The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-02-20
IDAHO CITY. I. +.
c.rupnAy FEBRUARY 20. 1875.

cArr1RnAY FEBRUARY 20. 1875.
"coNrusroN worse cenfounded" continues
+o reign in the Southern States; ana COM
plications growing out of it are becoming
more and more difficult of solution. "A MINOR
itv of q Congressional COMMITTEES OF lnvest'ga
ton has reported adversely to the Kellogg gov
ernment Of Louisiana. This minority is COM
,oa.d If three men of universally recognized
ability and untarnished reputations-two re-
,uhlcans and one democrat; and it is intlma'
ted that the rest of the committee VIII YET
concur in the minority report, notwithstanding
thew are partisans instead of statesmen, But
the executive still sustains usurpatlon IN tna'
unfortunate State; still keeps bully Sheridan
the most ignorant and unprncipled ruffian that
ever dishonored even the barbarous profession
IF soldier. in command. and clothed with im-
perial authority, after he has clearly demon
strated his entire unftness for that or any
other position. by declaring the whole white
ronuation of State banditti, and asking per-
mission to assassinate them. Various PROPOSE
tions for adjustments have been and are still
being made, but all, it seems to US, lacking IN
the important desideratum OF common sense
All have in view the settlement of the difficult
ties bv the Federal instead of by the State gov
eminent, and all split hairs about whether cleo
tons were really carried by majority OF the
actual voters of the State. or by majority OF
the votes east; as if that could make any posi-
BILE difference as to the binding force and legal
itv Of the election. If all thought OF Federal
interference in State affairs were abandoned
and the parade and show of Federal authority
retired from sight, as it is in New York, Penn
sylyania and other sinks of political corruption
in the North, there can be little doubt that the
Southern States are as able to control their
vicious elements as their sisters north OF Ma
son and Dixon's line; and would, in few
months solve the problem which now vexes
the brain of every patriot in the land, and me-
naces with swift destruction republican gov
eminent on this continent.
Section four of article four Of the Constitu'
ton of the United States reads: The United
States shall guarantee to every State in this
Union republican form of government, and
shall protect each of them against invasion
and, on application of the legislature or OF the
executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
yened,) against domestic violence" Now
every attempt on the part of the Federal gov
ment to interfere with the domestic affairs Of
any State. in any other manner or upon any
other pretext, except as provided by the sec.
ton of the Constitution above quoted, is dan
gerous usurpation Of power, and should receive
the outspoken, earnest condemnation Of the
people of every State. This much they owe to
the cause of human freedom everywhere, and
to the sacred trust reposed in them BY the
founders of the Republic, if they would pre-
serve intact, and transmit to posterity the lib.
critics they enjoy. What will be the term'na
ton of the Southern States middle cannot be
foretoId, nor can any mind evolve from the
chaos of contradictory statements concerning
it the real situation at present. 1t is q hope
full indication that all of the large and infiuen
tial newspapers North and South, with perhap'
FIVE or six exceptions. have arrayed Themselves
sgainst the unstatesman-like and malignant
policy of the government; and if the question
is finally adjusted. and our republican institu
tons preserved, we will be indebted for oul
good fortune, not to the authorities, which arr
clearly incapable Of conprehending the exigen
cies of the times, but to an enlightened, indie
pendent press.