The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-11
IT MEANS WAR Oh NOTHING.

the country, and especially Of the Mort
and West, to the giant strides made in th
!. last few months by the man in Washingto
~ toward absolute power, there were those eve
4 among our readers here, accustomed as the
are to acts of oppression, who fancied W
were premature in arriving at SO startling
= conclusion.
The average citizen of the Northern AM
Western States is not prepared to entertain
the belief that the government, under whicl
he has lived in peace SO long, under whicl
his father lived before him, and which he ha
been taught, from earliest infancy is 9Th,
best government the world ever saw" can b.
suddenly over turned or materially changed
in form, while he retains the privilege of thu
ballot, and is not interfered with by the Off
GERS of the Government in the accumulation
of money or in the pursuit Of his avocation.
lie reads or hears Of the overthrow Of a le-
gitimate State government by Federal bayo-
nets and the erection of an usurpation, pure
and simple, in its place; he is told of the
representatives of the people Of a State almost
denied hearing by the President, and treat
ed with scorn by the Attorney General; he
hears Of the people Of Louisiana being swim
died out of the result of an homes. and fair
election. and that the men who perpetrate
the infamy and thus boldly attacked
the most vital principles Of free government
| are protected and abetted not only by the
military of the United States, but by the Pres
ident himself; he reads with curious interest,
and perhaps with shudder, the shameful
story Of members of State Legislature
driven out before the bayonets of United
States soldiers, and he wonders vaguely what
all this means. Tell him that it means reroll-
ton and he will laugh at you, even as unthink-
ing men have always laughed with incredu-
lily upon the eve Of tremendous civil strife
Show him that what can be done with impu-
nifty in Louisiana may be attempted in Massa-
chusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio or
Indiana, and his laughter will become almost
hilarious as he tries, in vain, to consider the
possibility of such an assumption of power
by the general government in those States.
"Oh, no." he will reply, ''those sort of high
handed things will do for Louisiana and
South Carolina, but we wouldn't stand any
such nonsense up here for a single day. We
would hang the soldiers to our lamp posts
and send word to Mr. Grant he had our per-
mission to retire to the obscurity from which |
he emerged"
That is about what he would reply, and lie
would felctate himself upon his sagacity
even, while the man in the White House was
grimly putting his everlasting cigar, chuck
ling to himself over the gullibllity Of human
beings, and dreaming of the time when he
would no longer be bothered with Congress
md annoyed by the senseless rawlings of the
oolish people about liberty, the Constitution
md republicanism. We repeat now what we
aid in a recent editorial: X
PATRIOTS OF THE North, LET THE VOICE OF
iBANT's VICTIMS IN LOUISIANA WARN YOU IN
IME. ARM YOURSELVES WITHOUT DELAY BAND I
OURSELVES TOGETHER IN MILITARY ARRAY Or
aNIzE BY STATES, AND HAVE YOUR WORTHY AND j,
RUSTY LEADERS CHOSEN. LET THOSE WHO LOVE 4
lBERTY KNOW EACH OTHER, AND GET USED To t
oNcEITED ACTION. PUT ASIDE FUNDS, NUM- Q
IONS, AND STORES ENOUGH FOR PROLONGED Y
Be READY WHEN DUTY DEMANDS 1T s
RUSH OUT TYRANNY BEFORE IT BECOMES ST. u
RENE. You CAN DEPEND UPON MOST OF THE i
LDIERs OF THE ARMIES WHO FOUGHT FOR THE b.
ovERNNENT AND UNION, IF YoU ORGANIZE AND
.EPAEE IN DUE SEASON. Your COUNTRY, SC
uR THREATENED LIBERTIES, AND THE PAL to
BILE ENcRoAcHMESTs PLAIN INTENTIONS OF pt
UR ENEMIES, CALL FOR ACTIVE PREPARATION | W
THE NAME OF LIBERTY, WE CoNJURE YOU TO Sc
ED THIS WARNING AND BE READY.
Since that warning was given, the Civil pr
ghts bill has passed the House, and the mi
esidents message concerning Arkansas has M
ctrliied the country. We defy any intelli ur
ut man to read carefully that message and un
special dispatch from Washington, in this of
rnings issue, and not arrive at the conclu- WI
n that we are upon the verge Of conflict ms
which the people of the North and West ma
be arrayed against the organized forces of no
despot who rules at Washington. th,
The conflict, when it comes, will be .short,
rp and decisive We believe, but it will
ctually crush Casarism, and prevent here
r forever the elevation of a soldier to the Ed
sidency. The programme Of the President :,
. seize the Southern States one after sta
Their, and hold them all well in hand for Tn
8, to secure the Republican nomination OF
third term, to be elected, if possible but az az
etain his position BY force Of arms, rather ter
, make way for another. aga
here are many who think this chimerical, ant
who believe that Grant has no ambition wo
ecome more than he is. This is great the
AXE. He has all the ambition, all the de- thai
lination, all the carelessness of human saw
all the contempt for public opinion, and ais'
ly, all the nerve requisite to make the
t, and he is moving toward the accom-
lment of his deadly purpose with rapid
es and shameless effrontery. Iai5
.Stariay ha Sc aftara1 fba T of j.,