The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-12
WHAT A B0STONIAN THINKS OF
COMPROMISE.
Sound Views.

several days ago, but has been crowded OF
n from time to time. Being from Bostonla1
who is temporarily in our city, the views
= compromise entertained by him are we
+ worthy of perusal. His head, to use home
. " phrase, seems to be exceedingly level, an
= he took an accurate measure of the Congress
v sional Committee
Editor Of the Bulletin
I would like to ask few questions will
b reference to this compromise" matter, most
Q " because, being a Massachusetts man,
, don't see the exact drift it is intended thi.
subject shall take. In the first place, would
say | am aware that our Congressional Com
mittee has interviewed the causes so terribly
disturbing this State of louisiana and theil
report denouncing the Kellogg government,
and the Returning b Jard as frauds, is before
the country. Why, then, is another commit
tee sent here?
How many times does Congress propose to
try the people for alleged crimes after they
have been once honorably and fully acquitted?
Does Judge Hoar remember that in our State
of Massachusetts-or somewhere-there is an
assurance that no person shall be jeopardized
more than once as to the same otfense, and
deprived of his certain rights, ETC.. I? Then
why is his committee been trying again the
same matter? Is it to bring about a g COM
promise?" Since they are here, in the face
Of the first report, / suspect Grant and
his advisers, who have apparently got
themselves on the record 50 Extensively,
and their conduct is so very indefensble, that
they at once Immediately hurried these
gentlemen on to New Orleans, and perhaps
with due Instructions to assume to re-inves-
tigate, but really to get up a compromise if
possible, and try and remove the odium Grant
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with.
| notice the compromise proposes that the
Conservatives or Democrats, shall have
majority, re-organize, with Kellogg at the
helm. and go on this tide in the affairs
of men," having propitious winds
and smooth waters, to the harbor
of peace, prosperity and the legal per diem of
the hitherto illegal Legislature So Mr..
Wheeler says the Conservatives may have a
nice majority, and can pass such needful and
useful laws as may seem good in their sight
Did Mr.. Wheeler forget that Mr.. Kellogg ap-
proved, by affixture of his signature thereto,
| of many odious and obnoxious laws. the very
laws which the people complain about
What if this nice majority do pass good laws,
and repeal those bad ones; does he forget
there is a man at the other end of the ring
who is endowed with a ueto power. and it 1e-
quires two-thirds Of the votes of the members
Of the Legislature to pass it over that veto
Then what good is this excellent majority
which can be made thus helpless, not being
two-thirds?
Again, it must be promised that Kellogg
shall not be impeached. l understand that
Mr.. Marshall objected at one time, to the
manner in which Mr.. Frye examined some of
the witnesses, and informed him he was not
now practicng in a police court, from which |
take it that Mr.. Frye is lawyer of some
ability and therefore l would like to ask him |
if this is not compromising telony-or per
haps misdemeanor which is just as bad;
and if so, whether in his State there is not
some obsolete (perhaps) law with regard to
such a crime?
DO, then, this committee, or any portion of
them, propose TO have these Conservative
members compound crime in this manner?
If there is q suspicion in the minds of any Of
these honorable gentlemen that Kellogg could
be successfully impeached, why not rather
advise that it be done? If, on the other hand,
he is an honest aud worthy man, and has not
impeaching stains on his spotless soul, then
why not have the subject fully investigated,
and Kellogg honorably and honestly acquitted,
and thus stand before the country the immac-
ulate, prosecuted, virtuous and honest man
would have US believe? If Mr.. Kellogg can
show clean record, perish that Conservative
and Democrat who, after due investigation
would dare to spot or tarnish it,
Like Mr.. Hoar being Yankee, guess |
see point II you were Yankee, also, Mr..
Editor, would you guess that the reason thy
do not want Kellogg impeached is, that it
would fall heavy on Grants Administration,
wherein it would show how tenaciously Mr..
Grant has chung to vile usurpation, and,
perchance, for political reasons, upheld this
dishonest and criminal Kellogg party, and it
would be, in his estimation, cruel to prove
le had vigorously supported with gunboats
md bayonets, and the National strong arm, 50 J
morally rotten body of men. Hence, it
would seem, compromise must be enter
aimed in order to shield the Chief Magistrate !,
If our country 50 that it might never be re-
corded: ''And he fell among thievesr' Per- ]
laps it is best SO; who knows?
Iwould like before closing to ask you, Mr..
editor, whether a mistake was not made in !,
appointing this committee? 1t seems it is z
.laimed at Washington, and some member OF :
hs Cabinet has revised an editorial wherein \
he mistake is shown to have been that the I
speaker did not inform himself before ap- I
pointing it as to whether or not they had y
ormed their opinions, and if 50, whether for ?
r against the kellogg faction; and if for, :,
hen to have appointed such aud only such. y
;ut the mistake | refer to is whether it was .
Intended that the majority OF these gentlemen v
hould not have been like Mr.. Frye; that 4
:, able and quite willing to question any J
olored witness who voted the Conservative = =
cket as to why he did SO, and to lecture him 4
n his base ingratitude toward the Republican 4
arty-the party who freed the colored J
laves. Now, | submit that this is intimida- G.
ion of the worst sort The Northern peo- j
lie, in great part, engaged in the war for the y
reservation of the Union and no. in order to q
rec the slaves, which is merely one of the
asults of the war and further, that the
est generals the Federal side were L
democrats, and a majority Of the soldiers q
ere also Democrats who took up arms NJ
gainst their Southern brethren only to main a 4,
in intact the whole of the States, united 7,
nd that the freedmen owe nothing to the "
nor the Republican party for A
leir treedom it was result of a Union war "
Conservatives, Democrats of Louisiana; q
and firm Falter not on the very threshold =
your success. The eyes of the Northern u