The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-09
CHEERING SYMPTOMS.


!. much and well-grounded apprehension thu
. Force bill or other odious scheme of OF
7 preston would be adopted by Congress, b
means of which great disturbance might hay
been produced. But that body has adjourne
7 without reaching that fearful extreme, an6
with the single exception Of the Civil Right
: act, has done little in which malice towar
the South is very plainly shown No unusua
powers have been conferred. 50 much les
hostile in action has Congress been, than wa
. expected, that a general sense of relief is felt
J.. 1t has been SO very long time since mucl
: good has been expected in this State or an,
. Of the Southern States from any Fedora
Congress, that it is pleasant to record eve,
the little negative merit to the hostile major
: ity that no more hurt was done. If an ac
had been passed appropriating money te
repair the levees along the banks of the Mis-
sissippi, essentially national river, which
drains more than q third of the area of the
republic. we should have good reason to
tender thanks even to Republican Congress.
AS 1t Is, we are truly thankful that the Forty
third Congress did no worse than it has done.
The effect produced upon the country at
large by the adjournment Of Congress, is like
that produced here by the adjournment of
the Kellogg Legislature. The era of return
ing confidence and incipient cheerlulness in
New Orleans dates from our loo II holiday the
| Fourth of March. The Civil Rights act had
its inception without producing mischief to
any marked extent The action of Congress-
and the failure Of legislative adjustment give
temporary quetus to the question of the
Governorship The noncompliance of the
Caucus with the Wheeler proposal of surren-
der, while it could not have altered results to
our detriment, would have afforded some
satisfaction to our people yet even that has
ceased to be source of excitement, since
nothing is likely to result.
The friends of New Orleans, who reside in
the country or in other cities may, therefore.
freely come here without ri k Of disturbance.
They will find contrast to the gloom of
Mardi-G ras and our city again wearing a
cheerful aspect Our stores are full of choice |
merchandise and merchants are anxious to
sell with such advantages to patrons as are
not afforded elsewhere.
The peace that has followed the adjourn
ment OF Congress and of the Kellogg mena-
gerie, while it is not that which springs from
with the past, contentment with
the present, or confidence in the future is
nevertheless a rest. 1t is cessation from
turmoil and political excitement, and time
during which our people-Who have fought
harder and sacrificed more than those Of any |
other Southern State in the endeavo,s to a
maintain the great principles of civil liberty r
nay look about them and try to save the t
canty remnants OF their fortunes, if per
nance the tax gatherers and the hungry cor u
1orants that represent the usurpatirn b
throughout the State have left ANYTHING for t.
hem to save. We have fought the usurpa. a.
on 10 every possible shape; we have spnrned
le authority OF Grants puppet (Kelloeg) n
me and again; our young men and old men, b
70, have given up their lives in the desperate st
ruggle; we have sent the guilty coward flee pl
e Tor safety behind the granite walls of the m
lstom- House, before our outraged citizens:
. have overthrown his usurpation. and sp
ter all our endeavors, have been confronted to
the stern and infiexible purpose Of the tn
ashlngton despot, who has stricken down es
tn his sword the barriers that surrounded be
liberties OF the States, and set up his ,oM pc
the lao. WI
Having done all this, and finally having fro
On denied justice by Congress, there was for
lhlng for the people of Louisiana to do but ito
possess their souls in patience and await the
grand verdict which the people of the mo
ntry are sure to render against our or S
ssors, against the great party which lent inc
IL TO the preparation of such gross in str(
ice and terrible wrongs upon an inof- tior
SlVe, struggling and poverty stricken peo- WIT
This cessation from political strife by no con
ms carries with it recognition of or Lar
in the Kellogg usurpation. fror
means q recognition of the very patent stro
that We cannot hope to gain our "Cs
Its. fairly won at the polls. 60 long as risk
Q sits man at Washington in the White moi
se ready to crush US with the armed W
ons Of the Government. whenever we at by /
pt 10 assert our right to govern ourselves plan
er our own Constitution and laws. that
cans that Louisiana. while pursuing her be st
innate avocation. and travelling along the appa
way OF peace, has been seized by a ally
OF hghwaymen, real "banditti," and brin!
recognizes that for the time being thos,
cannot assert her right, with feeli
hope of success She abhors the IT,
ers, she fe Is the indignity which has plan
put upon her, but for the time being ing c
perceives the inutili,y of maintaining a it wo
Mt struggle that can only result in her in SC
nllation. This is the situation, and we such
rec to say that there is a certain sense of ncre
IN the thought. that, after having done probt
at men may DO, ami while still spurninp their
aSe and corrupt men set up over us. wa tweer