The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-23
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Louisiana and of New Orleans to use
all means except the shedding Of b'ooc
to install the legislature which they
have elected. Let the Conservative
legislature elect organic" and pro
coed with it's impeachment of the
governor. Then let the federal gov
ernment-the administration Of Pres
ident Grant-take the responsibility;
of dispensing it with the bayonets OF
the troops and the broadsides Of the
feet"
We thus advised the people Of
Louisiana because we felt GER
tain that President Grant would
take the responsibility Of dispensing
their legislature with the bayonets OF
the troops, and because, believing as
we did that the issue between the
president aud the people was bound
to come, we were anxious t" have 1t
disposed of as soon as possible, and
felt that such an event would pre-
cipitate a settlement Of tho question.
Well, the people of Louisiana follow
ed the course which the "Repnblican'
foreshodowed, and so did the presi-
dent, and, as q consequence, Gen.
Grant now finds that he has reached
the end Of his unchecked operations,
and must pursue the remainder Of his
programme subject to the active OPP
position of all the sincere and patlo-
tic men in the United States. Those
who imagine that the present popular
protest against the Cromwellian pol
ICY of President Grant is.a mere fur
~ that will subsioe in few days are
very, very blind or besotted, and
manifest an utter incapacity to read
the signs Of the times or interpret the
American temper. 1t is, in fact, the
beginning of q movement that will
gather strength and determination in
proportion to the resistance it may
encounter at the hands of those in
power, and it may ultimately gather
from too much resistance q strength
that will be violent and a determine
ton that will be farocicus. There
can be no doubt "a to the outcome.
The only question is whether the PEG
pie of the United States shall be able
to prevail by merely bruising and
chastisipg those who are plotting
against them or shall be compelled:
to grind the conspirators into exceed
ingly fine fragments in order to crush
out the conspiracy.
This conspiracy, We have reason ia
think, is more sweeping and compre-
hensiye in it's purposes than most
men, accustomed to think military
usurpation on alarge scale impos.
sible in this country, could I've led to
believe. We adverted to it ina ar
ticle a few days prior to the election,
wherein we discussed the peculiar
temporary powers Of the clerk of the
house of representatives upon the oc-
casion of the organization of a new
congress. The first distinct intima-
ton of this conspiracy came from
Senator Clayton Of Arkansas, who, in
unguardcd conversation at the Chat.
taDOOga convention, let out a remark
to the effect that a Democratic house
"frepresentatives could not he organ
lied at Washington even if one should
he elected. This was said 4 day o,
two after the Ohio and Indiana cleo.
tons, when it was fast beeSming up
parent that a Democratic house w6uli
be returned and Senator Clayton him
self admitted such q result as yer,
probable. But the conspirators. Will,
they anticipated n probable Demo.
cratic majority, We're fatally mrre
pared for snch 2 su eeping overthrow
as they experienced, and they were
mementarily staggered at the con
temptation of majority Of over sew
enty where they had never expecte,
one over ten or twelve. They ar,
now, however, beginning to rally ant
the result is al opening Of their pro.
gramme. 1t will he observed tina
the Republicans who, in caucus o.
on the floor of the house, have evinc
ed a disposition to sustain the presi
dent are, without exception, eithe
lSouthern carpet-baggers, or Nothcrl
bribc- takers, salary grabbers ant
thieves generally who failed Of re
election last fall. So far not one re
putable Republican who was or wa
not reelected, and bnt one or two
even of the disreputable Republican,
who were reelected last fall, hav,
signiiied any disposition to sustain
the president. But those whom i'm
pending ruin renders desperate sus
tain him to Il man. This is one q
the most significant facts developed
in the current crisis. and it is on,
that should not he lost sight of for ;
: moment. 1t will not BE- long before
members Of congress will be called o,
t" take sides npon the issue that has
: already been made, up between tn
: president and the people. And there
are great many men Of the staml
of Blaine, Dawes, Hawlcy, Wilson
Roberts and kasson who are anxious
~ discussing with themselves wheth
er it will he best to take their chance
with the president and his depen
dents in desperate conspiracy, O
with the people in q determined eff