The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-03


4is f been followed
hg thesI faf sndeg oF foaisiaaa Is
President tiFanl fepl sntea hY
aiof General Emory ayiag
proved Ahe people 81 tha Stale
ARE Substantially unan mans ia
thPif paieelicn 81 Kellogg aUd his
usnfpalNp; tbai If lae thereis
no parry 70 support that wfelelfed
impossnre they have now proved
likewise that lAeir UPRISING was
not oen tha lass 81 Gle author
5lg t tbe United States. With
Aie appearance ef the army upon
tine scene sa have Withdrawn.
gssigninc everYihinointo the hands
of tie eommanding General
In loing fhis they have followed
tlie piain path vi duty IL must
blaTe 6een painful to them, being
fn qrIs possession of the Gov
ernme y which they we're aegal
III elected III 1872, to give II up
again; bnt tie duty was plain, and
u his sleea performed with an
alacliFw which shows HAT they
.TtaIecty comprehend Tire whole
case, aEf IN q aaanner which leaves
them masters ef the situation.
0f course nav that President
Grant bats again interviewed with
arms g sustain Kellogg and his
followers, they win once more
usurp and hold the pieces which
they formerly occupied through
the same agency, aud from which
they were only now expelled by
tie people. This Ia IN nntoward
and deplorable result, but under
the circumstances it was inevita-
hlP; anal indeed it would seem that
Tie conservatives bad lookeda for
II and counted upon it from the
l,eRinring Of heir iusurrectiona-
ry effort
The President 0f the United
States had issued his proclamation,
aud however unwise and unjust it
was, md whether he was drunk
81 sober when he affixed to It his
official signature, il must stand as
law until revoked. There was DO
appeal iron it but 40 arms; and
she appeal 10 arms would consti-
tule treason. The power which
ahe President herein exercises is
one cnnfi6ed III him by tbe Con-
stitutinn 81 tbe United States.
The gnisuae or abuse Of this pow-
SER if natural result az The Office
Qf President being o0nhded to in-
competent hands; but It Is one for
Which there is no remedy save
Impeachment.
The proclamation III HE Presi-
dent was sure to be enforced. if !
necessary, BY the entire regular
army end hy az many thousands
of militia IA be might choose Ia
call for IL would have been idle. /
tho folly oi madness itself, to un- |
slevtaka 70 resist it BY force Oh to
talk ai1ons resisting IT. When
General Robert Toombs advised |
the men 81 Georgia to resist the
passage 81 Federal troops through /
that State, he oply invited the
hangmans rope so hisown neck.
Ne matter how warm and strong
nnr sympathy fol- the oppressed /
people Of the South, ii must cease /
to actuate as when We reach the
point ST armed collision with the
soldiers 81 TIE Eniled States. we
must mi, under any circumstnn-
stances, permit political opposition
IL conflict With patriotic dnty. /
However badly administered, tie /
Government must Be sustained ID
every encounter with armed resist
ance. We have not been wanting
~ Misrepresentation 81 is denuncia- I
ton q the mistakes, the coriUp-
lions and tie arbitrary acts 81
President Grant, butt All the head
way which has been made 81 TIE
persistent exposure oi Bis blund- /
era and offences would be lost If +
ille slightest reasonable hne were
permitted u 5e given ID tho oppo.
sition against him.