The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-03-04

The violent resistance opposed by
the White Leaguers of Louisiana to
every proposition of compromise Of
fered by the Republicans Of the
State shows conclusively Robustness
of General Sheridan's characteriza-
ton of the turbulent Democrats Of
New Orleans as bandits. The men
who control the Democracy of that
city and State evidently do not seek
good government, but rather prefer
turmoil and strife, under cover Of
which they may murder and rob. A
Republican President and Congress
have been loudly denounced as de-
string to- maintain the rule OF usur-
pation in Louisiana, while the Dem
Ocracy have been represented as
agonizing for peace. The moment a
compromise is offered, the mask falls.
and diacloses the brutal visaga of
the bandit, armed to the teeth. The
last number Of Harper's Weekly con
tains an admirable cartoon by Mast,
illustrating the hollowness of the
pretensions Of the Democracy of Lou
isiana. The main figure is that Of
a desparing woman representing
the State. reduced to captivity. her
hands bound with "taxes," debt"
and "misrule.'' She is confronted
by two bandits, one standing on q
scroll containing the proposed COM
promise, and grssping her throat
with his left hand, and with his
right hand presenting pistol. The
other bandit is in the act of placing
the hangman's rope about her neck.
Underneath appear the following IN
scriptions! IA republican form of
government and no domestic VIC
leDce." ''Banditti. The Northern
and Southern Democrat party conn.,
maa'ad yo'1 to snfer, as it will place
the United States Government in
our hands. So what are you going
to do about it p In the distance, to
the right, stands General Sheridan
powerless TO interfere, surrounded by
other bandits, who point to the fig
ure representing tile State as is ex-
claiming: See TO what condition
you have brought our beloved Lou
isiana!" At the top, on the left,
appears the incepdiary proclamation
Of the McEnery clique TO the people
of New Orleans, calling upon them
to assemble at the Clay statute apd
resist the proposed compromise. I'M
mediately above the heads of the
bandits in the foreground is a huge
placard, with the following inscrlp-
ton: 1.-The last Ditcher's cry to
Compromisers," " Hang them
Shoot them ! Down with then! !.
This is a republican form of Govern
ment, and not domestic violence.
But the most significant feature of
the cartoon, as showing the respon-
sibility Of the Democratic party
North for the whole bloody business,
is the following extract, conspicu-
ously displayed, from the New York
Tribune: SIN una0ise conaprona-
use. X Louisiana must cr.
erclse get a little more patience"
The cartoon Is a very strong one,
portraying clearly and vigorously
the artists idea that the Southern
Democracy are bound to have tur-
moil and strife, hold supreme sway
In Louisiana as a means of PARTISAN
advantage; that the Northern Dem
ocracy propose to force the sacrifice
of peace in Louisiana to attain the
same end, and that the New York
Tribune is the unscrupulous organ
of both wings Of the Democratic
party in this murderous coalition for
the ruin of a State as the means for
the accomplishment Of a national
partisan triumph. Inter- Ocean.