The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-27
GRANTS SOUTHERN POLICY.


House of Representatives; the
sending OF The second sub-com-
mite to New Orleans; the revo.
Intionary passage Of tho Civil
rights bill through the lower house
OF Congress The outrageous mes
sage in the case Of Arkansas; in
the face Of favorable report OF the
Arkansas committee; TIE tone Of
every single one Of his organs and
all of his reported uttcrances Of late
90 to make up a clear indication Of
what sort Of a policy Grant, the
would be Dictator, is going to pur-
sue with reference to the Southern
States. All these things conclu-
sivcly prove that we are to be sub
jcctcd to most vigorous, relentless
and bitter persecution, such as will
find a parallel only in tho l,eartlcss
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ..and brutal treat
men t Of Poland. Grant, will be
ready as soon as Congress adjonrns
to heap any indignity and do any
act Of oppression that will give salts,
faction to his consuming hatred Of
the Southern people, who have
dared to oppose his third term
scheme.
If what is now known "a the
Caucus Bill should pass Congress,
and there IS but little doubt but
that it will pass so modified as to
allow him-to suspend the writ Of
habeu. corpus in the Southern
States; we will be treated to taste
of military trials and perhaps to
military executions. TO all man
ncrs Of punishment and oppression
that he thinks well calculated to
suhjugate us so that in 1876 we Will
DC ready then to vote for him or
not to vote at all, which will suit
him us well. He is determined that
Southern States shall cast their
votes for his election to tho third
term in 1876, and it will make
but little difference to him
whether their votes are actual
~ cast for him or not, he will pur-
sue the same course the Returning
Board did and say they ought to
have gone for him and so count
them.
Louisiana is particularly under
the bann Of his displcasurc and will
be made to suffer the most, il he OBJ
tains the grant Of power he is now
asking at the hands Of his scrvile
Congress. He will take great plea
sure in turning us over to the ten
der mercies Of Sheridan, the Inta
nous, and for all that We can do to
prevent it, he may in fact treat us
us ''banditti."
Now, where are VIC to look for re-
lief! 10 the democratic House of
Representatives. elect? They do
not meet until December. TO the
Northern people : They are pow
crless to help us and they would not
il they could. DO they not tell us
that it is better for us to suffer, that
our sufferings will enable them to
carry the election in 1876? Where
then, shall VIC look 70 the courts
and to trial by jury, the bulwark
OF civil liberty7 They are power
less, for the'civil has been subordi
mated to the military power by the
of the writ Of hubc0s cor
pus, and weeping Justice will tell us
from her temples and sanctuarics,
that her hands are ticd-her scales
broken and her sword taken from
her.
Where then shall we turn for re
lief! Shall we turn like the stag at
bay and lunge at our pursucrs p
Alas we are too weak and faint
from our long and weary pursuit,
and the pitiless hounds that have
tracked us to the brink of the prcci
pice, want us but to turn that they
may the more easily throttle us at
once.
D Our course il plain, but it is one
ill-suited to the nature of our clliv-
llrOuS Southern npOnln and iS n,,A