New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-15
THE NEW ELECTION.

BEFORE these lines Will go to press tn
: bill for ordering new election will hav
probably been defeated. The reasons DR.
J and con as indicated in the debates O
yesterday show substantial objection
against any such legislation. It is no
safe precedent to so NEEDLE in the affair
OF State as to set aside an election OF
any grounds, for if the people of Stat
be not capable of reforming their owl
, errors; if the federal government must b.
into anarchy, then indeed is self-govern
ment in a rickety condition. Any mis-
government of State by its own authori
ties denotes some defect of popular capa'
city, and if the people of the State are
not to be trusted to reform their action
then must that State become a ward in
chancery, whose action and estate must
be confded to some superior in authority
and intelligence.
This inca pacity for a just self-govern-
ment is even predicated of Louisiana
when one of the advocates of new
election says on the floor Of Congress: eff
the federal troops be withdrawn the
| Kellogg government would be banished out
| Of existence in less than a month" What
a fearful libel against our people is this.
1t may be doubted from the figures of
the census whether the opponents Of the
Kellogg government have majority and
| yet that government would be ''banished
| out of existence'-that is, killed-in less
than a month. The inference. then, is
that we have not government republican
in the form of governing by the majority,
but that a minority, better skilled in the
use of arms than the majority, will put
to death government elected by that
majority. Then this is government of
force, not of choice. We can not be-
lieye that few men, furnishing at the
street corners for Office, could in
fuence the property holders and
business men to rise and shoot all
who hold office adverse to themselves.
We know they would not be permitted by
the solid men and interests Of the city to |
commit such a heinous outrage upon re-
publican civilization, but what an argu-
ment is this for opening the chances for
these irrepressible applicants? Every
candidate might single out his
antagonist to meet him in open dis
cussion, but to go for him with pistol and
bowie, and SO obtain the Office competed
for as a part of the personal spoils of
captured foe. Why should Senator Sauls-
bury thus make us out Modocs? And why
should he not perceive that every one of
lis hearers sees in his declaration the
strongest possible reason for affording as
ew opportunities as possible for this reign
If terror? We regret that this calumny
hould be spread against our people. 1t
ends to discourage capital and labor.
may not be willing to bring
heir families where stray ball from the
olley that decides parish election may
Danish out of existence" some loved one
Wholly innocent Of politics Men having ,
apital for investment will give wide i
erth to people who repeal by power Of {
rms govern nent whose public securi- t
les they may have just paid their money a
Dr.. r
Let the motion to take up the Louisi- I
IA election bill result as it may, the line a
reasoning adopted by those who ad- Y
ocate its consideration, must satisfy f
very one who respects State rights or t
alues human life that it is an unsafe and s
Unnecessary experiment. 1t may not be v
Miss to remind Congress that an election 8
this period would be particularly peril b
Is. We are now under high water. G
very hand is at his post. Directly there
i'll be need of all the labor in the land
secure and cultivate our crops. To
IN the famished politicians upon us now II
ould be worse than the waters. Having I
certained that there was a majority of u
ties against them in any parish, they r.
ight, if the federal troops were out of Ia
e way, proceed to Danish these OBJ +
xious voters "out of existence" Even sc
r. Carpenter, we may suppose, must see SC
at to postpone this Punishment until III
E crops shall be laid by would be far er
're economical. Let these people make re
netting to pay salaries, good Mr.. Car pr
inter-, or the Offices will not be worth ca
, gunpowder it may take to secure them. We
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