The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-15

tizsd, and rightly stigmatized, an act
OF revolutionary violence, and though,
owing to the peculiar condition of thu
Southern States and to the multipli-
city OF our State Legislatures, IL may
seem an event OF less moment in Loui.
siana in our day than it has seemed In
other places and at other times. it as.
snmes character OF the utmost gravi-
ty when we remember that IL it be per-
missible in Louisiana. whether it shall
take place or not in New York or Mas.
sachusetts, becomes q question not OF
legal right. but of Executive discre.
ton; therefore,
fesolred. That for this reason above
all, we emphatically protest against it,
and declare our solemn con viction that
it were better that legislative bodies
should be forbidden to meet ut all than
to be forbidden to meet under their
own rules and surrounded by their
own officers, because nothing is more
dangerous or demoralizipg than arbi.
trary rule yelled by constitutional
forms. and that the citizens of New
York, without distinction of party.
her" assembled, appeal to their fellow.
citizens OF the whole country to unite
with them in this protest.
aud whereas the recent despatch OF
the Lieutenant General Of the army.
addressed to the Secretary OF War,
suggesting that Congress should pass
IN Act. or that the President should
issue proclamation in imitation OF
the dragonades of Louis Nv, declaring
an indeterminate number OF his fellow.
citizens "banditti," and authorizing
him to put them down with armed
force. might be passed over as hasty
and lll-conceiVed language Of soldier
who. however gallant in the field, al.
lowed himself to remain inexcusably
Ignorant Of the nsages and laws of his
country, were it not that il mas re-
oeived the prompt approval of the
War Department. accompanied by
an intimation that the President and
other members of the Cabinet ap-
proved of it; therefore,
Resolced. That We cannot refrain
from expressing our heart felt reproba.
ton OF the despatch itself, OF the afro.
cions imputation it casts on q large
body Of our country men, and OF the
Executive sanction which it has re-.
ceivsd.
Whereas the outrages on Legislative
Independence against which We
have met to protest. have NO legal re-.
lation to the problem of reconstruo.
tion, properly so.called. and do not
arise out of any recent legislation of
Congress regarding the States lately in
rebellion; aud whereas Federal mill.
tary assistance ia to be- rendered upon
his responsibility by the President,
under and by virtue OF 4 provision of
the original amended Constitution,
aud in answer to call which the Lee
gislature Of any State, or if not in ses-
sion. the Governor of any State, may
make; therefore, u- t,f0
Resotued, That the manuer in which
the Federal troops have been en-.
ployed in Louisiana constitutes an
abuse OF authority which is dangerous
to public liberty in an equal degree in
every part of the Union.
Loud aud long-coutinued applause
followed each clause which denounced
the conduct of the military authorities
in the State of Louisiana.
QUERY.-Did the "White League"
swindle $4,000 negroes out OF their
savings in tho Freedman's Bank?
During the discussion of the Lonisi.
ana matter in the United States Sc.
nate, on Friday, Mr.. Morton gave the
bloody shirt Of the Ka Klax bis old
familiar shake. and this time in the
face of Mr. Gordon. Mr.. Morton
thought that intimidation OF Republi.
cans was clearly proved in Georgia,
which changed from q Republican ma
jority Of 10000 to q Democratic one.
ranging from 40, 600 to $4,000. Mr..
Gordcn, however. replied that Georgia
had changed politically for the reaso ns
that Indiana. Ohio. New York, Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania had changed
politically. The hit was q pslpsbie
one.
GooD Po1Nrs.-When it vss pro.
posed to clear the Senate galleries, the
other day. by policemen. Upton said
'if the Sergeant-at.Arms cannot keep
order. We have the army Of the United
States" {.
The Louisville Courier. formal saws:
"The Northern States may look with
concern, if not with alarm, at the
action Of the Radical Returning Board
of New Orleans. If this spirit of fraud
and oppression is allowed to grow,
their time will come. too, and ali that
they can expect is the promise Of Po-
lyphemus to Ulysses, that he wonld
Il t,s. L.