Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-26
SPECIAL DISPATCHES
TO THE
CLEVELAND LEADER.
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The Louisiana Election Case.
The Member Sent Adversely Re-
ported on.
Spicy Debate in the House.
The Reconstruction Movement
in Arkansas,
special Dispatch to the Cleveland Leader.I
WASHINGTON, January 25.

! IN these oispatcnes, some Gays ago agaInE
I the right Of the Louisiana member an
! segar, of Virginia, to seats.
The following passage from the repoT
on the Louisiana case, rejecting on tn
military Governors conduct, will just nov
be of interest;
The evidence is equally gratifying tha
the city Of New Orleans had in no degre,
fallen back from that quiet, orderly ant
loyal condition in which, under authority
and with co-operstioa with this same mil
itsry Governor, she elected, one year ago
Republicans to the last Congress by very
large vote, who served out here what re-
mained Of that Congress on an equal foot
ing with all other commissions. We know
of no other reason why smother election
could not have been held on the ID day
Of March, the day provided by law for the
regular elections, except the failure Of
Congress to district the State in conform
ity with the law already quoted, aud had
claimants been able to have removed that
difficulty on reference to Military Gov
ernor in suppressing an election on the
day provided by Law for doing it would
have been without justification, and would
in the opinion Of the Committee deserved
the condemnation Of the House. It is to
be regretted that the Military Governor
was felt called upon to make peaceful
exercise Of the elective franchise by legal
voice on the day fixed by law for the cleo
tion of a Representative in Congress The
highest and most sacred privilege guar
anteed to citizens should not have been
bised upon a loyal and defensible ground
at all II did not appear before the Com
mittee whether the Military Governor
acted in this matter in obedience to orders
from his superio1s or not but enough
was deposed 10 show that the States
must be divided and their strength
wasted in fsvoring and combating ab-
strsot theories and in nursing factious
and constantly WsVering for the ascend
snsy. There was TOO much evidence that
government officials have been len ling in
fuence Of their official position to the ad-
vancement Of their schemes. 1t is time
there was an end of such proceedings, and
those responsible for this state Of affairs,
should direct their efforts to the restora-
tiez Of order and government rather than
to the triumph of men or faction, or the
theories of those placed in temporary au-
t6ority among distracted people.
AN EXCITING DEBATE IL CONGRESS.
The dali proceedings Of the House, and
in the Committee Of the Whole this after
noon, on an appropriation bill, were sud
denly enlivened by a reply from an un-
expected quarter, to one Of Ar. Brooks
usual speeches. Mr.. Brooks had wandered
from some item Of appropriation he was
opposing to general attack on the policy
of emancipsting and srming the negroes,
and he dvelt with particular emphasis on
the declaration thstsrIiIlery and ordnance
stores, and not proclsmatiOns, must end
the war.
General Clay Smith startled the House
by replying that the artillery and ord
nsnse we're used, and that while these at
tackled the rebels in front, it was needful
also to weaken their strength in the rear
that every man knew that the rebellion
vas sustained and fed and kept in being
by the systew Of African slavery, and that
the destruction Of the one was sure de-
feat Of the other. That he said this as a
Kentuckian, as a Shareholder, as g pro-
slavery man, if they choose to so regard
him. That. as such, he didn't mean to
hesitate as to any Fight Of getting posses
sion Of these slaves. Fhat hs believed in
taking them wherever the army came to
them, and that there would be no peace
till the system wss utterly broken down.
The speech produced decided sensation
from the oOr ehd tbe galleries, mingled
with few hisses fEon the Democratic
side.
EIr. Mallory undertook 10 take his col
league to task By denying that he repre-
sented Kentucky sentiment, and charged
him with violating the pledges on which
he had been eltsted, and quoted from his
Harrison county speech, his pledge, that if
elected, to vote for War psmOorst for
Speaker.
Mr.. Smith replied that he had made that
pledge; that when he came here he Locked
around for War Democrat and saw Sam.
Cox, q person who had been stumping the
State Of Ohio, from one end to the other,
for yallsndigham, st q time when he,
Smith, wss stumping against Vallandig-
ham, who was Put up as War Democratic
candidate. That kind of war democracy
did not suit him, and he went for COlfax.
Mr.. Mallory interrupted and wanted to
know If he had gone to Democratic eau
cuses to find out whom they were going to
nominate.
Mr.. Smith said he had not; that he
smslt the atmosphere Ofthe concern and re-
solved to keep out Of it.
Mr.. Mallory asked him If he had not
gone to the Republican caucuses.
Mr.. Smith replied that he had had gone
to Union caucus, ard that his cOnstitu-
ents endorsed him for dOingit.
Mr.. wadsworth charged Mr.. Smith with
violating the pledges made his COnstitu-
ents; that he, Smith, had come here and
voted for the revolutionist and sbolitionisi
COliax for Speaker; that he, WadsWOrth,