New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
DEMOCRATS on THE SITUATION.

DEMOCRATS on THE SITUATION.
When the great political question nov
before the people comes to be decided a
humanity dictates, according to law and
equity, the Louisville Courier-Jonrna1 will
be found on the high ground OF neutral
ity. Two years ago it was full Of ringing
declamations against the White League
and White League outrages in Louisiana.
It is leading itself up to such position
now. The OK parte statements Of Wat
terson have had their day. The A. NJ.
evidence is all in. Speaking of the Dem
ocratic outrsges on the Pinkston family,
the Courier-Journd writer of Wednesday
last says:
The outrage a. one without single pal.
liating circumstance. 1t 10 denounced here
by everybody, and the Democrats 20 even
further than the Republicans, alike in its
condemnation and in demanding that the
affair shall be investigated and the per.
petrstors punished to the extent Of the law.
/ i
Kellogg, would hang the men who killed
Henry Pinkston. or hang myself" But this
suggests the damning fact, to the discredit
of the Kellogg government, that, although
they profess to have had knowledge Of this
murder for three weeks, and to my knOwl-
edge the Republican committee has been
nursing it fourteen days, no effort has been
made to bring the accused to Justice; this,
notwithstanding the fact that all the ma
/ ~: IS <ko 2toto
is in the hands of the Governor, and Sheri-
dan and his army are under his orders.
Words that say what Governor Kellogg
should do to punish crime sound well
enough in we'll regulated communities.
Kentucky is Democratic State, and
thanks to the Union army it was kept out
of the Confederacy; but Democratic as
she is it is safe to say that such Demo-
cratic bulldozers as roam at large in
Louisiana would not be allowed to go un-
hung in Kentucky. A State SO closely
connected with the humanizing States of
the great West can not afford to carry
such population, and call such actors
citizens. Louisiana can not afford it; but
SO long as her clergy. and thousands of
leading citizens and business men indorse
bulldozers and bulldozing acts, so long
will Louisiana be disgraced by lawless
set, whose sins are absolved and apol-
ogized for by powerful political party.
OF another outrage which came to the
world through the light of the Returning
Board, the James case, the Courier-Journal
says:
1t was genuine case of political out
rage. What line of defense can be sd.
vanced it IL difficult to see, and none will
probably be attempted, save by those i'm
mediately concerned in il Prominent
Democrats will assist in bringing the guilty
to justice, hut there il the trouble. The
Kellogg government, 90 far from attempt
ing to maintain the peace, studiously Quilt
Yates the outrage crop, and glories in .
bloody harvest.
It will be seen that in both cases the
facts of the outrsges are admitted, as they
must be, like hundreds of others, of SIM
liar purport, and then the writer drifts
away into scolding Governor Kellogg for
not preventing them. He does not APP
preciate the fact that there are two pow
ers controlling this State in different d.
rections. One is the Governor and the
legally constituted State government, and
the other is the Democratic State Central |
Committee. The shotguns and knives |
which do the mischief are not in Repub-
lican hands. While the life of every Re-
publican official is in danger, and while |
the hands of SO many thousand white
men in the country parishes are uplifted
against the law, it is much easier to write |
Of executing laws than to execute them.
Witnesses dare not testify against muir
derers, and juries will not convict. The
Governor offers rewards for the appre-
tension of criminals, while those
who commit crimes laugh at his
proclamations. The Kentucky paper says
there are soldiers here. That is true;
but soldiers are not courts. The law
withholds them from interfering except
on the moment of actual riot. So far as
bulldozing is concerned, SOL
liers might as we'll be in the Indian Ter
:itory as to be half mile from the
humble home Of colored family that is
,eing outraged. Let the Courier.Journal
20 to the fountain head. and ask the
eaders of the party for whom the bull
lozers worked and voted, why these out
RACES were not prevented?
The CourierJournal said, prominent
Demo Gratis will assist in bringing the
utility to j ustice." Let us see how that
'rophe cy has been fulfilled. Within a
veek two men have been arrested in this
ity, charge d with numbering and being
ccessory to the murder Of Henry Pink
ton. The evidence was SO strong that
he accused were imprisoned by COM
hitting magistrate. Immediately upon
hat a Democratic judge, who refused to
ccept the votes of Republicans for party
easons, sits in the chambers of his dis
riot court, issues writ OF habeas corpus,
nd releases the prise on a small
'ond. The two men accused, now at
liberty, are to-day the honored guests of
hose same prominent Democrats" who
we're expected to assist in bringing the
utility to justice.
HE POWER OF WEALTH AND INTELLI-