New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-06
GRANT TABLEAU.

means BY which the bandit Cortina
acquired and held power. 1t rep
resents that he derives his .eve
nues from the sale OF stolen Texar
cattle. These depredations have beer
going on for many years, and Cortina haf
at last been arrested by his own govern
|. ment. 1t would be. apparently, impossi
BILE for the Bee to discuss any subject with
, out deducing the moral that ''Grant" was
10 some manner responsible for any mis-.
chief which may occur. Accordingly We
find certain charitable comments which
follow the narrative of the iniquities and
arrest of Cortina. We are told that the
republic Of Mexico has. since the unfo-tU.
nate end of the French empire in that
| country, been unable to repress these in.
cursions Of Cortina. who holds local Office
] by the pretence Of an election. Perhaps
this imbecility Of the republic may be due
to her folly in having refused to become
an imperial colony of France. It is the
! view Of the Bee that all this anarchy in the
iona Libre has, however, been due to the
/ ambitious designs Of Presiden: Grant.
Thus:
But tina: the government ~ Washing
ton, which has had ut its disposal cOAsdera-
BILE forces since the war of secession. should
have permitted the renewal Of these segr-
lar incursions, and should have left an
important frontier open to the depredations
Of troops of bandits. IL may be proper to
say of both the nations. is incOnceivable.
Grant who has made to Operste 90
many bodice Of troops in the Southern
States with . political object, and who
directs against the Indians 90 msny expen-
siye expeditions which wise policy might
| avoid, SCENE to have adopted since re came
into power in 1869 the let alone policy with
regard to the Mexican frontier. Ia this by
indifference? or il it not rather with the de-
sign to have cas'ts bcli ready 10 effect at
| given moment . useful diversion il the
| interests Of his ambition!
1t can not be we'll seen in what General
Grant is to blame for not having re.
pressed the incursions Of Cof:ina, seeing
that they had also prevailed under his
predecessors. That he has not invaded
Mexico instead Of using the troops de.
manded by the Governors Of States under |
the constitution, or required to control |
the savages, is perhaps to be accounted |
for by the fact that he could not use them |
in both services at once. If you bray
French ideas in a mortar they will never
assimilate with those of English thinking
republicans. It is under the French the.
DRY perfectly proper to elect q Congress
which enacts Q constitution without au.
thority from the people or without SUBJ ,
hitting the results of their unauthorized
action to the people for ratification. It
was all right for France to conquer Algiers.
where the French carpetbagger seems
to have more trouble than his brother
in America. It was all very we'll to have
attempted the conquest of Mexico. and to
plant Europeon imperial government
against the Monroe doctrine. We very
well know that citizens of the United I
States are barbarian tribe, utterly in !
capable of the dance, and even deemed {
until recently inadequate Of billiards. ! S
We have had reason to observe DISPOSE
lion in certain quarters to return to the {
protection of France. We have
had reason to fear that the Republican (
party of the United States which would L
lot tolerate-even when embarrassed by S
'ur civil war-French empire in Mexico, t
$ still under the displeasure of the 3
french. The especial display of injustice .
n the case under consideration consists d
n the complaint that General Grant has u
lot made casus JcH between the two Il
lowers out of these acts OF invasion. a
Under our constitutional government, Il
is the exclusive right of Congress to O
eclare war and to make peace. The P
resident can not do either. We do not c.
now that this is the case in France. It as
lay be that President MacMahon could
wade Germany and recover the yalua. q
lie provinces and the indefinite number
francs paid to Germany as an indem- el
lty for the trouble of having to conquer
lose valuable provinces. We do not at
now. Being but plain American republic W
ms, we do not dare aspire to comprehend al
le mysteries Of the '.high polite. which O,
graciously simplifed for Anglo-Amer-
an comprehension by various Franco O,
merican journals, printed in New York, an
ID copied elsewhere To knowledge pc
this abstrusa science we dare not lal
pire. ha
The uncharitabie motive Of insinuatine sa
at General Grant may wish to keep 80
is frontier trouble open until at a fre
ven moment he can employ it to tul
vance his OVID ambition. might be ha
ade available in any land where BET
canard is good enough to fool . do
ob, but it can not win among T
ople who read English. General Grant up
nd not make ,oar. If he ,oished II. The sw
'ngress must approve any action the ott
esident may take. Suppose the Presi- m ne
Mt to report to Congress an invasion of !,
sxico-the House Of Representatives
cted is opposed = him-how could he w.
the means to urge war? Suppose that r.,
e Napoleon or Santa Anna he should m m
emrt to urge foreign war or effect a -
nestle usurpation by the standing army 81
the United States. would his ssambi- 'o'
n secure him the declaration and ap- ~.
)priatiop for war, OF even extend his
in the amy after his term of
vice shall have expired? We can not r..