Year: 1874

of the ablest publications in the coun;
try, contains an elaborate and we'll
considered Article, from which we
make the following extracts, which
have a peculiar bearing upon our at
fairs in Louisiana:


The fearful and alarming condition
of the South, brought about by the
power of the Federal Government,
that has been used to place and main.
tain in office corrupt adventures and
ignorant negroes, is arousing the at
tention Of the intelligent and patriot
ic class of the Northern people.


Scarcely q day passes but what
some Northern Journal, aud not un-
frequently Republican in politics,
contains a scathing rebuke to the Ad-
ministration and a wholesome admo-
uition against any farther encroach-
ments upon the rights and liberties of
the Southern people. Carpet-bas and
negro rule have done its work sue.
cessfully, and its fruits are seen and
its blightiny effects felt all over the
nation. But it has we'll nigh run its
course, and if heretofore We have
been powerless to check its progress
now with the powerful aid and CO.
operation of the Northern people and
press, its complete annihilation may
now be resared foregone conclusion.
Says the Nation;


After all that has happened during
tho last five years, it must be admit.
ted that it is a little unsafe to specu-
late as to what course the President
will pursue on any question, but the
signs that he has seen tie error Of his
ways in the matter of meddling al
the South are certainly. unusually
strong. He took a long time to dis
charge the duty imposed on him By
the Constitution and the laws of de-
Gliding who was Governor of Arkan
sas; but the decision, when it came
had the great merit Of being sount
and carefully considered, and, there
fore, likely to make complete end
ing of strife. 1t has one other merit
Which is, perhaps, even greater, viz
that of having been made in com
plete disregard Of the notorious per
r sous who do duty in Washington a
Senators from Arkansas. This strike
at the root of the evil Of recent Fede
raj interference. 1t was the prece
dent set in Louisiana which reall


brought about the Arkansas trouble
because they seemed to create a syt
8 tenn of government which promise
as many rewards to intrigue and vie


lence in this country as in Guattms


la or Costa Rica. Indeed, in sQn1


respects the position Of the Souther


States of the Union since recoDstru'


ton has been worse than that of an


South American State. In the mo


poorly governed community Of th'


region, or of any other, il is alwa.
"A open to the men of intelligence az
= thrift and prosperity to deliver then
E. selves from the rule Of ignorance al
NJ corruption by an appeal to arms, q
u in other words, by a resort to Il
NJ time honored remedy of revolutio


In the worstages, and under the wo1


rulers, the oppressed and plunder


have usually found some consolati'


III the consciousness that if the yo


became unbearable, a union amoI
the brayer better educated, and no


ester elements of society might
force bring about reform. If, tn
: said to themselves, it should real


prove impossible to put an end
70 these infamies by peaceable meal
. We have such an advantage over
rascals in capacity, in power Of co,
a. bination, and command of money


other resources Of civilization, Il


we can, if We must, rise on them, a


kill them or drive them out of
81. country. Moreover, the rascals ha
all usually been sufficiently conscious
all this to be restrained by it in so


degree. Their rule has never last


very long in any civilized count