The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-16
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- another column, that the pet scheme of Ct
. B. F. Butler, to have. q new election in Loui
Y ana, has niscarr ed in the Judiciary Co
y mlttee by VOC Of eight to three and
adds laconical'ly: ''The General is disguised
II We very Strongly suspect that ''the &c
erar is noe the only disguised party becau
: Of this action Of the committee. There q
y certain parties, both here and in Washingto
to whom new election was the only hope
y salvation for themselves and the party. II
, party was not of so much consequence, b
i. they would like very much to have save
: Themselves
e The dispatch further informs us that Il
Republican Senators have in caucus dete
mined to indorse the Presidents message t
:, sustain Kellogg and accept the conclusion
Of the Returning Board; that the same sent
ment is gaining strength in the House, tn
conclusion being that "the party must hol
together WHETHER THE COUNTRY DOES OR NOT,
Indeed! Has it come to this /! The fate Q
the party is Of more consequence than tn
fate Of the nation Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama, Arkansas, aye, and if necessary
Massachusetts, herself may be muzzled ant
handcuffed, but the President must b,
sustained, the party must hold to-
gether, for the threatenings of the storm
are plainly heard, the ightnings Of popular
indignation are flashing all around the po.
litical horizon, and every sign indicates that
either the Radical party must succumb to
the inevitable. or it must take up arms to
defend Itself We believe firmly that We are
upon the very brink Of great national revo-
luton. The diminishing has already begun,
and to those not blind to the meaning of
events the coming battle between the people
Of all sections of this great country and their
oppressors must be regarded as glorious
but terrible certainty Of the near future
The men who have been in power SO long.
the autocrats who for many years have lorded
it over the white people of this country as if
they were their slaves, have become drunk
with power and success. They have learned
to regard the people-the poor, patient, toll
ing, long enduring people-as beasts of bur-
den. whose pleasure it should be-, and whose
duty it is, to contribute to the wealth, COM
fort and enjoyment of their masters. They
treat with contempt their petitions, and
spurn from their doors and from the legisla- |
tive halls of the nation ithe best citizens Of |
the land who dare to visit Washington to |
unfold their grievances, and boldly declare
that the will of the President is lsw to hs
party and must be accepted as law by the pco-
Die.
The Constitution has become Jest upon
he floor of Congress-, and reference to its
and once sacred provisions calls
orth from Morton or Conkling, or some lesser
raitor to his country, whitening sarcasms or
humorous sallies. Nothing is sacred save the
AETY, and that they have determined to
1ake immortal if they can. 6
'The party must hold together whether
ae country does or not" That is the ulti-
latum, and it tells the whole story It means {
against the people of the whole t
ountry by the Administration and its sup i
orters ; war which will result either in tho
storation Of republican government in this a
'untry or in the overthrow of liberty and tho il
ection of a military despotism. G
1t is idle to attempt to disguise or to mis- 81
nstrue the meaning of the late unparalleled
ents in Louisiana and in Washington. No :,
oughtful observer, no student of history. !,
it knows that the country is about to enter. q
y, has already entered upon struggle for n
istence
The coup detat Of Sheridan merely points - -
the moro important coup dctas which 0,
ant contemplates should he be defeated in
10, only the army in that event will be ri
led upon ITO surround Capitol Of the ma ca
n, instead of the barricaded State-House ga
Louisiana. an
The grand conspiracy against the life of the
ion is rapidly unfolding. and unless We be ri
e prophets, will soon eliminate in q con- de
which will startle the world, and possibly CT
nd the everlasting death-knell to republi- ev
ism, as form Of government sh
With US Of the South who have been living IA
were, upon the mere skeleton, the very
dow Of liberty, for ten years; Who va
Q Witnessed, ting and again, every tn.
lciple of free government trsmpled adj
n by ignorant negroes and by the troops in
The United States, acting under orders acc
Washington, the change will not. be on
er SO unexpected or 80 harsh as it must
70 to those who have been living in fancied Pr
rity-deaf to the cries of PROSTATE Louis mi!
and dead to everything save the pursuit ject
old. While they have slept the enemies the
ne Government have worked night and the
until at last the time has arrivedwhen tho
dispersion Of a Legislature Of . sovereign Sub
is defended on the floor of Congress. and int
Senator gravely, but insolently asks ate
fellow Senator, "What are you going to of {
bout it," aft,
10 utterance of that sentence by the T
us convict millionaire Of New York pro- fave
his downfall! but few months. God ECU,
its enuncia.ion in tho Senate NAV be earl