Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-09-19
THE SOUTHERN REBELLION.


The insurrection in New Orleans will
quickly be stamped out by the measures
adopted by President Grant. United
States gunboats in the river and United
States troops on the land. under the dlrec-
ton of General Sheridan, mean that Pres
ident Grant is in earnest and not disposed
To paieer with this second rebellion. The
thought which occurs to every loyal man
is, thank God that James Buchanan is not
President With true man at the head
OF the government, and sound advisers in
his Cabinet, the rebellion will be nipped
in the bud, as the first would have been
had not the government been in the hands
of democrats in sympathy with secession.
MIR. Jefferson Davis would not have pro-
ceeded to the extremity of civil war had
he not been encouraged by an adminlstra
ton friendly to his scheme, supported by
a party at the North favoring it also.
Grant in stead of Buchanan at the White
House, the republican party controlling
instead OF the democrats, makes a world
of difference to southern rebels.
Those who conclude that this rebellion
in New Orleans is small affair compared
with the first rebellion at its commence
ment labor under a great mistake. The
South is ripper for rebellion to-day than
in 1861. Then the followers of Bell and
Douglas in the South were opposed to Sc
cession, but were finally dragged into the
support of the rebellion by the drift and
force of circumstances. Now, there is no
doubt that the organization of the White
League has turned the greater part Of the
southern States into military camp, the
members of which are bound by Sc
cret oaths, and so organized as to rise at
moments notice to drench the South in
blood. This is the power which drove Kel-
logg from the State House at New Orleans
the other day, and only awaits success
there to play the same part in other States
where the reins of government are in the
hands of republicans. We have the ad-
vantage in the South to-day which we had
not in 1861, of the active cooperation of
the colored people with the government
and the earnest support of considerable
body of white republicans. And we have
at the North, besides loyal and able gov
ernment not afraid to look rebellion in the
face. people ready to support that gov
ernment in war measures if necessary.
1t is worthy of notice how the Demo-
cratic and Independent papers undertake
to apologize for the rebels in this new re-
bellion as they did in the old They Ia
ment over "poor Louisiana" !" they anath-
ematize Kellogg and sympathize with
McEnery and the White League they de-
nounce the President and the republicans
of the South as the cause of all the trouble.
Their moral support is all given to the
usurper Penn and his faction. They are
oblivious to The fact that rebellion is again
afoot, red-handed as at Sumter, demand
ing from us not excuses or sympathy, but
the exercise of prompt and remorseless
pswer on the part of the general govern
AnOho uhOd uA'oSoiy SuPPoitOu w CNSiy
friend of peace and of law and order.
- We hope the President will exact the
most complete surrender of the rebels, the
most thorough restoration of the recog-
nized State government. Let there be no
stint of gunboats and troops to repress the
spirit of rebellion, no tenderness in deal
ing with those who instigated and led the
insurrection. We believe that if the lead
ers in this movement were dealt with Sc
verely the example would be beneficial
So long as men can lead riots and rebel
lions and 60 unquestioned and unpunished
for their acts, turbulence will continue
Merciful means have been tried and the
result is not peace but war; hereafter let
sterner measures be used and instigators
of rebellion feel that their lives will be
forfeited if they pursue their wicked
course.
SPEAKER BLAINE.