The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
THE AMBASSADORS or THE CAUCUS.
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oAyso ~ --It LILdH one DOluJ 40 llt1 INV
serere critic IN. but il would trcsp4ss too f.
mpon :oar valuable columns 20 Do them ia
justice. i ! succeed ia bringing upon thei
she close .a.u.lny Of the general public
siall b ~: CT, for surely their course ouGl
g. bear the st Of reason.
g'.om TIE 1.u.s, q tile lst inst, alote 4
ssi1.. ;!p.-. ~. DrIrhes report 10 the Can
els:
"On 81 - rezs for An interview viii d
aaoc''.c "'a'Jrs, they declined TO give L
s9'Ies r..on 'le acceptance or / tction, bu
Strong. tlc.r sp ykeslnaH, Gen. Gordon, wiz
aa'. LlnGly' aase!ed with ~, we were aslic.
Shat II tAe propositions were not accepted
onI the Kellogg government snsttined, woul,
she peopla bcI patiently without disorders
9of TWO years hMl would not the irritating
measures thae were tlen being framed anG
souli rfoblbiy be passed, provoke the PEG
pie heyou! endurance?
. eour committee replied that We bel we'd
sias flirtaa' .s,.'rary and Irritating measures,
coupled 49, -n attempt to force tie Kellogg
gp'srnmen' ION the people, w.thou. ere
acn'a'ion would result in dlsorder5
inI no. -. Mr.. Leonard, Is 4epor:el. bY
a. ErIr.gtS 81 the 1T
''Ihe .cop'e u Louisiana will no. submit
70 usgrpalion, ana If the terms (the com
srenti,.t rejected / trW Ie'u1a ID IA
sops "t' u9f .g4It1 s"et cYRr$t Of action vs.
o." o'ttye =. o'ey'ie,d d th.e Ne steJs-be ",
os1a'.t.i. iisauc:se
"thc propositions have been twice ac-
eep'ea, aud il. these are not carried into effect
sne impression VIII 90 forth to the country
slat mob p.eyentei ii.
one Of tla points str nuously contended
& 'bytAe opponents OF this compromise is that
aus people IA ..e not been represented at all At
Washington ay Messrs. Ilcharie, Burke aud
geonard. he most that can possibly be said
g.: then II MS regard is that they were the
GihtSS1fc3 1. body who have t. ally tran
oacnioi All constitutional authority III under
sI.Ig c)mpromise u all much move in
even ptr.iiiiy deleg.ting TO others power
g. arly nsEr.ei by themselves.
slesa rnt!oulen Icing clearly unauthorized
&" Get f.. t'o people, and showing great ac-
alylty III thr i hess Of secret an usurpatory
saacns, nee ,strly great unelsiness has been
oll lest thcy would, in their anxiety to patch
a'p peace, DO something to pl ICE the State
AZ a false attitude before the word Aud now
sc have our worst fears fully realized.
o'at tcW days ago one of the potent argu-
n.ent, used by the Caucus advocates of com
S:2nlsn was the asserted fact (said to be
sasei on tolegrams from Washington that
sronineni aud influential Democrats in Con-
.s'e5S advised ii. the names Of Gordon |
.iarahal', Potter and others were cited |
True, thoughtful and determined men saw
ehat this could not be s.; but there can be
Gttle dnrbt that the mere rumor, insidiousy |
49, forth, caused many to WAIVER. Now the
a .lsehc Oh lies open before the world, and all
at somIiance Of trath there j. il il is that
''en. Cord y asked if our people could suffer
ltleh'.y tNo years more, and the commit
tee replied tnat the attempt to force the
Hogs government upon the people, with
ut representation, woud result in disorder
What did +" the committee " mean by this,
Ny burke b.d tbey mean simply the :" dis
}rler "o have known here for more than
~o years PNs The peaceful but energetic
lni determined action OF free non knowing
heir r,Ght, aud willing 70 suii3r t, secure
hem? Or I'D yon tell G. ~. Gordon that We
You'd tl,lt u atLe against tho General trDv-
bEmeut
Il YOU tp.s him tie tform3r. were you toll
at, hliA anything new? Or could Con Cor
ion possibly have feared tho breaking down
i the general opposition e Etlicalism
cc&nse q orr continued peaceful :,
fgonil opposition to Kellogg On the
ontrary. does not Gen Gordon know that the :
aTah Treatment Of this people, aud their :.
a.hHt RESISTANCE, constitute 81 Least one OF .
20 great causes Of Conservative triumph :
st fill + there sensible man ia this com i
lnn;ty WHO viii believe that Gen. G 9r1on or :
ny o Aef statesman (aot Politician at :
'asilin5 ,on could see in the prob tble con- Z
nuel resistance OF this people Gas in the 7
lSt) a t,aIsgI to the cause of national con
ryatis.a? Did eth + MIR. Burke, .aMr =
tchrte or Mr. Leonard, during the past two =
a4rs, On o.. the eve OF leaving for Washing y
III con2e.ya ii or declare such danger to =
at calac Ii -, the public are not aware :,
it, 81
Bat Tho quote declaration Of Mr. Leonard al
n ts M - lpt Il |
ust have been told lat Washington. viz That Y, "
the compromise vas rejected by his people, "a
'"H re'tra G myhome mi 0pntgta'dte s1teh
'TSe 81 cc.p, Is tcH catsc he PresiAs3t q
e ~ at,i, ~ ha> Hrsateae}!'
all history publ, men have pi
ne ssrtngc tHnsS Oh slight proyoca'ion, bu.
certainly must rrla.re extraordinary timc, as
q the present to urgo mon 70 the commits ii
m OF stci- extraordinary antics ~ those in Cl
.atcd. Ill
bil no' sIessrs. Ip,haric, Burke and III
'"nari tel die statesmen of Washington the pc
an, the patent truth that the people had III
tde up their minds more than two wears ha
0 aye, SIX years ago-not 10 raise one finger VIC
resistance q htt MlLtHH p3lcer Of the tUIci an
ties : Did they not know that every day tic
4 honr tins resolution was reiterated ? Dad pu
~ not give their fellow citizens the poor Of
dit at Washington Of having recognized
4 resistance to Federal authority vas Just
II CIR enemies desired us to do, and that Of
lroald net q x II they did not, will they Va
one moment claim to represent the people ? VIC
VIII they tel! Us that when the Democratic an
Mtor5 . declined to give us advice upon til
acceptance or # lection" that they meant &c,
Should compromise OF
iat what sA,ll .ey OF The position assumed cel
Mr.. Leonard? Have Wa indeed como to tht
! point in our degradation when any man, pei
mble or exalted, Shall dare say 10 US that tx,
&c com! rou.ise is not accepted he will go pa
ne and .ntusurate anarchy Has Mr.
,narl imtibed the Infection Of Me- hite CHI
use ald come to think that This people WIS
cover before eng mans empty tire tts ? cas-
- Mr.. Leonard indeed own Caddo parish tie
the people Of that region of the State his vi
npets. When he pulls the string do they tiei
oed dance. God forbid that wo should lea
r see that day. | know j, has net come Of
know, on those great general principles per
guide civilized mon, that Mr.. Leonard $50
Ia not Lad braa ~, ~, into III rr3 ~,