The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-02

service. Those who were present at the
Opera House on the memorable night OF their
utterance felt their full force and effect, and
| they do honor to the brave men who spoke
| them.
What kind Of spirit is it that would SOW
| the seeds OF discofd In such q soil 1t Is q
vicious ingenuity, indeed, that can extract
from these relations any trace OF enmity or Ill
feeling.
Another charge is that the White League
has been ignored by the Governor in his APP
pointments. How true Is this2 The record
shows that Gen I Y: Patton, Major ,;I.. B; M
Major Samuel Flower, Col j. o. Landry,
T.. @. Payne, J. A. Gauthreaux, members Of
the White League, all of whom participated
in the fight of the fourteenth Of September,
were appointed to office. Besides, we have the
appointment Of such men as Col. A. DeBlanc,
Il. FL. Mari, Hon. John McEnery, DR.. Samuel
Chopin, M. D. IaRan, and others, In full
sympathy with the movement, and OF ex-
treme Democratic views. 1t does not appear
from this array Of names that "Amicus
Curm" Is at all correct in this charge.
"Amicus CuriB" says: "The work Of the
extremist was left incomplete, because there
We have shown at the outset that Gov
Nichols was not nominated on the basis of
extremism.
Who are extremists? they are men who
| generally have nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by agitation, commotion and
| violence, because property, family and social
ties, position, intelligence and the higher
| qualifications of citizenship, make men
| thoughtful reflective and indispOSed to be
rash or reckless, and consequently conserva-
tive. Look over the White League--tt was
composed largely of men OF this kind; they
came from their books, their stores, their
counting rooms, their places OF business, their
| homes, their families, to defend great prin-
ciple-they were conservative, thoughtful
men, men who had large obligations in life
resting upon them-men who had something
to fight for, something to lose, whose liberties,
rights of property and person were imper-
| illed by deSpOtic government and an arbitrary
| tyrant.
| It is this kind of material that wins revolu-
lions, achieves victories, accOmplishes re-
% battes q tSs GonedeFacy? wa Was i9tYs t The eR
ttenists2 No, not those loud blatant speakers
aud actors in the drama Of dissolution that
brought about the war, and when its fury
broke upon the plains of the South and its red
tide rolled toward the centre OF the Confed-
eracy, shrunk from 1t and sacrificed their
able-bodied relations" and few of their ne
groes to work in the trenches. No, as a gen
eral thing they were not in the front; they
held soft and downy positions In the interior
in tine GomInissaTy Ur qtttSftt ttffffsssef depart
ments, or in the home guards, or better still,
were members OF safety committees" far re-
moved from stricken fields and hurtlfng shot.
| But referring to the taking OF the Supreme
Court building, ."Amicus CuriB" says,
with the establishment of the judi
ciary, force ended, policy, compro-
mise, conservatism, aye bargain and sale
Washington to drive a trade We'll, When IN
the judiciary were installed, force should
have ended. When the majesty OF the law
appears in Its chosen temples, force and vio-
lence should hide their distorted features.
We are law-abiding people, and have been
struggling for fifteen years to place the law
| above the sword. The law has been too long
silent and force too long rampant,
The sword has been thrust into civil mat
| ters until 1t has na1seated the American peO-
pie in every section. When Lee surrendered at
| AppomattOx we were promised that the sword
would be sheathed, that law would reign
throughout the land, and our people be In
vested with all their rights under the consti-
tution-instead, pretorian guard was sta
toned in every township in the South-the
| bayonet has been held constantly to our
| breasts, force has swayed and the law been
silent. When the Supreme Court was in
| stalled 1t was as the setting up Of an oracle
| Hope ripened into assurance and confidence for
| the first time sought and filled the general
breast. The Supreme Court was the key to the
situation, and it fell into our hands without a
| life being lost To enlightened communities
civil methods are recognized as better than
violence ana bloodshed-better than war But
even in war that strategy which destroys
your enemy, or gains your point without less
! to your own army, is considered the highest
order of military genius. It was hailed as
| harbnger of better things and times. The Su-
preme Court established, the grand objective
point was gained from which the infam GUS
| plot to despOil the people of Louisiana of
their government and liberties could be easily
and readily overthrown. It was Just here that
force should cease and law should rear it's
grateful standard-thOse who would have
gone further underrated the public danger
and did not discern the times. 1t was the
crisis of Louisiana's destiny. "Amicus Gu
riR," who held the perilous position of mem
Der OF a "safety committees" in New Orleans,
when the gallant and chivalrous gentleman
who occupies the executive chair was In the
front fighting the battles of his country, may
have ordered an assault on the STATED House
and drenched the streets Of this city In the
best blood OF Louisiana, but no sane or rea-
sonable man who was familiar with the situa-
tion at that time can believe it would have re-
suited In anything but serious disaster and
q death-blow to self-government In Louis
lana.
Gen. Grant had ordered the military au-
thOTities here to interfere from the first in
case of collision. AS soon as it was known to
him that the courthouse had been taken,
which was but few minutes after 1t occurred,
those instructions were repeated.
The fact is, that Grant was strongly urged
to reinstate the Packard court and would
have done so but for the fact that It's OCCu-
pancy by the Nichols government was unac-
companied by bloodshed or violence. A gun
fired on that day might have changed the
destiny of Louisiana for at least four years.
Gen. Augur was instructed to use the troops
Of the national government In case Of a con-
| flfct and to recognise PACKARD as the lawful
| Governor in case he recognized any one Gov.
Nichols had full and reliable information
from the best sources Of the nature and eX-
tent OF these instructions, rs well as the dis
position OF the Federal authorities, and pur-
sued those methods alone which would avoid
a conflict with Federal authority. This
exigency In our State affairs was at a time,
too, when the conflicting claims Of the rival
candidates for President were conyulsing the
Republic-when the foundations of the entire
Federal fabric we're being shaken to the centre
the whole cotntry-when a spark would have
lit the flames Of revolution and In a twink
ling converted this vast and prosperous land
into ghastt as gmdmfTtbng f type OF bell
man whose implacable hatred Of Louisiana
had been pronounced and felt through both
terms oI ms adminlstratlon. q we had nothing
the traditional overthrow Of our liberties
by force of arms. He was ready with the