The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

The intense humiliation of the demo-
Gratis in the accumulated usurpation OF
| authority over state government Of Ala
bama by the administration at Washing
ton, did not cost the great struggle mere
| for white supremacy a single man. Ev-
erywhere the shibboleth went forth: We
prepare for 1s74!' What good could come
from the Impeachment of Governor
Lewis? DR.. Parsons and Alex White
and Bruce their negro allies. and the car
petbag thieves and scalawag krawes
should be drawn out of the temple they
desecrated, the gain In that would work
revolution which must delay the COM
ing of the final and better days. A steady
self-control, a firm and holy self-confi-
dence learned from the great leaders of
another field, dominated the hour and the
event
The fanaticism that united the isirse
and sword at Washington, in 1872, ros-
sessed no faculty for the administration
ment. Its organism put more than two
million men under arms in 1864, and
floated upon the seas the boldest navy
of all time to make a conquest COM
plete and forever of the southern states
No equal armed power was ever exhibit
ed since time began. No act of milf
tary invasion was ever so destructive OF
a country as the march of this invader.
He captured every state capital; lie de-
stroyed the homes, the schools, the tenn
pies of worship; he struck down every e.
1t,e +rx-. ha "a p
ried out of reach every portable article
of value, he ruthlessly broke up the
foundations of social life; he vanished cv-
cry form of civil order and authority
Homer's song had no such theme as
this; Sallust knew no tale of barbarian
conquest like this. 1t was not enough to
take away our arms. The disarmed must
be trod upon and spit upon 1t was not
enough TO garrison our towns and VII
lagos decency must be outraged In the
election of negro troops for the post. 1t
was not enough to overturn our eataD-
lished system and farms and methods
of government, aliens, the scum of he
earth, vulgar domestic knaves, ignorantl
semi-savage negroes must bet set up in
our high places.
There is not a high school, nor univer-
.sity, nor a lecture platform in all Ala
bamathat engages to teach the science OF
civics by recountng the story of the self
redemption of Alabama by the processes
of civics.
We may perhaps with consistency wan
der a little from our head line limit and
with small regard for the claims OF chron-
ology pass over the border of our state
to find companions in misery in the tribu-
latlon of a few of her sisters General
ord. of the United States sarmy, COM
manded Mississippi, as he would his di-
vision on the field Of battle W. IL. Nc
Cardle. a young man of spirit was edl-
tor Of the Vlcksburg Times. On No
vember 10, 1867, two years ana many
months after Appoma ttox, this commall-
der sent a file Of soldiers to the printing
office of the newspaper, found the editor
there occupied with his customary labor,
put him under arrest and landed MN IN
the military post prison, No charge Of
outlawry Of any kind lay at the Ioorfnf
the gentleman arrested. The general ana
not enjoy the Times editorial matter. or
what description of writing We're the
Times editorials? The first specification
was too much liberty OF criticism Of the
general commanding, and extravagant
dcnunciation of the arbitrary and despotie
administration OF civil affairs by the mill
tary. The second specification was, tue
published belief OF the editor that il the
general commanding removed Governor
Humphrey who had held office for nearly
q year by virtue of a popular election, "a
higher tribunal would have to decide
whether Mississippi was a Poland and Ord
her autocrat.
A military court committed the prisoner
to be tried subsequently by military cent
mission. The bail bond was fixed at
$1,000. The case Was appealed Judge
sharkey was of counsel for the appellant.
Congress heard of the appeal and the
lawyers Of that body became uneasy. The
question before the court of last resort
vas, the constltutionallty of the ,esisla-
ton of Congress that reduced a state to
military rule. Congress therefore passed
an act that removed the McArdle case
from the supreme court. (see Congress
slcnal Globe, S9th Congress, Part 80
When the election year Of 1872 came in
the situation in Louisianan was tempes-
tous beyond belief The carpetbagger,
Warmoth. was governor and Pinehbeel of
mixed blood. was lieutenant governor,
The LEGISLATURE was a mob of eohlnngled
aliens, native knaves and plantation ne
grces. The capitol had been removed
from Baton Rouge to New Orleans and
tbe Mechanics Hall was the place of meet
ns of the body OF lawmakers.
The legislature was IN session in Che
iift days of January, 1872, Garter was
speaker Of the House
Warmoth and Carter were bitter che,
mics, both striving 10 get control of the
Kelly gang, the Legislature.
The govern ~ worked up movement 10
Dust the speaker To cheekmate him, the
speaker got report from the committee.
on elections, to rule out six Warmoth
men and put six Carter men In their
seats.
The speaker had the countenance of
the government officers in the city and
he procured the arrest of the governor
by United states deputy marshals. Tho
governor was released on bail and inn
medately summoned the legislature to
convene. When the House came to order
Speaker Garter was expelled and brew
ster elected speaker.
| Carter thereupon called the House 10
meet over the Gem saloon" A large
force of police took possession Of the
loon. but Carter arranged for another
building and his men gathered there. Con-
gress now sent a committee to the city to
Investigate. The legislature reconvened
in Mechanics hall, Pinchbeck, the lieu
tenant governor, presiding in the Senate
! and Brewster in the House. Carter was
not there.
The army was in possession of the city
and Warmoth's rule was despotie In ex-
IRENE. Hope seemed lost. Many public
meetings on both sides with excited
harangues fed the fierce agitation. At one
Of those meetings. presided over by Gea-
eral Blauregard. 1t was unanimously re-
solved that the public schools. the hotels.
the theatres should admit whites and
blacks on equality
The state democratic convention as
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