The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-09-30
PRESS. TALK ON LOUISIANA
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PRESS talk ON LOUiSiANa
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!, tern and 6tern papers on our stu
sIation, md Drove interesting to on
Areaders, hshe we devote some space
slto these Expressions of the Press
~ TIE N5w Y ork Financier and thu
I New York Commercial and Financia
Chronicle urge that he Louisiana
troubles should be settled by a fai
and speedy election. They conside
this imperative.
THEY OUGHT TO RESIGN.
: The Cincinnati Commercial of tn
|lslst lays
- ssslNathipggs is clearer than that tn
claimants should vacate their preten
sions and enable the people to declare
-Stheir wishes at the ballot box, Kel
1Togg seehis unwilling to resign; bu
an intimation that it is the sense O
the Administration that he should dc
so, would probably convince him 6
1.-THE service he can do the country by
taking himself out of the way
In another paragraph the CONNER
cial says: at. ~ =
1t is hardly worth while to GUST one
usurping administration only to SCI
up saatheg Fl, thing Ing t. tt..! 40 is t.
4 cons SaNe both Kellogg and McEnery
to resis and have a new election ii n
Congress- ought to have .! ended it i il
1El873, ,yhen,ithe subject was before
that body. IT was, mistake not tt
have done 50, and the recent revolt Is
an evidehce of it.. But itfis meyer
too late'to do the thing, and te
avoid further trouble, 3. new election
shonldbe ordered forthwith. ,3a ~
.stoYGHrss 70 BE STIRRED up. asn
Tth e. Washington Evening s a. ~
(Rep. ofthe 10th, says:' a,eq ;*ia,i
"Now that the McEnery men OF
Louisiana have shown BY til cir
prompt acquiescenceto the proclama-
ton Of the President that their revolt
was, not, DIRECTED against the United
States Government, it is time that
the North should seriously set 'tbout
the problem how 70. to afford some relief
to the people Of that State under a
so-called State government, which
they assert is Legitimate, and which
Fit is Jeyidentg is quite intolerableg to
them. The main b1ame 'fof the I'M
pleasant state of affairs in Louisiana,
eliminating in this ebnliition of pop
ular feeling,rests uiphbis Uongress: :,
"Public opihion shdAt now, ,be. af
rected upon M i beTy 16f Congress.
auriisg.sas, two theuthS lime before
the meeting Of eengressssin sue h
sort that they gYill'fel themselves re-
CURED to make the work Of righting
i,ths Wrongs Of Lspuisianath first bus
mess Of the session" -
l. kGt, THE ONLY REMEDY. ,,,g,
J. That dignified and high toned Re-
publican Journal, the New York Eve
ming Post, in its issue of the. 10Th,
says tersely': : F1a1l
"Tro;yfsasrss more Of KellossggIIs rule,
kjudging from the past, will leave tic
entixes. property Of the State in the
h4h4 gof5 the tax collectors. 1.-The
piPIS einedy and the only remedy
likak 10be at all satisfactory in its
results, seems to be fair, unfettered
expression of the popular will of the
electors of Louisiana at the ballo,
boz. Anything short ofthat is mere
patchwork. a.s.,ats,,i
| g ~ CONGRESS MUST ACT.
| The Philadelphia Record, an indie
j pendent and impartial paper, in .
y leader op. the. peaceable surrender t
the Federal authorities, says. -
LET us hope that, after this.peril
d Gus experience, Cohgfess& WIN no
! neglect next, winter to take up TIN
Louisiana cas-, which Il so carelessl.
1postponed at the last session. Whe,
4 we look at.thesterrible state ofthing
long. existing there, and remembe
thu report made upon it by a com
; Imintsd Of Congress,athe dutyGofo tn
I lSttef body to examine it and to ap
; ply any possible remedy is apparent
} Louisiana has suffered wrongs whic1
ought to be redressed in any and ey
: cry way that redress can be fu1
nAsno"' t2H 9}ra -
Communication. ,
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EDITOR DEMOCRAT = g.
mYour correspondent, Oceasiona
!, does not seem to know the days Q
whin and s,,ur have enca1 ond no,