, 1875-01-04

bor Of Commerce in Now Orleans. l, wne al,
effort. good IT bal, To mrct gnncratty-rccu,;-
nizcd Necessity null ward OFF ", ut.erw,tc. .I,ursl-
bio t'tal rcpudialon of tho bonded debt Of tho
State.
Tho inauguration Of tho lato csn,naisu found
ticket in tho eia in favor eta
GESERAt ASH ruMr1.ErE nErrpfAT1oS.
1t represented. III tile n1lt,, an well understood.
q, class Of trppezty-hofslcrs nn1 taxpayers. 4
Constitutional amendment. al a part Of the
sealing process. furmeA Of tho i.Al,es Of tho
| eampagn. Tho rorAdiationists wore t!,sporest
TT it's favor, ~ at least compromise with their
own more extreme iicas. Strangely enough
however, the revolutionary leaders Inn1o tho do
feat OF tho amendment ono ri their most direct
Issues: Tho rrrsa III then control used their
icrt efforts to that entt, As 1t turned out. tho
efforts Of oil were fI,fitlcHs, tim amendment
having been adopted. The facts OF tho opposition,
however. nttor tho circumstances. taken In cnIl.
nection with certain ugly rlRors, secn signiti-
cant tlto1lsh. 1te they true or not, between tho
various sonrces ol supply tho royoln.ioniats Oh.
tanned thu necessary fl,,}s. Aevcrnl Thousand
Stands at arms wcro purchased. with which 10
romrete Tho equipment of tho MeEnery White
Lcagno militia. Tho Preparations n1e sce,, a.
complete for ono Of those grand and popular up.
risings a. tho people, for which tho Lain races,
a. found IN Louisiana arn somewhat proverpial.
:, Tho coup ,l'ctat VI tho titll Of September, for
"a spontaneous and general 1iprleinE Of ar ap-
pressed AMI down.tsutlden reuulc," rs our jour
nails lave it. 'nn>t be recognized as Mt least
ToLEHAnLr WELL. MATuisED.
III "ha probably hastenoi somewhat by tho &C.
tfon OF the State authorities III attempting tho
farciblo seizure Of tho arms. It wonll certainly
6oEul ns Tho vorest nonsense Imaginable to ns-
cr1bo to tho nero fact Of tho Feizure it8ef tho
outbreak that Ind bcon maturing for months.
1t was tho Ht,urls culmination OF a rcv-
outloi deliberately planned and perfect.
e9 ~ MI It's detnlls. There arc evidences,
abundant An1 satisfactory enough III
themselves, to show it as having extensive
- raniicatons through, Alabama, s1ississilpi,
pHTHR. nJlj ArEnnsns 1SntvRc, la
or revnlntion,sts prorer, aud the representative
Liberals. seoking, AZ it would seem, to rite tho
storln, with view TO its control, tito yersipna
are contradictory enough. Tho former wou1
expressions Of Iow1,-trctldon Louisiana. 1t was
to be . war inside tho Uniot, in which ihe pco-
plo OF Lo1isiana wero to take tho leai
IL once more f1ghtiug for thor rights.
people OF Alabama, alisssspp, Toxas and
Arkansas. to tho rcsctte. II Was to revolutions
iza tho States of Louisiana aud Mississippi, and
u neod be, reSnlato affnirs in Arkansas mud
whole OF tho Suntheln States onco more in
proper accord, III control of tho same time
Democracy
As BEFORE THE REBELLION.
It wRs to bo = ppectnclo, ns presented to tho
natio;l, Of people driven into revolution by tho
WRONGS and IMPRESSIONS Of lie party in power.
A, snch. 1t was to command tho sympathy
OF ths peopIo at largo to mi c1tont
paia9zia6 AiteFIcreEHe, anu lhsuflh1 AL easy
and certain suc.uss. 10 this eud tIlo or4;ani2a-
t'on u nH effective army. representing, a. clan-
c!, H. Louisiana alouo. fureo not less than
3o,hn0 strung.
The Liberals, again, would claim tho move
men: as nothing luoro than demonstration,
which was to prove beyond MI cavil the existing,
Government as incapable IT self support. They
expected, IL to 10 credited i'll thrIr assertions Of
to-!'ay, tue Immediate interference Of tho Tcd-
einl Government. and 10 retire, ns they
sueselaontly did, on demand. They
tho NORTH. aud titus ,uLtajn forced abandon
1nelt oil tile part OF tic General Government of
its support Of tile Kellogg regime. They OK
fecteut III tho Bame cuuHecsibn, to insuro q
Thorough organization and Cooperation among
tho poarlo of the State, that should gan BY tho
very forco OF pubic l.roasute asono, a certain
SUCCESS ut tho polls. Thoy might ttlus hope to
accomplish tic regeneration of tu Statc md ill.,
Stiso peaco aud contcntmcnt among tho pooPla.
lo tue cnd or tropcr accomplishment OF all
this. the Justification for the bringing into play
OF tho revolutionary elements il scca.
In one respect, at least, their programme NAV
!e said to Lave proved q sncce1s. From tho
date " tho coup u'etat there wns
NO LoSGEE ANY OPPOSITION
to tho revolutionary tG,!ta in controI, Tho |
Hives. po.ica! orscniz4tlon Of rap,,1iationists
felt themselves c51Atrluel to Withdraw aud un- !;
cord thol. co-operl;ion ut ul,co. AZ prominent |
Candidate expreh1cd it 10 ne at the ti2e. t'lAure
IL no resisting a relgn Of terror like this" |
Ito Expressed tLo uxact situation. 1t was Gill |
E'hatlcally . reiE" Of terror, that might not DO
lesBtoa. Ono fcl: III tho very mir, Is it wcre, 4
eense OF Eccrct intimidation. II was practical |
renewal oi the limos Of 1851. 1t MAS telt at,.l
as intended. throughout the entire
tain election. 1t hRs aLstel llsto OF its rorce
with tho 1aIsc Of timo. It still spcaAB nf III
impending revolution. KENO.