New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-15
THE SITUATION.
FUrthe: Comments of the Loyal
Northern Press.
TIE CASE THOROUGHLY UNDERSTOOD
THE LESSONS OF '61 KEMEliBERED
IN '75.

THE LEssON OF ISL HEMEliBEREI
IN '75.
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We resume the publication Of the com
ments of Northern newspapers en- the stat.
of affairs in Louisiana and the South. The,
are not such extracts as aye vcuchsafed {,
us by the Associated Press, which Ions
since became an instrument in the hands o
bad men, to be used against the admins
tration and to misrepresent the people o
the North. bu: come from such sources a.
provoke thoughtful attention:
.From :he Washington Chronieie.l
There is q laboIed effort on the part o.
| the Democrats to create q tremendous tiha
| wave OF sympathy with reference to tht
Louisiana difficulty. /: is their settled
purpose to create as much capital out Of i:
as possible in the short space of time left 10
them before the report of the congressional
committee nov inves,i eating affairs in New
| Orleans. Their howl abou. military usur.
patton is iaughable anI ridiculous in the
| extreme. The facts, when presented before
| Congress and the people III their proper
light, will show that the White League
entered into p diaSoiical plot to capture the
| Legislature Of the State at all hazards. In
this they were prevented by federal author
ity, and the usual avalanche of Democratic
|! spleen comes laundering through the Oppo.
sition press, and with it tho old ante.bellum
/ familiar cry OF preserved State rights" 1t
was q sorry day for Louisiana when its
State capital was removed to New Orleans.
| In the light OF recent events that city ia
| swayed by mob az furious as the Paris
Commune. General SheI idan understands
the people with whom he is dealing. His
| statement that there are localities in this
department ''where the very air has been
| impregnated with assassination for several
years" is the truth. and the people know it.
| The President and Cabiret confis In his
| wisdom. and in the belief "that all acts of
his have been and will be judicions." So
will the loyal men of the country. Louisi
| ana needs a man OF nerve and discretion.
Sheridan is equal to the emergency.
From the Kansas City Journal Of Commerce.
IL matters not whether Kellogg rightfully
or wrongfully occupies the executive chair.
he was the representative OF all constitu-
tionai authority in Louisiana las: Septem.
Der. when he was attacked by mob Of
Conservatives and driven from the State
House. II there was fraud and corruption
on the part Of Republicans in the operation
Of the Returning Board that declared him
elected, there was much more fraud and
corruption on the part Of the Conservatives
at the polls. The Conservatives. by their
own act. made the returns such as TO re-.
quire all the sagacity of tho Returning
Board to sort the genuine from the fraudu.
lent votes, and to tempt the partizanism of
its members to tamper with them in party
protection. What the result really was no
person was ever able, or ever will be able.
30 determine. Under such circumstances.
kellogg had as much right TO the office as
any body else. and having obtained posses.
sion. was the executive authority Of Louisi-
,1nl To-, g., \ a.
attacking party, therefore, made themselves
criminals in the eyes of the law. as engaged
in eedition against the !awtrl authority OF
the State.
In the subsequent campaign and election
they organized into White Leagues for pur.
poses OF intimidation and fraud. in defiance
of law and lawful authority. Murder,
arson and we'll nigh anarchy followed from
their operations; the power and authority
Of the executive Of the State was defed;
United States officers and soldiers were
threatened, and life and property made
unsafe. Whether their opponents have
been engaged in politica! fraud is not
question in this connection. shey, at least,
have been engaged not only in political
fraud but also in open crime, Oh so exten
sive scale as to set at defiance al! law and
all authority.
General Sheridan is warranted in iesig.
mating and treating them as banditti. All
inquiry into their wrongs and all sympathy
Tor them in consequence of any wrong they |
may have suffered must be suspended until
their criminal career is finished and atonsd |
for. 1t is nonsense. and worse for the Demo. |
cratic papers TO talk about hatred toward
the whites Of the South by the Republican
party; no such hatred exists, or ever did
exist, only in so far as the conduct of South.
ern white people brought down upon them.
selves the condemnation Of just and candid
judgment. and SO shCck humanity by their |
planned Of. We do not justify or apologize
for any wrong that Southern Republicans
may have done, but 10 is impossible for us
to find in cur hearts any sympathy for
people who outlaw thousands by crime,
create anarchy in q great State. and make
tho consequence Of tree
thought and free action.
'F.cn the Lafayette. IndiAaa. Journal
LOUISIANA.
Neither the events connected with the |
Louisiana Legislature nor the aggressive
attitude OF General Sheridan will allay the
20 which the condition OF the |
South has given birth. So far as General
Sheridan's indignation At the brutal and !
outrageous conduct of the rebel outlaws is !
it does honor TO his heart, bu. |
his remedy, summary and perhaps soldier I
like, does but little credit to his Judgment. |
In saying this We do not in the slightest |
seek to palllate the ofenses which called |
for the impulsiye Generals proposition. |
Nor do we desire TO disguise the fact that in /
the precedent set by the presence of federal |
bayonets in \ State Legislature there is
danger. Primarily it shows the weakness
Of the State government and tho strength
Of rebel sentiment, and points to the dan.
,erous necessity Of more action Of the same
kind on the part Of the general government.
\ peculiar aspect is exhibited in the tone
IF the Northern Democratic press. Every
little shce. of that iIh now bowls in the
wake OF the larger ones over the great ou.
rage. and yet from the beginning Of the
trouble they have been assiGuously at work |
TO conceal the murders and Outrages perpe.
rated by the rebels. The revolutionary at.
Tempt in the manner in which they sought !
20 organizs and get control of the LegisIa.
nre. il approved. A legislative mob, with |
pistols drawn in hand. comes in for no
word of condemnation. All the bully and
'wagger, the murder of prominent officials,
. reign Of terror under threats and action,
Ill these are passed over by the Dem ,cratic
press, and It's vials of wrath are reserved
or some fancied or rea! error on the part of |
he government. Let i; be admitted that
he Southern people have grievances, does
he fact justify the methods by which they
rave sought 10 remedy them! Have not |
hose very methods been the means OF
making matters worse! And does not the
and sympathy given them