New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-12

whose Ignorance or unscrupulousness units them TOT
responsible trusts when, freely Ring to their pes.
Judgments they vide their votes between inc hcrene
political parties; when thus giving 10 each parry
chance to obtain their votes they make the interest
and natural policy OF each party to protect their
safety and respect their rights, In order 10
secure those votes. repeat what once Salu
I'm anutLer place, Not in union Is their sIfeV Dut III
division Waeuever the colored voters Will have become
an Important element not ony IN one nut 10 Doth
parres then both parties under an Impulse OF sci
interest viii rival each other In afOrting them the
fullest proec lou. Lot them learn n lesson from the
history OF the adopted citizen of this country AS long
us they in SOIL mass on tho side OF one party
schemes Ingcrous to their rights thought OF by
the otter. When both parties obtained share p9tn
hoping for MORE both became their friends.
THIS will be the development IN the South, and most
fortunate one the colOrcd people IL has
the States mentioned, where sefsovernment goes
Its way uniinpcded fcrvently hope the frantic par
~ efforts prevent 1t In others Will MT mueh longer
prevail hopo true friend OF the colored people
But tho Senator from Ind ma may say that VIII DING
abo 1t still greater faling OH Ia tue Republican vote
All Sir that NAV be, but do you not profess To
be sincerely solcitous for the safety ana
nights of the colord mani Arc not some
OF you wiling TO SEQ tho most
essential principles Of constitutional government IN
vadod. to n State Government set up by judicial
usu lon to State Legislatures organized by Fod-
can have much cheaper by the method advise. The
colored Will DC safer than under prokea cons'itu
ton The peace and order OF society will DO more
naturally aud securely established than under the itfu
interference OF military force; and that can be done Ny
permitting selfgovernment to have its course But tho
Republican vote may fall OF; the party may suer IN
| deed II may.
But, Sir, I know party, whatever its name
or fame, so sacred that its selfish advantage
| should DO considered superior to tho peace ana
| order Of society aud good understanding among
| the people. 1 do not hesitate to say that
prefer the Conservative Government Of Virginia 10 the
| Republican Government Of louisiana. II mistake
not a vast majority OF the American people arc OF the
| same opinion. | ask What would you have made Of
Georgia had you forced upon its neck assumed to be
desired by some, the yoke OF the Buocks and Foster
| Bodgetts what would you have made OF Virginia
| and North Carolina II Federal judge, by an
act of usurpation like Durelf', had created
| Republican State Government there, or the
President Endorsed there with the Dayonets of the
army Where now you tho steady growth Of peace
and order and fruitful cooperation OF tho social ee-
! ments there would be bloody Conflicts OF Infatuated
factions society to pieces by deadly fouds and
PROSTATE prosperity; but yod might have republican
State Governments as compensation. l ask you, Is
that what you wauti II you d. am sure the patti
otto people of the country are not with you.
THE DANGER OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS.
Oh senatorsl 1t is time should understand that
in this Republic cannot serve the cause OF law ana
order II We representative place, do not respect
the law ana II permit tho Government to violate it,
Every Iawess of those in power, professedly it,
tended TO serve the OF peace aud ORDER will pro-
uce TO that peace and order its greatest dan
ger You want the people OF the South and especially
OF louisiana to become law-a0idng citizens. and. to
mako them So the National authority has imposed upon
them government which the offspring OF gross usur-
patton and revolutionary proceedings How can you
expect them refrain from revolutionary
acts II the National Government has set them
So revolutionary an exampei How can you GIL them
with reverence for tho sdnctity Of the laws II your
National Government does respect themf The peo
pic OF the South not people Of murderous bandt
and only the most morbid fanaticisIn of partsansip
Will call them There are bad elements among tbem
and you blame the classes of society for not
putting them down by their efforts. But is not the
National Government ITSELF by resorting to usurpaton
and unconstitutional proceedings, giving TO the bad men
n strength they otherwise had not possessed, by
enabling every one them in his opposition to those
acts to the attitude OF defender OF
constitutional principles and republican ill.,
ertyi You speak Of protecting the negro.
Woe to tao negroes Of tho South II, after
their INSCRIPTIONS leaders have done so much to identity
them with organized corruption aud rapaclty, yOu by
employing sauctOning unconstitutional means Tor Ills
protection, identity them also with the overthrow
Of constitutional principles and contempt for the laws
OF the land Such measures 10 protect them Will, by
their very effects put them In the most dreadful jeOp
ardy You could nnlct more cruel iDjury Let me
warn you, publican Senators, that you treading
dangerous ground If such things have been done in
Louisiana in 1872 are now sustained by the Rcpub-
lican majority Congress. Aud evil deed always
giving birth to another, IL high handed course Is
continued you takng upon yourselves RESPONSE
biy, the extent Of which It is difficult Do
not treat with contempt what is now going IN the
public mind
Here hold in my hand Republican paper which in
duges In the following language:
Unless the Republican party is content 10 be swept
out by the storm of dgaaut protest rising
the OF Louisiana from all portions OF the
country It will see that TINS most shameful outrage
reGresSed wholly aud at once for If iC is right for the
Federal sOll nv pack the LEGISLATURE OF state IN
the manner AOrney-G neral Williams declares IL snail
be packed or II 1t can be done, 1t is right and can be
done IN guy other State. 1t that concerns
Massachusetts, California. aud Pcnnsy yaua equally
with Louisiana. for 1t act OF Ftderal usurpation
which, revoked and condemned by Congress, viii
lead inevitably to the destruction of the whole abc Of
Government.
THE MORAL HEROIsM OF THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA.
What adds to the common Indignation OF the country
against the perpetrators OF the wrong is the moral
heroism exhibited by the dlsfranchlsed people of Lou
isiana, who have borne with sublime patience and in
peace that which sufficient for revolution
for the doctrine old wrong itself that patton
OF tho peoples rights makes revolution not only priv
iege, but duty. Since such sentiments appealing
directly 70 the right OF revolution. are expressed by
Republican journals 10 the North they likely to be
put forth IN still stronger language by the Opposition
journals the South The rising OF such feelings
not but look upon with apprehension, not as to the
spirit Of justice aud freedom which they demonstrate,
but "a to the dreadful consequences which they might
produce II rashly acted upon. Aud il my could
reach so far as to heard by the people of louisiana
would say to them, good not for a single
ment permit any impulse OF passion to carry away
your Judgment Whatever Injustice you may have to