosecutions by the monster Nero
and his successors. Although its followers
endured the most intense sufferings, the most
horrible tortures that could be devised, and
were put to death in the most barbarous man
ner, they steadfastly upheld their principles,
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the throne of the Caesars.
When King Charles Of England had estab-
lished an odious, oppressive and despotic
government somewhat analogous to that
which we now have in Louisiana in his realm,
with the Star Chamber and the High Com
mission, and sought to obtain supplies for his
own use and purposes by raising ship money,
John Hampden had the courage to confront
the whole power Of the government and to
dispute the right of the King to do SO, al
action was taken at his own risk and cost.
He was no craven, but freeman, who lost
nothing by his noble stand, and whose name
is proudly cherished by his country as that of
gallant defender of the right.
As stood Leonidas at Thermopyln, against
the Persian hosts; the Barons at Runnymede,
who wrung Magma Charta from King John;
Horatius, who CALAMITY defended the bridge
against the enemies of Rome; the Swiss can
tons, who achieved their liberties against
tremendous odds; the Old Guard Of Napoleon,
who, at Waterloo, hurled Mt their enemies the
defiant and brave words, 1.-The Old Guard
dies, but never surrenders so will the
people of the State Of Louisiana, alone and
unaided, do battle for their rights against the
hosts of Radicalism; and although we have
been virtually denied the right Of all free
men, resort to arms as court Of last ap-
peal, we will firmly and fearlessly stand by
our rights, looking neither to the right nor to
the left, until success shall crown our efforts,
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