The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-22

viii tine Fsunle Nsaintats their Hlaists
iii aamssy submits

Or TAfntss Submit
'iThe siekeninp apprehension felt by
tlia reeple, I'll which we referred last
Neeif. tHat the Supreme Court would be
found III rotten liz the other powers 1f
our titihanry government, has beet,
fetilized The swift .aeeay tfat Iii the
| last hen years has made our selfzguvertia
lnent b shan, and b iuocketF. end Iii
the eSeentive and Legislative branches
| shaitied tis before tie world, has been
| silently working Its why Through the
Judiciary Until. now, Id tie first trial. III
! offetas With Its stencil the nostfils Of
oil honest citizens.
:, 'aFhe appeal made 10 the Judges OF
the Supreme Court FROM the peupley
ssfely distressed and pefplexed, was ID
safe them from Lie wicked conspiracy
| pf men they had fsruIiated ut the polls
They sttw, their faithless agents for
years rpbblng the Treasury Of their
hard Learned taxes. They saw their
highest officials indicted fef The n,eanest
crimes. They saw d President coarse.
syeUphantie pitiips tu The highest posis
tiunss They saw him tiis associate 3f
rpuEhs and the commissioner Of thieves.
They saw carpet baEgers, e,istained bv
bavuiats, manipulating the POLLS. that
ignorance and fascality might tyfantil1e
over the South. They raw Kings
organized lii the lobby control theff
Congress- The saw Huge fiot,pppliss
created by thelf government eatihg out
their substance. They sttw themselves
feHliaed t6 want, trade paral yzed, and
labor without employ. and they MAIDS 9
Through The ballot.
With b Subsidized press against
them, with ati army OF hungry vfflesa
holders that-eeuiitirg those al the
general governments with theae Of the
States tfiaae Il horde Of FfeHsufy=estefs
greater than any standing army In Hti-
fore With all The accumulated capital
III the hands OF itietiUpulies Bffayea oil
the side uf their oppfessofs. they made
one desparing effort, and came 80 FROM
The polls with d majority uf ever half Il
million In their behalf. And ef what
avail Through ii dishonest Returning
Boatd. nude lib OF etiminals who have
escaped conviction and punishment tin-
der the protecting arm Of Il corrupt gov.
eminent, enough votes are thrown out
TO render all their efforts vain, and sad.
die upon them the old corruption aud
the old horde for another term III years.
perhaps forever.
'tFtUin this, appeal was taken To i've
Justices oil the Supreme Court. For
that, ne more and no less, was the Gem
mission created. tt was believed that
BY stich PROCESS the question Ht Issue,
being charge Of conspiracy against
political arena to Tribunal OF high
toned, impartial Judges, who weuld de-
eide LII 'aeeotaatiee With Law and justice. |
To the amusement Hna disgust Of all
thughtful minds these Justices divided,
ia The paftisahs had, Oh political litta
and three Indecent old .neti Joined with
the enemies III the people Lii liking cor.
tuptioli upon tis. and destroying oil
condolences In the very foundation oil
our political structure the ballot
They decide that ffaud does hot sitiate,
aud beyond this that they have nothing
tp decide, and 80 send the question 10
I'VE have not the patience to argue
what the people, Iii theif broad common
sense, will not consider the fihesspun
legal teehniealities under which these
aEed scoundrels seek to hide their
shame. There real brief Ia to be found
lii the ,itteranee OF one OF their Com
mission, james A. Garfield. who said
boastingly, You'll have to grin and
bear Ii. We hold the cards and Intend
Id play Them Poor political gambler
The stakes for which he plays are the
rights Of 4o,DUo,0po. of psopls, the peace
and prosperity Ut the. only republic
known ID humanity. For all that free
men hold most dear, these hands, stain
ed with plumber, ganihle as the sol
diers Of PLATE severed Ia defisien
the garment oil the UrneifieH
Christ As VIC said week
since "This Ii not law, 1t is revolution
and IL the people tanely submit, we
may bid a long farewell to constitutional
government. Frata no lsnHer yitlates.
A corrupt administration has only by
It's bayonets to hold State ustitpatien
long enough in power for d cor.
rnpt Returning Hoard to do. its
vile task and the work In done.
II b man thus returned 30 power can
ride In safety from the Executive Man
sion to the Capitol to be naugurated,
we are fitted Tor the slavery that Will
follow the inauguration
1--WE do not believe the people Of the
United States are of this setvils sort.
We do not believe that they are pre-
pared without blow to pert with their
hard earned, bloedsstained possessions.
Notice ID now served on The citizens OF
Louisiana aud South Carolina that they
must care for themselves. How soon
lanp=pests will bear fruit Ii for them TO
say. no the people of the North and
West notice Ia given that all the toll TO
which they are subjected that bond
holders and monopolists may fattsn se-
cure, Ia repaid by no security for their
rights. and that shrinkage of values
Ii now In order. IL there IL law for
fraud there ID reason for violenees and
To that We make ouf last appeal. 4