Year: 1872

ton any intention OF desire to tyrannixe over the
people Of Louisiana or to interfere with the
free government Of the State, the federal au-
thorities in New Orleans are committing out
RACES TO which no people with a spark of man.
hood IN their breasts can patiently submit.
Inc State government overthrown, State
Courts abolished or the rightful judges driven
by force from the bench, and now the suppress
sion of the independent press. are the out
RACES that mark the progressive steps of this
infamous violation of the constitution and the
laws The New Orleans Times, having been
bold and free spoken in its denunciation of
Judge Durells action, has been seized and
suppressed by United States Marshal on a
trumped-up charge of fraud involving fifteen
hundred dollars, for which four times the
amount was offered as security, while a hum
dred times the amount would have been
forthcoming if necessary. We trust that Presi-
dent Grant will now see the wisdom and
prudence of adopting some method to undo
the evil done by the superserviceable zeal Of the
Attorney General, and to compel the United
States authorities to respect the constitution
and the liberties Of the people The Presi-
dent, by his eagerpess to disclaim any inter-
ference with the Louisiana State government,
has shown proper appreciation of the limit
of his powers and duties. 1t is to be hoped
that Justice Bradley will at once proceed to
New Orleans to supersede Judge Durell. This
may accomplish much good, although we be-


;nya tha ,,os+ vo rovo adx For tho v,raooot
troubles in Louisiana would be the suspension
of both State governments and the temporary
substitution Of military provisional gov
ernment until the question at issue between
the contending factions could be settled by
the Court Of last resort.


France-Tho People and tho Assembly.


In the HERALD Of yesterday we printed
long and most interesting letter from one of our
correspondents in France regarding the gene
raj situation in that country. The letter justi-


fes all that we have said of the growing SEN
timent Of the French people and Of the char
acter and composition of the Assembly.


Our correspondent, who has had ample means


of finding out what are the opinions Of the


French people in town and country, comes to


the conclusion that the masses are in favor Of


the Republic. The Assembly, however, he


admits, as at present constituted, makes the


Republic impossible The Assembly cannot


be dissolved but by a coup dflat; but as the


coup d ftat has twice over made the Republic


an Empire, it is, in present circumstances, .


most doubtful experiment. The future Of


France is very much in the hands Of the Com


mittee of Thirty. Since our correspondent s


letter was written the Assembly has most un-
mistakably revealed its strength. Nothing but
revolution can break down the power of the
Assembly, and revolution is the special terror


of all ranks and classes Of the French people,


The French National Assembly, during the
session yesterday, unanimously voted the gov
ernment supplies for the year 1873 as esti-
mated in the budget prepared by the Minister


Of Finance. This patriotic act is highly COM


plimentary to the Theirs Cabinet, and also Of


great Importance to the outside nations, as


being demonstrative Of the fact that France,


despite her political party feuds and legisla-
tive divisions, holds fast to the faith of the
democracy, and is not likely to have aught to
do with the hngly crowns.


The Hubbard Postal Telegraph Bill.


The bill which Mr.. Ramsey reported to the
Senate from the Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads for postal telegraph system
is said to be substantially what is known as
the Hubbard bill. The Congressional
abridged report says, however, that there are
sundry notifications. We are not informed
explicitly what these notifications are but
from the outline Of the bill given the principle
and general features are the same as those of
the Hubbard bill. While we urge the necessity
and value of government postal telegraph
to the country we must denonnce this scheme
of Mr.. Hubbard. It Is not q government
postal telegraph at all. It is stupendous
job to give the control and profits Of the tele-
graph to private company under the guaran-
tee Of the government. 1t is, in fact, to
place this important public service in the
hands of . monopoly and to make that mo-
nopoly superior to the government itself.
Nothing, it appears, can be proposed at Wash
ington on grand scale for the public benefit
without making job by which members Of
Congress and their friends are to be given the
power and the profits. The gist of the bill, or.
as the late Senator Benton would have ex-
pressed it, the matter in the belly of the bill,
is the provision that ''the Postmaster General
is authorized to contract with the Postal Tele-
graph Company for the transmission of cor
respondence by telegraph, as his agent and
the said company shall have the right to con-
struct lines on all post routes and provide
lines of telegraph to every postal telegraph
Office" Now, why company at all Why
can not the government conduct the business
in connection with the Post Office, without all
this complication Of government within
government and an enormous stock -jobbing
snocnlat;on which world rival the Credit Mo-