Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1878-02-23

Mix. EDIToN,-Are fraternal wounds new
or to be hcalcd-Our national surrOws to
have no end! Are sectional pref u1ices, an
im"sities, and hatrcds, to lie revived lust
rs they are on the point of expiring. Will
our statesmen never know, like the llcatl,
on the desert, when n blessing comes
never learn to ''lct good enough alOne"-
never consent to Let brethren 'slwell to-
gether in unity! 1t realty seems that
Sherman. Chandler, Blaine, &c. are ire
decinably bent on "r,lr, Or ruin" Take
away their p"Ner I" injurc, they will still
like their father, ''thc prince Of the pow
or OF the air'-mttert false accusations. si,a-
Re their fists. and make months ut the oh
Jet of their spleen. Let n man Of some
say or do any kindness to the South, they
are down upon him "like IA load of bricks"
Ever since MIR. blaine vas defeated in the
nomination for President, he has exhibited
signs OF insanity, and manifested Il rest
less. dissatisfied spirit, in search of some
thing evil to ,lo. He hates Hayes with i,
perfect hatred, a hatred intensified by
Hayes justice to the South; and. finding
on his return, from wandering up and down
Tor rest, "ilis house swept and garnishch,'
like the mnclean spirit III ntioncd in Scrip
tnrc, ''takcth t" himself seven other spirits
(sl'ei,aan, Chandler, &C., more wicked
than himself" and goes to his wicked, I'M
clean work. Sherman and Chandler are
overhead involved ia all our late Gun
r!casantn.*s",-tlcy were the High Priests
and abctts RS Of all the perjurics and frauds
$" n'''esitatingly practiced by their rcck-
less s'ibordi'Eatcs, hence they have strong
personal, as well as party interests in the
,ii'eaIthliK OF those aboluinable, sickcning
f"rgc,ies and pcrinrics. by means of which
sl'ch great and hnmnable frauds were per-
PrtI;'tcd-ayr. Il stronger interest than
was felt by Gen. Grant in the famous
whisky prosecutions" bat, not so with
Blaine. He sucked in hatred to the South
with his mothers milk and envy inspir-
rs him with implacablc hatred to Prcsi,l-
c'lt Hayes. Such is the unloly ''alliarcc,''
and it is easy to see that PERSONAL, purely
personnel feelings and interests guide and
%artnatc these reckless distnrbcrs of the
pubic peace and prosperity. The trial and
condemnation of Tom Anderson. although
torrslsad"winy the fate of the other cons
l%1rators, has no national. no political mean
ing. tie was indicted and tried as a man.,
single individual, II citizen of the State of
Louisiana, for 1T offence committed against
the law of the State. lie was prosecuted
and condemned for a hrinol,s crime, known
to, and ahlorrd by. the laws "fcvcry State
Ill the n9"r-a rsfn.r wl,irl, is nrn"nnccd
and punished by the laws of all Christcn-
d"nl--l crime 'cnntr, homo @pall,lico mo
rcs"-thc crime IF Forgery aud Perjury.
lie was not arraigncd as Republican,, nor
Democratic Tom A,nlcrs,n-not as the
representative of 4 party, nor as the friend
OF thl. Or that cnlnlilat".-lnt simply as
an individual, us any other man would la-
ve been arr:,iSlle'l inr the same offence.
Had he t.'rg'r, and sworn falsely to "A COM
mciclal pnI"r, Zach Chandler himself
would not dare T." say. '1lo not prosecutor
but, because Anderson i, tried and con-
dcmnrd for an identical offence in another
line of business. they start the cry of poll
'lcH persecution, tear a passion INTO
atoms" threaten Hayes and Nichols with
instant obstruction, Try 10 tcrrify us with
the bug-bcar Of a military government.
ami kick mp the devil generally. Pr.post-
erous Individuals Anderson WAS not ask
ed, why, "r for what end, he committed
the cr'ine-tor no end could Justify the use
OF such mrnns-lnt simply, did you do so,
IT matters not who was to be l"ictittcd
by the deed, whether himself. Hayes, or
Packard, or all thrre-the deed alone was
the subject OF investigations, and it was
provc, to the satisfaction of all that Tom
Anderson din Ito it. Forgery is forgery,
and perjury is perjury, whenever and for
whatsoever committed. and the end can
not excuse the criminal, nor rob the crime
OF its lhtainy, and its injury to good mo-
rals'-indcel the end is never taken into
the account, nothing Int the deed, in all
prosecutions of the kind, and the cry of
political persecution is us glOumlless as
Tom Alilersons Innocence Of the crime.
The nnloly alliance" must needs drop
that lnletul cry.
II Is furthermore urged that Coy. Mich
oils ami the Legislature We're pledged not
to prosecute tho offenders. Admitting such
WAS the understanding, it is necessary to
show that the Governor, or Legislature ms
tigatcd or instituted the prosecution, be-
fore either can he convicted Of Il breach of
promise. Their, is not the least suspicion
that either took any part in the matter.
The unexplained delay in prcttrriing the
charge seems. on the contrary. to indicate
opposition from some quarter. 1t must be
remembered also thai the suit Was %institu-
ted ON information by the Attorney Cen
eral-tllat this information iloatcd on the
winds. was waited to his ears by every
breeze, and brought to his notice by every
daily lapers,-tl,at he was pressed beyond
measure to lay it before the proper tribu-
nal, and that t" save his own soul from
the indeliblc stain Of perjury. he was OH
PEELED to Ito so. 1t was the public, no the
government, that instigatcu the proceed
ings. The law claimed Anderson as n cri-
mlnal, aud neither Governor nor Legisla-
tire could wrest him from its yrnsps. Last
", MIR. lEllis, one of the parties to the
imagined bargain and sale, publicly an,l
positively declares there was no bargain (,
and Stanley Matthews, if we err not, long
ago male the same declaration. So that
this, like the political moan, must needs ia II
to the ground. This clique of %disappoint-
Ell ambition aud exposed rascality, would
clannor as loudly for the contamination
and punishment of Anderson, were it
nuts for them, rs they NOW do tor his
escape. They merely hold him up as IA screen
I" hide from view their ulterior and ncfl-
lions schemes. The South is convalcsccnt,
and they want to bleed it again-Hayes
wants it to recover good health, and for
this they want to pull Hayes down. Andcr-
son i Go. are to be the eats paw"
-- JllSTICIA.