The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-26


they arm themselves in this cause
are ;irming against themselves. The.
are only deferring the day of goo,
government. The field of battle 70
them is the ballot box-there and il
the nation. Let the misguided New
Orleanists tell the country the trutl
about the things they ale compelled
to endure but their excessive read
mess to jump to arms in time o
peace is their formidable foe. Thei
road to peace and good government
lies through the success Of the Dem
ocratic party. Let not their folly
make them the enemies of thei
friends.
New York Times-Republican.]
This is melancholy farce of revo
luton. 1t may be tragic if Mr.. Penn's
militia respond to his call and attemp,
to g drive the usurpers from power,
as they are directed to do. The
seizure of arms appears to have been
made under well known State laws
Their importation was an invasion Of
the tariff laws; and the revival OF
the MeEnery government seems to
have been the direct result Of an at
tempt to prevent oath bound organi-
cations from secretly armihg them
selves.
THE aspect of affairs in New Orleans
is celt,tinly' alarming The present
crisis is one in which great wisdom
and fiilnness can alone prevent fur
Their bloodshed.
New York Herald-1ndependent.
Thus we" have war threatened
again the South, and far more dan
gerous war in Louisiana than even
the recent contest in Arkansas. Six
men have already been killed in the
streets of New Orleans and many
wounded. If this is the beginning of
the strife, what may not be expected
as the passions Of Radicals and Con-
servatives, whites and blacks, become
excited by the shedding of blood and
the struggle for power7 The results
of this conflict it is us yet too early to
predict, and the reports may be ex-
aggerated, but it seems to be the
most important, the most alarming,
that has occurred in the South
for years.
cincinnati neutrality-suspicious.
Whether the Kellogg administration
is an honest one, or as corrupt as the
most vindictive of it's opponents al
lege, it matters not. 1t has been rec
ognized rs legitimate by the highest
national authority, and there are
legal methods Of procedure for those
who feel themselves aggrieved by it
or any of its acts. We would not af-
firm that revolution is ever UNSUITABLE,
but whatever may be the hartlships
of the whites OF Louisiana, they are
mainly the result of their own folly.
A minority of the citizens of one
State have taken up arms in defense
Of the rights OF the majority and of
the national government. If the
should not be checked it
would soon spread over the entire
south. But one course remained fo,
he national government, and that
course has been taken.
New York Observation-Disclosures
Are the Southern people prepared
% resist tho whole civil and military
,ower of the United States They
nay be certain that all of both will |
DC used, if necessary. Are they will
ng to reduce their States to degrade
ION by making them fields of blood
he'd? The peaceful laborer will
urn aside from the plains of the
south if it is uncertain whether
labor will be protected bv
he laws. SO long us me;l's opinions
nd votes are attempted to be CON
rolled by violence, SO long will the
outh languish. Capital and industry
ill shun all counties or States in
,hich 6 Regulators roam from town
. town keeping SO the niger in his
lace" His place is fixed by the
Constitution, and from that no "Reg-
lator =" can remove him.
Unfortunately, the orderly element of
society is easily intimi.lated.
Ne do not remember an instance
'ere OF II spontaneous uprising to
ut down the la wless element of the
)pulation. Either there is passive
;quiecence or secret approval of the
'nduct OF the miscreants. We be-
We that the law abiding citizens of
re South are AN i,nemse majority of |
e whole people. They have ac-
'pted the results of the war, and are
gagged in repairing their wasted
'rtunes. 1t is for them to repress
olence. We beg them not to wait
1til the President must interfere.
I'd compel obedience to the law at .
point OF the h,yonet,
Every man should subscribe for the s