The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-14
G!lrnz6Es.'


tSt. Louis Republican,
Wa have repeatedly referred tO the
fart that the unpunfshed violence and
disorder at the South which the Prest
dent and the Republicans are now seek.
.ina to turn- 70 party profit o0ous only an
those States where the Bepubiicans are are
In power Thy fact n en important ele.
msnt An the Issue which the President
Are 1 We % understand that, the Repub-
1hSn LEADERS are provoking the violence
tkev complain ofp ] Are they enuour-
aaink the conflicts between whites and
blocks, that they may have fuel t0 iced
to The iireS OF sectional passion? ii not,
Whv 40 they not, through the Repub-
aioan authorities, when these disorders
ocoar. punish them? We hear OF no
Violence and, strife, no tintimideti0n OF
colored people, no carrying ?f elections
by frauds and threats, IN the admltted
Democratic States Of the South 1T Is only
In those States governed or misgover,ned
byl the Republicans that these things
take Mace. There Is. no hook to hang
4 Bloody shirt on In Missouri, Arkansas,
TtYns k kef,tucky, Tennessee, Maryland,
VlrQtnia and North Carolina. All these
States have become tranquil since they
nassed under Democratic rule. But
South Carolina and Louisiana are
theatres Of trouble and subjects Of CON-
t,laintrAand South Carolina and Louis
lana. strange to say, are ruled by the
very party that makes the complaint.
There Is q Republican majority OF 30. 900
In South Carolina, and nearly every
county In the State Is in the hands OF
Republican officials Why do they not
white men who disturb it? Why do not
the Republican authorities of Louisiana
bring the authors Of the Coushatta and
Colfsx massacres to justiceP Why does
not Gov. Kellogg protect the cOlored
Republicans from the alleged outrages
which he IL constantly. complaining OF :?
Y IA ft because these Republican State
governments are incapable OF main tain
Inc, the peace, protecting the innocent
and punishing the guilty? Then more
serious question presents itself-the
wisdom OF maintaining governments In
the South that cannot govern. Gov.
kellogg IL the de facto Executive OF his
State, but when he confesses his I'M
potency to protect the negroes OF Louis
lana from repeated nlassacres, and to
uif,ish q single author Of those massa-
/ ores. he strips himself OF all the func-
|, ,tions and authority OF aChief Magistrate,
and stands before us despicable pre-
tender. III the crown Is really his by
riaht and might why does he not defend
| It? III he Is the chosen OF the people OIL
Louisiana, why does he not protect the
people from their enemies? II the negro
governments OF Louisiana and South
Carolina cannot stand, without the con-
slant support of United States bayonets,
| It is q question whether they are fit to
stand at all. We are told that no white
man can be punished In South Carolina
for wrong done q colored man. Wa.
there ever 80 complete q confession oi
cowardice and imbecility made as thisi
| Ia it worth while for the people OF the
| United States to uphold State govern
ment that Is SO worthless by its own
admission? oefit..
The Senate majority report on Missis-
sippi solemnly informs us that the
| resignation OF Gov. Ames was forced
"by 4 body OF men calling themselves
the Legislature OF Mississippi" " hose
pretended election was secured by fraud
| and intimidation. There are many rea-
| sons for believing that this statement is
q wanton falsehood. One is that these
mont bers OF the Legislature were certi-
| the Republican officers who conducted
the election in nearly all the counties
lin the State; and another Is that they
wero recognized az the lawful Legisla.
ture by Gov. Ames, himself. But ad-
hitting the statement to be true, 1t con.
cedes an important fact, viz: That q
State government that could not govern
was quietly set aside by one that can
and the question for the country to con-
slider is, whether the change has not
been in favor OF peace, law and order,
and whether q similar change would
not be, desirable in every Republican
| State of the South.