The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-08-23
Resi- S5T mfD1dESE.

The New York Herald, which is ,lsti.
ally wsll posted In political alAirs and
kesn in ~ dlscernment, looks upon the
action Of the President In the isauing
81 hts late military order Us not only an
outrage but actually inteht1sd TO ,pro-
woke outrages. It was we'll kR0NRr that
the Republican party was rapid losing
its hold on the coiored voters of the
South, on whose support It had hitherto
relied. and codid not expect TO- carry
even Sotth Carolina, Unless through the
agency OF real 81 fictitious outrskes and
the facilities they afford 81 bringing the
bayonet into requisitf6n and Of exclud-
ing the votes Of districts where incon-
venieut majorities are polied. a@T
The pretense that the action Of the
President was merely an executive
response to Congressional instruction
IL too thin and hollow TO deceive any
reasonable being. Clearly. tho order
was Issued 50 as to furnish occasion for
military interference with elections in
the South, and for overturning popular
verdicts; though . few Republican
strategists, who have lost faith In
Grant, incline to different opinion.
They think that Grant, feeling revenge
full against his own party for its failure
to carry out his wishes at the Cincinnati
Convention, actually issued the order In
the interests Of Democracy. He knew
that 1t would put the Democratic lead
ers In the South on their guard, and as
IL could not be justified on any tenable
ground, it would occasion loss Of
many thousand votes to the, Cincinnati
nominees. As 1t was not issued in the
interests Of peace. It is assumed to have
been issued for vengeful purposes.
That the Democratic-C Conservative
party Of the entire country had deter
mined to countenance no violence dur
ing the campaign. but, on the contrary,
to sustain all classes and colors In the
full exercise Of their electoral rights,
was conviction so general that none
but desperate extremists Of the Morton
type pretended to question 1t. Even II
the Democrats were disposed to be vio-
lent, no motive for such action could be
conjured up, when the colored voters,
Disguised with Radicalism, were joining
the Conservative ranks Of their own &C.
,ord, and were just as anxious to get
rid OF their Radical oppressors as the
white people themselves are. From
purposeless outrages no strategic fruit
,an come.
The prevailing sentiment Ut the
Southern people, irrespective Of race or
,olor, being in favor Of peace, We are
glad to see the independent journals Of
The country coming up to our defense.
rhe New York Herald especially con-
iemns the course pursued by the Presi-
lent, whatever its motive, and demands
rest for the South. not medicine admin
stored at the bayonet's point. The
Radical doctors had the patient for |
years In their own hands. They ar !
-anged the entire policy OF reconstruc-
ion, and IL they failed to furnish the
proper remedies the fault Is their own.
r. they used unnecessary irritants; If
hey provoked disorder when peace was
II, instead Of nourishment,
hey administered depletives. can they
Wonder that the health OF the patient is
lot restored
Their constant complaints concerning
he disturbed and unsatisfactory con-
lition OF the South are, as the Herald
an open confession that
heir policy was q mistaken one; that
heir friends whom they have 30 vigor-
usly supported In carrying 1t out were
ot fit men; that, In short. they who
low complain have experimental In the
grong direction" We have certainly
lad enough Of Radical quackery: let US
ook out for such constitutional correc-
ives as apply to our case and are
fitted to right our wrongs.
bloody shirt sticking plasters,
nd Grants solution Of Lead" do not
uit our ailments.
The constitutional remedy is now in
ur own hands; let US apply it with a
eaceful yet at the same time heroic de-
so that. in the results, all
ur people may rejoice. T. I