New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-09

tnelr information from one side. 1t was
not filtered through champagne bottles,
nor impaired to them in the friendly and
confidential intercourse of select dinner
at Moreau's. Both gentlemen belong
here They are of, not among the people.
They are familiar with the interruptions
practices of the Louisiana Democracy
know all the turns and windings by which
that party is able to satisfy itself that
1t has secured a political success
against the odds of numbers. Governor
Wells and his colleagues knew the Demo-
Gratis had cheated and proved it upon
them. Messrs. Phelps and Co., being in
some doubt about it, came here and asked
If the charge was true. The Democrats
denied it, of course, and were so lavish
and princely in their hospitality that the
delighted Jerseyman and party took the
denial as conclusive proof that they were
innocent of any sort of guile and the Re-
turning Board guilty of great outrage in
casting any imputation upon their hon.
esty.
Not satisfied with this unconstitutional
censure by Congress, the Bulletin and
Picayune seek to persue Governor Wells
to the extreme point of disfranchisement.
He ought, in the estimation of these i'm
partial and amiable White League organs,
to be forever barred from holding any
Office of trust or profit under the United
States because the House committee re-
ported that, in their opinion, he made
mistakes as president of the Returning
Board, and the House adopted the report
as part of the resolution which had the
recognition of Governor Kellogg for its
principal object.
Had Messrs. Anderson and Wells stolen
the election returns out Of the State and
carted them off to Kentucky distillery,
and there, under the influence of generous
corn juice, been persuaded that the Demo-
Gratis had been successful at nearly every
poll in Louisiana, the result would have |
been quite different. Such an offense
would come within the prohibitions of the
constitution, and the sovereignty of the
State invoked to shield them fror. federal
'ensure and punishment
1t would seem to us that if the Grant
parish prisoners are not guilty. of any
rime against the United States, then
Governor Wells and General Anderson
re not amenable to the structures of the
republican House of Representatives in
ny case They are, however, doubly
lnocent:
l. They made as just an award as the
formation and the magnitude of the
ork justified and permitted, in the short
me they had in which to make it.
2. The ofense charged to their account
not within the jurisdiction of the
nited States government.
If we are to accept the reasons of the
lpreme Court as conclusive on this
oint we must concede that the federal
'vernment to attempt to punish or i.
zen censure State officers for alleged
olations of law would result Sin the en-
re subversal of the institutions of States
I'd the immediate consolidation of the
hole land into a consolidated empire, O
hose authority and processes would
holly disregard the limits and laws of
e States OF course this would be
arful condition of affairs, and we can
It feel too thankful to the Supreme
'urt for preventing the universal up 8
avail. All good Democrats will be tenn G
rarily happy when they learn that
litical system is regarded as of in =
itely more importance than the lives
d liberties Of the citizens. 1t is not,
wever, exactly what the United States :,
was created for. 1t was not D
3 intention of the fathers to build up | A
stem of Statehood, even if it cost the
es of all the peaceable citizens, so n
lch as to erect form of government
der which even feeble men could exist
tolerable safety.
The Louisiana Democracy, however,
We never gone further in the study of
litical economy than the science of get.
6 and holding office, and they naturally
ard as enemies all those who stand IN
ir way. Certain voters in North Lou
ma were suspected of an intent to vote
Republican ticket. They were re-
we'd to another world with as little fuss Fl
possible, and those engaged in the re- co
val applied to the Returning Board as d do
lmants of many of the offices by de- wi
1t. They were not successful. Gov fir
or Wells and General Anderson refused " u,
oe unjust, and hence the hatred once Sc
ected against the Republican voters is He
centrated on their heads. We pre-
he they are able to stand it. Their
duct is highly approved by the whole
party. The ability of one has
n recognized by the head of the ma II
/, and he has been worthily called to
a place which he will no doubt greatly
or. We do not see what right the
nocracy has to complain of in all this. lo
as there is a good deal of snarling of
ut it, We thought it our duty to explain. Re
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