The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-18
DAILY DEMOCRAT,
h. J. HEARSEY FssssM }*s. Enron
OFFJCEt~7A CAMP STREET.
THE PRESIDENTS MILITARY ORDER.


THE PRESIDENTS MILITARY ORDER.
The resolution adopted BY the House
Of Representatives on which the Presi-
dent had the a,daclty to base his order
to Gen. Sherman to hold all the forces
OF the army. not engaged in subduing
the savages On the Wester frontier, In
readiness TO be used upon the call of the
proper authorities for the protection 81
citizens. etc. reads as follows: ae5o,si'
Whereas. The right Of Suffrage preueril,sd BY
the Consitutions of the several -tates { lsuhje /
to the Fifteenth Amendment Of the Consultation
OF the Unttod States. which is as follows. @I
ARTICLE XIV.
Section l. The right Of citizens ~ tte3Untted
States to ypte shall not he deniad or abridged by
the United states o. by any Stale Al acceunt of
raco color Or previous condition Of ssryi nde
Sec E. Tie Qopgross shall have p0wBrto On
force this srti le BY appro triate legM ton ~
And whereasi the e,ereise Of the right Of snf-
freXe - presoribed and regulated should be
faithfully maintained ana observed by the Uui-
tod States and the severed States and the citizens
thereof: and, whereas. II s asserted that the OK
States. notwithstanding the Efforts Of ali good
citzefs to the contrary. resisted aud controlled
by fraud. intimidation and vioenge, 81 that in
such cases the object Of the amendment ~ do
feated: aud. whereas. oil citizens. without dir.
tfnctlon of race. or class. or color, arc entitled
TO the profession conferred by such articIs.
.'ije 4 reso,pad bpthe House Of tRepreseatntipes
That all attempts by force, fraud, terror iutiIni
dalton. or otherwise, tp prevent Tho Tree eser-
oiso OF the right of outrage nj auy Stato should
meet with certain. conii1n ana efIeetua pun
lshmont. Ard that In any case which has h'rfd9-
fore occurred or may hereafter sccur. H. viii h
violence or muruer has been or shall be com
mitted by one race OF class upon he other, the
prompt rross.utl"p ., AMI panishm mt nt - 49, the
d,ction IL imperatively demanded whether the
| crims b oDs puniehsble by foe or H. pr SON
ment or one demanding the penalty OF dsath.
We search In vain through this pr O.
amble and resolution for u single word
which authorizes the Interference Of
the military with tho civil authori-
ties in the enforcement OF the law,
or which, even by implication, sug-
gests the possible necessity OF call
upon the military arm OF the Govern
ment for that purpose. The prealn Bile
and resolution simply declare the fact
that IL is asserted that the right Of
suffrage In some States has been inter
fered with by intimidation that citi-
zens Of nll classes and colors are entitled
| to the Protection Of the law In this right,
and that all Illegal interference with
the right should meet with certain
condign and effectual punishment at
the hands of Me courts hauing j,tris-
dictiOn. ffu.EI loods id el
| The staple argument OF the Republi-
cans for months, nay, for years past, be-
fore the ignorant voters OF the rural dis
tricts OF the North and West, has been,
that white and black Republicans in
the Southern States have been inter
ferred with by Democrats In the exer-
else OF the right OF suffrage; that ne
groes and carpet-bsggers were butch
cred In vast numbers, and that the
Southern Democrats had not In good
faith accepted the Constitutional
Amendments. 1t might have been we'll
to let these falsehoods meet that refu-
tation which, before reasoning people,
they must meet in the course Of time. But
unfortunately there are thousands Of
voters In the North and West to whom
the bloody shirt argument Is addressed
who are not reasoning men, and we
cannot condemn the Democrats OF the
House for making, to this class, this
vigorous and sweeping denuDciation
OF intimidation, this .emphatical decla-
ration In favor Of Furnishing violators OF
the law. The resolution is In full har-
mony with the st. Louis and Baton
Rouge platforms. with the declarations
OF Tilden and Nichols, and OF tho
Southern Democratic press. oa .y1oa
The preamble and resolution embody
not single expression Of princl pie but
what every man who favors civil order
must cordially indorse, and the Presi-
dent, In making them the basis Of an
order threatening to use the military to
control the elections and TO persecute
his nplitical opponents. is guilty Of such
brazen insolence. that we cannot doubt
for a moment that the order is part OF
that fixed scheme to usurp the Govern
ment, Of which Mr. Bontwell's report
on Mississippi affairs, intimating that
the Southern States will be remanded
to territorial condition, has been, with
the exception Of this order, the boIdest
and most audacious proclamation. a.,.
There is abso lutely nothing in the
resolution adopted by the House which
gives the President the slightest pretext
for his order. He might Just as we'll
have reclted the Bill OF Rights, or the
Declaration OF Independence or the
Decalogue, and based his order on one
OF them. The Presidents order Is an
insult to the people and q menace to
tha Roru1hlfc It Ia fOllV TO eav he was
prompted in this insolence by the
resolution OF the House. ..se f.af.
The order is part Of the Republican
programme. and was determined upon
before the utterance Of the House. That
1t is based upon a resolution Of that
body favoring strict enforcement OF
the laws through the civil courts, simply
makes it more scandalous and insulting.
In the declarations OF the st, Louis