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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

"a the same rights under the constittt-
tion enjoyed by citizens Of other States
Is 1t true, is It probable, issit possible
that. Tor this most natural, proper and
noble action, they are seondemned BY
Democrats In Washington Positively,
we do not believe It.. ~
Mr.. Hills speech was an eloquent.
proper and just defense OF his
people, and yet we are told
thatit is too to impair Democratic pros
poets. II this be true, then, we presume
Louisiana Is expected to remain sub
missive to despotism, and that all the
falsehoods. and ISLANDERS upon our
heroes, living and dead, which narrow
minded punsters like Blaine may chance
to utter, IRE TO pass into history unre-
futed that by, silence we are to legalize
every outrage that has been perpetra-
ted upon us, and acquiesce in every in
famous lie with which New England
Radical malice may choose to blacken
the fame OF our section and our people.
n Northern Democrats ask this OF
Louisiana and Of the South generally,
they are untrue to their mission and
shame themselves.
1t has been well said that the prin-
cipal accomplishment OF d gentleman is
to know how to die. And 1t may be
that, IL hereafter, under the Federal
system, States can only live by acqui-
escing in the wrongs an insolent adj
ministration may impose upon them.
and by humbling themselves in the
very dust whenever its bayonets glitter
In their Legislative halls, the best and
noblcst lesson State can learn, is how
to die with dignity.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
nrre(T TRADE FROM THE MlSSlS.
SIPpf VALLEY.

II Nv tho polfteness Of the company,
the New Orleans and Bio Steamship
Zane. Of which Capt. Geo. II. Rea Is
President, Capt. A.. X. Miller Is Vice
President, A. Schroeder Is Treasurer,
and J. +. Mogridge Is Secretary, we
have had very interesting pamphlet
laid upon our table, on tho high
" Important subject Of Di-
rect Trade from the Mississippi
valley To Kingston, L,sguara. Venc-
Suoln, Port Of Spain. Demeraril, Maran-
nah. pernambuco, Bahia and Rio
5aneiro. The pamphlet contains care
f1lly prepared tables Of articles and
the(r value exported from our ports
nnd imported into this country, from
3uly l. ts73, TO June 30, 1874. TO and
from Brasil, venosuela, Colombia,
Quianc. Honduras, Republic OF Uru.
quay. and tho Argentine Confed-
Vratiof. It gives also q briei
but pleasant history OF the climate.
eoll and productions Of these countries.
e makes the total export trade amount
10 ~. 80 10, and says that out Of this
eum I'll viii be observed that s17,s31.
~ ars made up Of articles which the
Wieslpslppi Valley has ever All averplus.
ond needs tho Brazil Outlet and Mar
ket, whereby her fairness will be en-
'6ouraeed and the commerce and wealth
~ che whole Valley increased" Moth
~ canT be u greater concern In the
WY u commercial enterprise and bust
am1es 10 New Orleans than in clothing
M il6a of direct trade With the people
ond countries named with the substan-
81 form II Ii made to assume by the
ssIlew Orleans and Rio de Janeiro
Gteamship line, as manifested in the
Information Impaired and directions Set
lufth ii this pamphlet. ag
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

The bill passed by the last Congress
to regulate the drawing and summon
ing Of jurors in the District of Column
bia, and in all United States Courts,
contained very carefully framed pro-
visions intended to prevent the packing
Of juries, which has become SO nOtori-
GUS q practice since the formation Of
the District Ring. 1t made the judges
Of the Circuit and District Courts men,
bers of the Jury Board, provided for
the punishment Of any person who
should insert or abstract names
from the wheel which was to be
used for drawing juries, and stipulated
that any citizen who had served one full
term OF court should not serve again for
three years, this provision being aimed
at the professional jurymen who have
SO often been used as tools by the ring.
But President Grant would not sign the
bill-perhaps he feared that his favor
tie, Babcock, might be made to stand
trial for certifying to false measure
ments of public works land unless two
thirds Of both Houses OF Congress
should interfere, we may expect con-
tinuance of such farcical proceedings as
the pretended trials Of the burglary
conspirators, and the barber Green,
whenever the ring have secrets to con-
ceal or depraved instruments to pro-
feet .e tfs
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
An Independent Press.

In Mississippi politics, the line diyid.
ing parties.is Identical with that drawn
between intelligence and Ignorance
honesty and fraud, the true patriot and
the office-seeking political ADVENTURE
In the sense, then, of action outside ~
and unsolicited to the organization
and discipline of the Democratic party
which represents the better Of those Al.
ternatives, the term " independent " IL
not one of honorable distinction in tbis
State; for it means either disguised on.
position to Democracy, or is but the
cloak Of luke warmness, or neutrality
We have no patience with that kind Of
Independence, for 1t means disorganjza.
ton and we have too often found thatitis
but the first step toward desertion to tia
emery. True independence is not in.
consistent with party organization. On
the contrary, it's exercise within the
party by individuals or by journals, In
O proper spirit, Is wholesome and salu.
tary. Our party. is now In. power and
will be put on trial before the country.
complished In the amendment and re-
peal OF Radical enactments and the re-
construction OF our State government.
are not easily surmOunted. Indeed. the
serious obstacles in the way of reform
will only be known and appreciated
after months of labor have shown that
the task is one of years. That numer-
GUS blunders and errors will be COM
mitted must be expected, since the work
is to be done by human. agency. Yet
we fear that the people have been
led to expect too much, and their
inevitable disappointment may take
confidence in the men whom they have
elected. If this be the result, the blame
will rest upon the Democratic news.
papers Of the State. Their unstnted
praise Of everything Democratic, their
exaggerated cnconiuIns upon the abili-
ty, talents and genius OF every Demo-
cratic official, lead people to expect i'm.
possible results. The Democratic party.
in an apotheosis OF editorial soft soap,
is stiperhuman power, at the wave OK
whose hand the corrupt work OF the
past Is swept away, and in it's stead
rises majestic structure in all the
Sacreligious Is that mortal who would
dare point out a flaw or criticize
its architecture. Now we submit.
il this kind Of partisan devotion
is not q positive injury to
the cause which 1t would advocate !?
Would It not be better to moderate our
hopes to the measure of what may be
expected from an ordinary body Of
men Would not our papers better SUBJ
serve the interests Of our party by bold,
independent, outspoken and Just crit
icism It may be that in the repeal Of
all laws which have heretofore regu-'
lated public printing In a way to build
up an organ grinder in each county, we
are taking the first step toward the
establishment OF a truly independent
press tt is to be hoped tnat such will
be the result. Such a reform would not
be the least among the many which
will accompany Democratic rule, and II
would be the best assurance that the
lpredominence of intelligence and hof4l
esty in our State government has been
secured for ali time to COME Vichsttuv
| yeutiuef.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

decision against Kellogg Is decision in
favor Of McEnery, who was elected by
thevotns cast, and by the offlciaIpouW
aud declar6tion 81 said votes made BY
the same Gener4l Assembly which
elected Mo1fillan, who resigned and
was succeeded by MARI, whose term has
expired, and who Is now succeeded by
Eustis.
The Wheeler compromise never
touched the election OF 1872. It adjust
ed only the Representatives and two
Senators claiming under the election Of
1874. The. question, left open by the
Wheeler adjustment, is now settled by
the Legislature, the sole political power
in the State. aa F si7i s9ta 81 if
The acting General Assembly has not
disturbed the Kellogg government. it
has respected its pledge not to disturb
1t, pending the issue Of It's Legitimacy,
which 1t did not approve. but, In the nd
Indication OF a question, which, under
the Federal and State constitutions. 1t
was bound to solve, it has decided that
Kellogg's government is not the ld,cf,tt
government Of Louisiana, and this de-
cision Is final, and the Congress OF the
United States should now act and re-
speot 1t. s.ar5sf eef.ea fH5
It may be Of interest to see what the
usurper will now do. It may be OF in
terest to the people of the State to in
quire ,c1at their representatives also
should do, as tho logical and legal Sc
quence OF their solemn decision against
the claims Of tho usurpation, Of which
Kellogg is the official head. There Is
no statute Of limitation which can pro-
tect the possession OF a usurper. Fraud,
force and usurpation cannot be legal
lied by prescription. We send greet
ings to the people OF Louisiana, for
there is everything 10 encourage them.
The protest and demand Of the Peoples
Convention is strengthened thousand
fold by the Senatorial election. Let all
divisions now cease, and let our SUI
preme effort for our mother State now
be made. III 4 sHi7
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
The Louisiana Ease.
From tho New York World.l

IRON tue new 1Qfk NOIltJ
The memorial adopted by the Demo
cratic Convention OF Louisiana is SO
convincing in its array OF
facts and SO eloquent In its appeal Tor
Justice that those who read it attentive
" will consider unnecessary any at
tempt to reinforce the one or supple
ment the other. The simple statement
of the circumstances is enough. In the
Legislative Department OF the State
government there are IA OF 36 Senators
who were defeated in 1872 but seated by
the mandamus Of Durell executed by
Federal forces. Fifteen Senators we're
never elected and entered the Senate
under protest, SO that the Kellogg usur-
patton is backed by barely one third Of
the members Of that House. III Durell
elected the Senate, the Congressional
Coinmittee-whose members, admitting
that the Democrats had elected In 1874 q
majority of 30 members, manufactur-
was reduced more than one half 4prac-
tic,slly elected the House. Neither Of
the branches Of the Legislature, there
fore, represents the people Of Louisiana.
OF the State officers now acting in the
Kellogg government, every one was de-
feated, the adverse majorities ranging
from 4951 to 14,277, 50 that in the execu-
tive branch there Is no represents
ton of the people. The Judiciary
Is usurped by the creatures OF Kellogg
and his Returning Board, or Of
Pinchback, who have busted at
the point OF the bayonet, furnished
by President Grant, the legal occupants
OF all the Offices. A more atrocious
usurpation cannot be found In all the
annals OF despotism than exists In this
State of the American Republic In the
Centennial year. And II cannot be
overthrow. Kellogg's supervisors con
duct aud control the election; Kel
logg's Returning Board perpetrates IN,
supplementary frauds That are neces
sary after the election; Kello5g's Su
preme Court forbids any one to review
the action Of this board, and Kellogg
and Kellogg's Senate prevent any
change In the Ubiquitous system. The
foundation Of it all Is the Federal sol
dier's bayohet. It Is the duty as 1t Is
the privilege OF the House VI Represen
tatives TO order that all this should
ceagp
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

Senator Morton's bill regulating the
counting OF the electoral vote will be
pushed forward In the Senate soon after
the meeting. At present, in counting
the electoral votes in the presence OF
both houses, any member Of either
house may object to the vote OF any
State, and thereupon, unless both
houses vote to receive it, it is, under
the twenty-second rule, excluded. The
House will be Democratic and the
Senate Republican when the cleo
toral vote is counted next Decem-
Der, and under this rule it is possible
that each house may arbltrarily'thr
out SO many States that there will be
left not a majority Of all the States
which Is necessary to an. election. In
that case the election would fall to the
House OF Representatives, and this
would insure the choice of @ Democrat
as President. The twenty second rule
is of Republican origin, having been
adopted TO cover the case Of some South
ern States after the war, but, in practice,
very trivial objections have stif1iced TO
fling out the vote OF d State. For in-
stance, that OF Arkansas was thrown
out because returns were without the
great seal of the State, and it was not
discovered until after the counting was
completed that Arkansas had then no
great seal
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

tiflc world went out after, but now bss
not u single advocate. We smile whcss
we think Of the father of chemistry ana ,
his fond adherence to u foolish deli,sinr..
ten years hence the world may lanrh
more loudly still at the author OF HTRa
Origin OF Species.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
ThsrslHv, J aauAsy ~. 1916.

We have boon pleased 10 meet In cur
ol1loe Mr.. q. W. Tompkihs, editor OF
thaS yt9unch iDefiocratic paper, the
7findsk Democrat, which has 2 very
larns olfoulation in North Louisiana,
RI. Tetapkins IL In New Orleans In the
Interest 81 his journal, and we can say
~ il "a excellent medium for adver-
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

A popular hotel clerk" of Cincinnati
has to stand trial for breaking up, with
his destinations, the family OF one OF his
fellow citizens. The unhappy husband
will appear Us prosecutor In three differ-
ent suits against ''the destroyer"
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

The wife Of u Congressman blandly
told visitor, a few days since, that she
didn't mind having room on the fourth
story Of her hotel at Washington, as she
went up and down ON the ventilatOr.-s
N, " Mail.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

regarded as pureBt and best, and the
relief Of the country from an infamy 1t
has endured already too long
Now what has been Democratic rule
ascontrastedw with Radical misrule? The
Radical or Republican party so-called,
has never produced statesman. II
has exhibited. and still boasts able,
dexterous and inscriptions politicians.
some Of them with the elouuence OF
the " Golden Mouthcd John himself,
and with the cunning management and
fnesse OF Mephistophclcs, but never,
we assert, a broad, benevolent, pure.
wise and patriotic mind imbued with
charity and love toward mankind, and
with an lincorruptible devotion to the
cause Of "Truth and Country 1t is
not said by us in dislike or prejudice,
but the lowest reflective inteIligen &C
must be satisfied that In the nature OF
things n radical party, especially when
influenced with venality, petty ambi-
lions for Office, and passion for pecu.
lating wealth, cannot produce states
man In \ the only proper sense
distinguishing the word. But we Ger.
tainly once had statesmen--sorne were
known and almost idolatrously wor.
shipped throughout the globe. Once
the mere fact OF American citizenship
was also a title prouder than that OF
princes. Before the miserable year
1856, before Radicalism with its false
but seductive pretences Of progress
and hutnsnity'' sprang like d very flend
OF devil into Its Caliban- like life, we had
fought and won imperishsble renoxu
and glory In foreignrwars with the most
powerful aations Of the age; We
bad acquired territorial possession.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13

Believers in Christianity will do we'll
to remember on how slender basis the
development hypothesis rests, and not
too rashly exchange for o taking specu-
lation not yet q quarter OF q century
old, the sweet faith that has been Of n-
told comfort to millions of hearts, for
thousands of years. The hypothesis
has SO far not one single fact TO support
it. No we'll authenticated instance has
yet been adduced OF any species,
whether plant or animal, developing
into another and higher. But, say the
Darwinians, such changes are very
gradual, and require very long periods
OF time. Surely, IL these changes are
taking place though never 30 slowly, on
o planet like ours peopled by myriads
OF species OF living creatures in various
stages OF development toward, some
thing higher, some one instance OF COM
plete transformation would have come
under the. observation OF man during
aeons that these slightest changes pre-
suppose are In themselves great OBJ
lection to the theory J w tGFaaft3 at
But aside from this, there are other
positive scientific reasons for believing
this hypothesis cannot be true, All the
facts thus FAR observed, we believe, tend
TO prove that variations which occur in
any given species are confined to certain
limits, and that among varieties there
is forever tendency to return to the
original condition. The law OF race
development is growth, elimination,
decline. death, following In this respect
the analogy Of the individual life.a II,
therefore, reasoning by analogy can
teach us anything, II teaches us that
there must hare been. mot . gradual
growth Of one species into another, but
al orderly series 81 successive cte4uoDs.
adduce soms aaetSins It's own support,
or 20 the,way Of Priestley's phlogiston
theory which Ut one tune all the scien-
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Bank Statement.
The ariieds.

New YORK, Jan S.-Stocks active anC
strucg. Money ). Cold l3s. Flour dull ana
unchaogcd Wheat quiet aud unchanged.
Corn active and shade better.
BALTIMORE. Jau. Va. SKIES, peelcrs
46; do. consolidated IS. West Va. SKIES 9
Cotton quiet but firm; mddling Is. -Four du
and unchanged Wheat dull but steady; Perm
sylvania red 1873; other gracs unchanged.
Corn strong for Western; Southern quiet and
steady; Southern white, new, 45a6o; do. vel,
low, new. 81 $50; WeStcrn mixed, new, 65rG34
spot; 6ji January; 65 first hal! February. "a $
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Hay dull and unchanged Provisions qu!et
but firm. Butter dull and heavy; market
favors buyers. Coffee dull but steady; Rio
cargoes l6ial9; jobbing l6la20. Sugar frul
and tendency upward. Whlskcy dull aud
weak al lll2all2.
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FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. Jan. 8, 1876. Neither tho
Senate nor The House Of Representatives was
in session to-day.
The anniversary Of the battle OF New Or
leans has passed without ncte There are q
few 4 IS hoatng, but these ere hoistcI nearly
every day, aud have no reference TO the ami
versary.
There seems to be every probability that the
Centennial million and half appropriation
will pass before the close Of the month. The
President uses what iuhueucc he can in lis
favor.
There are, as IS usual on Saturday ater,
Moons, a large number OF Alcyanurla ladies in
Washington, and this accounts for the gen
orally noticed fact that more pretty faces than
usua! arr seen on tie avenue.
Dowucy, the famous colorcd reSaurantcr OF
the House, has been removed, and Mr.. trcund,
of this city, has secured the priz2.
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Foreign News.

BERLIN, Jan. S-Count Andrassy's note
ir regard to the proposed retorms iu the Sui
tau vassal provinces makes no drfnitc pro,
posa for controlling the execution oil these re,
forms, but it is stated that he proposes virtu,
al control through the supervision OF the con-
,uis aud the reports of The ambassadors.
LONDON, Jan. S.-'rhe Pail Mall Gazet;c's
special telegram FROM Berlin, says that An
diassy's proposals are substantially Identical
with the suggestions made by the foreign con-
suls assembled at Mosar las; AuiuU, and are
designed to remedy the grievances thcy ndl-
Gated. The question Of guarantees Is postponed
until the Sublime Porte indicates the acccp
taucc or rejection Of the proposals.