The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-18
The Crisis.

On this subject We have heaTu a certain
amount of talk that will not bear strict
analysis. 1t is pretty well epitomized in
the following paragraph which we clip from
yesterdays Picdyune, credited to the Ho-
mer Iiad:
If Hayes is made " President by the Con-
grestonal "after- clap" of course Packard will
be Governor by the same tennTe; AID then
what prosperous and happy anA lovable time
Louisiana will have for four years more--in
fact for all time TO come, for she will hardly
ever again have the heart 70 attempt delive.-
ance from such bondage. Bot really, our car did
opinion il that if TINS Is attempted, Packard
aud his crew" will lick the dust. W, 30 not
believe that the intelllgen and wealth Of the
s. ate will submit 10 -. Ii 30, tt"u may it well
be inferred that the oldest aud best" ar" no"
much more capable of seifgovrTnment than
the InterlUpers and thieves Manhood viii
have about played ont.
Ia the first place we do not believe that
there ia much danger of such contingency.
1t does not follow that Packard will be
recognized as Governor, even Tough Lou
isiana should be counted for Hayes, or even
though Hayes should be seated as Presi-
dent.
The times have materially changed in
regard to the Carpet bag issue. Ruin in
Louisiana means disaster in New York
suppression of the South means paralysi
of the North's best market sectional re.
venge means continual agitation on a
scale very injurious to business relations
and the universal interests of peace. The
Carpet bag tyranny is a hybrid condition
of things not exactly either war or peace,
bnt which is as repugnant to the sagacious
instincts of commerce and general husi
ness as it is offensive to all the principles
of humanity and charity.
The Carpet bag feature of American ma
tional lite is fading away surely and finally.
II will soou exist only as photographed on
the remorsefess page of history, a disgrace
and deformity, Il monster born Of blind
passion and uDgenereus power. But pas,
sion will blu 4h for its folly sooner or later
and power will regret having sapped its
own strength with Idle rage. Capital must
finally come to the front and dictate peace
! Ore by one, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia,
North Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama
| Missiseippi, and oven Florida, have thrown
of the hateful yoke, and why should We
despair for South CNrolina and Louisiana ?
The day of their redemption cannot be long
delayed, nay, W" have good reason to hope
that it has already dawncd.
But suppose not. Suppose that Packard
should be recognized, and that the dying en-.
bers of usurpation, now smouldering within
the St. Louis Hotel, should be suddenly
canned by the Presidential breath into con.
sumiug flames FOR the continued devssta-
tion of our State what then Shall OuI
people still patiently pursue the policy offs
peaceful struggle which has hitherto beer
80 snccessful, or shall they adopt the vic
lent advice of Mr.. Blackburn's IliGd anC
cause packard and crew to lick the dust =
In reply to that we can only say that the
people of Louisiana have leader on whom
they can rely. Both their honor and their
iuterests will be safe in the keeping o.
Governor Nichols. If he should say
"strike,' it would be because he could seC
that the blow would be followed by cue.
GEES. If he should say: "be patient ,
what prudent man would think of resis
tauCeH
The Ni0d says that if the intelligence ant
wealth of louisiana should submit, thC
proof would be complete that the man
hood of cur population was played OUT
Still, we have heard of submission by
parties whose manhood had stood the tes
right effectually. When Gen. Leo and th,
army of Virginia submitted" at Appo
matox, his manhood aud that of his gallan
boys was no more questionable than Al
Malvern Hill or fredericksburg.
The fact is that when resistance is useless
to resist would be madness, not manhood
and it may we'll he that less courage is re
quired to brave death in the middle of the
fray than to mantully battle on in the end
less campaign of persecution, oppression
and poverty.
A fashionable London preacher recently
said: "St. Paul remarks, and partially