, 1877-04-30
LOUISIANA.
A 1ecatlcnt OF Now Orleans Nevlows tho
Fast mud Present Political Situation Of
1ntt t.fn

tho Pelican stnto.
~ Ms Editor y Tas Tribune.
New ORLEANS, April 26.--The inevitable
hour l,as come. The only cslll possible to Lott
iaIann trouble Inns been reached ut last. Igno-
ranco has yielded to intelligence, md poverty to
wealth; ur, III plain worls, the white people
hayo control; aud this wo say was tho only pos
sIb'c outcome Ut our political troubles. For In
spite OF all our hne philanthropy, ali our pct
theories about majorltcs ruling, our off,
repeated comparisons OF black nnd white popu-
lat!ons, and our Ingenious feats In arithmetic to
show that cotorcd voters should, could, would,
mid must carry all elcrt1ons. thcrc was not
man Of sufficient observation, honesty, and In
tcllfgcnce to form respectable opinion who did
not feel from the top Of Ills head to the bottom,
ot Ills boots TINT this whole thing waa wrong.
onc State has, as 1t were, boon standing on !ts
head. lookingu bctwcsnts toes to sec the stara.
Willis our rulers, suffering from terrlblo rush
OF blood to te head. spent all tho force Of their
laxed brains mud bcwllderod minds In gro-
tcsque citort u make nature conform to the
Inverted condition, society In tho meanwhile
kept writhlng mud fouudrrang In a yaln attempt
to get into proper position agatn. or course,
tho only sensible remedy was to placo tho poor
thing on It's feet again, anA lot each elass of
society settle down to It's own level. And this
would easily have been lono long ago lad It
not BEEN for tho constant Intervention Of Fed
eral bayolluts, Thrlco tho State was
asay ana .snd to F'e ercrt from amid T. s ''rsos stsa
sistcrhood, when the order cunt from Washing
totl. tlu haYonet geusnc4 along tile street, mud
liz iii. J., thn on,tni. ~. aa'',
crir.nti iefor" ;n,omt n,,1 IN n
tug banker got down o., their knccs to ask tic
aeld-llanl to give them laWs.
eleventh. h"r nn snnrr .t;if ~ ~, o1otar ~ ~
stos"stno,shin ~ Ifavn. Fc1.-n, ~. .IG
nt nm rnti' Yestartinv ~ IL" rtn"L str'i. ~ -
an,hi tic foyfl s,ns n ,,onnv f"ce. ~, 1,i ~
Iny9os ~ tinsnia ~ a;ixpy !Gscs. IT, tnt oaH
ham1Errrh1.Ss "nI th 'e,.,in!t' - "u mas"E H..
.nHicra nnx, Ia 1.a ."9 tup ,',,srt " eaho tnc
NJ tho ncvsr ~ ..tr,, - nt.n.,, .o 'e @
trust, % orEaaiza Legislatures or pull dewn d' aud I'd
trIr hay",,rt n',,tcv ,v.. a ,yrot,,,s, ,,,t..,L.
o,i " pGs5 W.T. "ceo m1stake,
s"licv 1rvne1 ~ - H., ,asat tu''nu "as
pt,ssa. Wl,se cef scrriro was n n,,t ,hrd pus
tnnnI of iusti,n mn, vni.t cya;g Erssy ss"
i,nnnr tat !, ~" s.s sto,a.Gu ~ , cssty lauiso o!
h"iv IT hnm".t v,to.. 81 Il, ~ oes " ."G steat
shafoc f"r "c nrs fr1,,,, ~ ~ ~ .. w. ~ nos
!l, ead l,onof ~, tls uSele Impulses et TIN great
~. HosIss heaFt; we KNOW s!1t ths policy anti
oaf"i ia st,tc n,nr. ,,,oalI Mg'i H. "a eo ong
- psople lsssss tisy qssa Gssiissei = t&st ,ssy
n"y"r wa, thcrs ,,reo,.r ~ 'nu nor. "sso nut
tsistn t"GaS .;as Eseals1 o. ofe a'ssn'syns
fnr ssSrro va,s ntu ana ~, . u ny eta.o
sssn thv troops used ior anythins but election
r.. I.h". s...,-.,s i s.9npak" " "ase oeGtl
liza. ~ tLuu' une enA 70 tne othef III
,@at nt ~ hIss at.ss WV W. Wetc kca aaet nuct
oose nan,, MMmnu. eyc. an aticlipsat trial That
tin ,,,,,.n f havo pss upneiu lot
..1 t"su ~ IsG tnc it i'at! seen.s