The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

Nininger,
W. r. LIVINGSTON.
A Party Out Of les Head.
If it were necessary that the Repuh-
lican party should go to pieces we should
certainly have wished it a better end
than the one it is now violently court
ing. 1t is rushing upon worse suicide
than that of the Pro.Slavery Democra-
cy of twenty years ago. The outrages
upon Kansas were committed at the in
stigation of powerful and arrogant
party which overbore the timid scruples
of Buchanan and his immediate follow
ers, and fattered the ambition OF
Douglas as long as it could use him.
But there is no such excuse for the stu
pid lawlcssness Of Grant toward Louis.
lana. Nobody but Kellogg wanted
him to interfere. Take the country at
large, and you will not find one-third Of
the supporters of the Administr alton
who wanted this outrage perpetrated.
If Gen. Grant had taken his hands from
the throat IF the State, and permitted
the Legislature to meet in peace, every
one except half dozen of Kellogg's re-
tainers would have been satisfied and
grateful. 1t is case Of absolutely gra.
tuitous suicide.
The mania does not seem confined to
the President alone. Every one he
touches begins the same tarantula
dance. We all knew how unit 6en.
Sheridan was for place requiring any
skill in civil administration or compre-
hension of legal principles. But no one
could have expected the outburst OF
| fury against the community which ne
was sent to govern with which he
| marked his assumption of command.
The first day he denounced the citizens
of Louisiana as defiant and lawless and
principally occupied with murder. The
next day he writes to ask permission to
| shoot and hang as many Of them as he
thinks proper for something he thinks
they did last September. He begins
his letter by asking Congress to call
them ''banditti,'' and then, as if mis-
trusting the promptness Of that body,
he says that if the President will call
them "banditti'' it will be sufficient for
his purpose. Nothing SO insanely fero-
cious has been written by any Ameri-
can officer since the beginning of our
| history. II Gen. Grant or any con.
siderable number Of his advisers had
| the ordinary common sense or human.
ty which belongs to most men OF
our race. Gen. Sheridan could
not have held his place for a. hour
| after that crazy and brutal dispatch.
He is q firebrafla n a powder magazine.
It will Be almost a miracle if he can re-
main week in Louisiana without excit'
ing riot and bloodshed. 1t is amazing
that the Government, even Gen. Grants
Cabinet, does not see this. OF course
the President cannot see it. But where
are Fish, Bristow, Jewell. Robson,
who are men Of the world and know
something about law, and Delano, WHIT
is . politician and ought to know some
thing about human nature They al
appear to be struck dumb by the impe
rious and savage will of their chief
while Gen. Belknap telegraphs full ap
prevail and encouragement to the rougl
rider at New-Orleans.
The only hope was in Congress; an
, how did they meet the demand! l.
| the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr.. Thurman
introduced . resolution calling upon tn
President to report what he had don
in New Orleans, the State of New Yor
prevented that resolution from passing
by the fundamentally Of Mr.. Coni
ling, who thought the President ongh
to do as he liked about giving such il
formation. In view of this disgracefi
exhibition of subserviency, it is hardl
worth while to notice the ferocious Vi
iporings Of men like Logan and Morton
} Nothing was done in the Senat
In the House Of Representatives
Was still worse. Mr.. Cox said 4
;, appropriate word or two about Loui
lana, and ELECTED the administrati<
q view Of the case from the mouth
. Gen. Butler, Who said he was '.as an
Il ious to get At Louisiana as any man,
t. and that the only way to guarantee
is republican form of government to
State was for the United States to e
. pei intruders from its Legislature
OF member Of the House is SO ignorant
n, to think this is legal, and its shamele
. elfrontery is the best proof We ha
OF vet seen Of the hopelessness Of the .
.. ministration organizatnon- There IS
!, pretense Of waiting until the sub-co'
. mistee return and repert. and if &c
Sc Sheridan does not proceed at once
X his hanging and shooting. Tiers will
be one last chance for sane judgmel
- There can be little do1bt Is to the "
{. dict Of Aessrs. Foster, Phelps and r
" ter. But in the meantime the situati
n is to the last degree critical and b
ardous. Sheridan is in New Orleal
n anxious for . riot, and with al I
4 means in his hands to excite q
Z, Grant. in full sympathy with him.
" surrounded By cabinet which - J
~ gives forth no note Of >mdependen
~ No administration member has rs ]
TO shown the least disposition 10 make