Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-01-13

the contrary, there Is unquestion-
ably comparatively light stock in
the great market now, and a revi-
val in the spring would doubtless
bring a brisker movement of lum-
Der than we have seen for some
time, though it may be doubted il
an Improvement otherwise could be
secured.
The Last Louisiana Outrage.
The indignant protests which
the action of General De Torbriand
says the Free P'ee, under the order
of Kellc yg, in dispensing the Legal
Legislature of Louisiana at the
point of the bayonet, called forth
from the members who were made
to feel tho weight of military au-
thority. will be caught up and
echoed all over the country. II
may be that the volumns of popu-
lar iudidnation will be lost upon
the President and his advisers, at
Washington. and upon the Louisitn
conspirators against the peace and
good order of State, for they
have apparently closed their ears
to the popular voice. Behind these,
however, stands the RI pablican
party, an organization which.
through its members, exercise
control in the legislative branch
of government. Whether that
party in Congress can afford to
wink at the violent measures by
which a minority is maintained in
power in Observation-Disclosures ii
will again allow the people of a
sovereign State to he struck down
by fierce, and there rights and lib-
critics TO lie torn from tncm by the
bayonets Of United States troops
are questions which free bly, pre-
sent themselves. The Republican
party, like any other, only posses
SEES strength and power th"cu h
the support it receives at the hand
of the people. The people make
parties, and they unmake them as
well. Already the popular conf
dence has been largely Withdrawn
from the Republican party; and
though its members still cling to
the places in the governmental SUI
perstructure which popular favor
has heretofore assigned them, the
time will soon come when thew can
be shaken off and buried in de-
served oblivion. Louisiana is
bound and fettered but all of her
sister States are not, nor are their
people deprived of their potent
influence. The ballot, though it
may be worthless in Louisiana, is
effectual to redress grievances il
the nation, for the sway of bayon-
cts is not complete over all the , did; =
And, while down-trodded Louisiana
must submit to the oppression
heaped upon her, the people will
be sure to aveng her wrongs at the
first opportunity. Small consola-
ton this, perhaps, to the people of
a plundered and PROSTATE State
but it is the best which can be offer
ed. Grant, with the bayonets of
United States troops, can uphold
fraud and sustain usurpation, with
out hesitation and without delay:
out IL takes time for the popular
remedy to be applied to ills such
as those which Louisiana suffers.
Once applied, however, that rem
edy is thorough and efficacious.
Republican Congressman will be
wise, therefore, if they remember
that there is a power superior to
Republican Presidents and Repub-
lican Congresses, which will finally
pass upon the Louisiana outrage,
and that the Republican party
organization, if it continues to sus-
tain the infamy, will melt away in
the blaze Of the burning indigna-
tionof the people.
Who can look with calmness
upon the spectacle presented in
the Louisiana State House on Mon
day. BafIled in securing the or
ganization of the House of Repre-
sentativcs, which they thought the
fraudulent action of the Returning
Board assured them. the Repnbli
cans had recourse TO the weapon.
with which they have heretofore
cleared away the Obstacles to thci
assuming power to which the,
never had a shadow of claim.