Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-20
THE LOUISIANA CASE.

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ton for the recen, turn i'll the Affairs Of
the LEGISLATURE If Louisiana will come
M for discussion. We believe that this
Is the first Republican Legislature which
has had this sabiect brought before 1t.
The others that have dealt with ii are
under Democratic control. 1t Is singU-
Ia-ly 1t that the Nevada Legislature
should be the first in the line of Repub-
lean deliberative bodies 10 deal with this
very important question The dlfferen-
- which have grown ont Of the arpiI-
cation Of the purposes Of reconstruction
rs they ..e embodied and presented III
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Consti;r,-
t;onal Amendments are appropriate mat
ters for debate by the Legislature Of the
State which was the first to ratity the
NAL measure If DEMONSTRATION. AIMED
rebellion in resistance 70 the authority
of the Union is succeeded by revolt
against the chiefest fruits Of the victory
of the Federal powers. We witness the
New Rebellion. risen upon tbs ashes Ct
tie dead Coafederaey.
\ ysar ago, when the reb.ls mistOok
Grants fliraess and foFbeaTancc for
leaning toward themselves and their pur-
poses, tie Southern Press echoed his
praises far and wide, and prepared their
readers - accept with Willingness a
IhirJ fern Of his incumhency of the
Presi lent al chair. When lie inteTposel
the Federal Power TO sustain Kellogg in
his untsniabie rights, every copperhead
xas warmed from torpidity to renewed
animation and cravied forth from lis
hole to hiss at him. And thus the issue.
II, now, they can succeed Ia casting the
weight Of popular odium upon the Gen
eral under whose leadership the rebell-
ion was crushed, they will have achieved
moral triumph over the cause of Union,
Emancipation and Impartial Suffrage
second only, IN their eyes, III import
ance 70 the achievement of the indie
pendeuce of the Southern Coniederacy.
What has been done in Louisiana
under .he authority OF the administra-
ton that any man who glories in the
victories Of the stars and stripes over
the stars AMI bars need 10 find fault
sith2 Grant. in his homeiy way. tells
the story in his message to Congress. 4
Federal Court would Rot yield its rights
nor lower It's dignity to crafty the pEr-
poses and tolerate the eaprices OF the !
ku klax klans and White LeacUers in !
Louisiana. What that court dill vas |
n strict conformity with organic !
md statutory law. Whit GIANT him /
self did in lending Governor Kel72s
.ae power 70 hold his own against the
armed revolu:iouis.s o: shat State was
lainly in tie Ike Of his cf.ci... duties.
aud now rs 20 ShlE.Jan:-Eyer since
b .cI. lis black mare 20 where tie
waves Of battle we're icstin. against Our
lines. auI tGrE-d the tide sgains, Jglal |
Earlv. sweeping him from the Valley OF
the Shenandoah and breaking iLs hear; !
u the rebel array. language has been
20 express tie heat and VOL I
1u,e ui bel late for him They have
hated Linn and covered before him. 7
When Lieutenant Colonel Baker. with a
rEout.tEde. ohas i i the muir
leFoas PiesaIs, the Teb,l sEi copper
head press with ore aceor! denounced
Phil Sheridan as III assassin and a /
proving murderer. When. .eiEs urged |
10 do 50 by the Mayor OF CLicasu. Shsr- !
tan took command there and prevented |
piiIIse from following the most terrible !
of the age. tie eopperLsnd /
sid rebel press Isechoei the special and ,
sxtra-ofieial demagogis.H of Governor
Palmer in GenuneiaiioE OF Shefidan's
Federal interference" TIs venom of
.keSe Laters of the government was only
,quaIled by the hypOcEiticai snivels of
lie so-eaIled Independent Press. in syn
oa,hy Herewith. And now. because.
.ayipg the power in his hand to arrest a