New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-12

State OF Louisiana on tho 4th day Of January had no
more business there than they had at the Capol at
Albany on Inc 5th day Of January when L. ture
assembled. We can only comprehend, understand ta,s
question all its bearing upon tue present
aud future until bring 1t home TO ourselves ana
make tho case our own Psoiane anu un lps -,
all kinds OF anathema. anu curses on tne neaus o
aud his lieutenant They certainly deserve Them; Dnt
there Il compensation that should DO cODsldelcL ITO
blindness. the stupdlty OF tDese men, tnrI use iHon
pacty qualify their military habit OF thought ana hcs
OF governing, by the remOtest comprohensoa OF IeEa
restraints and constitutional Limitations, have precip
taed issue that reveals purpose so auiaclous anu
fagi,iOus that dwarfs all the pers the country mas
ever before encountered. IDere no "ctIl
buto or accompaniment that belongs 10 th9
unlawful exercise Of power that docs not attend
this outrage ana 1t Is curious 10 inquire 10 who .hS
unlawful, nisDegotten thing legislature 80 called
belongs. Under our system all the States have their
coordinate departments and the leglsllrye Drahch rs
OF them. Bat this body OF men now DsscmDIed
at the Capitol In New-Orleans Is not tue Legsia-
tnre Of tho people OF Louisiana. 10 whlm dOes IL
beongf / suppose TO Grant moro than ans one else;
Kellogg. ShoridIn, and the soldiers who IL VIII
doubt claim their share Ia H. III Is MOI IN any true
sense representative body the paope disown lt IS
independent body. for in the very outset 1t was
deprived OF the right ddse OF tbs qualifications OF ~,
members. How pl an II 49, thcn tnat unnet our
system. when get outside or tho CONSTITUTION ane
tine Laws Won lind plIce for exercising tho functions
OF governments the itself breaks down. ana arb
tr1ry power must aitcrs hrst act u'urpaio s1 om,
repeating its aggresslOus, and mold society toSctvI
with strong hand or anarchy VIII ruSn III dl.i 4ui 49,
in pieces. with this example showns me 9
evils resulting from "a vocation OF the COn3 utloh rgt
before Us, tue American people cannot IAN " 10 a"""
ished ,..,,, -, 49,
Let American citizen shrk the responsibility OF ex
aiming TINS question. aHd actnS upOl IT, d NOT US
miss 1t from your minds, feoNtlzons, hS one OF thsc
cases where urbance and rot that on the
whole to DoOdsned and keep the peace IL was oet
ter 10 cali IN tho military force Of the United STATES.
But tho present IL another ami f5rent for wGlcn
we have no precedent In TIL, instance tnc act poL
formed By the military force Is to dsplce ioSal Or
ganzed branch OF the Government, exercising us uhc
lions, and establish another In us pacrue creature Oh
It's WILL assuming the prerogltyc oil deciding upon me
qualifications OF its members, of which tue Oody Itself
10 the sOlo and sovereign judge law my
be violated, particular wrong may Snc0~oi,
certainly tho end Of that form Of government.
The people arc not prepared for his Tue la 5
posing demonstration Of tins evening Is an as
surance that the spirit OF liberty still survives IN
the hearts OF the people, that warm and generous OoO
still flows IN their veins, and that inc soul OI me nation
wakes TO an indignant thrOb when the military arm
strikes down with single blow repres ntLtyo govern
ment anywhere In this U10n.
Tonight tho distant borders OF the Gulf from the
sunniest and fairest land ON all this continent OF
America. you hear the wall OF dying state she asks
your IS mpatby. She demands solemn protest
against the wrongs that have been inflicted upon her.
against the slaDders that bave been Ltdped upon He
good name. Helpless PROSTATE. she dare not ask Tor
aid, but her example is warning that the cup vi OPP
preston sue has drained 10 the very dregs wiz IN tue
end come round yOu. For despOtc power acting to
day successfully the de;euseless who cannot cheek IT,
Will tomorrow attempt anything that tue ambition Oi
man may aspire 40 ourselves TINS admOnitl0n
must be heeded-and needed now. We been warned
often during the last ten years that our country was
making way slowly crcultOusy perhaps, but surely
the brink OF abyss that would iDguf ITS free IN
stltutiOns -. -.
He Is d brave who look down into the
depths before us,whOut shndder AM he Is fOOl VINO
would further Our way - 20 return I'd
the paths that within tine liked ana deemed Glts OF
a constitutional government These once TegLined-
with united Countrywide black man free as he Is, the
wnite man unshacklcd as is uOt.hIs country would
in a career OF unmeasurcd prosperity ana re-
nOwn, erect aud free, with crest towering ABOVE the
Olden time.
THIS last admonition is another instance that Prov
dence deals kindly with people who bent thoir
destruction. 1t does not allow them to seal thelr
doom without warning 50 claar aud emphatic as 10
rob their selfdestrucOn of ali excuse all eXtenuatiOn
Tue and insdIOus causes that undermine state
do not escape the observation OF statesmen ahd phOsO
pliers But The general penetrat; beneath
ne
prosperity and Is no. awakened To any apprehension OF
danger tl Caring facf, some startling event
flames in their very Tnen they discern tuat they
not only enylrOned by real dangers but have been
AWAKENING would have slept on tll they
shDrn OF all their Strength ana tnrlr
free government entirely subyerted But suddenly
confronted with an unexpected and imminent
danger. they are moved by an influence That outruns
preservation, that instinct or our nature which Is an
Inspiration 10 human VIII and power and brings into
patriotism that give sublime expression TO tine pOpu
lar voice: That event has TRANSFERRED. Ihat TACT Is
While tins occasion shall observe the proprcties
that belong It, and refrain from the dscu 'sOu
purely party questions, We cannot certainly take III
tho full dimensions and true relations OF the great
question wnicn We all agree, without bringing Into
OF the steps that led up " the eulmlnating
pout
Ii Is time tho people understood fully that the En-
orcement acts passed from tune TO time by Congress
to carry out the provisions OF the Fourteenth and FIJI
teenth Amendments have "a wide scope, and, inter-
preted they nave really changed the character
OF our Government. The domain Of Federal power as
been extended and enlarged until claims orig nal ju
rsdcti0n over citizens In all their manifold aud varied
relations to the State The ar garden set apart by our
fathers with so much care and sOlcitude, where
the household plants should grow and the home flowers
bloom has been oyerrun, and tho rough and thOruy
hedges of Federal authority yex and wound the citizen
at every step. This the from which Grant
claims 10 derive his powers anu the executive
authority exercised by him Is not only oppressive and
cruel but mean and meddlesome. He sets up and puts
down State Government to suit his will aud caprice,
and then instead OF leaving it OF ITSELF he
regulate, through his agents, of1cers and
soldiers all It's internal affairs, from organizing It's Legis
Iature down to the police regulations OF muuic paty
No doubt It will be claimed that there
the action taken by the President In this case grow
ing OUT OF the disturbed and revolutionary condition OF
an ,irs in the South aud up ques-
ton of southern OutrageS. thought this question
disposed OF last Fall and would never be revived again
The independent press took hold OF dsabused the
public mind or the impressions that had been made by
false statements and reports. They cannot be revamped
and find currency at the North. People feel that
already had enough, and too much, OF this; they
not strange that the close OF the war the North should
have cherished strong feelings or hostility toward the
south Passions and preudices ran high and 10 crafty
resentments, many things done that were against
the interests OF our own people. And this was
natural But believe that conservative OF all
parties agree that this persistent policy OF hate is not
only needless and cruel but IL IS too expensive; II costs
dictate a change the policy that dimiDshes the pro-
ducve industry and mpars the resources OF the South
We must dispense with the luxury of revenge Depres
sion and impovershmen. too widespread to waste
drop of our resources IL was bad enough 10 depee
and imDOyerish ourselves 80 long by obsuucing the
richest and broadcast channels Of business and inter-
change. We should now strike down the hand that
would reknde the bitterness and the passions that are
dying out and that seeks not only to narrow the
streams OF our prosperity but IL stretched out to grdle
the that shade its fountain so that never
more shall It's exuing aud abouDding currents hOw our
~ enrich the land.
The truth is. this country is one Its growth and in
forests II is body knit together joint to joint, and
limb to limb You cannot mangle dis0int part OF IL
without narrng the proportions and strength OF the
whole. We pierce side, but the blood that
out weakens the whole frame. The South has been
s0rey smiten until 1t wasted almost To skin and
bone and car scarcely drag itself along, and the
North with It's proud and stately step, hats and stands
aghast as begins realize that Its vital energies have
been Oozng from the wounds its own hands nave iu-
ficted, And this body VI the American people will