, 1874-12-25

As aoo1f, IL LILO nfuof OF THO ono iHceloH ulu
not Ing. 1t was simply question, Of ti'1o with
tho otl,or. Tho Oommfttco Of soycnty, TO Rlyo
them tllar dun, Bparod no efforts in tho cause.
As long M tEoy could b0 induced to bleed, u III
TO ho presumed. % vol, they notlior elarod Tho
pockoiB Of the.r baciorH. Tho rn!tcllco and tho
loekcta. however, must ncola give out ut Inst
Tho constant opportunities for TuntlB gradually
produced Il waning interest lit Tho cnl,so. lilo
lnorchanta md businessmen in general
NEuAMt: DtsuuaTEn
They failed tn longer como down with tito
BianlnR Tho appeals to thoir patriotism wore
treRtcd with indifference. -ovotl oottoMpt, The
Committee Of Seventy canlo to 10 moro 1llclo''s
Of q few w9nld-bo patriots. IN tho wy Of disap-
pointod candidates. aud nspirantH for position.
They cano 10 DO looked ,,pon. III fact, rather AZ
n boro than otherwise. Wliatovnr tho peculfnr
morts OF tho Organization. IL certainly sanli to
tho lowest obb, no far rs either pocnnlary or po-
my fa!tl Ill aught Of its future Bllccess. None
wore no poor rs 10 lo it homage. II waB q Aco-
oa "iost ca.lso," TINT, With tho rofsaal OF Con-
gross to Interfere, aluno ronlolnel Of the Nc
Enerycasnpaign.
LOUISIANA REVOLUTION A CAMPAIGN NECESSITY.
It wns Senator Morton. it, his speech ia tho
Uuitcd States Souato domollshing lilo claiinH Of
NtcEuory Il Co.. TINT inadvertently furnished
te key 70 LING Of future Gpo1atSnn'n e
TINT tho people woro go1lerally acqhioacent in
Louisiana Donoeiatio politclalls 1oseon they
wore not SLOW to act upon. It rms tic QUO
weak point III thor ar,nor The people
orderly -, since, tue admission Of tho
State. Throughout tho State they we,e
quietly Mt work. IN pursuit Of their ordinary oc-
promptly paia a aH % over beforo. Tho taxos ST. too, o.
~ we'll ID tho debt Of the 8tate, Ind been mato-
rsuliy rodnced. Tho Stato obligations wcro being
promptly met at maturity, mud State credit, az n
consequence was Oh THO advance instead OF
IL n t1trat ftJ1Flt }rn
In tho general tono Of feeling among tho people.
Thoy certainly showed little appreciation OF tho
tlrcadful condition of Affairs, us represented nt
Washington. Tho politicians, as npparcnt, wero
aitnpy Alnoro handful Of aGitatofs wlthouf any
Suclt condition of alfars WIS generally nd
mittrt as tho virtual lenth Of tho ta,lso. Tho
people
MUST NEEDS ne STIRRED ur
to 1noot tho requirements Of tue Gaze. 1t rms q
matter Ut Ifo or death to tho Louisiana politi.
clans. It would soom to have bocn recognized
as necessity by tho Democratic politicians Of
tho country ut large. a general cnmpalgu wuS
coming Oh in November. Louisiana must fnr-
mocraey. Tho pooplo Of Louisiana. US 4
consequence. must DO elown Is ground
tlown boneath tho iron heel Of Fcderal
leBpotsm ind oppression. ln support OF the
claina and prctoneions Of hlcanory l. Co., tho
Government must bo hold up to the Acorn md
1ersion Of tho country at largo, aB bnaoicss
us,,rpationt roarcl and uphold by Federal bayo-
1cts. As SUCH it mist 10 aeon as gonofa llY re-
pudiatod mud hated by tho people Of tho Stato.
The State authori!ies must bo shown as oyery-
wlloro iu contempt; tho Government, as wholly
incapable Of enforcing rospect;. tho people, as
everywhere turbulent and rebclonB. Tho
people, in fact. mist be hold up to tho nntiou I'D
MI American community
wnIrutNG liENEATn THE YoEE
Of hatel, ropndiatcd. and poworieas uaurpaa-
tion,-a us,rpation reared and maintained only
by Federal bayonots,-a matter for which tho
national party III power must DO held renroi'si-
bio. Tho Northern Democracy must thus be
onablel to rldo into power on q wnyo OF popnlar
indignation over tho wrongs aud Expressions Of
poor tlowntrodlcn Louisiana. Tho Northern
Domocrncy i'll toturn. nlllst Htceor mud support
Tie cninss aud prctentlons of n beyy
Of 1.oulsiana politlclaua. That, to
mid tho purposes Of tho one,
md foster tho prelenslons ot the Other. poor old
Louisiana, al n matter Of fnet, III & material
belse at ioayt, was to be literally ground beneath
tho upper ar0 neither mlll-atone to I'LL tho nleas-
ltt!o III the premises. Tlo fires Of partisan
hntrcd and soctionnt animosity must bo once
moro famed to soothing flame. Tie politicians
OF tho good oldon school wcro fully equal to the
emergency.
CONDITIONAL LOYALTY.
With tho eicsnents rs presented in Loniainnn,
to stir up tue fires Of revolution required no
mastor hand. Tho elements ato practically tho
Ba1no as in tho days OF tho nobclllon. Loyalty
to tho Federal Government, II it can DO said to
exist ut all, Is almost invariably found cnuplcd
with an II. Hero a,ld thcro III old line Whig iB
| found depreca.ing the existing order Of things,
mud Mt Heart damtling tho Louisiana Denloc-
Throgh n o oxs son Sy en tho e rnat ssa rs
| they would bo glad to ncccpt tho situation and
| form q part OF tho Government in good
faith. THO old ncbel aoitl!ory, too,
are genorally quicscent, mid DISPOSED to play tho
| part of silent spectators rather thnn actors.
l4ey havo gwen place, in turn, to a ling Of sue
| ceaBorH, educated in tho Rnmo old Southern
school. Tho attor, MS with their prcdecessors
| III 1861, form MI army Of flro-entlng cllrairy,
anxious to. do and die for their rIGhtss,,. They
are trimmed in their l,atrods and anilnositics BY
tho galne old Htay-at-lome Rebels that in 1851
literally haundcd the masseB into rebellion, and,
to-day. da,uning thu Radicals for their lotscs,
woultl impart u cumulative hutroa to now sc,'-
eratiou on tho, stage. :, They carry in il
Of tho nntnralizca Foreigners. Thoy
arc backed, and indorsed, too, as bc(oro, by tho
Cicolo olomonts TINT forl1, the representative
population OF tic Stnto. They nro emulatcti, III
mean whites III gonorul. With tlen lit with
fully nine-tosths of tho population. tAoro IL lit
l'o If as,y, distinction botween tho Government
| a1d the party III power. Goscrtmout, US roi'-
| rcsanted Inv tho Louisiana Democracy, would he
4 Government OF which ttoy formed part. It
| would necessarily command their allegiance. Il
Government M represented by the Republic
ans il a, Government practically ae
controlled by their cucn,ies. It commands little
| Of allegiance ns consequence, savo aB it oyi.
| dences the might to onfolce it.
| sTIKn1Sa THE FIRES OF REVOLUTION.
Tho now limo Of tactics. aB soon, was mot hard to
Introduce. Tho method would aoom to hnse
bcou aasystonnsc us it certainly proved effective
1t began with constant and unromttlng appeals
through an Intensely PARTISAN press, to the old.
time LatrodB aud anmosties Of tho MASSES.
Yho blacks, always. pcaceeblo enough
suddenly found armed. mud or3anizites
thronghont tho State: Yhe;e c9u!a ,s;aM 9i y
was murder, rlllago, ana rape. without ona
None, envo such uH nro acquainted with tue
soutl'crA body polite, oan realize for n,omen'
tho elect Of such appeals upon tho maaBcs:. II
liz as flrebrnnd over u powder-magaZlno, tllat {
moYo Of i,siger, oven, can lrecipItato Into m
EXPLOSION, It waa urn nfd organize, arm ant
orgalizo. on oyary hand. black Leagues mus
bo mot by White Loagues; hatical organiza
tous by organlxatons of "Tas Poo People" Tht lt
liko lnayie t'atoushont tho State; They soo'
bocalllo known III secret and sworn or
| f3tnrr FriH any