The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-28
IhE IASI OF IHE MILITARY.

states OF the south stand free in all
their parts from military dictation and
interference The presidents order
removing the troops from tue state
house in New Orleans, marks more
important era in the history of our
section, than did the pronunciation OF
NJ Lincolns emancipation proclaiaa>
ton. Linooln's document struck Lhe
shackles from the limbs Of the negro.
Hayes order emancipates the whole
people, black and white Liucoln's pa
per created confusion and caused blood
10 fow before peace could come. Hay es'
paper creates order and removes The
possibility of blood-letting in the far-
thcr settlement Of affairs in the state.
Lincoln's proclamation created idlenc IS.
poverty and distress necessarily, this
order Of Hayes will set people to work
in earnest and insure prosperity
through good government tc every man,
woman aud child, black or white, in
Louisiana. Hereafter, the conservative
influences acting by and through the
official democratic organization viii
guard well, and become responsible for
the interests of all the people. They
will win praise, il order and prosperity
prevail, but will be execrated if confu>
sion and disaster continue.
The great principle of the subservi~
ence OF the military to the civil govern
ment in this simple act has been grsndly
yindicated. We trust that within the
next f9w days the troops will be taken
away entirely, only reserving men
enough to guard and protect the prop
erty of the government in the south,
and to prevent loss from want of care.
1t is a singular circumstance, when
we consider the temper OF the people,
that military interference has been toll
Grated in the south so long The cry
idea j. foreign TO the spirit and tenor Of
our constitution. All our policies are
violently opposed TO military ascend
ancy. The bayonet is essentially
tyrannical, necessarily so, and perpetu-
ally at war with the idea Of self-goyern.
ment, and peculiarly 50, when handled
by the partizans of q party whose chief
is also the military and civil head OF
the government, as was the case when
Grant was president Whenever in the
history of the world, the liberties OF the
people have been curtailed or DESTROYED
the hayonet has been found to be the
instrument potent in accomplishing the
work. So long as the government oi
Louisiana was squared upon the bayo
net, or arranged upon the whims and
conformed to the wishes of the officer in
charge of the troops in New Orleans
not one single day ofprosperty was en-
ioyed by the people. Things went rap
idly from bad 10 worse. Men had no
| heart to work, because, under the shad
ow Of the all-powerful bayonet, foreign
state government did nothing bat lew
| tax collect it, and steal whatever was
worth carrying Off Occasionally The
outraged feeling of the people woult
momentarially obscure their judgment
and blood would flow, only to have tn,
bayonet make another stride towarc
supreme power. Now, happily it is on
of the lost arts of government, and ma,
no future contingency arise when civi
state government even will have to leai
upon the bsyonet for that support v hicl
should always come alone, through th
loving loyalty Of the people themselye,
The race problem in tae south !
well-nigh solved, and we do not nee,
either the soldiers or the politician
from any other section, or from th
general government to farther assist i
completing what still remains 10 b
done, Now let the people Of the sout
show by the governments they institut
among themselves that they can safel
be trusted, and we may announce tia
reconstruction has finally. and throug
great tribulations been accomplish ed
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