The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-07
LET us HAVE PEACE.

Thus spake Ulysses when he accepted tn
first nomination rendered him. 'Let ms hav
peace" say we; "let rs have peace" say al
the people of the Union. And there Nigh
be peace throughout the land but for tn
head of the Government A review OF nj
acts, and of his Republican Congress, is re
view of the acts 0, his pets in every Stat
South. The frauds, iniquities and publi
plumber of Radical officials here, SO Otter
proved and exposed, are only repetition 0
the same things done at the capital of a grea
nation. The infamies of the Credit Mobilier
of the Sanborn-Jayne contracts, of the Lee
iniquity, of the robbing Of the public
lands for the benefit of rings, Of thu
Pacific Mail subsidy, of the defalca
tons of public officials, Of the bribery
of members of Congress, of the exposure Of
the Sums of money paid to secure seat in the
Senate of the United States, of the salary grab,
and We might go on and enumerate at great
length; all these, and more, have transpired
in this State among the adherents of the third
term soldier. But here, one step further in
the direction of self-perpetustion in power
has been taken. That step is the one which
leads to despotism, to the overthrow Of re-
publican government, to the absolute denial
Of the people to select their agents. We refer
to the election laws in force in this State
The creation. of . Returning Board is some
thing new in this country. The people here
are graciously permitted to vote-the Re-
turning Board are as graciously permitted
to count in as elected only the partisans of
the Radical party. We have no redress peace
ably. The courts of justice, before whom
such cases as disputed elections come, have
decided that the act, the will. the decision of
the Returning Board cannot be inquired into.
To secure everything beyond the possibility
of defeat, the Lynch board, which acted only
upon perjured afidavits and false estimates,
returned q working majority to the Legisla-
ture, and this fraudulent and spurious as
sembly, out of consideration for Lynch,
abolish court, and then create new court
and gave it the name Of the Superior
District Court, and though the Constitu-
ton in positive language declares that
judges must be elected by the people, this
same bogus body declares that there was a
in court which never before ex-
isted, and then the usurper-put in Office by
The Lynch board, and the midnight order, and
the army of the United States-nominates
Hawkins, q member of the Returning Board,
Is the judge of this new court, and Hawkins
says: Do not bring any contested election
cases before me, for the Legislature has de-
prived all courts of jurisdiction over itiga- |
ion of that kind This peculiar feature of
he election law in this State has not |
ret been adopted in other States. But its |
working is SO admirable here that the
anne idea may to be popular in other Radical
trongholds, and the same idea of popular
lections may be introduced. The will Of
he people! What a delusion! The people
ere did express will-the Returning Board
expressed its will, and its will was not the will
the people. The Gathering of hoofs, the
attling of caissons, the changing Of sabres, the
omp of warriors and the tramp of armed
osts declared that the will of an infamous
eturning Board was the will Of the people.
What actually occurred here on the 4th may
ccur in other States. if any such outrageous
WIS are passed, and aye, even civil, horrid
ar, may devastate the land, by
le act Of single Returning
GARD. As for instance that in the
te political contest between Grant and Gree
y, the final result had depended upon the
tie of Louisiana, and that vote depended
BON the return of the Lynch Board, is it
to imagine that the people s
ould quietly acquiesce and submit to the
ctum of such board? Recollect in this
stance that Congress refused to receive the
te of this State for either Grant or Greeley
cause the election of Grant was secured
thout it; but if his election had depended
the vote of this State, does any one sup Fl
Sc the peace would have been preserved if fl
. Lynch Board had cast its vote for Grant
Here we have had two quiet elections, and
} decision of the majority in both cases set
naught by board, whose action as de-
red by our courts is and must be final. IT,
The criminality-the iniquity of the cleo :"
q law cannot be too often referred to and :"
upon. It is law which Grant :.
oices init is a law, if it could on]~ be =. ~
opted in all the States which would ele-
Q Grant third time, or as many times as >:
is law which could transmit ~
Fred the succession. The Tribune Justly -
larks, "thst the Democratic party did =.
60 out Of power quietly. Its successor -
not 60 out at all if it only fortify itself =. .
b presidents, and have on hand suffi- "
1t number Of Returning Boards" Just