, 1875-01-10

| spurious members who were holding seats
for which they had no credentials,
| ind in conhavention of the laws Of Loulsl-
ana. The Governor sent the request to
Gen. De TnoBR1AED, who had just obeyed 8
| similar request upon the part Of the Demo-
Gratis, and he acted in accordance with it,
ejecting them with q squad Of soldiers.
He did not eject the majority or the minority,
or any members who were duly elected.
They elected themselves. We pass over the
threats which were made against the Repub-
1can members that, if they attempted to
leave the House, they would be killed, and
the violent effort which was made by the
White-League banditti to prevent their leav-
ing, and who were only restrained from their
usual programme Of assassination and mur-
der by the presence Of the troops, and come
to the most important question growing out
Of these Illegal acts upon the part Of the
Rebel Democracy.
Who is responsible for the use of the
troops Is it the Federal or the State Off
cials +? Gen. SHERIDAN gave no orders in
pursuance of the Democratic request to eject
Of the Republican request to eject the five
bogus members. The mEtter was not brought
to his attention at alt, and he had no more to
do with it than the General Of the German
army. He was not in command of the troops
at that time. Gen. EMORY he'd no more to do
with it thnn Gen. SHERIDAN. He was not
consulted in the premises. The President
had no more to do withit than Gen. SHERIDAN,
or the man in the moon. He is no more re-
sponsible for the use of the troops upon Gov.
KE11oGe's request than for the use Of the
troops upon Wnrz's request. He cannot be
held responsible for it, except by that por-
ton Of the Bourbon press and politicians
who, for base partisan purposes, are de-
ter1nined to misrepresent, distort, and
fa1sify all the facts. The only order
the President has given is for the sta-
tioning of troops in New Orleans to preserve
the peace. This he has the legal and con-
stitutio1al right to do. He has the same per-
feet right to station the gunboats off the
city. The Government can station the army
md navy where it pleases, else there would
be no such thing as Government. A Gov
crnment without the power to enforce gov
ernment is IN impossibility, and no doctrine
of estate Rights" or any other Bourbon
dogma can limit this right. It can
place its troops in New Orleans, New York,
Chicago, Boston, on the Plains, or wherever
it pleases, and can call upon them to pre-
serve the pence. In tho present case, it has
been shown that they were first called upon
by the Democratic members Of the Legisla-
ture and Speaker W1Lrz; in the second, by
the Republican members and Gov. KELLOGG;
and that neither Gen. SHERIDAN nor the Pres
ident hcd anything to do with it. To hold |
the President responsible for these uses Of
the troops, therefore, is simply absurd and |
malicious, and the fact that he is SO held by |
the Bourbons plainly shows TINT they ere dis !
torting and misrepresenting the truth in the
case with malice prepense. The tall Of i'm
parchment Of the President, who has
given no orders at all in the prem
ises, is simply the talk Of swash-
bucklers and partisan incendiaries. However
violent a man may be as partisan he should
at 1east keep within the limits Of ordinary
end probabilities, and not make
! blatant, demagogic ical exhibition Of himself,
Is the Bourbons ars now doing. Let us tell
he whole pack that, instead of making votes
" their inflammatory lies, they will disgust
nulitudes Of feir-minded Democrats.