New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-22
ARRESTS WITHOUT WARRANT.

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Shall the people be secure in their pc
sons. houses and effects from unreasol
able search and seizure? The ninth art
Gle Of the constitution declares the rigl
to such security shall not be violated, an
that "No warrant shall issue but upo
probable cause, supported by oath {
affirmation, and particularly describin
the place to be searched, or the person an
things to be seized" We rely upon thi
mandate as paramount to all other pre-
visions of law, city ordinances, orde1s c
police officers, and advice of partisan
newspapers which, like necessity, kno,
no law.
The Pscay,ne and Bulletin take issu
with the REPUBLICAN, and hold that a Ger
tain class Of persons, known to b,
weak and believed to be wicked, ar,
not entitled to the ample protection giver
by the ninth article. We are held I'D b,
the latter as an example Of wonderful in
consistency because we advised Superin.
tendent Loan to fortify his official acts
| with the forms of law, SO that no one
would have just grounds of complaint.
The Bulletin thus epitomizes our enor-
! nifty:
The REPUBLICAN has suddenly discovered
that mans house is bis castle, and that
the police hare no light to invade it. Prior
TO the fourteenth OF September it sung an
entirely different tune, and applaudeG the
most fragrant violations Of law on the part
of the police. The fragrant outrage CT seiz-
ing private property in private store,
without warrant, was then not only winked
at, but openly Endorsed; the raid of the
police, under authorization of law upon
notorious dens OF prostitution, is now some
how great outrage. How circumstances
alter cases.
The REPUBLICAN has made no such dis
covery as the one imputed. We have dis
covered, however, that when the Bulletin
sympathizes with an accused party it re-
CARDS any interference with him as great
outrage, and when its sympathies are sup
planted by antipathy, nothing is too bad
for him. For instance, raiding lot of
wicked and helpless women in the night,
and locking them up for several hours
without warrant Or the authority pre-
scribed by law, is propeS and commend
able conduct on the part of Superintend-
ent Loan; but General Badger, his prede-
cessor, committed fragrant outrage
when he seized, in obedience to the man
dates of a warrant, lot of guns which
had been imported by an alien for the
purpose Of shooting Republicans, ard
Captain Loan among the rest. General
Badger proceeded regularly in the dis
charge Of his duty, and was soundly
abused for his pains by those who wished
to see these imported guns pointed at tie
breasts Of American voters. Captain Loan
proceeded on his own motion, at an I'M
usual hour, and is highly applauded by
General Badgers assailants. On another
occasion, too, when Captain Loan took
his life in his hand, and went in COM
mand of the Ozark with officers sent to
execute certain processes Of law against
barbarous murderers in this State, he was
held up in a peculiarly repulsive light.
You see the Picayune and Bulletin did not
want their political friends arrested, nor
the plans of the White Leaguers discon-
,erted by the seizure of their guns. Not
even due flUcess of law would satisfy
hese political weather-yanes on that occa-
zion. But now it is another thing. There
ire no votes involved, no partisan capital |
% make. There is to be no more cakes |
md ale-no more abuse of the police, SO |
ong as they let Democratic voters and |
lien gun sellers slone.
Both of our contemporaries have at
empted to put the REPUBLICAN in false
position on this question. We are as
arnestly in favor of the arrest and pun
shment of the parties who were taken in
y the police the other night as we were