The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-03-03

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The worst faction and che most Vi.
olcnt coahsels control The President
and govern thepolicy Of Congress,at
a time when moderation is a neoessi-
ty, and The calmest' wisdom can hard.
ly suffice for what has to be done.
Carpet-baggers,, scalawags, and other
common plunderers, who during the
last six years have bankrupted all
the reconstructed States, and brought
disgrace and defeat On TIE RepabK-
can party, are now in the Ascendant
at Washington and more powerful
than ever before z7'7oYsi" as "a
Discarded and despised BY the
people Of the South, they Have COM
bined together for a last desperate
effort, and seek BY atrocious legisla-
ton and the use Of the army to re-
cover by force the power Of which
they have been. shorn at the ballot
box. This faction stands to-day pre-
cisely where the extreme Secession
lists Of 1860 stood, and is ftly led by
Maynard, White, Hays, R: R. /. Butler,
Whitley, and Others like them, who
at that time were loudest in denoun-
cling the Union, and in debating the
terms upon which slavery would tol
crate its existence. = .
These .conspirators are backed by
a class, at the North Of like charac
ter, Of which Benjamin F. Butler
Lyman Tremain, Cessna, Coburn, Al
bright, Ward, and shanks are types,
who have been repudiated by their
constituents, have no political future,
and desire to bask in the sunshine of
power during the remaSaingg period Of
Grantism. ,..s> ~ 5,..,c.....s, "a
The two factions combined do not
, actually number one-half Of the Re-
publican strength in Congress, and
yet, with the support Of the Presi-
dent, who has been captured with
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the promise Of a third term, and with
the astiinauence welded by patron
age, they have been able thus far to
lay down the law for the cancus, to
seize. the organization, and by mere
); audacity to shape the course Of leg
4 islation. nlli2 ct ga4 a 80:
Half a dozen men called the nu-
Emerous caucuses which have recently
gathered at the Capitol and there
!. was actually less than one-third OF
the Republican vote in the: House
= present last Friday night, when il
was decided to press the most infa
nous bill which wicked ingenuity
y has yet concocted for disturbing the
, peace of the, South and for, reviyine
}. sectional agitation. ,r,.t 4itfq4ong(l
: 1t. requires no prophet to forecas
the consequences of this partisan
% crusade, which has been started Will
: the. single object Of holding posses
y sion of the. Government by the bay
: onet, and against the will Of t. !
a}people. At the very TINA when for
q lty smillionssmore of harsh, taxes, ar
,r demanded to support the, prodigality
ST. and corruption that are seen of al
is eyes, the reckless, leaders who pro
ID pose to turn. this, screw have set OF
n footia programme that must derang
", the business ofthe country for th
al next eighteen months, II and Great
" the profonndest alarm at home an
|
ee abroad. 2gas ",tzsto1q /" .aoij
If Just as the people were tbeginnin
k, to clear away the rubbish Of the f
an nancial crash, and by industry an
d ECONOMY to look forward with hop
vn torecovery,' this frebrand is throw
oflintoi the magazine to excite a me-
he panic, and to turn aside the thought
it's and efforts that are indispensable i
ri any improvement of the material il
d. terests. Credit is necessarily shocl
a ed by this impending derangemen
,se and as a logical result the revenue
= must be seriously affected. iWhe
ks the condition of the country is doub
cir full and great dangers seem iimpen'
ri ling, the operations Of commerce al
TX, inevitably checked, and that achee
no. |.ramifies through the entire syste
ms of connected interests. Esf J.
~ By theulight Of these events, Il
whole conduct Of the President q,
of Congress appears preconcerted al
The symmetrical in a wicked design :
der hold on toithe Government witho
nd regard to- consequences. All II
the shams and pretences set up to excu
'ud the usurpation in Louisiana are e
1t ploded by the later crimes looking