The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-15
~HsamdItIi Sheridan Condemn
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G%ESam6idli Sheridan Condemn
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Grant and Sheridan's conduct in Lou
isiana affairs has arouesd the nation, even
to the bleak hills of Massachusetts. Last
Monday night, a vast meeting of citizens
was held in New York city, and speeches
made by VIM. Cullen Bryant and others,
condemning ir unmeasured terms the
gross outrage on constitutional liberty
recently perpetrated in Louisiana. The
Indignation is not confined to Democrats,
but is shared by honest men of all parties.
Gov. CASTOR, of Massachusetts, and Gov.
Allen, of Ohio, made it the subject of
special messages. Senator Schurz made
it the subject of one of ablest speeches of
his life, and the country everywhere is
ringing with the condemnation of an
indignant people. The Democrats OF
Wayne county, Ohio, have celebrated the
8th of January, anniversary of the battle
of New Orleans, for the last eighteen
years, without intermission. Even during
the war it was kept up. Last Friday the
Democrats of that county assembled at
Wooster, and had a glorious celebration
OF the day, Jackson's Day, as they call IT.
Gov Allen was present, and made
speech (which for ability, patriotism and
eloquent outbursts against tyranny and
usurpation, has not been surpassed since
the days Of Clay and Webster. He con-
tras.ed in strong language the New
Orleans of to-day with the New Orleans
jackson defended. He showed that the
city was cursed with a worse despotism
than that from which jackson rescued it.
In abiding to the manner in which An
drew jackson submitted to law when
arrested by a Judge, Gov. Allen said:
Jacksons enemies got up complaints
which were carried into the courts. Jack
son had an army there which, in obedi,
| ence to his commands, might have taken
that court and hung them. He was at
| the head of victorious army. The great
| body of the people of New Orleans were
| shouting in his behalf. What did he do {
| He walked into the courthouse, present
| ed himself to the judges, heard the argu
| ments about his case, submitted to the
| judgement of the court that imposed g
| fine of thousand dollars upon him
walked out like a quiet citizen and paid
the money. [Applause.l Here was q
case of an armed patriot submitting tC
| the civil authority of the country. Ap
| plause I Contrast that conduct with The
conduct of the military power recently
| witnessed in New Orleans-nOt TOWARD
the city OF New Orleans, but toward thu
entire sovereign State of Louisiana, tina
had as much right to elect IS Legislature
as the State of Ohio has, and whose legls
lature had as much right to convene un
der the expressed will of the people as tn
| legislature of Ohio has. The vote of tn
State was cast; a Conservative majorit,
was elected, save dispute as to tn
returns of the election arose, as has bee
the case hundreds of times. Those dis
putes, under the constitution and the law
could only be settled by the legislativ
body to which the people had electe
them How was it settled? 1t was set
tied in the old way of despOtiSm-settle
by an armed body-settled by the arm
of the United States. paid by your taxes
settled by a man who was ordered Their
for his reckless military despotism; an
that now, after having turned out enOug
of the elected members of the triumphau
party to give the minority the control {
the lawSmaking power of that State, want
tomato bigjob, and he telegraphs to tn
President of the United States that ever
man in the three States is a bandit an
outlaw, and in order to get rid Of them b
a short, quick process, so that there wi
be no trouble in the future, he wanted
pursue precisely the course Corneliu
: Scylla pursued, which, being the leade
I of triumphant party for the moment, h
slaughtered one hundred thousand cit
I, zens of the other party. Having don
! that he died in few years rotten in hi
, | body from head to foot and eaten up wit
, vermiu. don't know how long 1t WI
/; take these fellows to rot laughter br
! | know this, that every man engaged
this diabolical act will be cansigned t
q everlasting infamy by the free expressio
q of the American people through the ba
= ot-box. Applause. And the Amer
can people will begin after that to in
+. | quire what reason there IS for keeping u
q by their taxes a standing army that ca
: put It's foot upon a sovereign State wher
V ever it pleases. That is a question v
:. | will have to consider after awhile, W
r have had a taste of a standIE
A army. 1t has proved to be bitter upo
n our tongues, and we shall see in the fl
\ ture whether the American people Wi
. trust their liberties to standing armIe
# who can crush out in one night a sove1
, Cign State of the Union. There tits dra
= ed in black The Governor referred to
!. representation Of the States suspendt
. on the wall, that of Louisiana being draI
+ ed in mourning. A State has disal
!. peared; a sovereign State of this UHlC
; has no existence this night. Let tn
. thing 20 unrebuked, and in very lit
O. time you shall hear that there are son
! defects in the return of the October elet
!, ton to the next house of Representative
! at Washington. Let it go, and what a
| surance have we, Notwithstanding the III
~ biased will of the people, that Sherds
Is will not 90 up from New Orleans to Was
p ington City about the time the represel
d tatives of the people convene there
/ You will say that such thing is imposs
> Bile, almost improbable, and month az
~ you would have said the very same THU
" with regard to Louisiana, | meant
q contrast Jackson's conduct at New O.
"a leans with that of the military butche
4 that are there now. We have no occasi(
\ to fear. however, if the American Peep
: can be made to realize the frightful dar
% ger to which this example subjects us a