The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-04
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order Of o drunken Federal Judge, with
i the support and approval of the No
tiopAi Adttiinistration, and u the State
(loysrnmeKt fimd Afterwards been or
napiEed and sustained liby the mere
nower Of brute force; IL another cleo
Zion we're itt hard and thete was pros
ii,.Jet thatyhs'peopisw would sleet u ticket
Imposed 10 tho wishes and interests OF
the party In power, ewblCn c0ptrois lls
army. and II General Hancock shoulu
Issue such in order Ms the one whfch
lfollows. tSlacing usuch discretionary
power ia the hands OF u asub0rdinats Sta
Toned in the interior Of the State, there
would be little doubt as 10 It's tbfthten1
inp dhatttt,ter B,it the order In question
liaffAat,ad IN nI,Ctsjsiann,n where suolIf con
ditious prssootleutgas we have, detailed
have existed. and IL directed by General
lAug,ir, the officer In command, TO Colo
| deT John r. Btooke, stationed at Baton
lTyssytQe. I'VE mad itih the New Orleans
Aepstltoa" OF recent date. aa sn1 r sne
minatoryI paragraph u aS, folloWs,
the italics, OF course, being our own
l. 1hes, bistribt Commander II authorized y
lNySys his fts,diN to any pbiat within the limits
"a his egApf 'saas's s srdsr r. ,sihg whgr ,s i i
sipsctsti 10 bf-srsS, a.far a. Y ean bs done, ~
.he,lsc OF eery loyal means Within his control
1, The military district over which Col
4f,ruoke has fjednd placed il composed Of
4 tbe ,,arishes Of East Feliciana, West
iFsiiclAna,is East Baton Rouge, St.
Helens, Livingston and Tnng'pan9a, oi
Loqis,aPa and the a2uples u ,sssslinp; 4. y nn
Sub-commanders of troops in tbisdis
itFict sye. jnf turn Feauiget to report to
9ing Mn FgHoh fhibrmation cotfeerning
1ithhff otjtfi mhnis, ana 5ftmatttrs in tbeir
Jttcintty.tas misy be useful TO him. An
\ I.iDn0oer,t b direction. perhaps, had not the
j army been employed Tor elk years past
1th tHese two States for bnt little other
\ tjtfrIose esxcelf hi The interest OF the
y Administration party. BH'. '0H Hiir
Z. .erMhy ahonld 1Oolonel BrrookelQr Other
la soyereikn Stnte be authorized to move
I M" "trtoI1s 70 any given point, ana, by
EihfHrehoa,ttb employtheln mwhenever,
4 ia his Judgment. IL 10 Ia the interest OF
II neace, and, order q" qIndeed, Colonel
i Br6dke 10 eiplicttly Informed thht he is
u 4xf}etted ~ preserve peace and order.
II .sas far M 10 can be done, by the use Of
issefy legal tncaas within his control. =
LA Unitetli sStatas officer or soldier IS.
legally. no more than any other citizen
] in the exercise OF such functions as tre
J hefe referred 10, and they, ~ arc all
J titaAe nsp are subject directly to the com.
nssd Of tho regularly qualified civil
, authority. In the light OF the past no
Lobe will imhtine that General Augnr's 8
y order ctyntefsl plates any such subordtua-
4tion 10 the diviliauthorities. tla
vi eThe,rF FodeFal n troops. arc plainly ex.
pectcd and commanded TO act as Special
police. aud we do not think 1t is forced
4 Inference to believe that they are 10 De
! I,lAtsd 10 In fiuapce the ooming elections
tin Mississippi nand Louisiana. y The
,[ortler under which Col. Brooke's troops
will act has doubtless been Issued to all
commands under dtn. Augur's juris-
diction. The National election may,
n and iperhaps will, DO determined by the
result In these two States. That there
In to be d desperate effort on the phtt OF
4 tho Administration at Washington to
lcarry such OF the Southern Statos as
may be controlled by the bayonet, we
do, not doubt and this extraordinary
I 1pronunciamento from tho commanding
y fJfYfcer at New Orleans looks very much
"a II the attempt had been inaugurated,
: Tho American people are, Justly, very
Jealous OF any interference OF the mill.
tary in civil affairs, IT New York or
Massachusetts or Pennsylvania Is TO be
hotly con tested betwedn the two parties
In tho looming election, anything that
J has the, appearance OF employing the
army ID police duty would uot be suf-
Tered i1 the remote5t degree. Such IN
= order al the enc we print, issued In any
n one Of those States, would be received
! with indignant syrpriseand instant pro-
test. 1tswotild happily, be OF no avail
Ia these Sthtes, btt events have shown
: that such ffterfVkeftee has great and de
cisive influence. In ~ths South. But II
. the employment OF the army In New
York or Massacbusetts would be repn-
! diated by the, common voice,o1 the peo-
\ pie, why should 1t be suffered In q State
, which has equal rights and privileges
With any north OF the sectional line 7
lana and Mississippi will not ven
|. |. ture, us would any Northern
: tSthte. tod tresIst by any. show OF
/ btonce auchs encroachments upon their
: rigbta. -, Nothing could better please
~ their enemies or prove more immediate-
" ytiisastro,is to their best interests. And
lit must also misunderstood that their
III Quly hope isy In the united protest Of the
II North, who have an equal interest with
! them in preserving inviolate every In.
! Yfihgementu upon the constitutional
! tion the, paramount danger OF permit
: ting the military to subordinate the
|, OWL power In any section Of the coun.
try, and In time OF absolute peace, the
will of~ths- majority In choosing its
President and Vice President may be
/. and overruled by employing
X our soldiers to influence the vote Of q
, single State. 1t is now the time to pre-.
J Vent such q disaster, and before protest
, will be 300 late.
eIs Meanwhile, we note that all the
! soldiers who have been sent to the In.
dian frontier have been taken from
Northern posts. We have not heard o
/, d single transfer south OF the Potomac
! and OF the Ohio. sa..f
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A Mutual scare.
2 IN. Y. SUM-
q There was strange panic at Jeru