The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-14
EMBARRASSING THE GOVERNMENT

The Chicago Tribune grows historical over
the threatened extra session OF Congress. II
roars you as gently as a sucking dove
and ferociously as NRmean lion all
in one breath. We are delighted however, al
the assurance 1t gives us In the opening SEN
tence of its article, that sit Is evident the
| Democrats and Confederates are intent upon
forcing the President to call an extra session
of Congress- This Is very gratifying intelli-
| gence, and we believe and trust that it Is
entirely true, which is saying great deal
| for any statement Of the Tribune
According to this paper the whole thing Is a
very disreputable piece of partisan Demo-
| cratic iobbery. The only protection the
truly loil" in the South have Is the test oath,
| and the United States government has the
| absolute right to run the South as Its own
wanton will may dictate. Any protest the
South may make against such treatment ia
partisan malignlty or flat rebellion. There is
nothing wrong or brutal in the ruthless per-
secutlon OF our best people, In their arrest on
purchased affidavits, their indictment by
grand juries composed Of jail-birds, refugees
from justice and Custom House EMPLOYEES.
and their trial before corrupt and Infamous
| SSeS~pt $3.50 "LO bpChig uCbIlk uLubT OTupTS
from the headquarters of the so-called De-
partment OF Justice, and who dare not admin
lister the laws, Infamous as they are. This
is all righteousness and goodness, according
TO that phenomenal thing In morals. a Chicago
conscience.
The New York Times, also, has very much
to say about this reckless project of the Dem
ocrats, of lacking irrelevant matter" in
the shape OF repeal of the test oath and the
Federal election laws on to the appropriation
bills thus threatening the government with
serious embarrassment. At the risk of pro-
voking the loyal wrath of the Times we will
venture to observe that for all the good pur-
poses the Federal government subserves In
this section under the present fraudulent ad-
ministration, the very best thing that can be
done would be to embarrass it as much as nos
sible. For example, we should like to see it
30 embarrassed that 1t would be compelled to
abandon the persecution OF our people for
the felony of voting the Democratic ticket We
should like to see the horde of salar!ed Jurors.
paid informers, trained witnesses, partisan
court officials, corrupt judges, and all the
other professional purveyors of perjury, who
are assisting in the persecution of our people
embarrassed out of employment "Jew.
thank thee for that word" ''Embarrassedp-
a most excellent word. Yes; let the Demo-
Gratis In Congress ''embarrass" the fraudulent
administration into proper Difference and
respect for the rights of American
citizenship and common manhood in the
South; "embarrass" 1t out of the infa-
nous inquisition it is prosecuting against
our people, and they will command the graft |
tude and affection of all true lovers of liberty
In the land, North and South, East and West |
II they but do this, and thus secure the reneaI
OF the test oath and the Federal election laws
they can very well afford to incur tho
odium-yes, they can revel in it-of forcing
an extra session of Congress- Hereafter It
Will rebound to their honor and the eyerIast- |
Ing lgnomy OF the Republican party that an |
extra session had to be forced In order 70 |
wiring simple justice for an oppressed people
from fraudulent and partisan administra-
ton.
But the Times is, evidently, better informed
ID party matters than it's Chicago contempo-
rary. 1t is willing to give up the test oath
without any forcing, but it clings to The elec-
lion laws, and thus forecasts the dread conse-
quences Of their repeal:
Inc plan adopted By the Democratic caucus