The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-30
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ana was therefore affected with The
most unfeigned surprise, by its
singular TRADE In the shape
Of a sudden attack upon the DEMOCRAT
on Yesterday morning. The patriotic
and enlightened editors who conduct,
or are supposed to conduct It's usually
| inspiring columns, seems to have had
bad case Of dyspepsia. or TO have been
suffering from sort Of hysterial Al
any rate, the DEMOCRAT makes all
due allowance and informs the
lrats and somewhat ill-natured Times
that Il has utterly misconccivcd the real
scope and meaning Of its remarks
They were written. of course. without
the least malice, ~ strangely charged,
| toward any human being. aud without
Intention to attribute any dishonor to
anyone. We were not here when the
Wheeler compromise trahspired, and
though M the resident of another State
1t the time did not indorse the dclusiye
| policy OF that arrangements, believed.
and still believe, that men as honorable
as any In Louisiana Endorsed that com
promise, and still are Inclined TO think
that some benefit has been secured by
| it. The fact Is that we were
amused by ~ double -lcaded leader In
tho P;,uy,ue on that day, under
The caption. Southern Honor" In
which that once chivalrous expression
was exemplitiod by what the Picov""e
considered the la,idablc habit Of our
people paying their street car fare
OF five cents or more without being
watched by conductors, as In similar
public eonveyanccs In ATTITUDES North
aud West less favored by such high
toned pridel Wo had always imagined
that Southern honor" meant much
more than this. and that tho Picay'ne
had COMPOUNDED honesty. which Is. or
should be. a common rule OF the wisest
social expodicncy, with hono'', which Is,
or should be-. combined both Of IN in
variable rule, common to all, ana an
elevated sentiment rising to the
heights of noble aspirations ana re-
solves. character and patriotism. We
referred TO I'm Adjustment" and to
certain Radical statutes" which some
have discovered TO stand In the way Of
IN active support OF Mayor Leeds in
the only conceivable plan proposed to
relieve our city from enormous burdens
aud wrongs, not rs charge Of dishonor
against any person who may differ with
nv In opinion, but only for the sake Of
argument and illustration. On the con
trary. H. Is our Impression that many OF
those Representatives who voted In eau
Gus for the wheeler eompromise--ac-
cording to their understanding Of it
AFRO disposed to regard II Ms the Times
seems industrious to do, not rs per
manent policy for the State upon which
to base our present or future politics,
but only as u temporary compact by
which much principle and many Just
rights were, at the time, abated
and postponed. IN order to avoid
threatened conflict with the
tyrannical and brutal power with
which the President. according to
the report oftle Republican Committee
Of the United States Senate, Inter
posed the arms Of tho United States be-
tween the people of Louisiana and the
only government having the seinblancc
OF regularity. and the result OF which
has been 10 establish the kellogg gov
ernment. Then take he compromise,
too, for precisely mhat IL rms md nothing
more.
II may be reasonably urged that the
Representatives IN tho Legislature had
tho right to make an Adjustment, so far
as the constituent elements Of that
body Is concerned, and that since the
mpeaching process lies with them by
the constitution. they might consent,
rs a required part Of an adjustment.
10 condonc MFR. Kellogg's wrong doing,
and, also, rs the Legislature. to recog-
nize him rs the de fdcto Governor. But
IL Is certain that the caucus could not
go. and certainly many OF its members
who voted for the compromise never
dreamed of going, SO far as to recognize
the rightful authority Of Gen. Grant
in either his civil or military authority,
as President Of the United States, to
fashion a dc jure Governor for Louisi-
ana out of u non-elected man In substi-
tuition OF the man chosen, as the laws
direct. by the people. Under these cir
cumstanccs, there was no room for
charging any one with dishonOr, how
ever unfortunate their mistake, In sub
scribing to the Adjustment Of the
Wheeler compromise. II Is true
that 1t any one pretending to be
a Louisiana citizen or a Louisi-
ana statesman, were to attempt
to carry the Democratic party or any
portion Of II into radicalism, or semi
radicalisln, through the doors Of the
Adjustment" he would at once en-
counter our unqualified condemnation.
We were not in the State, let us re-
peat, when the Wheeler compromise
occurred, and had, OF course, nothing
whatever to do with 1t. But 1t is due
to candor TO say, nevertheless, that
while it purported to repre-
sent the Conservative sentiment
of Louisiana, 1t never had, in
our Judgment, the willing Endorsement