New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-10

serve 70 De cOuFJmaEGlaleu ana 6nOI.
The name given by the gallant Phil to |
these Southern thugs is destined to become |
as historic as the term ''cOntraband," ap- |
piled by Butler to the Southern fugitives at |
the outset of the war; and bis theory of
bringing about peace is the most philosoph-
ical of any hitherto suggested. Let US
have peace" by all means even if 1t must
be sought by the sword; and, if not to be
reached through that agency, let Sheridan
be recalled, and the troops Withdrawn.
From the Chicago Times.l
Everything is regular and orderly and
peaceable i'll Louisiana, so far as the Con
servatives" are concerned; but the "Con-
servatives" themselves admit that they
made "mistake" in attempting a revOlu
tionary seating of their Speaker. Sheridan
lies when he says that there exists in Lou
isiana "a spirit of defiance to all lawful
authority, and an insecurity OF life which is
hardly realized by the general government
or the country at large" but cit was true"
SAYS a telegram, THAT about twenty White
Leaguers drew their pistols, and swore
thew would shoot the Republican members
1.-THE allegations of Lieutenant Gen.
eral Sheridan" says a resolution of
the Cotton Exchange, "are not only false
in point of fact, but evinee the spirit of the
mere partisan;" but a telegram informs the
country that "there have already been
ledTu IUduN GONeFG buFedJS W dbShbSluhN0
the bold Philip" and at every street corner
are heard declarations that sound like a
thirst for Sheridan's blood, and threats to
drink it." and more of like import. The in
reference of the military was an outrage
and an assault on free government, calling
for all sorts of indignant protests; but the
CONSERVATIVE Speaker, seated by con-
fessedly revolutionary proceedings, was
the first to call upon the military, he
having sent q committee Conservatives"
| to General De TrObriand to request him
to clear the lobby. All, we'll, it is
| bad muddle. About the only thing
! that it is possible to make out with any
| thing like certainty is that the thing called
self government does not exist in Louisiana
| any more than it does in Cuba, and is not
| likely to exist very soon. 1t appears to be
| the fixed determination of both parties not
| to permit full and free expression at the
| polls, and not to abide by the result no
matter what it may be. The government
| of Louisiana ia in fact military govern
ment, and so long as that is the case it
would be far better in every respect that
| it should be avOwedly a military govern
eminent. civil government which is only
a pretense and a sham is worse for the
peace and prosperity of the people than an
| undisguised military government.
| From the Cincinnati Commercially
If the Democracy desire to put the mill
| tarY proceedings luBlLOulblhud bolOEo INC
country upon the ground that something
improper has been done to a sovereign
| State" we may say to them in all serious
ness, though in the language of levity, THAT
is too thin" The old twaddle about sOver-
eign States is simply offensive. Any sacred
sovereignty, superior to American national
ity, that Louisiana possessed, was taken
out of her when she was forced at the point
OF the bayonet out of the Southern COnfed.
eraoy and into the American Union. II
there Is an outrage committed in Louisiana,
1t is not because a sovereign State has been
trampled in the dust, but because the
Kellogg fraud has been sustained; and the
| White Leaguers who made war on the four
teenth of September are, in our judgment
responsible for that. If it had not been fol
the demonstration of that bloody day tha
| there was formidable military organiza
ton in Louisiana, prepared to overthrow
the State government that had with mucl
misgiving been recognized by Preslden
Grant, Phil Sheridan, with his bayonets
would not be in New Orleans now, and the
fraud of the Returning Board would havt
been impossible. AS the White Lacquer
resorted to arms, they ought MOTTO complain
} | They who take the sword shall perish b.
} the sword.
(Prom the Cleveland Beader.i
The web OF contradictions that surround
the New Orleans troubles is fast thickenlni
| and DGGDulDR lDtuOtldblCs A4doV N1Oh
and even yesterday, lawyers, doctors, mil
, listers, bishops, bankers and mechanics a
: | united in testityiug that there was nelthe
] | peace, honesty nor security in the Stat
, | These witnesses attributed this condlno
| of things to a Republican State govern
a ment, and the city of New Orleans stun
: bered quieJly beneath the load OF OpprC
a brium thus sworn upon her. Blu
it makes considerable difference as t
" who those charges come from. MOI
, day General Sheridan telegraphed sui
4 stantially the same thing to washington
] and the heart of the Crescent City was I
once aroused. The Cotton Exchange, tt
a Merchants Exchange, and union
: Northern and Western men" at hote
4 Yesterday adopted long series OF resoll
= lions contradicting the representation
made by General Sheridan. The questiC
now is, who tells the truthY Every wi
ness before the investigating commits
II corrOborates the Union General, and the
II is every ground for believing that he h.
a stated the case exactly as it exists.
!. IFrom the Milwaukee Sentinel
D. The White League press of LousiaI
V recently expressed the idea that Gener
n Sheridan was not "pacifcator,' but u
g. tone of the dispatch he yesterday sent
% the War Department at Washington lnf
1t Gates that he is remarkably well quallht
N for bringing peace and order out OF I!
u | DOllIlCaI endOS Judb huH AciSho III L'Nl
20 lana. He recommends the arrest and tri
le of the rim gleaders in the White Leagu
Dt thinks it would be well for Congress
s. pass a law declaring them bandits, al
ne suggests that if this were done, "nO furth
ID | action would be needed except what won
to deyolye upon me-" "Banditti" would Il
doubtedly be a good name for the bro
beating, negro-murdering White League
and if there is a man in the country wi
more than all others, knows how to che
az their lawless course, that man Is Genel
~ Sheridan.
=. rFrom the Indianapolis Journal
.e- Among the daily papers published in N
be Orleans there is but one Republican IN pr
~ tics, and called the REPUBLICAN. 1t
ch edited with more ability than any OIL
he paper in the city, and is in the main I
and able exponent of Republican pr
N, ciples. 1t is noteworthy, however, Il
as the White Lacquer who sends As
he ciated Press dispatches from that ci
all though he often gives the esprit of
nd press" on questions of local politics, ne'
if quotes from the REPUBLICAN,. 10 no
of stance has he ever done 80. Yesterday
or were favored, as usual, with the CONNER
to of the IimeS, PicayuHe and Bulletin on
M situation, all written FROM rebel sta
re-, point, but, as usual also, with not We
lie, from the REPUBLICAN. The Assocla
to | Press agent evidently does not want to c
Ire fuse the Northern mind by giving b.
er- sides. -.--.,r,,
nd 81 will freely confess" said Bishop Y
lg, mer to the Louisiana investigating CONT
tee, THAT l am not in favor OF unlvel
tho | suffrage" That, as we have again 1
in again said, is the whole trouble at
/ ia South. The rebellion newly broken