New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-02
COMPROMISE IN SPIRIT.

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= terrible combat, and the parties wer'
bound over to keep the peace toward eaci
other and the public for term of months
We are reminded of this incident by thu
a spirit and terms upon which the "Con
servatives" have treated the recent effor
- to adjust not merely the political but The
social and business relations Of this people
The argument as made by the two mos
le responsible Conservative papers has beer
two-fold: first. that the opposition may, by
y accepting the Wheeler suggestion, secure
an opportunity of reinstating itself in a
position for further agitation second, that
the election Of 1876 can not by possible
ty repeal any existing legislation affecting
a Louisiana, because, first, the Democracy
is pledged to abstain from Intervention in
State affairs: third, the Republican Senate
would defeat any House bill repeating
Republican legislation.
None of these arguments breathe spirit
of peace or social kindness. They are not
the words of the peacemakers. They are
but the wrangle Of the seconds for the
word or the weapon to be employed in
premeditated struggle for life or death.
The same arguments have been used by
the Conservative ambassadors in the
lobby of Congress In their telegraphed
acceptance on behalf of their assumed
constituency, they say: "The Conservative
caucus has accepted the Wheeler propo-
sitions, subject to the conditions: l.
That all the members Of the committee
| shall act as arbitrators. 2 That there |
shall be an extra session on the fourth |
Monday in March" Upon referring to
the authentic proceedings of the caucus |
as published in the Picayuae Of the
| twenty-sixth instant, We find
Speaker Witt was authorized to send tie
| following telegram:
1.-THE Wheeler proposition is accepted by
vote Of 81 to 80. with the understanding
that the whole Louisiana committee of
seven act as arbitratOrs."
From this it may be inferred that the
second condition of special session has
been interpolated by the ambassadors on
the resolution of the caucus.
But in communicating the caucus reso-
luton, even with the terms as stated the
ambassadors showed the same sentiment
with the press.
1t is given under protest, - not, accord
ing to the record of the caucus, but of
the ambassadors. This protest is followed
by phraseology in the highest degree Of
fensive to the Republican parties expected
to cooperate in the adoption Of the COM
promise. That measure is described by
the ambassadors as the alternative of Il
''direct usurpation" and anarchy" It L
is added that the ambassadors have been d
warned that they will, in the event the
compromise shall not be adopted, be Gun a
relentingly used by the federal author |
tiles. Then these gentlemen protest Il
against 1.-The terrible wrongs" and ''the a
bitter necessity" Of submitting to them, .
and it is added in conclusion that "the $
people may find too late that :.
their own liberties have persisted with 10
hose of Louisiana" These are words u
If harmony. This expresses a senti- ?
nent Of social kindness In the
7ery act OF acceptance is a renewal Of the f
ndomitable determination to resist the C,
aw, which has called for the most strin- :,
,ent provisions of the reconstruction and tc
laws AS the perse- ID
luton Of the negroes precipitated the ex- &C
ension of the right of suffrage, SO have the in
iolent acts of the ,nalcontents suspended, g, g,
u certain cases, the writ of habeas corpus es
4 Louisiana until the year 1876. N
In the last Picny,trae appears nearly two n
olumns Of personal abuse of this man al
'ackard.' He is spoken Of as first Sin "a "a
very work Of craft, discrimination, insult, re
nnoyance Or petty persecution He RI
has it in his heart to use his ''power to tn tn
ppress u.s." cruelty, ''remorselessly and co
under whatever circum- ~
ances Of ''harshness, brutality and op- nu
ression." Mi
1t is difficult to imagine the cause Of
lis bitterness and abuse. A compromise OF
as been adopted which empowers a ex
Of Congress to arbitrate the 1t
aims of certain members of the Louis att
ma Legislature. Why the Picayune,
hich recently read so excellent lecture be
the Times on the improperly of per- SO
nal imputations, should separate 'the as
an Packard" from his official or political we
alton and hurl upon him such shoyels as
II of abuse We can not tell One COM Coll
ent we may make. We have known no
ess which, like the opposition journals of
w Orleans can besmear the paying
iron with more tulsome adulation, or II
fame the dead or the distant with us
ore unqualified abuse. But do these o.
otests of the ambassadors does this pre-
rsonal defamation OF leading Re- an
blican-comport with the spirit Of hui
mpromise? What use have the III
publicans for this Trojan horse, with the
'ssrs. Zacharie, Booth and seven deadly Colo
orneys in its bowels? The Republican
rty has the government-everyd depart Viii
Mt of it. It can enact such laws as APP Less
II wise. It can enforce these laws with
powers of the federal government. 7,
n to the suspension of the great wit of ora
man rights. Can these State laws be go
listed: No one rretends that they can con,
Will be Can tTnca Iauc Ia ioyoIi5o+oIS