The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

are doing well, considering the gloomy
condition of affairs.
l wish the editors and patrons of
The Courier happy new year when
the morn of 1875 shall dawn;
l.. ?. BoGUE.
The New York Indignation Meeting:
1t is hard to speak with patience
of the New York call for an indig
nation meeting over affairs IN
Louisiana The persons who sign
this call are prominent; some of
them are men of pronounced ability,
and at least of traditional patriot
ism. But their course now can
only be characterized as unpro
yoked and wicked. If, by their
sympathy, they induce the blind
and reckless murderers of Louisi
ana to rise once more against Law,
and perpetrate anew the crimes
which have deluged the streets of
New Orleans with blood, they will
be righteously chargeable before
the country with the murders
which their course has Indicated,
Yesterday peace reigned in New
Orleans The prompt and ener
getic action of General Sheridan,
supported by the President, had
the effect which the Inter Ocean
has plophesicd, and the leaders of
the White League came forward
with offers to disband their forces
and submit to the law. 1t is not
probable that their course will be
materially changed by any empty
resolutions which Copperheads OF
the North may pass, for they know
pretty well their value; but if they
should be induced to rise, the
blood which will flow in conse
queoce must rest on the heads of
those who encourage them.
Il is perhaps q significant fact
that among the names which we
find appended to this call not one,
though all are SO prominent, lifted
a finger toward putting down the
late rebellion, The war cost them
nothing. On the contrary, though
claiming to be friendly to the Union,
they coined money out of our
troubles, and came forth rich from
scenes whence others emerged
wounded, tattered, puu with nuIIor
able records. Let the humble
soldiers, who had no thought save
the salvation of the Union, and
who gained nothing from their
arduous service save patriotic
scars. mark this we'll It is not
they who speak in condemnation of
an act too long delayed 1t is not |
they who grow indignant at the
efforts of their old commanders to |
the fiendish spirit which
they too well remember 1t is the |
sleek gentlemen, the comfortable /
men, who slept on beds of down |
while Union soldiers rested upon
their knapsacks; who Jared sumpt !
uously while Union soldiers ate the |
hard bread Of military fare; who
grew rich, while Union soldiers |
poured out their blood a free will |
to the country they love
and the government they cherlihed /
who are venting their Indignation
SO freely Proud as these New
York gentlemen are; grand and
lofty as are their denunciations OF
the men of Donelson and Winches
ter, we would prefer hearing from
the rank and file upon This business
before rendering a verdict And
we tell the White Leaguers of the
South that the men who talk so
grandly IN their favor, who pass
such heroic resolutions of aid and
comfort, cannot be relied on. They
are of those same choice spirits
who made sweet promises to
Southern ears in 1861 2, and
broke them to the hope Their
words are worth no more now than
they were then, and when the
Southern whites conclude once
more to defy the government, they
may rest assured they will again
have to deal with those who speak
only through the messengers which
they heard too often on the battle
fields of the South
This call might have been couch
I'd in language that would only
nave aroused the anger and not
excited the contempt of the people;
put it has not been done. It con-
aims a falsehood 50 glaring, SO
1espicable, as 10 create more seorn
han indignation. 1t says:
"A legislative body of q sister
Stale. peaceably assembled, has
been broken into and dispersed by /.
Federal troops, acting under the
orders of the President OF the
United States"
And this plain. notorious, deiib-
rate lie is signed by men who have
heretofore held share of The
popular respect and confidence
The falsehood is too palpable, too
veil known. to need refutation-
A Legislative body peaeeably as
indeed, when every legal
orrn and rule were discarded. and
where pistols were fourished at /,
he heads of protesting members,
their silence and sub
mission. And let it be further
emembered that these men, whom
he New York gentlemen are going !
o weep over. were the ones to first :
all In the aid of Federal troops J
nd cheer them as they made their !
ppearance IN the hall, L