The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-01-22

The Republicans in Congress arc in q
maze Of difficulties in regard to the settle
ment of the Louisiana troubles. What
the President and the majority in Congress
are aiming at is 10 arrange n settlement so
as to make Louisiana an Administration
State, whether tho people are willing or not.
| 1t is therefore proposed to hold new cleo
ton, under the bayonets Of Sheridan's soldi-
cry but no one is fool enough to believe
that such an election would express The wish
es of the majority of the people of the unfor-
tunatc, down-trod'' State. Another plan
is to declare n provisional government, nm
der the law guaranteeing n republican form
of government 10 every State. But that
would carry with it an admission that Grants
| previous course towards Louisiana was I'M
constitutional and dcspOtic. Still another
method which has been considered is the
recognition of the Kellogg usurpation. The
voice Of the people, reinforced by tie report
of the New Orleans committee, is against
this, too How, then, can the difficulty be
cleared? Several plans present themselves.
First, by recognizing The State officers duly
elected in 1872. Secondly, by withdrawing
Sheridan andhis troops and allowing the peo-
| pie of Louisiana to restore 4 republican form
of government, which they would swiftly do,
without bloodshCd, for Kellogg and his adj
hcrcnts are but few in number Thirdly by
preparing n test case for the courts. We can
scarcely believe that there il any court in the
country, outside Of Louisiana, that would
uphold for IN instant the unconstitutional
government set mp by Kellogg and sustained
by Grant.
Either of these plans would Wrest Louisi-
ana from the hands Of the Administration;
and therein lies the difficulty in the way of a
settlement The people Of the country will
settle it, however; and If Grant is wise he
will hide himself hcfnre the storm comes
| THE LOUISIANA MEETING IN BALTIMORE,
The Louisiana indignation meeting in Bal
timore, last Friday night brought together q
| great crowd of citizens Of all shades of politi-
cal opinion, all animated with desire TO ut
ter protest against the overthrow Of civil
| liberty in this country. The Hon. Reverdy
Johnson presided and the long list of Vice
Presidents embrace The foremost men of the
city
| Mr.. johnson was the first speaker. He
denounced the interference Of soldicry in the
! Legislature as blow at civil liberty, threat
ening to all the Statcs, unless met by the
front of the people with proper rebukc. He
was unsparing in his arnignmcnt of mere
soldiers, who are apologized for on account
of their ignorance of the legal nicetics of the
questions involved, and declared The famous
dispatch of Sheridan. stisma;zng the people
| of three States as banditti, to he left with him
for disposal, as mnnit,stng n fiendish thirst
age. The remedy for the evil, Mr.. johnson
thinks, docs not lie in TN act of Congress, es.
pecially in an act ordering Il new election in
a sovereign Slate outraged by federal troops
If the remedy does lie with Congress, it is in
Oh act to abolish The Office of lieutenant
general or stop supplies, or the use Of The
impeaChing power.
The other speakers we've S. Tcacllc Wal
lis, Thomas Donaldson, Ex-Governor Whytt
and j. V. L. Findlay. Mr.. Wallis very right
ly treated the subject from the standpoint o
tho restored Union, Three of these speak.
ers, McSsrs. Johnson, Donaldson, and Find
lay, have been Identified with the Republican
party