The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-13
NO. ii.
The Louisiana Outrage IN England

= u the Leading Lyndon journals have
editorials O' the slslitect OFT stl1e' lhtC INT
rage rerrtr ftrd' M Louistnnu- by ~0en.
Grant. Tie Times says: vi.
"Ir this was Il mere snna',ble hotween
rival factions, or even brtwern rival ,lexix-
lature, 1t would hardly deserve notice
from those vii" are not specially interest
ed in tho local politics Of the United
States. Bnt the use wl,ici, Gen. Grant lIus
made OF the army for manilestly pnltical
purposes. and which, we are told, is
generally co,,de,nne.l throughout the
country is u very remarkable symptom IT
danger in the working Of the American
constitution. Con. Sheridan, it is true,
has tcl..graphcl t" tl,c SECRETARY for war
that tue community n New Orleans il ale.
| liant OF lawful authority. and that lNn,am
life is not secure ~ Louisiana, But for
tarSe strong statements there is no smC.
icient authority in the information TINT
has reached this country MS yet. and tho
people Of New Orleans, have we perceive,
protested against them. 1t is true that
the Ian.,u,ge of the constitution ii very
Ioose aud will HitOw n daring ahmibistr,..
ton {" ASSUME powers as despoic ~ these
with which, to Roman con<uls were in
vested when they were charged tU Heo
q that the commonwealth received no
lct,iment.' But this license has ueveT
hitl'cot" been allowed to 20 too far, an,l
it it be seriously nsiutained that the
federal government is bonnl to interfere
on Gov. kellogy's invitation at New Or.
leans because tive unqualified members
have been admitted t" the lesislat Mrs., tl'o
United States army may be used to .cDyco
the legislature ut Albany and Harrisburg
for no other rpasonr than til It the. great
states Of New York and P.nnsv vlva,,a have
shown themselves hostil. to tho party in
power at Washington. 1t canno' be do
nie,l that the president acted with delib.
era''nn aud with'a full knowledge that
his interference would not l,e needed to
rep'ess ins"rrection, hut to disturb tho
balance Of parties He had evidently
settled beforehand with Gov Kellogg that
the first attempt Of the conservatives to
dispate the decision Of the retiring board
should lie met by tho intervention Of tho
federal 1r'o)s, for Ien. Sheridan had,
long before the assembling If the Iegisla.
tnre, been instructed ~ take the command
ut New Orleans and even before TINT of
ticer arrived upon the scene the neetfnl
c"ercion had been applied by Gen. EmMy.
Gen Sherman seema to have fully entered
int" the spirit ct Gen Grants policy, and
hid a'l, ised the president to issne y pro-
clama'i"n declaring the White league
bannitti" IN these circumstances, We
must t:.kc'wbat comfort we can in tho
great inprobHbi'ity in which We are e",,-
ir'nr'l by onr latest intelligence from
Wasl,id-ton-tOat partial as has been tho
presidents policy hitherto, such mad ad.
vice will he accepted" h
1hc Morning Post says on the sul,j.ct:--
"Ii is not surprising that all over the
United States Indignation is expressed md
that a democratic Senator ut Washington
has introduced in the senate u resolution
'|emnndin. of the president by what an
thority he has thus intnrfered bv military
force with the legally elected rnislature Ut
sovereign state. The whole thing re
minds one more of Mexico. Or one Of tho
petty states of South America, than "f the
great republic. And not the least sonbrs
feature in the business is the fact that tho
president planned, or ut least consented
to- what has been done, several days l,, "
fore it occurred. aud that the whole affair
was deliberate and determined exer.
c,sc Of tho most arbitrary and unoonstitu-
tonal power"
The |aN Nal G"-eiie after IN able re-
view of the events which lch to the inva
sion Of the legislature by United States
troops, says:
"T, as the returning board alleges,
there was such general intimidation by
tho whites hat the vote Of whole c"nn-
ties, or parishes, rs they are called in
Lo"isirun, was falsined and il moreover,
the election law is >" impossible Of execn-
or was 50 badly administered that there
was no valid election in the state, the pro
per course would have been to order y
fresh election, and to take proper precan.
tions against intimidation aud Justification
of returns. I',stea'l Of tIlae. the president
has determined to enforce decisions which
the pmbtic opinion of the whole union
sti.na;zes as sn,amelcsslv partisan and
corrupt, aud which even those who gave
them admit to have bcen arbitrary and
without foundation in law. Aud in en-
forcing them he has allowed one Of his Of
ficers to initiate the worst practices Of
Spanish-Ame, ican military alventurors-"