The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-01-09

Defeated fairly at the polls. ont
numbered by the vigilance and uni
tied presence Of I'LL our members of
the Honsc, conscious OF his own
weakness and knowing himself to
tn, vile Usnrper he is, Kellogg
and his government have hah agai:,
to rely for protection upon the
strong military arm Ct the Z. s.
Government, and tina! government
headed by Il drunken 1espot rs
President and q cold bloodcd, vim
lictive bloodhound as Attorney
General has responded to the call
and Louisiana, robbed, prosecuted
and trl'lurcd lies bleeding at the
feet OF this most foul military DIES
po'ism.
With no cxcnsn but the request
Of the cowardly Usnrpcr, Kellogg,
and no right bat the one of power,
the military forces Of the United
States invaded the halls Of Lcuisia.
mas Legislature apd have driven
thcreirom at the point OF the bayo-
net men whom the House had de.
ella, ed to be entitled to seats there
in; and this was done in the very
face Of the Constitutional provision
that each House Of the Legislature
shall! be the Judge OF 'he qnali!ica
ton and election Of its. own mem
bcrs.
Cromwell so-disso!ycd the Eng
li>h Parliament and the name OF
Cromwell has been handed down to
MS as that Of Il tyrant and drspot.
This Continent has never before
been called upon to witness so fla
grant 4 violation OF all law, all JUS
tice and all respect for the will Of
people.
Downtrodden, burlencdwith on
erOns taxation, the home Of thieves
and the sport Of robbers, Louisa, a
has suffered to the very verge OF
destruction and her people have
had to bear q burden ct political
bondage that might well have driy-
Ell all her brave sous..to more inv;t-
ing homes elsewhere; yet they
bravely resolved to make ono more
effort to redeem their fair State
which had come to them as q herr
tagc from noble s;ies and they were
successful! in their struggle at the
bal!othox. Then came the infa-
nous Returning Board to count
them ont ol their victory by fraud
and now comes the military to de
p.ivc them Of their we'll and fairly
earned success 10y. the points of
gli;terin:, bayonets aud the frown-
ing months OF cannon.
The victim to-day OF ruthless
vandalism, Louisia1A,will yet sit in
Judgment upon her aplressors at
'ioG!e and her name Will yet be The
watt':word that viii rally the free
men OF america and !'urIsfrom pow
er such malignant tyrallts as Grant
an! such insignificant ours as VIII.
liams, the vice-resent Of Grant by
virtue of bis; wite's dis,lonor, as is
currently believed The time has
come when every American should
as. himself "hithc? are we drift
Ing 2 Or rather, whittier are wei
being hurried by this Capitalization
Of all power in the bands OF rack-
less chief magistrate and corrupt
Attorney-Gen 2 The fate off
Louisiana today may be the for
tune Of New York or of Ohio to-
morrow.
1t is agreed on all sides that our
policy is one Of submission to even
this last browning outrage and we
shall not take it upon ourselves to
advise 4 different course ut this
time. 1t will require t,le exercise
Of all our torbcarau:c to maintain |
this policy, but until it is otherwise
determined it is the duty Of every
one to submit with the best grace
that lie can bring to bear upon his
patience.
We arc ready to admit that our
stock of patience is but small and