The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-22
Ti,g BREAKUP.

rho events OF yesterday and an ac-
count Of the complete breakup OF the
Packard conspiracy, will be found at
length In other columns of the DEMO-
t.nAr this morning. How entirely the
wretched and corrupt administrations
which have oursed this State during the
last eight years, lived upon the breath
III the Federal Executive may now be
aeen by the whole country. The re-
tnoyal Or the squad OF soldiers In the
Orleans Hotel was not necessary to the
complete collapse OF the whole carpet.
bAg governmental system which has
usurped Louisiana, plundered her citi.
Aens out OF millions Of money. coat the
general government vast sums to pro-
tect, and kept up, for years. the bitter.
ness engendered by the war. The Pres.
laent simply declared that the euprem.
acy or the constitution should be re-
stored In Louisiana 40 in other States,
and that the army should no longer be
used to override the law, and the whole
vile, Infamous and oppressive fabric fell
to the earth.
We may expect, during the next few
weeks. to hear any number OF high.
sounding protests against, and fierce
aenunciations of, the action of the
President In this matter. But this will
net disturb tho country seriously.
The people of Louisiana. for eight or
ten years, have endured the robberies
and oppressive measures of Warmeth.
Kellogg, Packard and the others of that
tribe. and we think the President can
bear, with proper equanimity, their
angry and disappointed rantings. Mr..
Packard and his followers, however.
should put the blame, where IL justly be.
longs. Their dastardly reign In this State
has been checked, ended, In fact. by the
American people. Tho President was
she direct instrument In this work, but
III what he has done. no has simply
oheyed the demands Of q public opinion
which he could not resist, and which
would have cost him his new place had
he attempted to resist 1t.
We recommend Mr.. Packard, and
others with him who organized political
xascality. public plumber, perjury and
lawlessness into q governmental sys-
tenn, to notice the political history of
the world. II they do so. they will find
that though creatures, such as they,
have, In different periods. for brief inter-
walls of time. grasped and held power
among men, their ubiquitous rule
has always been brought to
shameful end. and truth and JUS
tice resumed their sway. In the
nature OF things, under the immu-
table laws OF God, their reign OF crime
and profiigacy could not have lasted
longer. Let them. then. accept the in
eyitahle, with AZ much grace as they
can, and endeavor to find some honest
occupation for the future.
And we must bear ourselves under
this new and happy dispensation as be-
comes honorable and magnanimous
men. Our enemies are whipped; our
persecutors are under our feet: but 1t
would I'll become US to retaliate upon
them. The prosperity of Louisiana
cannot be restored: our waste places
cannot be built up. by inaugurating
within these borders policy OF ven-
peance. Our trade and industries, our
social institutions and relations require,
above all things, peace. Let the past.
with all It's shame and suffering, be set
aside; let the men who have wronged
us, robbed US. and oppressed US, De un-