The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-20
IMPAIRMENT THE ONLY REMEDY
WILL. THE HOUSE ACT.

WILL The uVuSb hO'
"Let the House press forDdrd al
measures of reform, and Mr0W we e
of their failure on We nc
publican Senate" We hear this Kind OF
talk every day, and while we applaud
the theory and join in the wish that tne
majority In the House will
work for REFORM. we yet
cannot avoid the inquiry as to how the
refusal OF the Republican Senate to con-
chr Ia going to affect that party or Its
political prospects.
What do the Radical Senators care for
such responsibility? More than hall OF
them are usurpers. The living and the
thrift OF the leading Radicals have been
derived from just such Laws as the Dem
ocratic party seek to repeal. The Elec-
ton Law has kept them In office against
the majority Of the popular vote. Iheir
partisan courts have decided for the pet
schemes OF plumber whenever the attack
on their legality has been made.
The Lottery Company. the San itary
Excavating Company, and oil laws OF
similar import, have yielded them mar
vest OF gain. Their pockets are hlled
with warrants and bonds, and still the
warrant speculations and the fund
ing" goes on.
Who ia so credulous as to expect these
leaders to relax their grasp upon the
peoples revenues or liberties.
And IL the leaders do not care, neither
do the rank and file Of the party. The
poor deluded negro cannot be MADE 70
comprehend; and the mean spirited
whites who 60 with the Radical party
In Louisiana, are influenced by merce-
nary motives, and reform, and principle
and morals, have no place in their
creed. The very life OF the Radical party
In Louisiana is bound up In tho contin-
uance OF these oppressive, unjust and
outrageous laws. II can not exist, not Tor
one moment. after the repeal OF the
Returning Board law and the adoption
OF fair reformatory laws.
Does any ono doubt thisP II yes, We
ask him why is II that the Senate has
never yet moved in the matter OF the
removal OF jacob Hawkins as Judge?
Are there injunctions to be released In
which high Radicals are interested2 Is
his court needed, with its extraordinary
powers, in the conflict coming? How
nobly 1t did It's work In the early days
of 1873! How handsomely 1t imprisoned
Booth and McGloin for questioning the
legality OF tax! How nobly did 1t
serve when Morgan, and Lynch, and
Kemp, and other usurpers. were to be
indicted into officel How perfectly 1t
shielded Charles Clinton in the fall OF
1875 from the demands Of the State !
How proudly did Jacob tower In his
devotion to the usurpation, when many
who are now blatant Republicans were
in the camp Of the Fusionists! How
he counted" rs Returning Board
member in 1872. and how he has ruled
and Judged over the people ever
since! These are his trophies, these
form his monument, more enduring
than brass. What blindness In the Dem
ocratic House to suppose that the Radi-
cal Senate would address Jacob out OF
his office. Faithful over few things,
they will, rather, make him ruler over
many.
II another instance be required, look
at the fate OF the House election law.
In the Senate it was rejected and sub
stitute sent to the House more infamous
than the present law, II that be posi-
bic. in its returning board feature. And
then our Conservative legislators met
the Radicals in conference and time was
frittered away; and 10! the tadle-that
the Radicals offer us our selection Of one
member Of the Returning Board from q
list in which j. Hale Sypher, Of Jacques
fame SO recent as 1872, figures.
Is stronger proof required? We tell
the majority Of the House that they are
wasting time in sending propositions Of
reform to the Senate and to Kellogg
The Senate and Kellogg will concur In
all their bills for reducing the fees o.
Democratic sheriffs, clerks and city
officers, but beyond this not one ster
will they go.
The Returning Board will stand as il
is. The people will elect the Demo
cratic Governor, State officers and legis.
lature in November, 1876, and the Re.
turning Board will meet and count
them all out in December. 1876. The
Federal Government will look on com.
placently, no matter which party wins
in the Presidential election, and we will
sink back into our chains and slavery,
the helpless victims Of Radical rapacity
our lives, our property, our labors, our
liberties and our hopes, all at the mercy
Of our oppressors.
The House Of Representatives can pre-
vent all this. They can impeach. Let
Radical writer's scribble as they will,
impeachment articles presented against
any officer suspends. Let him who
doubts 1t read article 122 of the State
/ constitution. They can impeach Kel-
logg; they can impeach Antoine; they
can impeach all other guilty officials.
They can make E. d. Estilette Gov
ernor Of Louisiana, and, with him as
Governor, there is absolute guaranty
for full, fair and peaceable election. II
the Republican ticket receives the ma
jority, its nominees will be in