The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-08-04
: NO.. 49,.

as we'll as the direct evidence, show
that it was no sudden act Of tt ought
less impudence, hut was niilfully de-
iberately ADD corruptl5 pre- arrang;sd
and determined. Tsnere is nothing
to mitigate it; you cannot defend it
even Ivy waving the bloody shirt.
How did the Republican party
4 "pnnish lis own rascals" in this
case? Not '.air on the head of any
rascal was touched. On the contrs-
ny, they were promoted, honored and
advanced; the most guilty of them
are now, as they were before. the
very darings of the party. Even
chat is not the worst OF it. These
swindlers are periodically swelling
The rolnsaal proportions OF thel?
crime ty taking out of the treasury
additional millions which they claim
rs the 8. rteious results" of their
original fraud. They have no better
title to them than the wolf has to the
mutton he slaugh'crs by moonlight.
The legal remedy against these ex,
actions is 50 plain that ignorance
alone could hardly miss it. But your
| 'ii'ers have found out the way not
% do it. They permit the govern.
nent to lie dnwn and he robbe,i semi
annually by a corporation which Til
ten would long a have disarmed
OF It's power, and whose criminal
ahe'tors he would have sweptiuto the
penitentiary by scores.
| repeat ,llat do not blame you
as an active accomplish ia this wick
ednrss. But you ought to have come
out from the corrupt fellowship as
soon as you saw how evil and cor
rupt it was. You owed it to your.
self, your church and your country
to break of at once from political as
sociates capable of such indefensible
conduct. But your acceptance of
the doctrines planted at Plymouth
by the Yankees blinded your iudg-
ment and made your conscience in.
accessible to the principles planted
in Jerusalem by the ''people first
called Christians at Antioch"
HoIsTED By HIS OWN pETARD.
Speaking of reconstruction and
seeing your broad accusations Of
treason, l am tempted to ask if YOU
are sure that you yourself and your
associates did not commit that crime.
In March, 1867, the then existing
government of the Union was gu.
preme all over the country, and ev-
cry State had separate government
of its own for the administl alton of
its domestic concerns. That govern
ment was entitled then, If it ever
was, to the universal obedience of
all citizens, and you, its officers, had
taken special oath of fidelity to it.
Nevertheless you made deliberate
arrangement, not only to Withdraw
your support of it, but to overthrow
it totally in ten of the States; ana
this you did by military force. In
all the South you levied war against
the nation and against the defense.
less States, destroyed the free gov,
eminent of both, and substituted I'M
their place an untemperate and abso-
Lutte despotism.
f>ow, suppose you had been in
cicted fer this, how could you have
escaped the condemnation of the
law? l know your excuses, and 1
can understand your claims to mer.
cy; but what legal defense could you
have made consistent with your own
argument and the decision of the
court in the Mulligan case9
Ieannot describe to you how un-
pleasant is the sensation produced
by your professions of desire for
peace. Why do you not give us
peace if you are willing we shall have
it2 You need but to lease hostilities
and the general tranquility will be
restored. You refuse to do that be-
cause peace would endanger your
party ascendancy. Tosmainlain your
plunderers in power, you have uni.
formly resorted to the bayonet-you
have made civil war the chronic con-
dftion of the count,y-wl,erever you
have displaced liberty, fraternity
and equality, and given nothing in
stead bnt infantry, artillery and cav
airy. You are at this moment open.
ly engaged in preparing your battal-
ions for armed Intervention in the
struggle of the people with The car
pet Dagger
What makes this worse is your
closing declaration that youswill take
no step backward. There lis to lie
no repentance, no change of policy
and consequently no peaceful or hon
est government. Onward" you saw.
is the word. Onward-to what? To
more war, more plumber, more op-,
preston, more universal Bankruptcy.
heavier taxes, and still worse f.auds
on the public treasury.
Us. BLAcE.
In Franklin Parish, La., on FRI