The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-13
A Dictator for Louisiana.

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to have made not long aipee against
the conservative .oitizens of Louisiana
that when he noxs sent anyone
there "he would send one that would
hurt" General Phil Sheridan, than
whom no federal officer epjoys .
higher reputation for cruelty, tyranny
and general hatred for the Southern
people, Is stated TO have In his pos.
session orders, by tho sudden. PRO
mitigation Of which he oan take
charge Of tue entire state of Louisia. i.
no and carry out his devilish hatred
to his hearts con:ont. He Is ip.
struotcd, in saso Of any disturbance,
to regard the partioipants-by which, :,
OF coufs>, Grant means tho Conser
vative whites-as enemies Of the Unit
ed States, entitled to no quarter ! 10
other words: General Sheridan, is to
be- the sole arbiter Of matters iii
Louisians, aud, 10 case he sees 'fit, l,e
is to show no quartor to The people.
Wo suppose this will, DO very. con
genial employ ,nent for tho man who
could make brutal and cowardi,
boast .of having converted the fertile
and lovely Valley OF Virginia lit,
a dreary waete: Perhaps he, aspires
TO be tho cpmpeer Of Beast Butler in
tyrannya and in that dastardly treat.
mont Of the weak hnd innocent fot
which tho latter hos won such wide.
fsptead fame. Poshaps hs;: hopes to
equal Major Lewis Merrill in his
spirit Of enterprise, and obtain from.
che fraudulently elected leg islature
of Louisiana o handsome rewhrd foi
his emineptly, patriotic and sttikipgl,
disintorested course. There was o
time in the history Of this grea,
country when thore WAS a high toned
pirit among the army officers .ha.
would have caused them, Instructive
~ it would seem, to shrink from q
participation in work intended sole,,
:or the accomplishment Of partisan
ends. But in this rerpect, as IN
many others, there has been -ea,
progress, and Merrills and Sheridan<
and Tcrrys are now the favorites at
the war department and with The
president. ~ ,
We earnestly hope that the peo-
pie Of Louisiana, oppressed and out.
ragged as they have been for tho past
ak years, will be able to beAe for
awhile longer the weight of trouble
and tyranny under which they groan
and thus show to tho world the high
est ard nobisst phase Of oourage-tha,
o: controlling their impulses under
trials and temptations the sore3t per
hops that people have ever beor
oatieu upon 70 endure.
As for President Grant, no one bu,
the blind partisan and the trucking
time.server oan entertain sentime t,
other than those Of tho profoundes,
contompt for the weakness he has
continually manifested 10 dealing
with tho Louisiana complications
While tho passive policy pursued BY
congress has greatly tended to ham
per aad emb.rrass his action 10 the
promises, yet shore can bs no doub,
that with IN impartial spirit of in.
quiry into the state Of affairs, and o
desire to subordinate tho feelings and
aspirations Of the PARTISAN to the
duties Of tho ahief magistrate Of n
great people, he might have mad @
statements and .ugses ions to con
gross that might have resulted in .
speedy ana p,oi6o termination Of the
present diffioul les, But Grant Il.
self'seckiug politician, and perha n pc
nothing better oan 10 expected Of
him. He fancios Sheridan because
the general Will carry out all the
oppression whieh the Radicals Dur.
pose inaioting on the South when.
ever a pretcxt offers. He fancies
him, too, because it is just suoh men
s'at tho more. bitter wing Z OF, The
Radical party desire: 60 deal with the
psoPle-~men who will sink
every confederation Of humanity,
justice and a due regard for oonsti,
tationai liberty III the single purpose
Of proppipg up the tumbling. r6nains
Of Radicslisns BY useaus of anpesi.
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