The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-06
GOVERNMENT AID TO SOUTHERN
ADVENTURES.

which have peculiar bearing upon on
affairs in Lou siana:
| Tie fearful and alarming condition Of tn
South, brought about by the power Of tn
| Federal Government, that has been used I
| place and maintain in office corrupt advent
! urcrs and ignorant negroes, is arouslng IN
attention of the intelligent and patriots
class of the Northern people.
Scarcely a day passes but what som
Northern Journal, and not unfrequentl,
Republican in politics, contains scathin:
rebuke to the Administration and whole
some admonition against any farther en-
croachments upon the rights and liberties o
the Southern people. Carpet-bag and Negro
rule have done its work successfully, an(
it's fruits are seen and its blighting effect'
felt all over the nation. But it has wei
nigh run its course, and if heretofore W.
have been powerless to check its progress
now with the powerful aid and cooperation
Of the Northern people and press, its com
plete humiliation may now be regarded d
foregone conclusion. Says the Nation:
After all that has happened during the
last five years, it must be admitted that it
il little unsafe to speculate as to what
course the President will pursue on any
question, but the signs that he has seen
the error of his ways in the matter Of med
ding at the South are certainly unusually
strong. He took a long time to discharge
the duty imposed on him by the ConstitI-
ton and the laws Of deciding who was
Governor Of Arkansas but the decision,
when it came, had the great merit Of be-
ing sound and carefully considered, and,
therefore, likely to make a complete ending
of strife. 1t has one other merit, which is
perhaps, even greater, viz: that of having
been made in complete disregard Of the no
torious persons who do duty in Washing
ton as Senators FROM Arkansas This strikes
at the root of the evil Of recent FEDERAL
interference. 1t was the precedent set in
Louisiana which really brought about the
Arkansas trouble, because they seemed to Gre
ate system Of government which promised
AS many rewards to intrigue and violence in
this country as in Guatemala or Costa RIGA.
Indeed, III some respects the position Of the
Southern States of the Union since recon
struction has been worse than that of any
South American State. In the most poorly
governed community of that region, or Of
any other, it is always open to the men OF
and thrift and prosperity to de-
liver themselves from the rule of ignorance
and corruption by an appeal to arms, or, in
other words, by resort to the time hOnored
remedy of revolution. In the worst ages,
and under the worst rulers, the oppressed
and plundered have usually found some
consolation in the consciousness that if the
yoke became unbearable, union among the
Drawer, better-educated, and honester ele-
nents Of society might by force bring about
'efOrm. If, they said to themselves, ii
should really prove impossible to put an
md to these infamies by peaceable means,
We have such an advantage over the
'ascals in capacity, in power Of combina-
ion, and command of money or other re- |
ources Of civilization, that we can, If we
must, rise on them, and kill them or drive
hem out Of the country. Moreover, the
ascals have usually been sufficiently con
cious Of all this to be restrained by it in
ONE degree. Their rule has never lasted |
1ery long in any civilized country without
the sense Of order into such
ctivity as to create power sufficient to
urnish security for life and property so
hat it may be almost laid down as a rule
hat the majority never continues to govern
or any great length of time unless it repre-
ents, at least in rough way, the intell-
ence and accumulations of the community
What has been most deplorable in the
OnditiOn of the Southern States since the
var is, that we have undertaken to prevent
he natural remedy for their disorders from
eng applied. We have set up in South
arolina, for instance, a system of govern
lent which converts the majority into a
ang of robbers making war on civilization
nd morality, and have pledged ourselves
. prevent the minority from resisting or
verthrowing them. We venture to say
hat no parallel for such state Of things is
} be found in history. A power which un-
ertakes to prevent rebellion has al
ays-we believe there is no exception
, this rule - hitherto undertaken to
lpply protection against predatory iegisla
on on the part Of the majority as well as
yainst open violence. If there was any
,pression to be DONE it had always done
self, and the very strength which has en-
,led it to Cypress, has usually prevented
e oppression from being wholly unbeara-
Q. But in South Carolina and Louisiana I
9 find governments, which have not ;
rength enough to exist for ten days, if
# alone, perpetrating enormities on which
the British Empire towards the Santals !
the Indian jungles, simply because they
We the United States behind them guaran-
eing their existence.
When such Journals as the Nation, the |
ooklyn Eagle, that seems to irrtate 50 {
lch our official organ here, and the New !
rk Times and many Others we might men- q
., write as above and open their batteries 9
On the ranks Of the Republican party iii
} South and hold up to scorn the infamies
has perpetrated upon our people under
} guise Of law and Republioanism, we
y look forward to q new era in our down
dden and lansuishing State. God speed
J work and give us quick relief :
Has DuRELL RESIGNED Ut is again ru- 0
red that Judge How-Sober Durell has n
igned the judgeehip of the United States t
strict Court. The resignation, it is said il
8 prompted by mild suggestions on the is
f. Of praaidapf Grant Nyl,:kclxa- | a