The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-03-27
Personalisna.
From the St. Louis Republican,

From the st. Louis Republican,
That personal system of government
which has been developed under the
six years. administration of President
Grant until it exhibits itself like an Of
fensive wait on our policy, will one
day have to be treated with keen and
pitilcss surgery. The Republican
party has watched its growth with
misgiyinSs, but with acquiescence.
1t has admitted it's anomalous and
evil nature, but made no attempt to
resist it, and now that power has
passed, oris passing away from the
Republican party, this monstrosity
goes over along with many others, to
be examined and passed upon by an
other party that will show it and its
author no mercy. During the last
ten years four state governments
have been suspended on the indivi-
dual decision Of the President of the
United States; at this moment our
state government rests on it's arm
alone ; another state government has
had to pass the ordeal of his decision
twice, and in point of fact we cannot
know what is the lie. tacto government
in any state until We know what one
is recognized and upheld by him.
Two years ago an individual member
of the cabinet, who had no more to
do with the matter than the king Of
the Sandwich Islands, assumed to
declare what persons the Alabama
legislature should be composed Of,
and actually named the MONITORS Of
the two contesting bodies who should
constitute q third body to be recog-
nized as the lawful legislature. About
the same time that member Of the
cabinet together with the president
assumed to decide VIII" had been
elected members Of the Louisiana
legislature of 1873, and decided III
favor Of a body Of persons, notorious
~ and admittedly, never were elect
ed ard now We have seven OK .mem-
bers of congress, two Of thom citizens
Of New York, one a citizen Of Maine,
one a citizen of New Jersey, one a
citizen Of Ohio, ono citizen Of Illinois
anl one q citizen of Massachusetts,
without any warrant Of law for their
conduct, meeting in a law-office in
New York to decide who are and
who shall bo maintained as lawful
members Of the Louisiana legislature
"a question already decided three
times BY the different parties-6rst
by the Louisiana returning board,
second by Gen. DeTrobriand, and Of
ticer of the army; and, third, by
President Grant. Under the distorted
method Of looking at every event in
the South which the Republicans have
established, this personal and extra
legal adjudication of the legality >of
tile Legislature Of Louisiana oxcites
no surprise F; it is accepted as a very
proper and agreeable way Of settling
a perpl.xing controversy. But what
would Mr.. Hoar, ono the seven ar
bitratorS say about having tho leg
islaturs of his state canvassed and adj
Indicated by some persons living in
ether statesi ia dispute over the
next gubernatorial election, and the
proper constitution of the legislature
in Maine should arise in 1877, how
would Mt Frye efthat state receive the
proposal to leave the whole question
to seven members Of tho Democratic
louse3
tits a very unsatisfactory reply to
all tins to say chat the individual ar
bitration of tho Louisiana and Ala
bama difficulties are assented to by
the people of these states. The peo-
plo of these states were made to as
sent to them; they were threatened
with. something worse. Their right
full functions were usurped by the
President, or the Attorney General,
or BY conspirators who had the sup
port Of the President; and because
tho outrage was committed by Re-
publicans in tie name and interest of
the Republicans party, a Republican
congress acquiesced il it even While
net daring to formally approve it.
If this is q government Of law, tho
fact ought to be recognized and sub
mitted to; United States collectors,
marsbals, army officers, attorney gen
erals and tho president himself ought
to he broken into subsection to the
fact. If, on the contrary, q president
or his acknowledgement, or . commit
tee of ex.membsrs of congress, or
some other person or body of persons,
really have become invested with
supreme determining authority to de
clare who are the governors and what
are the Legislatures Of the states of this
Union, it would save trouble to have
the warrant of law for the assumption
produced so that the people of the
states may no longer delude them
selves with the exploded notion that
they have the right Of governing
themselves.
observation-disclosures
Peterson, the Mail Con tractor for
the Alexandra and Shreveport Mai.
route, has become the subject of in
vestigation BY the Post Office Depart
ment, and seems to have been classed
with the ''straw biddors." The mail
riders como on time, but the matter
they bring is old enough to vote.