Show THE POLITICAL TURNING POINT the following ia Is a letter of geo ticknor curtis Curti sto ato to the NY herald dated feb 5 doubtless the governing majority of the present congress have the physical power to order a state election in louisiana but it is to b be e hoped that no democratic vote will be given for such anace an acl act Iti ibi it ia only sonly by a steady and unanimous protest against su h interference that the democratic party can now do anything to secure a return to the pro per ner P ar sphere of the federal government we have arrived to a turning point in regard to the character of our political institutions AB As the course of the dominant party ty in regard to this thia matter shall be s submitted u b to ai or repudiated by the people of the union so will the future character of our government he be determined it will either remain a limited constitutional gov ern ment of defined powers of a specific character or it will become a government of unlimited authority resting on the physical force of tile the ma majority jorty of a people wielded by the will of one man or by the will of an oligarchy |