Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-08
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ing northern J 'urnsl.--tWo Of them In
dependent Of all political parties. one o
Them ID smoerztic, and the Fourth a jonr
nal hitner:o 50 Radical a. to furnish oc
eas'"n or unessin6ss on the p-rt OF tn,
pr pf-F.tors Of Toe st. Louis DemOcrG
'IS. 1t wou'G suppIant it in the esteem
" at pa:'y We copy fret from the
NeS York tie aid, /. dependent
There Vas wttue-ssd In the Louisiana
s'ateli ru.e ye-terday spectacle which
j. ihe Il u Of it, Kind ia this cOuItry,
sud winch should cause every true
Amer cau 10 biusr wi Ia shame aud iu-
ciEas ion. a tody OF Federal troops
entered a iegislstive hall, took the speak.
eE IRON hi cuair, aud forced a nun Der
OF pTo'g-t.ng m-mb-Fs from thei: seats,
sod 10 s.ched them out with q soldier on
g ica side, PREPARED t. drag them along
81 Deg resisted We cougra u ate the
S'irz us II l. IuislauA and the people OF
ne country thxt this extraordinary and
N - revOiuug scene did not provoke
viD ence auI tlJOdshed Forcible resist
aucs wDuid have ten jIstIdaule Ia this
case, o. a. 0e ever JUSTIN sb.e In any case
II n a gssater on rage on every princi-
pc ~ fnre gpveTument was never p-rpe-
ifzted--wer- IL not for the fact that the
people OF LOui-ians have = suFer reSOur ce
iOF TIE redress Of their grievances ia the
eew.s Of justice Of the whole country,
% ia the public resentment which will
- kiudied 10 the highest pitch by these
atrocities a. d uDexampled proceedings
Every maxim OF free government was
violated s,d trodden usdzr foot by the
Federal interference yesterday with the
loo D. fpF . 81 Ii
General Grant has caused TO be done in
New o leans will prove q finishing aud
irretriev&ble blow to him and the Re
puplicsl party, unless congress she II
promptly repair this mOnstrous ia Justice
whc wss perpstra ed uuder the eyes of
one Of lis oEn committees.
New York Tribune independent.
The political events nf tue past tw, r.
yesFs ia the ; a'e OF Louisiana for I'D
their logical result yesterday in She
fprci le expulsion OF four C1nser es,ivs
m m lrrs O'ih Ie si-lature by 4 90 sTn,v
Of the United Site ,ani the CT Ios,,n,ms
tI1u OF the greatesl u Iaget ,at b.s ..vsy
Yet iu the history of {. eu,ntrv h.an
prae iced upon he citiZ' Us m sTsta
To-day a minority h.gislature- neveT
elected by the peWJle. Iut f,i-tsd M :,
then by the m,F,sG bsrrfsc d frauds.
without T-gSrd 60 ballot. or returus or
a 'y'hiHg but Ne nee. dies of "A wicked
an corrupt rug of politicians, SITS in
Ne Odea"5 uu6 sr the protection of
81 TEL ny nrets, and undertakes to leg
III .te I"r ne 5 s.e, Nothing in the n s.
Tory oi re gr~-t Conspiracy by which
tn- "c .rter ru iii Us undertook to s iEe
the / -rritory add State of Kansas can
idr .tsh any parallel for this Growing
iqu''y the Federal admins ration.
Tue citizens OF LOuisia, a
have seen themselves cheated aud de-
lraGded and when the fTaud came near
10 failure they have seen the whole
power Of the general government u sed
20 'n-um mate IL and make villaipy
sgcc'. S vi they make no outcry, but
ug"l the fscts as they are they invoke
the Deliberate Judgment OF the Ameri-
CA people.
new York World, Democratic.
We hope there Is ho American man
who eau iraI the news from New Or
leans without thrill Of shame aud rage.
There Is no doubt in the mind Of any
mau Ia Louisiana that the a Ve men for
whose j-ctiOn De Trobriaud called yes
terday were the chosen representatives
O. toe lawful voters II their dist riots
There l. 10 doubt in the mind of any
man that With the cause o. which these
men were the accredited chsmpi rests
tue oDiy hope not alone of good govern
meD', but af republican government, in
the State OF l. u siauR- q
Ne can have nothing hut praise for the
spirit In which the representatives of
Louisiana yielded TO the tyranny which
they could not resist. We say deliber-
.ateiy ID Il ther- vas no Reason why they
shOu q not have resisted, and Resisted to
the ath, this foul outrage upon law
and liberty, except the h1pelessuess of
resisting. A rising yesterday would
have had cons, ,qu-nces which are pitt
Iui aud terrible ven To think of. There
COZ e4ueoces were present To the legis-
lstur- Uf LOuIsi ana, who not onIy
yi-i.red with d. cency when they
'uld not resist with boz e, Tut who have
thus fzr stay III the hands uf their ctn-
siiiUen's. But We say aiso that, terrible
s. would have been the consequences of
resistance yes erday, tDey are less terri
ole than will he the Cons, queuces OF suh-
mls-,"n on The part OF the people I
the ni'ed StateF To the outrage which
n - heen perpetrated upnn them all
thr"ug7 The p-''pe Of Louisiana. For
llat suoDt-sipU, or any tolerance
OF 'his last and w"rst outrsg-
~ n traitor who sits in n g
Pre- id utisl chair which stops short
oi SsrIviug him fr'm g into darkness
sGa iii grace, will be a confession that
rh- Americ n pc 'pls are nn lOuger fit
70 hsve the ibe'ties which in that case
II sill MT take them long tn lose; aud
II were better that the cutters Of New
Ortva"s should run with blood, tn AD
tt'ut R-pub can government should be
exchanged throughout the country, as
u has been exchanged in New Orleans, |
foT the rue Il n s'u id and sordiI tyrant. |
81. LouI G obe. Radical.
The proceedings related in yesterdays |
piper ~ould read like a solemn farce |
they did not suggest s-riOus tragedy. |
tn military prrTSraiions mSde Tor the |
reception o. The legislature we're so Tifi- |
c'ii uS'y Illegal AID unconstitutional |
that th must have originated in q |
cr w s,are "n thu part Of Governor |
X 'logg and his frie ds
Toe lrgi-lature Is organized under cir |
CuDstauc that will lead to an INTERIM |
Unable contest over tveIy one OF ifs i'm.
pnrtznt acts The Republican party has
gsiued nothing, and the cause of good
government has lost much, by the fTsns-
acriOn. Sooner or later Se must face /
tne actual fscts Of the bern situa
tiOn, which ara these: Either civil go
vernmen, is possible in these States, on
II Is not 20. sjble. II the former, then
sucn scenes a. we're witnessed in New
Orlea on Monday sre 10th unBect ssa-
~ and Gisgraceful; il the latter, then
the soOHrr good strong military gov
eminent is inaugurated in that section
the hetteI for the whole counuy. This
thiug of playing at ''ivI government, |
and calling upon the military to do
most u the governing, is pr' judicial TO
every Interest involved. We have time
and again said that the feeders Of the
White Lesgne should be punished; we
have protested against the amnesty Of
silence and col s-nt granted to the par
ticipauts in every ou'rsge that has oe-
CURED. Aud nov General Sheridan
axis that the leaders Of the White
League shall he declared baDditti, and
punished by military commission. We
obi CT 10 this as another effnrt In
the direction OF hermsphrOdite
government II the south Is in
the uditioH OF anarchy, which
General Sheridan depicts, let the civil
power be set aside entirely, and the
military substituted entirely for the pre-
sent. and until Il shall be safe 10 trust
the people Ia make aud enforce their
ogn laws. But it seems that inst now
the civil % Eer reigns in Louisiana for
the lie purp lse Of making and bestow-
jig the honoTs and Fmoluments o.