The anti-monopolist., 1877-04-12
The Anti-MonoPolist.

oHoAAk0O -
are the real impediments to the regus
lar, legal and peaceful procedure un-
der the laws and constitution OF the
State of Louisiana, by which the an
omalies in the government there pre-
sented may be put in course OF settle
ment. without involving the element
of military power as either an agent
or a make.weight in such solution.
The successful ascertainment OF these
impediments, the President would con-
fidentlv expect, would indicate to the
people of that State the wisdom and
mode of their removal. The unusual
circumstances which attended and fol-
lowed the State election and canvass,
from it's relation to the excited feel
inps and interest of the Presid
election, may have retarded within
the State of Louisiana the persuasive |
influences by which great social and
material interests common to the
whole Epeople of State and the
pride of American character
as a law : abiding nation
ameliorate the disappointmehts and
dissolve the resentments Of close and
Jealous political contests. But The
President both hopes and believes the
great body of the people Of Louisiana
are now prepared to treat the unset
tied results of their State election Win
calm and conciliatory spirit.
If it be too much to expect complete
concurrence in a single government
for that State, at least the President
NAV anticipate submission to the
peaceful resources of the laws and the
constitution of the State of all their
dissensions. at once relieving them
from reproach and their fellow cltl-
zens of the United States from the
anxieties which must ever attend
prolonged dispute as to the title and
administration Of government OF one
OF the States of the Union. The Pres
ident therefore desires that you should
devote your first and principal atten-
tion to a removal of the obstacles to
an acknowledgement of one govern
9 ment for purposes of an exercise OF
: authority within the State, and rep
8 resentation of the State in its relations
Z to the general government under sec
ton Of article of the constitution
of the United States, leaving if neccs
sary, to judicial or other constitutional
arbitrament within the State, tht
question of ultimate right.
If these obstacles should prove IN
superable, from whatever reason, ane
"a the hope of single government IN al
: it's DEPARTMENTS be disappointed, i
43 should be your next endeavor to &C
l6 complish the recognition OF slngl'
legislature as depository of the rep
10 resentative will of the people OF Louis
lana. This great department rescue'
from dispute, the rest Of the problem
10 could gradually be worked out by tn
prevalent authority which the legisla
o. tive power, when undisputed, is quit
Oh competent to exert in conflicts in tn
coordinate branches of the govern
20 ment. An attentive consideration Q
'g: the conditions under which the Fec
as eral constitution and the acts OF Cor
IL =. gress provide or permit military lntel
81. yention by the President in the prote'
de ton of State against domestic VII
ma lence has satisfied the President ths
ne ne the use of this authority in determll
nc ing or influencing disputed elections
ed a State is most carefully to be avoide'
of Undoubtedly, as was held by tt
ch, Supreme Court in the case of Luth'
o. VS.. Borden, the appeal from a sta
old NAV involve such an inquiry as TO Il
~ lawfulness of the authority which i
yokes the interference of the Pres
dent in supposed pursuance OF q
;. constitution, but it is equally true tn
ny ncy neither the constitutional provision n
Va acts of Congress were framed WI
any such design. Both obviously tire;
~, ~ ed a case of domestic violence with
,i' III a State as of an outbreak against t
lin' law and authority of the establish
~ government, which the State was
olo able to suppress by it's own strengt
"a A case wherein every department
liln the State government has a diSput
oln- representationand the State thereto
'ou' furnishes to the federal government
lce: internal political recognition OF au
Ion' ority upon which the federal Exc
ulo. -. tive can rely, will present case
nlS m difficult that it is Of pressing imp
tol tance to all interests involved 2
l.s should be avoided. A single legis
VI ture would greatly relieve this d
sa.cS Guilty, for that department OF the st
lio1 1 government is named by the constl
anu ton as the necessary applicant, wi
u it can be convened, for military I'M
vention by the United States.
: i,ns h;s therefore, the disputing interests
ns concur in or be reduced to a slr
1u1s Legislature for the State of Louisis
:anm n.no it would be great step in compos
ton ~ ~ the unhappy strife.
!, tha The President leaves entirely TO
h;ch Commission the conciliatOry IL
| and ences, which in their judgm
/ and formed on the spot, may seem TO q
: the to conduce to the proposed end.
= = of own determination that only public
,eans siderations should inspire and at
the this effort to give ascendency in Lt
o+;on lana to the things that belong to pc
cnm. is evinced by his selection of Com
s,,-as sioners who offer to the countl
w;lI their own character every guaran1
the puDHc motiseS anu nnesnouS - :
"a tn action which they have underta
. anv Your report of the result Of this
!, the deavor will satisfy the President