New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-20
An Ovation to LaWbreakers.
The Baton Rouge AdcOcate Of Monday
has the following notice:

The Baton Rouge Adeoeate Of Monday
has the following notice:
29S.
Full attendance with badges, at river, on
arrival Of Katie, Wednesday morning. the
nineteenth instant.
Also an editorial saying:
We call upon the citizens of Baton Rouge
to assemble at the landing on Wednesday
morning to meet our friends Booth and
Robertson, and show them land the bad
men who are expressing US in their per-
sons), that the hearts of this people are
with them; that their arrest does not in
timidate US, but has rather cheered us on
to work harder, with renewed energy, firm
nees and determination to wipe out every
vestige of rotton Radical rule in our parish
and State Let us receive our representa-
Jlves IN manner that will show Radicals
they have missed their mark. We call
upon the ladies, too, to be present with
their cheering smiles TO welcome home their
friends Booth and Robertson.
THIS is occasioned by the return Of W. S.
Booth and E. w. Robertson, who had been
brought to this city and placed under bonds
the United States Circuit Court, under the
serious charge of interfering with an officer
of the United States in the discharge of his
duty. 1t appears that the two gentlemen
named were instrumental in running George
P. Davis out of the parish of East Baton
Rouge, after the manner OF the bull
dozers who have assumed control Of that
community, Davis at the time being a
deputy collector of internal revenue, and
located in the city of Baton Rouge. In
dictments against the bulldozing parties
were found by the grand jury Of Judge
Woods court, and the arrests were made
by due process of law. If innocent, the
parties under bonds have nothing to tear
if guilty. there is Moundsville in the dis
tance. Mr.. Robertson is lawyer, and
even in his zeal to drive away Repub-
lican like Judge Davis should have run
no risks of coming within the clutches
of the law. The Adrocote assumes
that the arrest of the offenders Of
the laws of the United States is piece
of persecution on the part of the officers of
the law, and puts up headlines as follows
Packard opens his campaign in East Baton
Rouge-The thumb-screws of radicalism
put down on two more of our citizens
Mr.. Packard, of course, is United States
Marshal; the indictments were found be-
fore he was nominated for Governor; how
ever unpleasant the duty may have been to
him, he had nothing to dc but obey the Or
der of court and arrest the accused; he did
it through Baton Rouge sheriff, and as
delicately and kindly as possible, and his
duty ended.
The city of Baton Rouge, that is, the
Democratic portion of it, are expected to
turn out and meet prisoners under such
circumstances; but the practice is per-
nicious. Like offenses are likely to be re
peated so long as community encourages,
with smiles and cheers, men willing to take
the law into their own hands. When men
are brought to justice, the offenders are very
apt to say they are prosecuted. There is
nothing Of persecution in the arrest of the
Baton Rouge men named. There is show
of justice in the event, which should be fol-
lowed by an early trial Of the accused