The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-03-10
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upon the order of an aid-de!camp,s re
tire from tile Offices they had posses
sed themselves Of and went peacca-
bly, to their homes: s.st 80. 49,
/ Such a spectacle, I am proud to
say, only America can present. lam
glad to know and think that this
State, wronged and outraged as she
mas been, presented an example of
civil order that the world ma we'll
initiate. Then. with gloom and des-
pondency, in fear and despair, we
sought the refuge to which we bad
always been pointed BY our kindly
counscllors of the Democratic party
of the North-the ballot box. We
won fair and unquestionable yicto-
ry; and on the morning of the 4th of
January, when cur representatives
took their places in tile House and
legally and lawfully elected their own
Speaker, and seated those who HAD
been legally and lawfully returned,
the extraordinary spectacle, was pre-
scented Of d United States officer
walking into the Capitol Of a free
and sovereign State, and then, and
there, expelAng the legal Represen-
tatiyes at the point Of the bayonet;
Your Representatives, under the
leadership Of that gallant, heroic
gentleman, Speaker Wilt, withdrew
They refused any longer to partici--
pate in the meetings of the House by
whose sanction and at the order Of
the, usurpihg Governor the Legisla-,
ture of a sovereign State lad Thus
been outraged. 4
At this moment we challenged the
admiration not only Of America, but
of the world; From all quarters ex-
pressions Of gratitude, on the, one
hand, and ofisympathy on the other,
came to us that misled by passion
4 we had not, in the wild burst of re-
volt, consumrnated the plans that
had been. laid for our destruction,
and drawn the dread thunderbolts of
war upon our heads. Other States,
during this long contest, had been
silent spectators; other States at the
bidding Of the man at the White
House had surrendered, one by one,
the constitutional safeguards That
had been thrown around the liberties
| of the States. They were prepared
!. Ito make their own children pass
through the fire.
, Other States felt that their time
might come soon, and there was no
, response. Other States lad blahched
= iii the storm when the wind Blew
: highest. Louisiana, like the gallant
Black Knight of Ivanhoe at the cas-
tie gates, with his claymore, had
J, Numbered with her single arm at
the gates Of tyranny, resolving to
: force the barriers, ar perish in the
t attempt.
$ In this supreme moment Of her
: triumph, when tile whole Radical
s party reeled in tie throes Of It's final
5 dissolution, she falls stricken by a
mortal blow, done to death in the
d house Of her friends, stabbed to the
f heart by her own sons. ~
5 Our immortal chieftain Robert E.
e Lee has told lis that human endu-
! rance should at least equal human
calamity. Not all Tie wrongs in
y ficted Upon us have Been enough to
$ lead us into the trap Set for us. We
d may endure i little longer, for our
It time will come. +"
y l have stated Iii advance do not
! propose to assail the members Of
that caucus, but I will tell you what
we can do-what the Radical Con
u gress has never dared to do--recors
. niae the Kellogg usurpation. wi
I tell you what we can do, VIC can 600
Mr.. Pihchback. ! will cell YOU III,
ther whatwe can do --wo can .scut
e the appointment Of FIVE more judge
i, like unto The Chief Justice iSr, Ii
n next 1--we years. Tho appointinen
: res6s Al his hands and will he exc,
clsea. This is what ydd can do.
( A majority report Oh committe
!, composed Of i've Republicans an
= three Deniocrats have said that She
80 idan is entitled to his seat. If Shel
=, idan Is entitled to His seat the sam
no p.dcess Of reasoning ought to plae
. JOHN McEnery in the gubernatori'
chair. With the hand writing a
W. ready On the wall, the modern Be
~, shazzar holding high revel, secon