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William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 6: invasion! (search)
ady to advance on any point; and his lieutenant, De Trobriand, having massed his troops in St. Louis Street, wembers who have been admitted to their seats! De Trobriand refers this message to General Emory. Whether Eace; and Wiltz is carrying on his business, when De Trobriand, having received his orders, clanks into the Chaecond in command, and must obey my orders, urges De Trobriand. General Emory has ordered me to follow the inselves up in closets. Point them out! cries De Trobriand to Vigers. Vigers has no authority in this Cant is now our Clerk. Call the roll! roars De Trobriand, on which Vigers gets up, and begins to read. of the four Conservatives. Remove him! shouts De Trobriand. O'Quin appeals to his Speaker for protection. e, says this dignitary to the military officer. De Trobriand calls in men in full array, with loaded rifles a member for Rapides, is the next victim. Facing De Trobriand and his armed followers, Vaughan rises and prote
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 7: banditti (search)
r, those hot suppers, that midnight caucus, and those morning cocktails, are conceits of comic writers. But the press, in general, take the thing in serious mood, and to their credit the ablest Republican journals are the sternest critics of De Trobriand's acts. Are we in France? they ask. Is Grant a Bonaparte? Are Emory and De Trobriand the hireling soldiers of a bastard empire? Are we already governed by a Caesar, and is the White House an American Tuileries? Each word pronounced of lDe Trobriand the hireling soldiers of a bastard empire? Are we already governed by a Caesar, and is the White House an American Tuileries? Each word pronounced of late by President Grant is scanned, and in their present temper people are disposed to find Caesarism lurking under phrases which at any other time would seem no worse than awkward forms of speech. Grant is seldom happy in his words. Knowing his weakness, he is silent in strange company; but the ruler of a great country cannot choose but speak and write; and with all his great qualities he is often unfortunate in his use of tongue and pen. His recent Message to Congress on the Centennial Exposi
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 8: the Conservatives. (search)
essure was put on coloured voters; Third: that many of the Negroes wish to get rid of Kellogg; Fourth: that the Returning Board was unlawfully constituted and made false returns; Fifth: that the Assembly was transacting business when De Trobriand drove the Conservative Members out of their seats by force. A Report, embodying these five facts, has been presented to Congress, and has roused the country like a crash of war. The full Committee is coming down, but no one thinks the four ning President Grant of something like high treason to the commonwealth. Adams in Boston, Bryant in New York, are giving the highest intellectual sanction to the general fury. Evarts, the ablest lawyer in America, is denouncing Sheridan and De Trobriand, in terms not often applied by lawyers to the lowest tools of a despotic power. The curses showered on Kellogg have a bitterness unequalled since the war. Should President Grant back down, repudiating Sheridan and letting Kellogg go, where