The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-28
THE TRAP.


They will only undertake the arbitration after
the agreement is signed Individually by major
| lty Of the Conservative Caucus, lnciuilnS all
those who claim seats, and especially those per
sons who were thrown out by the returning
Board and who cla In to have been elected.
The basis Of this arbitration is the original
Wheeler proposition. only those who sign the
proposition vi! 5e allowed consideration by the
arbitrators.
The above declaration IS full Of signi-
ficance and each and every clause Of it de-
serves to be pondered by every member of
the Conservative Caucus before be allows him
self to be caught il the trap that has been set
for us.
The Hour committee viii not act as a
body on the Louisiana arbitration" Why
not? The reason is plain. A ma oritv of
that committee would not sanction the grossly
illegal, unconstitutional and immoral com
pact embraced in the Wheeler proposition.
They would not consent to impose upon the
Conservative members of the Legislature
straints upon their legislative action violative
of their constitutional oath
The ajority Of that committee, composed
Of honorable men, would not exact from those
members a pledge that might involve official
perjury as a condition for being restored to
their seats, to which they have been fairly
elected, and from which they have been VIC
lently expelled by the United States soldiery
This the majority of the committee have |
shown by their report to Congress. They |
have declared that these members have been |
dcfrauded out Of their seats by the Return
ing Board, and that their expulsion by the
military was inexcusable. Hence, the consum-
nation OF this outrage upon all decency and
must be entrusted alone to MeSsrs
Wheeler, Hoar, Frye and Marshall 'uho
'cM act as 1tdirltal>' thus throwing in
Marshall, the Democrat, for laniappe, like the
fifth wheel to a wagon, more for ornament
than use, '',cttot any sanction iron, the House
or the FIJI committee" How cautious are these
cunning trappels in laying their snares as if
to catch gulls or simpletons No RESPONSE
bility is assumed on their side, but by them
selves ''as individuals" The scheme is not
20 have ''any sanction from the House or the
ull committee :" When these Conservative
1ueoce'ds are fast III the trap then they must
ely on the magnanimity and good faith of
Wheeler Hoar and Frye s'as individuals for
he fultillment of their part of the bargain.
But the cloven foot is more openly dis
losed in the last two paragraphs OF the tel
gram : "They will only undertake the arbi-
ration after He agreement Is signed MditMuily
y u majority Of tie Conservative Cutcus, n
ladiay al those rho ejaiH seats, and especially
,ose persons rio trere Hro~n ont By the Re 2
roiug Board. and srhe oiains 10 hare been u
ected"
The humiliation was not made sufficiently :
10y the vote Of thirty-to four to G
DOPING the Wheeler Compromise. which
as duly telegraphed to Grants agent, Mr. =
Wheeler but the bond of selt-degrada- !,
on must be ''signed individually by 4
laority of the Conservative Caucus, in Il
rider that it could furnish historical u
violence that Louisiana, through a majority g
her chosen Representatives, had acknowl- .
lged her criminality in opposing for two
ng and disastrous years, and by many con
macious acts the Kellogg government.
hat the plea of guilty" should be entered in
lthentic form to the charge of lawlessness
I'd treason against those turbulent men to
no, on the lith Of September, took up arms dc
ainst government to which majority of "
ose Conservative Representatives now yield
cir acquescence over their own signatures Ii,
Individually. 70
These contracting parties must also become N
storical characters by their bond, signed, =, =,
aled and delivered, to acknowledge and sup
rt the usurper, lest they might, in the ne
ture, so far yield to their patriotic feelings to
to resist their accepted master in defense til
their beloved State. They must, therefore, l.
n the pledge with their own proper sigma m
res, i"djrid,dig-a pledge of fealty and til
elity to their liege lord, William Pitt Kel-
g, and t. his lord paramount, Ulysses S. "i
ant by the grace of fools, Dictator so that p p
the case of any future disloyalty or contu- ue
ICY on the part Of those subscribing, the tn
lenture could be produced in evidence of DO
eir stipulated yassalage. ne
The Wheeler proposition is but the ske- -
N of the indenture, 1.-The basis of this arbi- De
ton as these cunning diplomats term it. to
e filling up Of the details is to exercise the see
,lomatc skill! of Messrs Wheeler Hoar and WI
ye. who have been so readily accepted as nj
: guardians Of the interests and honor Of cTi
| of
uisiana And these details Will be enforced of
III the frightful threat that President Grant eV,,
II listen to nothing less and whatever they no
y be- they could be accepted by the ma pa,
ity of the Conservative Caucus with as thi
lch propriety the naked Wheeler propo-
ion, which embraces everything that ought
shock the patriotic sense OF Louisanans.
: Oaig ttose rho sian he propos ition srN ~ ~
,igei consideration by the nbitratoyS." IT,
II, only the thirty-tour who voted for the
option Of the proposition should sign i,
y alone will be allowed. consideratio by
o,l al THAR | IN