The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-02

that they would be 1aslained b. The Federal
9o7efnmeit and upheld BY is full power 10
thlt outrageous work, 4 evident. 10 fact the
work Of ia Returning Board was delayed
until shat assurance could Be received and
the preparations made 10 enforce Il The
resnIt shows lhat Gfknt will stop Atnothinfio
retain his hold, and thas of his friends, upba
the threats Of the Souihefn people. Whakhe
IA doing end ID ready 10 DO IN Ls0uisiAnR he
viii do in any other State il tho need or the
arises. The only way 70 relieve
the people Of New Orleans of the horde Of
plnnaefera and usurpers who arc eating up
The substance and destroying the business Of
the people Is TO remove Grant and Gfantiam
from power at Washington. Il now looks as
though the people would be compelled 10
endure his 9lpnderins misrnls, and 70 see
their viii IS expressed at the ballotbox
deiiea and nulliied for two wears more, when
the whole country viii have an opportunity TO
give is verdict Of condemnation upon Grant
aud Grantism in form that will forever end It's
power for mischief.
That Grant is determined to force the peo-
pie Of Louisiana into an open resistance, Is
no longer question Of doubt This purpose
Is boastfnlly acknowledged by those who
stand nearest 10 him in Washington. He
hopes to goad the people OF Louisiana 10 a
point where they will make an armed resist
ance TO the Federal officials ut New Orleans,
and thus give him an opportunity TO declare
war, in the hope that when this happens the
resistance win spread far enough for him TO
claim that the rebellion has been revived, and
thus ere the North. This is the trick to
divert attention from bis deeds 1t IS a last
desperate resort 70 recover his hold upon the
people and secure the coveted third term. In
spite Of its repudiation BY the people at the
last election, another term in the Presidents
chair is his principal aim, and no move is too
desperate, even to trampling upon the rights
and liberties Of the people, to accomplish that
end.
The wrongs committed apon the people Of
that State are greater than any other people
were ever called upon TO endure. They have
been robbed and plnndered by men dressed
in authority as no other people ever were.
They have seen their property eon6scated,
they have been powerless while debts have
been piled upon them and taxes heaped
maintain high, to meet obligations issued by
fraud. Their business has been destroyed,
and what might have been the most prosper
Gus portion Of the South is now under the
heel Of the destroyer. Now, to add TO all
this, when they 90 TO the ballot box and there
repndiate the men and the party which have
brought all this upon them, . Radical Return
ing Board defies their verdict, refuses to
recognize their expressed will and declares
whomsoegsr It chooses elected, without regard
10 the vote cast. When conservative citizens
protest against this outrage, the members Of
the Returning Board rafasa TO listen TO the
protest and continue their work. Under this
state Of affairs the elections are afares. The
Returning Board might as we'll declare before
hand who shall be the officials, for the result
is precisely the same.
We trust, notwithstanding this shameful
outrage upoa their rights and liberties, that
the people Of Louisiana viii at with patience,
and not be goaded into committing any overt
act which viii give Grant an slTcrtunity to
Cypress them still further. They should re-
member that in eleven months more d Demo-
cratic Congress- will assemble in Washington
which will be able TO bring them some relief,
or at least to arrest the schemes Of the present
Administration, II in the meantime nothing is
done that viii furnish On excuse to adopt
extreme measures. There is no doubt hut
that the present plan at Washington is to force
an outbreakin New Orleans. The conservative
citizens should see 10 it that they are not
caught in the trap set for them, and thus
unvittingly prolong the very evils which they
are nov complaining Of, and in an aggravated
| form.