The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
A Dose for the White Leaguers.
New York, Jan.

NEW YORK, Jan. Z.
A Washington dispatch says the presi-
dent has requested the secretary Of war and
attorney general to put in shape for trans
mission to congress II large mass of docu-
mentary information relative TO the condi-
ton of affairs in the south, and a special
message on the subject is n possible con-
tingency. The documents referred to con-
tain evidence that is satisfactory to the
president of the revolutionary and incen-
diary purposes of the white league organ
izailons in the south, and that their object
Is specifically to wrest the government In
those states in the south still held by repub-
licans from the hands Of the people; that
this is to be done without regard to law,
that negroes are threatened to so great
an extent that they are afraid to go
to the polls or to vote, that In the
states now controlled by the Demo-
Gratis, negro and white republican voters
are allowed no political rights, and, finally,
hat the success of the white league is
practically equivalent to the establishment
of an independent political power in the
south as despotic and cxaclng as existed
in the days of slavery The belligerent as
pect of affairs, particularly in Louisiana,
led the President to order Lieut. Gen.
Sheridan TO New Orleans, IN order to have
at hand an officer Of sufficient rank to as
sumo The responsibility Of dealing with the
grave questions whlch. in the exigencies of
the situation, might arise. 81 is the pur-
pose of the President, as Stated by him to-
day, to preserve order in the southern
states until Congress determines upon
a policy of its own. AS to declaration
of martial law or suspension of
the writ of habcas corpus, Congress
being now in session, the presi-
dent says that he shall take no steps unless
authorized by the legislative branch of the
government, and he adds that Gen. Sheri-
dams request that proclamation be issued
by him declaring white ieaguers banditti,
will not be acceedcd to. No additional
troops will be sent to New Orleans unless
absolutely required there, and everything
will he done, he says, In n manner consist
en-, with the authority and dignity of the
government, and with view rather to
pacify than to irritatc the southern people.
The main body of the army on the plans is
now concentrated and in winter quarters al
centres of military supplies, such as Forts
Leavenworth aud Russell, and at Omaha
and should serious disturbances oc
cur these forces and the gar
risons at Fort Monroe and elsewhere
could be concentrated in very few
days. Should troops he needed elsewhere
the citizens of the states on the Indian
border will have to protect the frontier
themselves from Indian operations whei
the spring opens. On one point the presi
dents mind seems 10 be fully made up, ant
that is that the political rights of every
class Of people in the south, as he under
stands them, shall be protected, and tina
persons elected to offices shall be SUSTAINED
in possession of them. The president i
constantly receiving information from tn
scenes of the present troubles, and the gov
eminent is ready at any time to take sucl
steps rs 1t may deem necessary in tn
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