Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-29

the military power of the general govern
menl be invoked to preserve the peace, and
that committee he appointed TO wait on
Gen. De Trobriand aud usk his assistance in
clearing the lobby. a committee
was appointed, and Mr.. Dupre was mSnSiho
chairman. They waited on Gen. Dc Tro-
BRAND whG, in company with two Of his
staff, entered tho House and walked directly
to the speakers desk. amid loud applause
from The democratic side Of The House. The
general asked the acting speaker he could
not preserve order without calling upon him
ms n United States army officer. Mr. Wilt
said he could not, whercupon the general
proceeded to the lobby and addressing few
words TO them, peace was ut once restored.
On motion of MIR. Duprc, Mr. Wilt, in the
name of tho general assembly Of the state Of
Louisiana, thanked Gen. De Trobriand for
his interference in behalf of law and order,
and he Withdrew. This gave the democrats
II chance to swear in five members who were
not returned by the returning board. making
the House stand fifly-fivc democrats and
! iifty-two republicans. whereas the republic
cans legally had u majority of two. Not u
word about shoulder-strnp dcspotism us long
rs il is used to further the illegal ends of the
democratic party. The elected republicans
united in petition to the governor to aid in
returning to them their rights as legally
elected members. Gen. DE Trobriand, Sec
ing the great mistake he had made in allow.
ing the democrats to gain Illegal possession
OF the House, and at the request Of the gov
ernor, returned and ordered the five intrud.
ers to withdraw. Then rang out the cry Of
military despolism, usurpng Grant, and
when Sheridan endorsed the action of his
subordinate officers he is declared unfit to
! live and of course n fit subject for the White
League. The above version is Sheri1an's
own, and undenicd by either party. and if
there was ever anything the democratic par
ty would not deny where there was ii shadow
of "a chance have yet TO see it. The demo-
Gratis Of Louisiana (nnd the whole South, for
that matter) are very much like the old
man who sat by the roadside and threw
sticks and stones at every passer-by, and
when they threatened to punish him cried
out, All | wish is To be let alone They
wish 10 murder singly and by hundreds re-
alone. They can seize legislatures unlaw-
fully, hut they must be let alone. If the
punishment of such creatures is usurpation.
| say let us have more of it, We have moi
had enough for the good Of the country.
The allusiOn made to Cromwell seem
very much out of place. In his case it was
II usurpation by the army; in this case III,
army is used to repel usurpers "a very
widely different transaction, and apparent
TO every flir-minded man. But ~. IL. p
looks only on one side of the question, and
like the Courier, journal and the New York
Herald saw CGsarism looming up like the
ghost Of Hamlet disturbing their sweet re-
pose, revealing us they are in the real facts Of
the wasted homes aud dead bodies of theil
helpless victims. hundreds of whom have
been sacrificed ON the altar of loyalty TO the
party which carried us safely through foul
years war wagcd by the democratic part,
of the South and their northern sympathiz
ers, and the spirit of which is rs rampant
to-day us it was in 1861, which should b,
crushed.-by the civil power if it can he, by
military if it must be. l.. j. b.