New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-18
Tho Northern Press on the New Rebellion.

~--~ N~A"'' VA suO Roo. aOuI udyS al 1/UU
's.aua seem to have produced thrilling effect
all through. the North. From few Of the
earliest papers shat have come to hand We
make the following extracts:
From the Chicago Times ;anti-:lmia;s
tration) of Tuesday:
Eu: the White Lacquer. are no: wholly
olameless. 4: is trEe. they had exhausted
many OF the eXpsdients to bring about a
better condition of affairs. but they had no,
tried all. A wise diplomacy would have
suggested the endurance OF the ills under
which they suffered. with q sincere etfOr. to
mitigate them. By assuming the offensive
10 an appeal to arms they are placed at a
disadvantage. FOR even their well-wishers
must admit tina. the federal cannon must
be pointed at their ranks: that the military
must defend Kellogg at all hazards. even
though he may be in the wrong.
The result can be easily toreseen. The
military must take possession no: only of
the city tu; OF the State government, and
congress must assume the responsibility Of
reorganz!ng the State. This is what many
OF the Nv hIte Leaguers" want. and if the
present outbreak results in the deposition
OF Kellogg and the establishment of a tenn.
porary military government. they will re-
gard the compensation as worth the cost.
From she St. Louis GIoIs ,Repubiican):
The news from New Orleans this morn.
ing. while it will alarm every lover of
peace and law. ls nothing more than was to
be expected as the result of the formation
OF the Democratic Waite League. and the
establishment of what they are please! to
call the ''coior line III Southern politics.
Both League and line mean war OF exter.
minatlon, not against blacks as blacks. but
against blacks and whites az Republicans.
IL Is war OF politics and political creeds,
and not war OF races. except in so far as
race and creed are Synonymous terms with
the unfortunate blacks who are unwilling
to enjoy short lived peace at the price Of
practical reinstatement. In this. as in all
other acts OF outrage and riot, the Demo-
cratic party. organized into the White
League. is the aggressor. rs members met
yesterday ''atound the Clay statue,' and
solemnly resolved upon the movement
which soon eliminated IN biooished.
The end is not yet we fear. United States
troops are not at hand in sufficient mum bers
to preserve the peace. and although regi.
mene has been ordered to the scene it may
not arrive until a vast amount of blood has
been shed. Scenes like these make Us for.
get and forgive the worst faults OF Ben
Butler. who gave New Orleans the best
government: she has had for many wears in
the past or is like: = to have in many years
IN the future.
From the s.. Louis DcHocra, .;Rspub.
licani:
The startling news from New Orleans will
arrest the attention OF the whole country.
Armed torces are fighting in the streets of
that city. and it is reported that many have
already been killed and wounded.
We sha!! not deny tina: il many respects
the conduct Of kellogs's government has
been inietensibie. nor can It be disputed
that the taxpayers OF louisiana have had
very great reason to complain. But there
are two ways to seek redress for wrongs un-
der free government. One is BY the bal
lot box. the courts. the forms OF law and
the power Of an enlightened public opinion,
sure to do justice, though sometimes tardily.
That is the Republican method. The
Othee is BIZ mob law, lynch law, violence
and revolution. That ia the Bourbon
method. It is neither the shortest nor the
surest. ami the resort to Il ordinarily entails
upon community greater calamities than
those from which i. seeks to escape. The
people of Louisiana who have resorted to
armed revelation have taken upon them.
selves terrible responsibility. Il is
wei. nigh certain that another session OF
Congress would not have passed without q
successful effort, in which the best and
ablest Republicans were ready to Join, to
remove abuses under which taxpayers of
some States are suffering. But now they
have detied the laws. the courts and public
opinion. and taken the law into their own
hands. /. is impossible to say how far
their own acts may put off the better day
for which they long. No man can say how
armed revolt may produce. Its consequences
may not be confined to Louisiana. but may
reach to other Southern States as we'll.
IL ia marvellous, that even at this late
dag. BOurbOns have not learned that the
people OF tals country mean that the laws
shall be enforced and obeyed. and will
trampie under foot any party or faction,
which, upon any pretext whatever, deties
the law and resorts to violence. The mere
threat of revolution did more in 1868 to
Overwhelm the Democratic party than all
North are led to believe tina, there is on
foot at the South conspiracy to overthrow
existing State governments by armed
revolution. the OutbUrst OF Indignation
against BOurbonism and lawiess methods
will be swift and terrible. Most sincerely
we pray, for the sake OF the people of the
South. who have been 60 long led into
by desperate counsels, that this
new outbreak may not assume such proper
tions as to cripple still longer the efforts of
those who strive forremoval OF abuses in
that unhappy country. through peaceable
and lawful methods. But we may rest
that peace does not come through
armed revolution. nor prosperity through
the counsels Of law-defying Bourbons.
From the Chicago 1.iyunc lauti-adminis.
trationI:
As a defiance o! recognized authority
and an open revoi: against the existing
government, the New Orleans revolution
SITS must be put down by the strong arm Of
the government. There can be no question
bringing the revolt to sudden end. But it
will be we'll to keep in mind that the revolt
was among the business men and class of
citizens who have nothing to gain in
and useless conflict with the gov.
ernment. 1t will be proper to ask, when
the mob shall have been driven off and or
der shall have been restored, whether it is
not time that something should be done for
q State which even Senator Carpenter said,
. year ago, has been ''trodden beneath the
foot OF federal judge"
From the Louisville Commercial (Repub.
ican,:
The property owners of Louisiana have a
right to complain of bad government, but
they have made mistake in the way they
have chosen to remedy its evils. They
have put that question in the background,
and when we hear from the country par.
ishes where the White 1eaguers are less
by intelligence. and have less
opposition to meet their organi-
zation. it will be thrown still further into
the background. Rebellion and murder
are not the proper means to carry elections
in this country, and they will not be sus.
fered.
From the Louisville Courier Journoi
tDemocratic):
Governor Penn writes in a ringing war