The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-04
from Yesterdays Evening Edition.
.t-,- The Morning Press.

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The Bee has thus far heard only sucl
weak and insufficient reasons advanced
for the abandonment of the impeach
ment proceedings, that it prefers await
ing ampler information before forming
a deliberate opinion on act which
with the light before it, looks like thu
surrender of an impregnable position
It finds little cause to rejoice in the fac
that certain reform measures were
likely to be passed, as it disapproves to
tally of the two first bills passed by the
Senate yesterday premium bono
and Pacific Railroad bills.
1t, however, promises the members o.
the House that, il they SEQ fit to explain
the cause of yesterdays action, 1t will
not only publish their explanation but
if it be satisfactory, most willingly mod.
| ify its opinion, as the task of criticisinp
the conduct of its own party men is all
but an agreeable one.
The Republican, considers the volun-
tary abandonment of the impeachment
by the House, us complete proof of Kel-
lNf,S . INNOCENCE vi dhJ OilthoOs DNtt
sixty days of cogitation on the matter
resulted i'm "a statement, containing fif-
teen articles, which included not sim
gle actual offense, and it was, therefore,
thought best to let the matter drop and
remit to "the people" the further
persecution of that entirely innocent
man, who, it claims, has never been
afraid OF exact justice.
It rejoices that all fears of future an
noyance being removed, and with his
authority fully recognized, Kellogg can
now turn his undivided attention to the
good and welfare Of the people he has
served SO well and for whom he has suf-
fered SO much contumely and insult.
The Picay,ne denies that the Conser-
vatives in the Legislature have given
political measures preference over
those tending to retrenchment, as
charged by the Republican Senators in
the address by which they attempt to
throw the blame for the failure to pass
reforrnatory measures on the Conserva-
tives. Tt admits that the Conservatives
uCSOtCu uDCll CDClSlJS Iuululy w tlO CA
tirpation of that root of all the troubles
in this State, the Returning Board, and
maintains that this was in so sense a poll
tical measure but simple act of justice,
and that the whole country will lay upon
the Republicans the blame of having
by their opposition to and defeat of this
measure, prevented the Legislature
from accomplishing much good.
The Bulletin has no quarrel with the
National Democracy, because it cannot
help us in our dilemma, and thinks ii
natural that it should do that which re-
bounds to the benefit Of the party as Il
whole, and says that it remains for us to
calmly survey the situation, without re-
gard to the special demands oil
party, and to take such steps as would
place the State in the hands of our own
people, as good local government is
what we most need.
The Times congratulateS the Legisla-
ture on having, in the hours of its death
bed repentance, abandoned it's partisan
schemes and devoted itself, as
it should have done throughout the
session, to the peoples interests. It
hopes that, when the proceedings of
are fully known, many good
will be found to have passed,
though it thinks that the people will
have almost nothing for which to thank
The Legislature, which has fortunately
expired by limitation