Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-01-30
The Impending Crisis.


nations, the recent events that have
occurred in the affairs of this country
are significant of the near approach
of crisis in our political history.
The tendency has long been to the
ascendency of the Executive and
military over the legislative and judi
cial departments, with the apparent
consent of those departments, and to
a consolidated government under an
altogether different form from that
intended BY the founders of our con-
federated Republic and contemplated
by the trainers of our Constitution.
The approaches to this point have
been gradual, or rather by fits and
starts; but the time has come when
the advocates of this change see that
all hope of success depends upon i'm
mediate and p,ecipitate action, and
are beginning to throw off their dis
guises and exhibit their designs SO
plainly that no one of common
intelligence can doubt the existence
Of such intentions Hence the recent
bold advances in that direction, even
in the face of unnIistakable popular
disarproval, and the daily warnings
of the danger to which such encroach-
ments upon the long cherished liber-
ties are exposing the party. Such
warnings will never divert them from
their course until they have accom-
plished their objects or been checked
by some influence more powerful than
that which has been brought to bear
yet. Party does well enough to use
as a stcpping-stoue to power. but
when thrown into the scale against a
scheme of such magnitude its weight
is Insignificant.
Next December q Congress repre-.
| senting this popular dsapproval will
assemble-if allowed to do so-and
8. proceed to curb the Executive and
: military according to the provisions
e of the Constitution. Hence before
j that time arrives, we predict, that the
great problem of constitutional liberty
will be solved E; the States have be.
4 come insignificant parts of govern.
n ment, claiming supreme control of all
). affairs of any importance, and nothing
will remain of the old republic excep,
the name, even if that does, or the
). States will all have their rights restor
ed and the constitution be put in full
# force, perhaps before the present Con
J. gress adjourns. but of the latter W.
n see bu: little prospect. Indeed this
|. matter has already been decided 10y
. the Administration in the Louisiana
;, case and it only remains to be seer
+ whether Congress will affirm tina
5 decision and the people sustain Con
l. gress in its action or not. If Con
Il gress affirms it it does not now appear
that the people will sustain it; but i
. is hard to determine what the people
. will do.
J. If some more positive condemna
g ton of the military interference will
e a State Legislature is not made before
: the assembling Of the next Congress
n we would not be at all surprised a
II the invasion of the national capita
:, by troops and the dispersion Of tha
n body when it attempts to Orgai izr.
r. That the crisis is upon US here Cal
!, be no doubt The solution of it
?. result is with the people Of the Nortl
r and West. They have fixed gu
% destiny and will now have to worl
out tLei own and GUS too for the.
are linked together indissolubly, ant
the time has come when they can n
longer keep US under power whicl
will not be exertcd over themselve
also.
n Sagacious men are at the head o
it this movement, and perhaps the.
N foresee that the people will submit T.
" it with only a slight murmur Of dis
r content. They certainly think so a
:, least. Perhaps they will-we do 10
e know; and it is impossible to predic
- what the people will do. Time alon
IL will reveal the fact as to whether W,
will glide into this new form of gov
re eminent or return to the old land
% =, marks Of the Republic.