The daily gazette., 1875-01-06
The Washington Iyrant ana
the Louisiana Outrage.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

The New York Herald, OF yesterday,
advises Grant to resign. 1t says:
Well, we have now to offer him another
suggestion, and we are ready to guaran-
tee that if he should in this case take
our advice he would become at once, and
by the very act we are about to propose
to him, one of the most popular men in
the United States. Not only so, but we
promise him that this act will conduce
greatly to the benefit Of his beloved
country: that it will be received with
acelamations by the people Of botn par
ties: and that, if he desires. ~. the
Chamber OF Commerce of New York " All
give him a dinner in token Of its high
appreciation.
What we suggest is that Mr.. Grant
shall resign the Presidency rnd go to
Europe.
We do not know whether the thought
OF resignation has ever occurred to him
but If it has he must have been almost
overwhelmed by the tumultuous con-
course Of reasons justifying and demand
ing such step.
The New York World, says
We can have nothing but praise for
the spirit in which the representatives
OF Louisiana yielded to the tyranny
which they could not resist. We say de:
liberately that there was no reason why
they should not have resisted, and re-
sisted to the death, this foul outrage up
on law and liberty, except the hopeless
ness OF resisting. A rising yesterday
would have had consequences which are
patiful and terrible even to think of.
These consequences were present to the
Legislators OF Louisiana, who not only
yielded with decency. when they could
not resist with hope, but who have thus
far stayed the hands OF their constituents.
But We say also that, terrible as would
have been the consequences of resistance
yesterday, they are less terrible than will
be the consequences of submission on the
part Of the people of the United States
to the outrage which has been perpetraa
ted upon them all through the people Of
Louisiana. For that submission, or any
tolerance of this last and worst outrage
of the traitor who sits in the President q
chair which stops short of driving him
from 1t into darkness and disgrace, will
be confession that the American peo-
pie are no longer tit to have the liberties
which in that case it will not take them
long to lose; and it.were better that the
CUTTERS OF New Orleans should run with
blood than that republican government
should be exchanged throughout the
country, US it has been exchanged
in New Orleans, for the rnle
of stupid and sordid tyrant.
The New York Tribune saws.
But these men were playing for toe
large a stake, and had already commit.
ted to many outrages and too great
crimes, to be baked at this stage oi
| their enterprise. The President Of tbe
vonlted States was at their back and the
| army ana navy at their command. What
shey had failed to secure by audacious
fraud and unparalleled yillany they
could easily make sure by simply inyof.
ing the Federal arm. And so the army
| OF the United States was called in. a spf
hcient number of legally elected Con.
serVatve members were forcibly elected
TO answer their purpose, and the last ACT
IN this series Of unbIushing outrases wa
| made complete. The Conseryatives~
powerless against the Federal Govern.
| ment-retired from the hall in which
their rights were denied them. and
where their presence was only an excuse
for q farce Of legislation, and left the
pody without quorum. The citizens Of
Louisiana have seen themselves cheated
and defranded, and when they came
near TO failure they have seen the whole
power OF the General Government used
to consummate it and make ,yillany sac.
cessfnl. They make no outcry, but upor
the facts as they are they invoke the
deliberate Judgment Of the American
The Philadelphia Telegraph (Rep.) says
A climax was yesterday reached il
the shameful drama that has been en-
acting in Louisiana during the last two
years: The Kellogg crowd, finding thei,
calculations upset, and that after al
their villainous manipulation Of the elec
tion figures by the Returning Board. tht
House had organized with a Conserya
tive majority, invoked the aid of the
United States troops, and by force Of the
J PayoRst enough Conservative members