The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-11
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The Victory.

be nobody in himself. He is said to be a
man of mediocre ability. But he repre-
scented the department of tyranny in peace.
The department Of tyranny in war is that
which controls the army the department
of tyranny in peace is that which is called
the department of justice. 1t is through
the Courts of Justice, such as Durell's, that
wrong is perpetrated and the behests of
despotism are irresistibly enforced. These
courts comprise the department of justice.
Now this Williams had been selected as q
properly interruptions agent to run that &C.
partment in the interest of the Administra-
ton despotism, and he did it. In the
Louisiana affair he reached the summit of
his reward in the Chief Justiceship of the
Supreme Court.
But the respectable members of the Re-
publican party are disgusted at the tota
disregard of law and decency exhibited by
the Administration through Mr.. Williams
and refuse to CO operate in his promotion.
In vain has the party whip been applied
with utmost vigor in vain has the Presi-
dent personally canvassed committees and
cliques, with solicitations and with all the
pressure which his stubborn resolution
could bring to bear. The rebellion was
absolute and uncomfortable. All was fail
ure and Williams had to withdraw his own
name.
This is what We call a victory aud most
significant one. Not, as we have said, that
Williams as an individual was an enemy
worthy of notice, but, as he stood, he was
the embodiment of malignant oppression
of the South. He was the figure head of
that grand coalition of iniquity of which
Grant is the vital centre the cardinal
principle of which is to rob the South
openly and the North covertly.
The victory is a victory over Grant him
self. His prestige ia broken. His personal
despotism over the Senate of the United
States is at an end. The divinity has
been tried and found human. The lion
has been bearded in his den and proved to
be toothless. This defeat of the President
is one from which he can never fully re-
cover, for the opposition which has boldly
confronted him in one of his most cher
ished plans, will gain strength and boldness
by the encounter. The young lion of oppo-
sition has found out his own strength.
We do not feel any emotions of gratified
spite in this defeat of the President Cen
eral Grants great qualities, and his good
ones too, are such as, in our opinion, to
greatly extenuate his bad qualities. Yet
we cannot but rejoice over the changing
tone of Northern sentiment, the growing
strength of Conservatism, which augurs SO
we'll for the future not only Of the South,
bnt of the whole country. We may hope
that this victory marks the beginning of
the ebb in that tide of Government oppres-
sion which has overwhelmed our fair State
in food of ruin. We may hope that it
is the beginning of reaction which will
put the government of our commonwealth
once more in the hands of it's own people.
HIBERNIAN B. AND NJ. A. A. OF LA.-BoARD
OF DELEGATEs-The Board of Delegates of
the Hibernian Association will meet on Mon
day evening next, at the STAR Hall, 116 Poy-
dras street, when the annual election for off,
GERS to serve during the ensuing year will be
held. As far as heard from, the following
named gentlemen have been elected as Dele
gates to the Board:
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