New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-13
Another Opportunity Lost.

The hov- headed and mis- guided partisans
in Louisiana who imagine they are patriots,
and the Office seekery who pander to their
passions, have again interpOsed to prOlong
increase her woes. Tho first class we have
always given credit for sincerity. They
are the young men, "the flower Of the South"
who went into the rebellion as the children
of the Continent followed Stephen Of TrOyes
in his crusade--earnest, enthusiastic and
but in reality toolishly, blindly, and like
the moth that flutters around the candle.
When one of these young men burn negro
schOOlhouse, or drives away Northern
school teacher, or murders q negro voter,
he believes he is only doing his country
service and promoting the best interests of
society. With no sense of the disgrace, no
feeling of remorse, their false pride of pa
triOtism and sentiment of chivalry are only
stimulated by crime. They are but as
children. and McEnery. Penn. Witt and
Ogden are their masters.
The congressional committee which is
now in New Orleans, arranged or approved
plan of compromise which seems to have
met the views of a majority of both parties
to the quarrel, and which, if adopted.
would end the struggle, give Louisiana
stable government, restore harmony among
the people, and confidence to business and
commercial circles. Its terms were the
recognition of the Kellogg government
and the legalization of its past acts; the
Senate of the Legislature to continue to be
Republican. as it is at present, and the
House to be reorganized by the seating Of
the expelled members and the admission of
a Conservative majority of ten. COmprO- |
n;sas n, = rr..:: are dangerous Or worse
things, as Thaddeus Stevens once called /
them: but one which in any measure re- |
cognized their assumed rights, and would |
certainly relieve their material interests, |
ought to be welcomed at this juncture ~ |
all classes of the people OF Louisiana. The
one under consideration provided checks
which would have protected all parties.
With his government legalized Kellogg |
could collect the taxes due the State, and APP
Div them to the cancellation of its debt 1--WE
believe his financial management has not |
been impeached). With the Republican ma
jority in the Senate, he would be safe from
impeachment and there would be no tear OF
revolution, and the Democrats controlling
the House could prevent extravaganza and
corruption in appropriations and hold de-
faulting State officers to q strict account. /
Moreover, compromise of this nature, or |
the continued recognition of Kellogg by |
the national authority, and his entrench-
ment in office beyond the power OF White
power, are the only plans permissible in the
solution of this difficulty. A new election
can not be ordered on any grounds yet dis
covered, and better ones than those so
ingeniously presented in the Senate BY MIR.
Carpenter. and in the columns of the New
York Times by Mr.. E. w. Stoughton, who
is Democrat as well as constitutional
LAWYER iof reputation, can not be devised.
All the United States government can 90 IN
the premises now is to preserve the state
from domestic violence, and it can only 90
this by continuing to recognize and uphold
Kellogg AZ its lawful chief magistrate. And
sober minded, we'll balanced men in and
out of Louisiana know this, and hence the
conception of the proposed compromise was
kind and pslitic at the expense of strict
construction of all the technicalities of the
case. II
But it was also conceived az the expense
of something else, which is John McEnery,
who has for more than two years claimed
to be Governor of . State, the chair Of
whose chief magistracy. he never occupied
tor day, and his followers. On Friday
night the Conservatives in caucus sgreed
to accept the compromise. But Mr.. No
Emery was present, and he Wa not satisfied.