New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-13
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This is q question put perhaps ninet!
days too soon, bat it may possibly save
good deal to decide it in advance. Th'
opposition will not submit to the govern
ment of the law unless organized and ad
ministered according to their dictataon
The Republican party cannot submit thei
rights to this intolerant power unless tn
guarantees of the constitution fail then
entirely: Let our antagonists then sa!
whether they desire Louisiana to be re
manded by Congress to a territorial con
dition, and the Republican party viii
respond in such terms as the deliberate
sentiment of its members shall. upor
consultation, determine.
Having said this question should be de-
cided promptly, we will give our reasons
We shall also sketch the programme
which may precede the probable action Of
Congress:
/. The State law has made board 70
scrutinize the election returns and prepare
a prima facie list of members. Those re-
ported to the Legislature will be examined
under constitutional authority and duty
Of that body. The report Of the board
can not make or displace legislator.
With the use OF propriesy OF such board
We have nothing to do. When Governor
Warmoth was acting with most Of the
same men who now appear as White
Leaguers, there was Returning Board.
1t was composed Of the Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor. q removable Secretary
Of State and swo permanent members.
During the canvass OF 1879 we never
heard the least protest or objection TO tina:
Returning Board, which placed the results
Of an election literally in the hands of the
executive. When Governor Warmoth
signed the election bill creating the pres
emit Returning Board, he was sustained
BY the opposition. Under this very
law he appointed partisans as mem
1ers of the Returning Board. The
very commissions of Messrs. Nc
Emery, Sheridan and others, now
lied in the contest before Congress, are
ounded upon the report Of Returning
Board acting under this very law.
This then is a law. A law passed,
nd accepted by the opposition. If
hey protest against it there can be no
ther reason except that one body of
oters in Louisiana are entitled to employ
law when it suits them, and ,nullify it
,hen it does not.
2. We proceed to consider the manner
n which this actual notification may
G Effected. The prescription and in.
midation of Republicans has done
IS work. The Governor has been
onfned to military protection. Some
+ the voters have been terrified
ON the polls, or compelled to violate
heir political convictions to save life and |
le wages of labor. This has passed.
Astute White League lawyers have daily |
atched the Returning Board, and every
It not approved has been accompanied !
it'll q menace OF popular vengeance, if
le final report of the board shall not
inform to the dictation of the attorneys.
an there be any doubt that such mep-
,es have been made, and that the lives
all the Returning Board, except the
ember having a safe conduct. may pay
e penalty Of report not acceptable to
10 attorneys?
It was the open recommendation of the
,reveport Times, that men not giving
e official returns that the White League
should be killed. 1t is a new
rm in American politics. This avowal
IS received with horror, and even the
hite League press here declined to
prove it. The ominous inti,nation Of
is press renders it probable that this
ecise remedy is intended to correct the
turns Of the board now in session. One
TIA journal says Of the board; ],
Scorn will not reach these men any more
an the law but the popular indignation
n find a mode of expression against the
lily, and the recipients Of the profits OF
Dir crime-an expression direct, decisive
4 summary-that shall make even these
iurated, interruptions knaves deplore the |
y that gave them birth.
Another exasrerates prejudices against
o board by saying, of decision: |,
We repeat that we have never known
,re audaciOusly illegal, inequitable and
surd decision than this.
And charging i
That this decision is the prelude to an.
her OF those bold and villsinous con-
racies against the suffrage and rights Of
r people.
third gives this mysterious warning:
For three days the city has been aeog
tn sensational reports, the origin Of which
is impossible to trace, but whose dreadful
rport is ON every body's lips. Many sober
n would prefer to have the blow fall
sher than live in q constant state of un-
pine and murder if it brought q speedy
d final Termination to the existing un-
slnese. Sensational as the assertion may
md, New Orleans is to-day terror
icken at what it can not conceive.
What these admonitions point to we
4 not say. This phrase intimates a
I'd of revolutionary violence:
Constant apprehension has seriously un-
tied every branch of traffic. Those pos
sed Of means clutch with nervous energy
Try dollar not absolutely requisite for
ly use.
# we assume that members of the Re
ming Board shall be assassinated by
Ter of the ATTORNEYS. what then? Will