The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-10
THE RECONSTRUCTION DITCH.
TIE LAST HOPE OF RADIcALIsM.

ThE RECONSTRUCTION DlTOH.
TIE LAST HOPE OF RADICAIIsM.
tie Surrender of the forces under tn
sosnyrsnd of Gen. johnson to Gen. Sherman
Gas the actual termination of the war. III,
sxnbers engaged in the conflict equaled, i
esy did not exceed, the hosts arrayed unde
rspsleon. The disbanding Of large armies
dv.ys throws upon the community q grea
sau,ber Of reckless and dissipated characters
clio cannot and will not return to the pur
uits Of ordinary life. This element wal
xsstered dnroughoutevery State. The Nortl
ss6sred IS well as the South from it Blu
sxsn this disturbing influence did not interior,
with civil government in any part of thu
r;utsa. The laws were sufficient to restrain
md punish offenders.
The return of SO many armed men TO theil
lsanss. the converting the iron Of war into
DE iron Of husbandry, had charming in.
fsezes. The whole country at once felt the
,sessings Of peace, and unusual prosperity
buswed. In the Southern States, civil gov.
esnsat quickly superseded martial law. and
- people met and voted and returned all the
4zah necessary to work the machinery Of q
spab,ican form Of government We know
Ase IN New Orleans, up 10 1868. business was
raapssoss and extensive, that real estate
Nd advAnced greatly in value, and that thers
~ feeling of real encouragement.
w. .uSulkC %hn >1n>k;.~. = A. a
zn States were adverse to the Republican
|rxty. The pestiferous set of oarpet-baggers,
nssG Of them bogus heroes in the Federal
sny, came South for plumber and spoils
fhey were al devoted adherents Of the Radi-
u party. As they had no standing at home
y thass vas NO chance Of political preferment
|Asy emo here and met, at first, the same
sbzxs they would have received at their
hruar places Of residence. They claimed
|AA fruits Of the war.
IL the people did not elect them to fill any
|fabsie positions, they commenced the outrage
lusineas- 1t was success, for all charges,
|hewsvsr infamous in character, found belief
= he Radical party elsewhere. Two years
sA~ - termination Of hostilities the recon.
1sss1oa acts were introduced and passed b.
0caGEa0- They were. not and could not b
De Uhited States. Stevens, in the House Of
Representatives,, said there were but two
nsn,hees Of Congress who did believe that
1sy we're constitutional; but he took the
MI ~vaAn n1vy <xrrAA that
rsiacation. They were passed as war meas
sreA, and were enforced by officers Of the
xmy. The effort to reconstruct was some
uhat Crude and altogether PARTISAN as Dibble
ay& That it was partisan all know. Dibble
snits to refer to dates anterior to 1868, and to
b. csaAnL prosperity, peace and order which
,sexAiJed- He commences vita the recon-
traction acts.
The government, inaugurated under Phil
meridian, 70 whom was entrusted the enforce
asntof the Reco instruction acts, was intensely
PARTISAN. 1t brought to the surface and put
"a power that class known as carpet-baggers.
10 keep them in power and to retain power,
were adopted by the Republican
'axty which vested in the Government de-
yee Of power scarcely exercised by any SOW
reign in the world Surely such grants Of
Iowor cannot cmsnate froma republican form
governinent We have always said that
be infamous laws were passed for the sole
parpose Of perpetuating in power the Radi- |
sA. The armed police force, under the ex-
luaive control Of the Executive, was organ
sed to overawe the people and to
rep in subsection the blacks. The election |
nj registration laws were measures intended |
, deprive and defraud the people Of their |
'alitieal rights. From 1868 down to 1872 the |
'Adical party were happy, and the people un-
AFpy. The statute books during this period |
70 full of all kinds Of acts to plumber the
'shlie. The State and city debt vas enormous
! inersssed for no benefit to the public veal.
iscontenk of course, followed. The greed
I spoil brought angry dissensions among the
itAfuL A fierce quarrel was the result
Famoth demanded too much. The Custom
lssss wsald not yield It was under this
ats - f.cts that the election Of 1872 WAS
~, htUhSSH W1o uCACutOV NJ S&o PUN |
ID then, says Dibble, arose the necessity
= coxe d&a&, for revolution, and Kellogg
y installed by Federal bayonets. This was
b frst direct interference in State affairs BY
y hayoaets Of the army, or to use the words
Dibble, "a Government soas established BY
ssasfscW and the armed intervention Of the
se~ Of the Federal Government"
The excitement throughout the country
aicA followed this armed Intervention is too
III known. It was denounced by the press
Y BY the people. As the Republican party
ssad not a;scountenance this armed inter-
n6on. the people took in it hand in No
sabes lest and proclaimed the doom of the
sty. s#"'N II
The people East, North and West could
\ b daignated Is rebels, or characterized
"handitti," and armed isterue'1ion in al
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