The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-07

senator Bory characterized the action o. I9s
,rassSant nd that Of an emperor, ana saiu
INA aeonle on Louisiana would be perfectly
manned in resistingstt, there was very ae1
ci6efI a r,plarise. several times repeated, Whlcn
was yers annoying to4he Radical SENATOR'S
fsS's II :. a'; THE DEAooRATlc SENATOR'S
will meet properly this new crusade lnaugui
rated against the Souths They WIN cnaIg.
home upon the Radicals that whatever OF
.m;seoyernmer,t- exists in. the -SeutB-WDaei
ever political outrages or murders, baye pee zee
coimn1itted-are directly traceable 10 tne scts
and the policy Of the Republican party
sHER1DAN's LATEST.
The atrocious kilograms sent to-day 70 the
.Denartrneut by General Sheridan, sus-
oes,;ne that il the President will declare the
White Leaguers in Arkansas, Louisiana, anc
MississiDpi t,andttf that no further actlon
need be had. save that which will deVoiVe
mon him. means simply that he wishes 20
renew the murderous career for when ne
hos chiefly been famous. This unblushlng
proposition Is in perfect accord WITH Wnas
might be expected from his orders. WHICH
were outlined in these dispatches last week
protest from Governor MeEnery.
NEw ORLEANS. January 5.-Io has Ercef.
lency U. s. Grant, President OF the Ontte1
States: In the name of liberty ana az
lovers of liberty throughout the oni1eu
States | do most solemn,y protest against
the acts of the military forces OF the Unted
States on yesterday in the occupsllon OIL the
State. House, in the forci6te eJeeuon' ny
troops of members OF the legislature apu
the elected Speaker Of the House, ana Ing
snh,en,Ient organization of the House by
direct and forcible Intervention OF the mill;
tary. I affirm before the whole American
nconle that the action on the part OF the
military in this city yesterday is subyerslVe
Of republican institutions of this free coun'
try. oohs AioA1HhHA
statements Of Sheridan Denounced
A full meeting of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange to-day adopted the following unan..
imously: -
Whereas General P. 81. Sheridan, com.
n,ondinp the military division of Missouri,
has seen fit to address to the Honorable Sec.
retarv of War letter dated January 4, and
published in our papers OF inns date, 10
which be has given utterance to statements
reaetiny upon the people OF this state, ana
particularly of such as reside in this city,
siueularly at variance with the condltlon OF
things now and heretofore existing IN this
city and State. and we'll calculated not only
to detract from our good name as la"'loVlng
and law.abiding citizens, but also TO serl-
ously iniure the commercial interests OF our
city, the Cotton Exchange, az organlzation
totally disconnected from political affairs,
and Instituted solely for the promotion OF
commercial interests, feels called upon 10
enter q solemn protest against OIL the allega-
tons contained in said letter..
The members of this Exchange give So
lemn assurance to the people OF the United
States and to the friends of truth and justice
wherever found that the allegations OF Lieu.
tenant-Geueral Sheridan are not only false III
point of fact, but eyince the spirit of mere
partisan rather than the nobility OF soul
which should characterize the utterances Oh
an officer commanding The army of great
nation. ....r..... ..
It's painfully evident that, coming amongst
lis almost an entire stranger, General Sheri-
dan has limited his inquiries as to the condl-
ton of aifAirs here to those whose interests
it is not only to falSify facts, but to promote
that spirit of lawlessness with which We are
falsely charged.
1t would not, indeed, be matter for sur.
prise if crimes in our midst were more ire
uuent when it is borne in mind that the Pc.
lice force, for the maintenance OF which we
are heavily taxed, is now and has been d.
yerted from its legitimate duties to SUCH an
extent that large districts of our city are en-
tirely without protection, and many OF our
citizens are compelled to employ private
watchmen for protection against thieves and
burglars.
Here follows long string Of resolutions
framing heavy indictments against the State
Government, and confidently appealing to
the people of the United States for justice.
Resolutions of the same purport rs the
above were also adopted by the Merchants
Exchange, and a meeting OF northern and
western men at the st. Charles Hotel tonight
took similar action.
Indignation In the West
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, January 5.-Consider.
able excitement prevails here among politi-
cians and Others over the recent action of the
United States military authorities in New
Orleans, The Democratic State Central Com
mittee have issued call for a mass indigna.
tiou.meetipg to be held here tomorrow eve.
ming.
The call says the Administration, through
the most facie of its military instruments,
has dispersed the legislative assembly of
sovereign State and forced the representa-.
tives of the people from the halls Of legisla-
ton at the point of the bayonet, and has
given Louisiana over to her spoilers and
pluuderers; and that this action imports ter
Iorism of the whole South and its unholy
subjugation to party ends. The committee
call upon the people to rally and let the
voice of their indignation sound throughout
the land Let them rise in their majesty,
and, asserting their rights, put down usurp-
ers. -"
From the New York Tribune Of tuesday,
Louisiana Under the Bayonet.
The political events of the past two years
in the State Of Louisiana found their logical
result yesterday in the forcible expulsion of
four Conservative members Of the Legisla-
ture by the army of the United States, and
the consummstion of the greatest outrage
that has ever yet in the history of the coun-
try been practised upon the citizens of q
State. To-day q minority Legislature, never
elected by the people, but foisted upon them
by the most barefaced frauds, without re-
gard to ballots, or returns, OF anything but
the necessities Of wicked aud corrupt ring
of politicians, sits in New Orleans under the
protection of Federal bayonets, and under
| takes TO egislate for the State. Nothing In the
history of even the great conspiracy by which
the Border Rufiians undertook to seize the
Territory and State Of Kansas can furnish
any parallel for this browning iniquity OF
the Federal Administration.
The history of Louisiana during the pro-
gress of the complications which ended yes.
terday in putting the people of the State alb.
solutely under the heel OF military despot-
ism is familiar to the readers of the Tribune.
No impartial person doubts that the Conser-
natives carried the State ana esected an over