New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-05

We make the following extract from the
able speech of Judge Kelley, in the house
of representatives on the 25th ultimo, on
the admission of Alabama:
Gentlemen of the Republican party, are
you willing to declare to the Union men of
Alabama that you will interpose the power
reserved to you as have shown by the ex.
press terms of the law for their protection
when the Democratic" press OF that state
openly advises clandestine assassination,
and the representatives of the Democrat
ic" party of the North stand here pleading
the cause of that party, and practically ap.
providg the course of that press2
No; lett go forth to-day, if it may be, to
the Democratic citizens Of the other unre-
constructed states that congress takes cog.
nizance, not only of the votes registered on
the poll-list, but of the manner in which
the election is conducted; that it will guar
antee to every Union man the right to vote,
and if his vote shall be withheld by fraud
or violence it will count it as having been
given, and given for the reconstruction of
the country. If you do not do this YOU
give the violent and lawless the advantage
of their own wrong, and invite the Democ
racy of the South to prosecute our friends
in the other nine unreconstructed states.
For nearly three hundred miles Alabama
is coterminous with Mississippi, where the
election is still to come off. On the north
she bounds Florida, where the election is
still pending. On her long eastern line, for
more than two hundred and fifty miles, she
bounds Georgia, where'the election is still
pending. Our action on this question is
eagerly watched in those states, and can it
be that congress will indorse the doctrines
of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, that the Union
men of those states should only vote at the
risk of being "clandestinely assassinated2n
Sir, If, with the Information before us, we
refuse to admit Alabama, may God have
pity upon the Union men of Florida, Mis-.
sissiFRi, and Georgia. In their name go
peal TO the representatives of the Repub-
lican party TO enforce the reconstruction
law In its own humane spirit. Ia their
name ask You TO proclaim to the country
that you find vital power in that clause Of
this law, which says IL the election be with
out restraint, fear, on the influence of fraud,
you will then look at its results as Of
ficialiy, but If it be tainted with these in.
fuences and you still find evidence that the
constitution meets with the approval of a
majority Of the qualified electors in the
state, you viii treat II as though fraud and
| violence had not prevented the free and
fair expression Of opinion On the subject at
the polls.
Sir, the interests Of the country, too long
distracted by the rebellieus spirit of the
/ Democracy Of the South, demand the i'm
H. Il
| 1860 there were nine hundred and sixty.
three Thousand two hundred and one inhab
itanta Of Alabama nearly one million. and
/ Notwithstanding the desolatiOn Of the war
1 her population has largely increased. More
than million people are without organic
| government. There Is no court within the
1 limits to which man who honors that Dag
can appeal with certainty Of having the law
honestly administered or Justice done him
under the civil or criminal law. No officer
| in the state gOvernment--Whether OF the
i state, county, or tOwdship--is in sympathy
with the Union men. All the enginery 81
the law, all the patronage, all the influence
Of Official station and power Is east against
the friends Of the country, and IS a
election dsy approached every eifort ~ =
made 10 inspire Union men with fear and
70 keep them from giving free expression
/ 10 their opinion. Ii IL wonderful that more
3 than seventy thousand Of them, under these
circumstance, should have made their way
snlQuab aoods and over almost tfackless
aelae 70 distant polling places, and incurred
such lnMiRent riskB AZ they did TO cast their
yete% pqnsenplate the fact sir. A million
ks9Ple p4lug very nearly hfty-one
tAUusAuu 44tAlt milet os American terri
/ Tory, 49, ttsA41t nofcfunent, and subject
% deepqAlsm 80 ID over them during She
tine 81 thf stpeI|1n. and organized in the
interest," q snr tNalsu eeaeY. No ofLieer OF
~ NANA12ASsAAA |IfNNII d" g.. 4EI4fnfi1W
eth the goqeIum1nl ei ~ listed $500
ner DO they generals 7se0. lto tlilan 5,en'
EntI9ef white Or black, AZ h14i1o nnr
( 1ia1s which law ptota1ss b Nia1h a :. ~
aonna ~ respect 10 rehapa Nsm 1rtrs
Ibis saflhle condition mnIonfT 81 re-
quaitql aeetcfs appeal 70 ue % atinlt t.Ian
s. al4I1 ae1el q constitution las Nf64i
Ions q N..a4 vii compare f4ton4hI vita
re ceNslI.sN1ts ~ tbs hoftheEn a1e1ns
eQlteInlnn oAt FFoFlaiens Wisely AnasFtoA
I WhioA appels " none Of ours, By which
through % Judicial rick. 4hreugh ne DoIlI.
I zeal madlaaeIs. can fne part Of the citizon1
ever be dles14ncnlnG1 s. reason Of race.
color, OF previous cout'l.tn. g was done 30
I Pennsylpanin By orA ac4 between an
expiring beaeh Of ifNsaE afinw for 70.
+ 4r1oinfmenk 4 coreu1k efSt atminfsfrn,
Fen. ard etgte uonttn1foN letf fIsh the
16|4 expected no action 81 tll sassaos n
o il tAat Et1tegf the tan
a1& II superior So or 1WA.