Show the bayonet in vicksburg the sincerity of the Pres president presidents identA louisiana me message sage sago of explanation and apology is made d dubious by his action yesterday in vicksburg at the special election fl for nor or sheriff in that city december 31 one flanagan claimed a majority over crosby the colored candidate governor ames applied for troops to prevent a possible disturbance at the opening of the courland cour tand yesterday by the authority of the president acting through general emory captain head of tile the third united states in infantry fantry went to the court house and expelled flanagan by military force A guard of soldiers was then placed over the sherin sheriffs office which was afterwards removed when the office was waa turned over to the president of the board of pf supervisors in all of these proceedings cee ce judge hill kiili declined to interfere so we see that the army of t lie the united states is expected not only to determine who shall be governors and who are entitled to seats as legislators but who wiio shall shail be cl city ty and county officers the president claims a right to seat a sherl sheri she rifT fr napoleon marked the places of armies by sticking pins in the map ma P of europe baut but general grant fie pie pierces rees the lapof map of the peaceful seuth south with bayonets bayonet ts in such a case eme as this his interference ba has bas no excuse especially ally after his message to con gress and it looks like a quiet defiance of the protest so emphatically made by the people only in the case of the militia of Mi mississippi p pi failing to carry out the law of the state should the federal authority be exerted but governor ames did nothing and the courts did nothing the interference is practically but the continuation of the ille louisiana ulis Utis business liless and will viii surely be condemned I 1 by the country it tends rather to destroy t han ban uphold the sovereignty of the state and will throw new discredit upon the national administration in his message me sage sago the president baidin reference to louisiana lousiana affairs t 1 I can conceive of no case not involving rebellion or insurrection where such interference by authority of the general government m nt ought to be permitted or can be justified was there rebellion or insurrection in vicksburg yesterday we know of none unless it was rebellion against the constitution by the president of the united states himself etc 6 s fork II erald jan janio 19 |