Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-09
Louisiana Muddle.

ministration for illegal and unwar-
ranted Interference in Louisiana State
affairs. What does it mean? We are
disposed to view the conduct of every
body in the most charitable light con-
sistent with truth and sincerity.
Charity would construe this thorough
change Of position thus: The Republic
can editors are honest men and sus-
tanned the Repu lean party upon
principle alone, and verify believed
they were doing their country a serv-
ice, but as soon as they detected cor
ruption and a disposition among the
rulers to control by arbitrary means
they boldly denounced the party, as
all honest men ought to do. But is
this true? Is it consistent? If 1t be
true we say, "Well done, good and
faithful servants But if it is not
true we have grounds for alarm; for if
it is not true these men are vile hypo-
critics and dangerous leaders, and
should be suspected of evil design even
when they tell the truth. In the present
ease circumstances are very strong
against them. Louisiana is not in o
worse condition under KELLOGG than
she was under YARMOUTH rule. The
u. S. soldiers acted then as they do
now; the elections and the Legisla-
lures We're all controlled by the bayo-
net Just as much or even more than
they are now. Besides, there were the
Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Texas all under bayonet
rule. The whole South was being
plundered and robbed and ruined by
hired minions under orders from
Washington. Such scene and such
wholesale robbery Of a people is un-
paralleled in the history of civilized
nations. Where were these editors
then? Were they asleep and have
they just walked up? Where did they
hurtIe their thunders that are now
beleling forth with such rattle
against their master? What does it
mean? Are they honest in their. pre-
tensions? If we examine the files of
these editors for the past eight years,
what do we see? Volume after vol
ume of their old amusty papers reveals
a disgusting and sickening record.
They were lauding the same admins
.tration to the skies fer the same crime
the same acts for which they now
condemn him so bitterly. What has
come over the spirit of their dreams?
We will make few suggestions to
our readers that we hope they will not
forget. First; the great majority of
the Republican party are honest and
sincere; naturally, they subscribed for
Republican journals, edited by the
men alluded to; by misrepresenting
the South, covering up the acts of the
administration and deceiving the peo-
pie generally, they kept this same ad-
ministration in power as long as they
possibly could. Many of these editors
were receiving large sums from cor
rupt officials, and these officials were
stealing it from the Government, and
the Government was stealing it from
the people in the way of taxation.
This whole scheme of iniquity was
carried on by combination of editors
and officials; the editors were to keep
the people deceived about matters in
the South and justify every act of Con-
gress calculated to oppress and ruin
that people; the officials were to pass
all revenue, protective and tax laws
requisite for a wholesale business. To
do this, they had to create scores of
new offices, to get lucrative places for
friends and increase their strength,
and there was a pretty general distr-
button of all the spoils they obtained.
1t is impossible yet to tell how much
they have filched from the people, but
the world will be astonished at II true
report when the administration
changes hands. In all this diabolical
work the administration editors nobly
did their part, as all their former files
will show, and would no doubt have
continued till doomsday if the people
had sustained them by their votes.
But the honest, hard-working people
got tired of it, and began to inquire
into affairs, and when they began to
draw the screen aside, what q scene
they Witnessed! The vermin began
to hustle out of the barn pretty lively;
but, if you remember, these righteous
editors had but little to say. They
could never see great deal Of wrong
in anything until last Fall election
was over. Now we ask you, kind
reader. to use a California phrase, will
it do to bet on, such men? A Presi-
Dental election will soon, come off,
and these clever fellows are wheeling
into line on the popular side for pur-
pose. Watch them.